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BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Yanagisawa firm on bank deadline

Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa reiterated Friday that the government's current full guarantee on regular and other forms of liquid deposits will end as scheduled on April 1.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Tokyo price index falls for 34th straight month

The key gauge of consumer prices in Tokyo dropped 1 percent in July from a year earlier, for a record 34th straight monthly fall, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Economic-zone task force set up

In a move to get its restructuring drive on track, the government on Friday set up a task force to facilitate the creation of special economic zones in which regulations would be drastically reduced.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Nomura sees pretax profits decline 65.3% in first quarter

Brokerage giant Nomura Holdings Inc. said Friday its group pretax profits for the April-June quarter plunged 65.3 percent from a year earlier to 18.37 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Spending by wage earners up 3.4%

Spending by wage-earning households rose an inflation-adjusted 3.4 percent in June from the year before, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2002

USJ faces second round of water tests

OSAKA -- Osaka municipal authorities on Friday conducted a second inspection of the Universal Studios Japan movie theme park over the use of untreated industrial water in a drinking fountain, health officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Fujitsu stays in red with first-quarter net losses of 56 billion yen

Fujitsu Ltd., the nation's largest computer manufacturer, revealed Friday it posted group net losses of 56.43 billion yen in the April-June quarter.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 27, 2002

David Blume

The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan has been a vital link in the Anglo-Japanese business partnership for over 50 years. The partnership continues to expand, in new directions and in offering more opportunities. It is an important network, into which the chamber provides informed access.
COMMUNITY
Jul 27, 2002

Creating a museum as a sacred, powerful place

Asked what it is like to be a goddess, Hiroko Koyama laughs. Of course she's not really a goddess, she says, "but if some of our congregation believe me and my mother to be so blessed, well, there's not much we can do about it."
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2002

Panel recommends minimum wage be left the same in '02

The minimum wage should be left intact in fiscal 2002, an advisory panel to the labor minister proposed Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 27, 2002

Do you speak like (pause) a teeeacherr?

Australian researchers have discerned that we use three different voices: one when talking with other adults, one with elongated vowels for talking to babies, and a high-pitched voice for talking to pets.
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2002

Steeling for a fight with Iraq

By every indication, the United States is eager to take the fight to Iraq and expel Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office. President George W. Bush has said he is studying every option, and the U.S. appears to be proceeding with the diplomacy needed to prepare for conflict. Mr. Hussein's departure...
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 26, 2002

Yoo grabs goal in farewell game

Kashiwa's Europe-bound midfielder Yoo Sang Chul ended his spell in the J. League with a consolation goal in Reysol's 2-1 defeat to the Urawa Reds at National Stadium in Tokyo on Wednesday night.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

Tanaka hearing a ratings winner

The TV audience for Wednesday morning's appearance by former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka before a Diet ethics panel hearing reached 11.7 percent in the Kanto region, a TV ratings company said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

PET bottle collection rises to 40.1%

Collection of used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in fiscal 2001 rose to 40.1 percent of the total produced during the year, the Environment Ministry said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 26, 2002

Okihara 's 'sayonara' single cools off Giants

Yoshinori Okihara singled home the winning run to give the Hanshin Tigers their second straight "sayonara" win over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants with a 5-4 victory on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

Takuma conceived of massacre in 1984

OSAKA -- Mamoru Takuma, who stands accused of fatally stabbing eight schoolchildren in June 2001, told the Osaka District Court on Thursday that he came up with the idea of committing a massacre when he was arrested for rape in 1984.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

Accused train gropers sometimes victims?

On the morning of April 13, 1999, freelance writer Naoki Ito was on a rush-hour train in Tokyo, heading home after working all night. Just after the train left Ikebukuro Station, a high school girl turned to him, grabbed him by the wrist and said, "Cut it out."
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

Mother held in daughter's strangulation, refrigeration

Police arrested a 49-year-old woman Thursday on suspicion of strangling her 14-year-old daughter at home in Tokyo and keeping the body in a closet and a refrigerator for two weeks.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2002

Upper House panel OKs medical bills

A House of Councilors committee approved a set of bills Thursday to raise medical charges for the elderly starting in October and salaried workers in April.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2002

June sees retail sales decline for 15th consecutive month

Retail sales across the country fell 3.7 percent in June from a year earlier for the 15th straight month of decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday in a preliminary report.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Typhoon to force railway closures as it nears Kanto on Friday
A satellite image from Wednesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Ampil south of Japan
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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