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BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Tokyo-Seoul FTA panel to meet

A Japan-South Korea joint study group will next week hold its first meeting to discuss the feasibility of a bilateral free-trade agreement, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Fog leads to two ship collisions

Dense fog blanketed areas around the archipelago early Friday and is being blamed for two ships colliding in the Pacific Ocean off the Izu Peninsula and another two vessels hitting each other off Cape Anorisaki in Mie Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Hospitals and schools fear buildings not quake-proof

About half of Japan's schools and hospitals fear their buildings would not stand up to a major earthquake, a Cabinet Office survey shows.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

JAL joins international air cargo alliance

Japan Airlines Co. formally announced Friday it has joined international cargo alliance WOW.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 6, 2002

Matsui hits homer as Giants top Tigers

Yoshinobu Takahashi singled home the go-ahead run in the fifth and Yomiuri slugger Hideki Matsui drilled a two-run homer in the eighth as the Central League-leading Giants won the first of a three-game series against the Hanshin Tigers 4-1 at the Tokyo Dome on Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Farm ministry, lobby set policy talks

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday his ministry will meet next week with Japan's biggest business lobby to exchange views on policies.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Atomic plants gauge plane crash odds

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is to set a new safety standard for nuclear plants by requiring operators to confirm the probability of aircraft crashing into plants to be less than one in 10 million, agency sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Envoy seeks to boost Greece's profile

The new Greek ambassador-designate to Japan is eager to enhance his country's image and perception among Japanese during his tenure, especially through promoting the 2004 Olympics in Athens and through the country's assumption of the European Union presidency in the first half of 2003.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Japan to launch biotechnology panel

The government said Friday it will launch a new biotechnology panel in a bid to put Japan at the forefront of the emerging field.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2002

Malpractice and coverups

In a serious case of medical malpractice, two doctors at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital have been arrested in connection with a heart operation that resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl. One is charged with committing errors in the handling of a heart-lung machine and the other with...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 5, 2002

Zico open to taking Japan job

Former Brazil international and Kashima Antlers technical director Zico is very receptive to the Japan Football Association's offer to become the next Japan national team coach, saying he "would like to take it if the two sides can settle the matter in details."
Japan Times
SUMO
Jul 5, 2002

Takanohana to skip Nagoya Basho

Yokozuna Takanohana will sit out of the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament for an unprecedented seventh straight absence from a basho due to the late recovery of his injured knee, sumo officials said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 5, 2002

It may be the world's most popular sport, but not here in Japan

If there was any defining moment for Japanese sports last month, it surely came right after Turkey eliminated the lads in blue from the World Cup on June 18.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Autumn break, easier vacations sought to spur tourism

A group of senior vice ministers proposed Thursday that Japan allow a school break in autumn and that salaried workers be given the chance to exploit their annual leave in a bid to spur the tourism industry.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Four people collapse in dry-ice store

OSAKA -- Four people were found collapsed Thursday at a dry-ice store in Kita Ward here and were hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition and the other two seriously ill, police said.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 5, 2002

JAWOC chief hails success of World Cup

The general secretary of the Japan World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) on Thursday hailed the just-concluded soccer World Cup as a success, pointing to the absence of any major problems during the monthlong event.
COMMENTARY
Jul 5, 2002

No reason to bury 'sunshine'

LOS ANGELES -- Last Saturday's fierce 21-minute naval gun battle between the two Koreas was unfortunate and tragic for several reasons -- not just for the loss of lives on both sides. The deadly duel splashed cold water on South Korea's sudden place in the sun. Its soccer team had just completed its...
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Customs shows off World Cup fakes

OSAKA -- Customs officers at Japan's ports and airports prevented about 65,000 fake World Cup items from entering the country, according to the Finance Ministry.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 5, 2002

Swallows swoop ends Tigers' winning streak

Roberto Petagine hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Kevin Hodges threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings Thursday as the Yakult Swallows beat the Hanshin Tigers 2-0 in the Central League.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 5, 2002

Hoops stars Tabuse, Takahashi out of Kirin Cup

With three of the more experienced national players out, the Japanese men's national squad preparing to face Spain in the Kirin Cup Basketball 2002 was left pondering on one word: youth.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 5, 2002

Nagashima, Fukushima to shoot for WBC crowns

Japanese challengers Kengo Nagashima and Manabu Fukushima will get their shots at World Boxing Council (WBC) championship titles in late August when both fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Japanese boxing sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Time said ripe for colleges to regroup

Two students spend an hour each week with a professor; one presents a paper while the other critiques.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Universal Studios served food past expiration date

OSAKA -- USJ Co., which runs the Universal Studios Japan theme park, provided food items with old expiration dates to all 21 restaurants in the facility from June 2001 to February, USJ officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Tax revenues short preliminary 1.7 trillion yen for 2001

Tax revenues in fiscal 2001 came to 47.943 trillion yen, falling 1.681 trillion yen short of government projections, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

MOX fuel's return just the start for Kepco

TAKAHAMA, Fukui Pref. -- Kansai Electric Power Co. is hoping that Thursday's return of mixed uranium-plutonium (MOX) fuel to Britain will put an end to nearly three years of nationwide controversy over Japan's MOX program.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Nippon Columbia triples new shares issue

Nippon Columbia Co. said Thursday it will issue 49,646,000 new shares at 141 yen per share in and outside Japan to boost its capital base.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Nakata stars in U.N. antidrug commercial

The National Police Agency will air a U.N. antidrug advertisement featuring soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata on big-screen street TVs in major cities, NPA officials said.
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.
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.
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
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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