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EDITORIALS
Apr 16, 2002

Tip of the 'bad debt' iceberg

The results of special bank audits announced last week by the Financial Services Agency confirm that Japan's banking sector is still saddled with large amounts of bad debt. The message is that banks remain heavily exposed to the risks of default despite stepped-up efforts to improve the situation.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 16, 2002

Reds end Vegalta's winning streak

RIFU, Miyagi Pref. -- Urawa Reds veteran Masahiro Fukuda scored a V-goal Sunday to end Vegalta Sendai's run of five straight wins in the J. League's first division.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 16, 2002

JJF picks Tamura despite loss

Olympic champion Ryoko Tamura was named to the Japanese national team for this summer's World Cup competition in Switzerland despite her first loss in 12 years at the women's judo weight-category national championships Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 16, 2002

Hawks sluggers pound Fighters

The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks erupted for five homers in a 14-hit attack to down the Nippon Ham Fighters 12-9 on Monday to move into first place in the Pacific League standings.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Fukuda talks tough on Mizuho glitches

Mizuho Financial Group would bear heavy management responsibility if it went ahead with the launch of its two key banks on April 1 despite having been aware that extensive computer problems could occur, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Ex-Daiwa Toshi president denies 2.9 billion yen scam

OSAKA -- Former Daiwa Toshi Kanzai President Hiroshi Toyonaga pleaded not guilty Monday to defrauding clients out of 2.9 billion yen through sales of securities by the failed mortgage-backed securities broker that were later found to be worthless.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

College poisoning costs state 66.8 million yen

The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered the government to pay 66.8 million yen in compensation to the family of a University of Tokyo employee who was fatally poisoned in 1990.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Apr 16, 2002

Careful with that tree, Eugene!

After months of teetering on the brink of full-blown silliness, World Cup organizers finally appear to have plunged into a vortex occupied by Teletubbies, giant talking tadpoles and Benny Hill lookalikes.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 16, 2002

Rank outsider turns in Satsukisho stunner

FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. -- The majority of fans saw no reason to back the colt in the No. 2 spot of Sunday's Satsukisho, Japan's equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas and the first leg of its triple crown. But no reason was all the reason, for the colt by that very name upset the competition for a stunning...
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Apr 16, 2002

Factors point to bumpy ride

The key Nikkei average appears likely to reclaim the 12,000 level in the coming months, given Asia's V-shaped economic recovery and signs that the global silicon cycle is about to enter a new phase.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Tokyo-Seoul history panel holds first meeting

A Japan-South Korea panel tasked with selecting members for and supporting the activities of a planned joint history research committee held its first meeting Monday afternoon in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Matsushita, Toshiba in tube tieup

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. on Monday set up a 50-50 joint venture to procure parts and materials used in cathode-ray tubes, the two electronics makers said.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Australia seeking to boost economic ties with Japan

Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile on Monday said he is seeking an expanded economic relationship that would activate economic interactions between Japan and Australia, a Foreign Ministry official in Tokyo said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 16, 2002

Tigers top BayStars

Shinjiro Hiyama singled with the bases loaded in the eighth inning and lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 victory over the Yokohama BayStars at Koshien Stadium on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Hiranuma set to restate gripes on steel import curbs

Trade minister Takeo Hiranuma will reiterate Japan's calls for the United States to scrap hefty tariffs on steel imports when he meets U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans later this week, a top ministry official said Monday.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2002

Economic panel wants to go its own way on FTAs, farm trade

In a rather belated move aimed at giving the languishing Japanese economy a badly needed shot in the arm, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's key economic panel has put yet another sacred cow on its reform agenda: agriculture.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Pilot survives U.S. fighter jet crash

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Monday into the Sea of Japan off Aomori Prefecture, and the pilot was rescued safely, Aomori prefectural officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Anonymous postings on Net entitled to royalties: court

The Tokyo District Court on Monday ruled that writings posted on the Internet under fictitious names are literary property, and ordered a Tokyo publisher and a Web site operator to suspend publication of a paperback that reprinted comments posted by 11 people on the site without their consent.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Daiei offloads part of stake in Ichiken

Debt-saddled retailer Daiei Inc. said Monday it has agreed to sell slightly more than half of the group's equity stake in midsize construction firm Ichiken Co. to Toyo Techno Corp.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2002

Yohei Kono readied to receive son's liver

Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who is suffering from hepatitis C, may undergo a transplant operation Tuesday in which he will receive part of his son's liver, hospital sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

U.S. software guru in talent probe

U.S. computer pioneer Alan Kay has joined the judging panel of a government program aimed at promoting the creation of state-of-the-art software, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Debate brews over easing trade with poor countries

A tug-of-war is brewing behind the scenes within the government over whether Japan should do more to help the world's poorest countries by granting their products, especially seafood, greater access to its lucrative market.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2002

Banks not short of capital: Hayami

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on Monday said he does not think Japan's major banks are short of capital, but cautioned they need to make further efforts to increase profitability.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2002

Beyond Oprah's book club

Last week, U.S. fiction publishers heard to their dismay that they are about to lose the single biggest booster their industry has known in the past six years: television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey's astonishingly influential monthly book club. True, the same period also saw the advent of "Harry Potter"...
COMMENTARY
Apr 14, 2002

Mideast legacy could spread militancy

ISLAMABAD -- When terrorists struck the United States last September, many people were keen to downplay suggestions that the attack on the World Trade center had grown out of the anger generated by Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2002

Teen eating disorders increasing

About one in every 20 girls enrolled at high schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area suffers from anorexia nervosa, according to a government-funded survey.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2002

Population-fund cuts come at deadly price

NEW YORK -- The Bush administration's recent decision to cut back funds appropriated by Congress to the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, will have serious repercussions in that agency's support for reproductive health in developing countries. The U.S. decision is aggravated by reduced contributions...
Narita Airport runway closed after cargo plane makes emergency landing
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 in January 2023
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Japan is living in the shadow of the megaquake
A man makes his way along an earthquake-damaged street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in January. With last week's tremors in Kyushu and the nature of the Nankai Trough, some experts believe that the omens of a disaster can be seen.
Singapore Airlines plane brake glitch forces Narita runway closure
Singapore Airlines said a flight landing at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture had "experienced a technical issue with its brakes upon landing."
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
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.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.
Elezo Esprit: A visceral celebration of Hokkaido’s wild game
Moved by an experience with a local hunter, Shota Sasaki has since focused on elevating the image of game meat in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

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’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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