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JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Government assembles panel for environment meeting

The government Monday launched a preparatory committee for an international environmental conference to be held in Johannesburg in the summer, government officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Chinese outfox police at Fujian

More than 98 percent of the illegal Chinese immigrants from Fujian Province, which accounted for most of the Chinese who tried to enter Japan by sea last year, used ports other than those in the province, the National Police Agency said.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

U.S. envoy urges speed with reforms

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker on Monday reiterated that Tokyo must implement structural reforms, centering on cleaning up the bad-loan mess, as quickly as possible to rehabilitate the country's economy.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Working moms get some backing

An annual government report looking into lifestyles calls for a society that is more friendly to working wives now that men are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their roles as the family's main breadwinner, according to a copy of a draft obtained by Kyodo News.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Daiei may slash capital by 99%

Debt-saddled retailer Daiei Inc. said Monday it may slash its capital by more than 99 percent under a three-year restructuring plan scheduled to be unveiled Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Trade data show first improvement since 2000

Japan posted a customs-cleared trade surplus of 188.1 billion yen in January, turning around from a deficit of 95.7 billion yen a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report released Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Supermarket has no beef about providing information

Retailer Aeon Co. has installed a computer system at a supermarket in Kanagawa Prefecture that tells consumers about the beef it sells, including data on mad cow disease tests, the company said.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Feb 26, 2002

Avoiding strikeouts when you decide who to promote

When it comes to success rate, business shares at least one thing with baseball -- you tend to strike out a lot more than you get on base.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Fight against deflation like a many-edged sword

The government plans to formalize a comprehensive policy package Wednesday to combat deflation.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Panel proposes BOJ cap ordinary deposit rates

A state panel on Monday urged the Bank of Japan to swiftly impose an upper limit on interest rates for ordinary bank deposits, government officials said.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Feb 26, 2002

Banks to need public funds

The question now is whether the government should inject public funds into banks anew to stabilize the financial system.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Misawa Homes considering 120 billion yen writeoff

Misawa Homes Co. said Monday that it is considering writing off 120 billion yen in latent losses on property-backed loans, property assets and shareholdings in the business year ending March 31.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

World Cup coins go on sale today

Orders for commemorative coins for this year's World Cup soccer finals to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea will be accepted from today to March 11, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 26, 2002

The other treasures of Angkor

SIEM REAP, Cambodia An enormous complex located on a vast wooded plain, Cambodia's spectacular Angkor was built between the ninth and the 14th centuries by the Khmers as an administrative and religious center. From here, the early Khmer kings ruled over a vast territory that extended from what is now...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Ozaki allegedly tried to sway Tokushima governor

A former aide to lawmaker Michihiko Kano under arrest for his suspected involvement in a corruption case in Ibaraki Prefecture allegedly offered 10 million yen to a major supporter of Tokushima Gov. Toshio Endo last year, sources close to the case said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Sonar echoes may come from sunken 'spy' vessel

A sonar search that began Monday for an unidentified ship that sank in the East China Sea in December after a firefight with Japanese patrol vessels has picked up telltale echoes from the seabed where the vessel is believed to have gone down, Japan Coast Guard officials said.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Supermarket, store sales decline

Sales at both supermarkets and department stores dropped in January due to falling prices and weakening demand, industry associations said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Bureaucrat frowns on Snow Brand

A top farm ministry bureaucrat expressed displeasure Monday over the revelation that scandal-tainted Snow Brand Milk Products Co. has used expired butter in its dairy products.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Honda alone sees rise in domestic sales

Honda Motor Co. chalked up gains in domestic auto sales in January, while the four other top Japanese automakers saw their sales decline, according to data released Monday by the firms.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Feb 26, 2002

Beauty in the land of blood and bones

Angola is not a tourist destination for the faint-hearted. In fact, it's probably fair to say that it's not a tourist destination at all. Period.
COMMENTARY
Feb 26, 2002

Bush's policies give allies reason to worry

U.S. President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" statement in his State of the Union message has worried not only the European Union but also America's Asian allies, particularly Japan and South Korea. South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's "sunshine policy" toward North Korea is now in danger of collapsing,...
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2002

Reviewing ODA for Central Asia

Central Asia has occupied an important position in Japan's official development assistance for the past several years. In fact, our nation is the largest aid donor to the region. With the situation there changing dramatically in the wake of the antiterror war in Afghanistan, now is an opportune time...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2002

Help the huddled masses

To Canberra's continuing irritation, the scandal of the Norwegian freighter Tampa will not go away. It now turns out that the Australian government's election victory last year may have been conceived in deceit and born in sin.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Feb 25, 2002

Memoir sheds light on Chinese atrocity

NEW YORK -- My businessman friend Michio Hamaji, whose avowed mission is to improve international understanding, recently brought me a Japanese book titled "Charz." He told me it's a childhood memoir describing a Chinese atrocity in the late 1940s. If translated into English and published in the United...
Narita Airport runway closed after cargo plane makes emergency landing
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 in January 2023
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."
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Aloha shirts made from recycled kimono in Tohoku prove to be huge hit
A tourist picks up an aloha shirt at the Samurai Aloha store at Narita Airport in June.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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