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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Labor eyes job security over raises

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), indicated Thursday that companies may ask labor unions to accept pay cuts to prevent job losses in this year's wage negotiations.
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2002

War taking U.S. policy hostage

HONOLULU -- The fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan has been greeted with quiet satisfaction. In fact, despite the sudden collapse of the Kabul regime, the tone in Washington has been sober. Washington has reminded us that the U.S.-led "war" against terrorism has three objectives -- the removal...
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Tokyo set to cut the umbilical cord

An aging, even failing, parent still carrying a grown-up child piggyback is about to stave off collapse by finally letting the child walk by itself -- at least for a short distance.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Japan eyes extension of small arms-collection program

Nearly 10 months after launching a "guns for butter" program in Cambodia, Japan is preparing to extend the pilot project to include other conflict-plagued, impoverished countries around the globe, especially in Asia and Africa.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jan 18, 2002

Exhausted dollar consolidating its range

Market participants are now divided over the future of the yen-dollar rate, with some expecting the yen to continue its fall while others believe the opposite.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Finance minister concerned about stock market slump

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Thursday that he is worried about slumping stock prices as Japan struggles to escape its third recession in a decade.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jan 18, 2002

Great diving beetle

* Japanese name: Gengorou * Scientific name: Cybister japonicus * Description: This is a large, streamlined water beetle, highly adapted to an aquatic life. It is a powerful swimmer, with hind legs flattened like oars and fringed with long hairs. The body is green or black, with yellow-white bands running...
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Koizumi promises tax reforms

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his resolve Thursday to make dramatic changes to the nation's tax system in a bid to help promote structural reform.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

BMW looking to boost local sales

Automaker BMW said Thursday it expects to sell between 38,000 to 40,000 BMW vehicles in Japan during 2002 by expanding its product lineup and opening new dealerships. The company sold 36,266 units in 2001.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Dire economic assessment unchanged in latest report

The Bank of Japan left its assessment of the nation's economy unchanged in its January economic and financial report, saying it continues to worsen.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Narita's short parallel runway is approved

The transport ministry gave technical inspection approval Thursday to a second -- but scaled down -- runway at Narita airport. It also finalized the schedule to open the 2,180-meter parallel runway on April 18.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2002

Mr. Bush's nuclear sleight of hand

Last year, U.S. President George W. Bush proposed deep cuts in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, a decision that was promptly echoed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the move was roundly applauded, there were concerns over the U.S. president's reluctance to codify the decision in a treaty....
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Flex-time 'karoshi' redress granted

Compensation will be provided to the family of a young man who died working for a Tokyo publisher in 1997 in the nation's first recognized case of "karoshi" (death from overwork) for an employee under a flexible working system.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Maruha fined for octopus-tax evasion

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo-based Maruha Corp., a major producer of seafood, to pay 100 million yen in fines for violating the Customs Law by evading taxes on imported octopus.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2002

Beijing's political reflexes still at war with modernity

HONG KONG -- In the 23 years since Deng Xiaoping opened China to the outside world, it has become one of the world's great trading nations. Now the further onrush of foreign trade is to be used as a forcible stimulant to hasten China's economic reform and to enhance modernization. So Dec. 11, the day...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 17, 2002

Go west AND east, young men

In the good old days, Japanese baseball players used to dream about going to the major leagues. Now they just dream about playing on the West Coast.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Gloomy economic assessment left unchanged by government

The government left its bleak assessment of the economy unchanged in a monthly report issued Wednesday but said the decline in exports may be bottoming out.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Mayor allegedly leaked works bid info at dinner

Mayor Yoshishiro Kimura of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, is believed to have passed information on a tender for a public works project to a consultant over dinner a few days before bidding was opened in 1999, investigative sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Panel seeks to free corporate boards

A Justice Ministry panel hammered out a draft bill Wednesday that would amend the Commercial Code and could radically alter the makeup of corporate boards and hasten the decision-making process of large companies.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

MHI may close machine tool plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering closing its large-scale machine tool manufacturing plant in Hiroshima as early as 2003 due to slack demand, company officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Shokusan to sell Homest to Painthouse

Shokusan Jutaku Sogo Co., a failed builder of custom-made houses, has agreed to sell its new-home construction business to Painthouse Co. for 1 billion yen, the companies said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 17, 2002

Next step for Pakistan: credible politics

ISLAMABAD -- In signaling a turnaround in Pakistan's policy toward Islamic militant groups, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the country's military ruler, is keen on setting a new course -- almost two decades after former military ruler Gen. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq actively began promoting the concept of...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2002

Dream on, Gordon Brown

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Just before Christmas, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown came out with the surprise announcement that he was proposing that member countries of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development address the question of poverty in the world by setting up a new...
JAPAN / PROTOCOL PURSUIT
Jan 17, 2002

Carbon tax stuck in detour to Kyoto

This is the first in a three-part series on Japan's struggles to curb global warming gas emissions. Staff writer The dust is finally settling.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Panel aimed at easing trade friction

Japan and China have reached a basic agreement to set up an intergovernmental panel to prevent future trade friction, a Japanese trade official said.
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.
Tropical Storm Maria set for rare Tohoku landfall from Pacific coast
Officials from the Meteorological Agency and the land ministry hold a news conference on Saturday and urge people in Tohoku to be on alert for Tropical Storm Maria, which is forecast to make landfall in the region on Monday.
Japan finishes third on medal table after strong showing at Paris Olympics
Yuka Kagami celebrates with her medal after winning the women's 76-kg freestyle wrestling event on the final day of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi secures javelin gold with opening throw
Haruka Kitaguchi competes in the final of the women's javelin on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
Tohoku on alert as Tropical Storm Maria moves over region
High water levels in the Nagauchi River in the city of Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday　
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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