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JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Man held for threatening to bomb official residence

A 25-year-old unemployed man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to blow up the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

BOJ OKs new ways to help economy

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday approved new ways of feeding vast amounts of money into the economy while keeping its monetary policy unchanged.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Jichiro executives to exit over tax scandal

Seven senior officials of the nation's largest labor union announced Wednesday that they would step down to take responsibility for a tax-evasion scandal involving a former union chairman.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Teacher who held student captive walks

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court sentenced a former cram school teacher Wednesday to a suspended three-year prison term for holding a former student as a captive for seven months under threat in 1995 when the victim was a junior high school girl.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Food firms resolve curry confusion

S&B Foods Inc. and House Foods Corp. have reached an out-of-court settlement in a suit over similar package designs used for their curry products, S&B said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Tax Commission to examine ID code plan for taxpayers

The government's Tax Commission is to begin today studying ways of introducing a controversial system that would assign identification codes to taxpayers, commission sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Visitor limits considered for nature parks

The Environment Ministry unveiled a new bill Wednesday to tighten rules on the use of national parks, quasi-national parks and other natural preserves to help protect wildlife and habitat.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jan 17, 2002

Adapting to living when the mercury falls

While you were tucking into roast feathered dinosaur (turkey) with all the trimmings this Christmas past, I hope you spared a thought for how other avians make it through the winter. While we humans celebrate in various ways to dispel the gloom of midwinter from the encapsulated warmth of our homes,...
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Neighbors warm up for WTO talks

Japan, China and South Korea agreed Wednesday in Tokyo to step up cooperation via a multilateral economic framework, including negotiations in future rounds of World Trade Organization talks.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jan 17, 2002

Electronics firms' strategies spark new hope

Investors have taken heart from the recent raft of reports on industrial realignments and new business undertakings by high-technology companies.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 17, 2002

What webs we weave

Spiderman might still be the stuff of comic books, but spidermammals exist, and they are this week the stuff of science journals.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Lack of credit worrying: Takenaka

Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka expressed concern Wednesday over the deterioration of credit in the banking sector amid the ongoing disposal of bad loans.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Jan 17, 2002

Chives or chocolate on that, spuds?

www.chocovader.com/ I love how candy aisles in Japanese convenience stores have become shrines to the branded characters of pop culture, shrines where no one pays their respects to the chocolate, which has become a wrap-around commodity to get collectibles placed at kid's eye level. The altars have been...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jan 17, 2002

Nintendo's Arakawa surprises with retirement announcement

Nobody really cared who the president of Nintendo of America was when Minoru Arakawa founded the company in 1980. With games like "Radarscope" and "Sheriff," it was just another Taito wannabe trying to break into the U.S. arcade market.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Daiei creditors to wrap up bailout plan

Debt-saddled supermarket chain Daiei Inc. and its three major creditor banks are putting the final touches on a 400 billion yen bailout package that involves swapping some 300 billion yen in loans for Daiei shares, a source at one of the creditor banks said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 17, 2002

Group seeks to close digital gender divide

The old stereotype of the "computer geek" -- taped Coke-bottle glasses, pens and protractors in breast pocket -- has gotten a series of upgrades over the last decade. The geek has morphed into the "techno-wizard," complete with a huge salary, power, influence and sometimes even new glasses.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jan 17, 2002

Magic elfin adventures of Jak & Daxter land in Japan

Back in August, The Japan Times ran a feature about a company called Naughty Dog that specializes in 3-D adventure games.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Smoking rate high among female health care workers

Smokers account for a quarter of all women working in Japan's health-care profession, a rate that is nearly double that for adult females nationwide, according to a Japanese Nursing Association survey.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Tanaka not happy with temporary space

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka got her first glimpse Tuesday of a temporary high-rise facility she and her staff will use while the ministry undergoes renovation.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Health minister finally meets plaintiffs over CJD lawsuits

Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi on Tuesday met with plaintiffs in two lawsuits filed over brain surgery patients who died after receiving dura mater tainted by the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Obituary: Kiyofumi Sakaguchi

Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, chairman of Prudential Life Insurance Co. of Japan, died of heart failure Jan. 11., company officials said Tuesday. He was 58.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

New Year's poetry-reading ceremony held at Imperial Palace

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Tuesday attended the annual New Year's poetry recital at the Imperial Palace, where poems by members of the Imperial family and the general public were recited in traditional style.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

State aims to boost female civil servant pool

The National Personnel Authority has unveiled plans drawn up by 31 government ministries, agencies and related institutions to improve the recruitment and promotion of female civil servants.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Koreans' appeal for redress rebuffed

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of two South Korean women demanding 60 million yen in damages and official apologies from the Japanese government over their forced labor during World War II.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2002

Experts push government to protect intellectual property

A group of experts has called on the government to adopt a set of 100 drastic reform steps to protect intellectual property rights as part of efforts to make Japan a world leader in the knowledge-oriented economy by 2010.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2002

Taiwan FamilyMart to go public

FamilyMart Co. said Tuesday its Taiwanese convenience store subsidiary will go public over the counter Feb. 25.
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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