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SOCCER / J. League
Dec 28, 2001

Avispa names Imai as new boss

Avispa Fukuoka, which has been relegated to Division Two next season, has named Philippine coach Masataka Imai as new manager, the J. League club said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Obscene teachers hit record number

A record 141 teachers were punished for committing obscene acts in fiscal 2000, resulting in 71 dismissals, an education ministry report revealed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Ministry to compensate for entrance-exam errors

The education ministry plans to pay "consolation money" to 461 people who, due to errors by public universities, were told they had failed school entrance exams they had actually passed, ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Tokyo rejects Pyongyang's 'brutal piracy' accusations

Japan rejects North Korea's accusation that the sinking of an unidentified ship after a shootout with Japanese patrol boats was "an act of piracy," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

BOJ boosts balance to 14.9 trillion yen

The Bank of Japan on Thursday further boosted the balance of deposits at current accounts held at the BOJ by commercial financial institutions to a record 14.9 trillion yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Japan increasingly embraces dancing

Japan is increasingly embracing all kinds of dancing.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Foreign inmates could serve sentences at home

Japan may ratify an international treaty next year under which foreign inmates would be repatriated to serve out their prison terms at home, government officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Takenaka tolerant of yen's weakness

Heizo Takenaka, economic and fiscal policy minister, indicated Thursday his continuing tolerance of the yen's current weakness against the dollar.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Auto output continues downhill ride

Auto production skidded 5.1 percent in November from a year earlier to 820,841 vehicles, falling for the third consecutive month, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Tokyo hopes to curry favor with oil-rich countries

The government will support the development of water resources in four oil producing countries in the Middle East, government sources said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 28, 2001

Ishii changes mind

Yakult Swallows left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii, in a turnaround from his earlier decision to stay in Japanese baseball, said Thursday he would like to try entering the major leagues via the posting system for the 2002 season.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Momoo Tomobe gets eight years for fraud scheme

The son of former Upper House lawmaker Tatsuo Tomobe was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for his role in a fraudulent investment scheme operated by his father.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Long margin positions tumble below 1 trillion yen

The balance of long margin positions fell below 1 trillion yen for the first time in nearly three years last week, reflecting a wholesale collapse in investor confidence.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 28, 2001

Kiyohara's pay hiked

Kazuhiro Kiyohara, whose five-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants is about to expire, agreed Thursday to a new four-year deal carrying an estimated 450 million yen annual salary in addition to performance incentives.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Sachiyo Nomura released on bail

Alleged tax evader Sachiyo Nomura, a TV personality and wife of former Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura, was released from custody Thursday on 50 million yen bail, according to the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Antismoking steps seen failing to deter youths

Twenty-six percent of graduating high school males smoke every day, indicating that restrictions placed on vending machines and minors in 1996 are failing to deter youth from smoking, according to a health ministry poll.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Dec 28, 2001

Yen faces months of downward pressure

Amid concern over the beleaguered Japanese economy, the dollar has reclaimed 131 yen, a level unseen since Oc- tober 1998.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Most-searched Net news was Sept. 11 terror attack

Yahoo Japan Corp. said the news most frequently searched for this year on its Web portal site was about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Unemployment rate hits 5.5%

The jobless rate rose to a seasonally adjusted 5.5 percent in November, rewriting the record high for a third consecutive month as the economic slump continues to weigh heavily on the labor market, government sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Industrial output declines 1.8%

Industrial output for November declined 1.8 percent from a month before to a 14-year low, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Mitsubishi Electric in U.S. unit move

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Thursday it will establish a holding company in Los Angeles on April 1 to manage its seven U.S. subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Electric companies to forge alliance

Takaoka Electric Manufacturing Co. and Toko Electric Corp. said Thursday they have agreed to tie up in the field of distribution equipment for electric power.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Kirin to use fuel-cell power system

Kirin Brewery Co. said Thursday that it will start using a fuel-cell power supply system in October provided by Marubeni Corp.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2001

Mitsui Mutual to get 100 billion yen cash injection

Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Thursday that Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and other firms have agreed to plow a combined 100 billion yen into its foundation funds to improve its financial health.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2001

Government decides to build airport off Okinawa

The government has selected an environmentally controversial plan to build an airport for civilian and U.S. military use on a reef off the Henoko district of Nago on the main island of Okinawa, government officials said Thursday.
People urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spread
A sign says "bottled water is being rationed, with a cap of one case (six bottles) per customer" in a supermarket in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Saturday.
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.
Japan issues first-ever alert over risk of Nankai Trough megaquake
Naoshi Hirata, chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday evening.
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.
Two hidden gems hint at a path to more diversity in anime
“Ghost Cat Anzu” centers on an 11-year-old girl who travels to hell and back with a walking, talking, moped-driving, human-sized cat.
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.
No sumo tickets? No problem. Here are some other ways to take in the sport.
Wrestlers battle during the national women's championships in Osaka in 2018. Amateur sumo is a great way to experience the sport for tourists who are unable to get tickets to professional tournaments.
The definitive guide to Utagawa Hiroshige's masterwork is a feast for the eyes
Utagawa Hiroshige produced several highly successful series of landscape prints over the course of his career, including “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” — the largest collection of his career.
In sleepy Chichibu, Japan's whisky landscape is quietly shifting
Founded in the early 2000s, Ichiro's Malt has since become a third pole in Japan's whisky world dominated by beverage giants.

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 through 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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