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JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

First effort in 'war on terror' sees airlift of winter woolies

The Defense Agency on Thursday started airlifting supplies for U.S.-led forces fighting in Afghanistan, according to agency Vice Minister Ken Sato.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2001

JAS marks down its profit estimate for '01

Japan Air System Co. on Thursday lowered profit projections for its current business year in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States, but also reported its highest-ever interim operating profits due to restructuring efforts.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 30, 2001

Kahsima Antlers gore Thais

Yutaka Akita scored two goals as J. League side Kashima Antlers beat BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand 3-0 Wednesday in the second round of the Asian Club Championships.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2001

Capital spending may drop in '01 despite planned rise

Actual fiscal 2001 capital outlays by Japanese firms are expected to shrink due to the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States despite corporate plans that would have resulted in a second year of increase, Industrial Bank of Japan said.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

Hike in workers' share of medical bills delayed

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and LDP lawmakers reached a compromise Thursday over medical expenses borne by salaried workers, removing the final obstacle to completing a health-care reform program.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

Domestic violence law brings 41 court orders

The nation's courts have issued 41 restraining orders in the month since a new law to protect domestic violence victims came into effect, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 30, 2001

Taniguchi two up in season finale

Toru Taniguchi, who has yet to win a tour event this year, fired a 6-under-par 64 Thursday to grab the first-round lead by two shots in the season-ending Nippon Series JT Cup.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 30, 2001

Yokohoma Marino's Lazaroni extended

Yokohama F. Marinos coach Sebastiao Lazaroni has agreed on an extended deal with the J. League first-division club until the end of next season, Yokohama officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

Plan to scrap highway project has local interests up in arms

Having decided to dismantle and privatize Japan Highway Public Corp., the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is now focusing on which road construction projects to cancel.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

State seeks 10-year sentence in Matsuo embezzlement trial

Prosecutors demanded a 10-year prison sentence Thursday for fired Foreign Ministry official Katsutoshi Matsuo, who stands accused of embezzling 500 million yen from the Cabinet Secretariat's discretionary funds from 1997 to 1999.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2001

Cram school chief arrested for allegedly beating teacher

OSAKA -- The manager of two cram schools in Osaka Prefecture was arrested Thursday on suspicion of beating and injuring a university student he had hired as a teacher, police said.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 30, 2001

Tiger mosquito

* Japanese name: Hitosujishimaka * Scientific name: Aedes albopictus * Description: A small, soft-bodied insect, the tiger mosquito is instantly recognizable by the black-and-white bands on its legs, and the distinctive white "racing stripe" on its black thorax. The antennae are tufted and are shorter...
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 30, 2001

Kids get down to classroom clean-ups

A few weeks before my son started first grade, I asked my friend Nagako to help me read the list of school supplies I needed to buy.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Work-study for Tokyo schools eyed

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's board of education has begun studying plans to introduce a German-style work-study program in certain public high schools, board officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Ministry wants Kansai-runway delay

OSAKA -- The land ministry plans to postpone the opening of a second runway at Kansai International Airport by about three years from the original target of 2007, ministry sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Retail sales plummet 4.9%; worst fall since January 1999

Domestic retail sales posted a year-on-year fall of 4.9 percent in October, coming in at 10.86 trillion yen, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Daiei founder surrenders scepter

Isao Nakauchi, founder of the troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc., has given up the right to represent any of the firms in the group, industry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Deportation of Afghans to commence

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau will launch deportation proceedings against nine Afghan men who have been refused refugee status.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Nissho Iwai to spin off administrators

Major trading house Nissho Iwai Corp. will set up a new company in April by spinning off the administrative division at its corporate headquarters in Tokyo to streamline operations, company officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

'Ecomoney' refurbishes society

"Ecomoney," Japan's version of the Local Exchange and Trading System that started on Vancouver Island, Canada, in 1983, is increasingly being promoted to allow participants to offer or receive services in welfare, education and the environment in their communities.
COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2001

Japan's contradictory help

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa faults Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's dispatch of Japanese troops to assist American forces in South Asia as nothing but a "parcel delivery service" that fails to confront contradictions bedeviling Japan's security policy.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

20% of telephone calls go mobile

Calls between mobile phones accounted for 20.5 percent of all telephone usage in Japan in fiscal 2000, up from 15 percent a year earlier, the telecommunications ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Life insurers' profits plunge

Business profits dipped at the nation's major life insurers, as falling share prices crippled securities portfolios and policyholders continued to flee, according to midterm earnings reports released by the companies Wednesday.
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 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.
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes Kanto region
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kanto region on Friday evening.
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.
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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