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JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Single mothers left out in financial cold

Every morning, Yuko, a 33-year-old resident of Kanagawa Prefecture, gets up at 4 a.m., does the housework, prepares the evening meal, takes the three children to a nursery, and then goes to work.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 30, 2001

Nikkei strong, looking stronger

Now that selling pressure has visibly eased, Tokyo share prices have firmed back to levels before the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Events
Oct 30, 2001

Forum holds up Omi feudal merchants as models of corporate responsibility

OMI-HACHIMAN, Shiga Pref. -- The 20th century socioeconomic system saw most people consumed with the pursuit of profit. Today's businesspeople, however, must re-examine their raison d'etre as the idea of corporate responsibility takes hold.
COMMUNITY
Oct 30, 2001

Hosts with the most, ma'am, at your service

BANGKOK -- Bangkok may be the sex capital of the world for men, but what do Thai women do for kicks? It's Saturday night and I am in an underground parking garage in central Bangkok trying to find out. It is damp and somewhat desolate, but across the ill-lit tarmac I see a promising neon sign that reads...
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Travel agency opens Web site catering to foreigners

Nippon Travel Agency Co. will launch an English-language Web site today offering low-price domestic package tours to non-Japanese travelers.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Kuwaiti Cabinet endorses new contracts for Arabian Oil

The Kuwaiti Cabinet has given the green light to its plan to map out new contracts that will allow Tokyo-based Arabian Oil Co. to continue operations in the country's Khafji oil field, Arabian Oil said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

SDF bill passage by no means ends constitutional debate

Diet debate on allowing the Self-Defense Forces to provide logistic support to U.S.-led retaliation against the Sept. 11 attacks has highlighted unanswered questions on the constitutionality of the planned move.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Hokuriku Bank to up equity capital

Hokuriku Bank will increase its equity capital by 25 billion yen, possibly in the spring, to deal with ballooning bad loans, industry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Terror-proof cockpits stymie airlines

Japanese airlines are having difficulty implementing new safety standards to bolster the security of airplane cockpits in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, airline officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Industrial output declined record 12.7% in September

Industrial output for September declined a record 12.7 percent from a year earlier and fell 2.9 percent from the previous month for the first decline in two months, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the industry ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Obituaries: Yu Fujiwara / Yoritsune Matsudaira

Yu Fujiwara, a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen stoneware, died Monday morning at an Okayama hospital, his family said. Fujiwara, who had been awarded the status of living national treasure, was 69.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Mitsubishi upgrades profit forecast

Mitsubishi Corp. said Monday it will log net profits of 42 billion yen in its consolidated earnings report for the April-September first half, up from the 30 billion yen it cited in its initial forecast in May.
Events
Oct 30, 2001

House of noble poets displays treasures from ancient Japan

KYOTO -- Tucked away near the southeast corner of Doshisha University in Kyoto is the last surviving house of Japanese nobility. Home to the Reizei family, it is now occupied by 54-year-old Kimiko Reizei and her husband, Tamehito, head of Tamao Kai, a school that teaches traditional "waka" poetry.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Nuisance emergency caller arrested

A 62-year-old Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of making more than 1,200 nuisance calls to the police emergency number over a four-month period, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Adult smoking rate drops for sixth consecutive year

The smoking rate among Japanese adults dropped to a record low of 32.7 percent in May, down 0.2 percentage point from a year earlier for a sixth consecutive year of decline, according to a recent report by Japan Tobacco Inc.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Auto output drops 2.8%

Auto production for the first half of the business year fell 2.8 percent to 4.8 million units over the same period last year, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Two people die, five hurt in Kabukicho massage parlor fire

Two people were killed and five others, including a firefighter, were injured in a Monday morning blaze in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, the Tokyo Fire Department said.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Hikari Tsushin falls 56 billion yen into red

Cellular phone subscription agent Hikari Tsushin Inc. said Monday its group fell into the red during the business year that ended Aug. 31, posting net losses of 56.35 billion yen.
Events
Oct 30, 2001

Scare stops Kobe beef in its tracks

KOBE -- It's a warm, sunny day at the Okaba cattle ranch in Kobe's Kita Ward.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Envoy seeks release of Taliban captive

Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Sadaaki Numata on Monday asked Afghanistan's Taliban authorities to secure the safety of a Japanese national detained in Jalalabad and asked for his swift release, the Foreign Ministry said.
SUMO
Oct 30, 2001

Kotomitsuki returns as sekiwake

Kotomitsuki, winner of last month's autumn tourney, returns to sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake for the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, according to rankings released Monday by the Japan Sumo Association.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

Rice growers set to harvest 2001 bumper crop

The 2001 rice crop will be "fairly good," with the harvest index standing at 103 against the base of 100 for an average year, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has announced.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

School loans soar to kids orphaned by fathers

The number of youths receiving student loans for their high school studies because their fathers committed suicide has increased rapidly in recent years amid the economic downturn, a Tokyo-based private scholarship group said.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2001

SDF antiterrorism bill wins quick Diet passage

An antiterrorism bill allowing the Self-Defense Forces to lend an unprecedented level of support to U.S.-led forces overseas cleared the Diet on Monday.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 30, 2001

The holiday that never began . . .

Romania has more brown bears per square kilometer than any other country in the world. Unspoiled forest covers 80 percent of the Carpathian mountains. Transylvania is home to thousands of wolves and 30 percent of Europe's lynx population. Wild boar, chamois, eagles and red deer abound.
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.
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.
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes Kanto region
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kanto region on Friday evening.
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.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
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.
From the Bronx to Paris: Breaking set for its Olympic close-up
Shigekix, whose real name is Shigeyuki Nakarai, in action during the world championships in Leuven, Belgium, in September
Kishida looks to constitutional reform to win over LDP conservatives
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on constitutional reform in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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 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’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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