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BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

JNOC to terminate two oil searches

Japan National Oil Corp. said Friday it will terminate oil exploration projects in Algeria and Brazil after finding the reserves unfit for commercial production.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Pakistan, India sanctions may end

Japan is considering lifting economic sanctions on Pakistan and India, with a view to helping the two nations better deal with increasing instability due to the continued military strikes in Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Ministries declare beef safe on launch of cow-screening

The government on Thursday declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease and at the same time began a nationwide screening of cows for any signs of the disorder.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

First meeting of Asian city leaders outlines 15 projects to boost region

Leaders of major Asian cities issued a declaration Thursday, outlining 15 joint projects that include the development of the region's air industry, online education and environmentally friendly vehicles.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Talent agency staffers held over 938 million yen tax dodge

The founder of the talent agency that manages singer Namie Amuro was arrested Thursday with eight others on suspicion of evading 938 million yen in corporate taxes in the three years to August 1999, investigative sources said.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Fujitsu, IBM negotiating tieups

Compiled from wire reports Fujitsu Ltd. and IBM Corp. are negotiating a tieup involving the joint development and use of software and technical cooperation for computer servers, Fujitsu said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 19, 2001

FIFA cracking down on fake goods

Soccer's world governing body Wednesday asked the Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup and local organizers to closely watch for the sale of counterfeit World Cup merchandise at next year's event
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Sakaguchi plays down new variant CJD scare

Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi on Thursday downplayed concerns over media reports that a teenage girl in a Tokyo hospital has new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal brain-wasting illness linked to mad cow disease.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Automakers rev up search for ultimate clean car

Driven by concerns over global warming and the prospect of tougher restrictions, automakers worldwide have moved up a gear in the race to build the ultimate clean car.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

U.S. needs to engage China in wake of terror attacks, security expert says

The United States should try to improve relations with China under the new security environment following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and that will require "careful and realistic diplomatic management on many fronts," an American expert on East Asia told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Yanagisawa bank plan under review

The chairman of the Trust Companies Association of Japan said Thursday that a proposal under which certain banks would discontinue their retirement allowances to board members constitutes one option to counter the nation's financial problems.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

KDDI directors getting a 10% cut in pay

KDDI Corp. will implement a 10 percent reduction in directors' remuneration for a three-month period beginning in October, KDDI President Tadashi Onodera said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Sanitation seminar takes up anthrax

In light of the spate of anthrax mailings in the United States and to guard against similar terrorism in Japan, the government will host a seminar in Tokyo next week for researchers from the nation's regional sanitation offices.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Tragedy is chance to unite, Baker says

Despite the massive losses in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the incident has provided new opportunities for nations to work together to create a world free from terror, said Howard Baker, the U.S. ambassador to Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Economies face up to world after Sept. 11

The events of Sept. 11 in New York and Washington were a watershed that has forced the world's traditional economic powerhouses to come to grips with a new danger that affects every aspect of political, economic and social life, according to participants in the Brookings Institution-Keizai Koho Center...
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 19, 2001

Edmundo set to sign with Verdy 1969

Tokyo Verdy 1969 acquired former Brazil striker Edmundo in an attempt to secure its survival in Division One, the J. League club announced Thursday at its headquarters in Inagi City, Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Failure of Japan's reforms may cause global crisis

Although economic issues appear to have recently taken a back seat in Japan-U.S. relations -- particularly since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- the failure of Japan's economic reform initiatives could lead to another financial crisis that would also have a serious impact on the U.S., warned a U.S....
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

KSD exec gets suspended sentence

The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kimiyasu Koseki to a suspended 18-month prison term Thursday for causing financial damage to KSD, a mutual aid organization for small businesses that is embroiled in a bribery scandal.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Meat industry hopeful over government pledge

Restaurants, distributors and food companies dealing with beef are hoping the government's safety declaration Thursday will help revive consumer demand for red meat. The government declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease in a bid to allay public fears following the discovery of the first...
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 19, 2001

2002 -- a big year for Busan

BUSAN, South Korea -- Jun Nayong and her friend Cho Sook Eun look at each other knowing they have a common answer to my question but are almost embarrassed to say it. Almost.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Typhoon Haiyan heads for Izu isles

Typhoon Haiyan was on course to drench the Izu islands Thursday as it traveled east-northeast south of Hachijo Island, roughly 300 km south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
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.
Japanese 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 each customer" in a supermarket in Sumida district of Tokyo 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.
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.
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’

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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