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JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Interministerial team to target cyberterrorism

Japan will set up an interministerial team to prevent cyberterrorism and protect its planned "cybergovernment" from attack, government officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Bridgestone, Callaway ink golf deal

Bridgestone Sports Co. and Callaway Golf Co. said Wednesday they have signed a license agreement that permits the U.S. firm to use a number of Bridgestone Sports' three-piece golf ball patents worldwide.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Archaeologists find Egyptian quarry

Japanese archaeologists said Wednesday they have discovered in southern Egypt what they believe to be one of the largest quarries used in ancient Egypt.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Web gossip sparks corporate anger

Two major life insurers were battered by a swirl of rumors in September as several message boards on a popular Web site began predicting their demise.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Starbucks perks on Nasdaq debut

OSAKA -- Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. made a superb debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq Japan stock market as investors scooped up shares of the high-profile firm.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Lower House takes up SDF bills

The Lower House plenary session began deliberations Wednesday on two bills that would enable the Self-Defense Forces to provide rear-area support to U.S.-led military forces in the campaign against terrorism.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Aeon notches new records in first-half sales and profits

Aeon Co., which runs the Jusco supermarket chain, logged record sales and pretax profits on a consolidated basis for the first half of this business year, company officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Marubeni to dissolve three units

Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Wednesday it will dissolve three subsidiaries in Japan and overseas to streamline its operations.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2001

Oshima to stay on with Nippon Ham

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Yasunori Oshima made his final report to the club's front office Wednesday and was asked to stay on as skipper after finishing the season in last place in the Pacific League standings.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Stock losses prompt Sumitomo Trust to halve profit outlook

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. said Wednesday it has halved its group net profit projection due to massive appraisal losses on its stockholdings for the first half of the business year ended Sept 30.
JAPAN / VIEWS ON KABUL
Oct 11, 2001

Lawmaker says contribution to U.S.-led effort is essential

Japan's reliance on the Middle East for energy supplies and its role as a U.S. ally make a maximum contribution to the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism essential, according to lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, who is well-versed in Afghan affairs.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Japan to check labs for biological agents

The government plans to check all research institutions in Japan to see if they are keeping dangerous viruses or bacteria and if they are taking steps to ensure such agents do not fall into the hands of terrorists, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Importance of undeveloped land cited

Roughly half the undeveloped tracts of land near populated areas, or "satoyama," host more than five types of endangered flora and fauna, according to an Environment Ministry survey released Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2001

Games washed out

A steady rainfall covering much of central and eastern Japan on Wednesday washed out games in Tokyo and Yokohama as the Central League nears the conclusion of the 2001 season.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Japan, Russia reach basic deal on fishing

Japan and Russia have reached a basic agreement that Moscow will not grant fishing rights to other countries in waters around the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

New Singapore FTA talks begin

Japan and Singapore began a three-day meeting Wednesday in Tokyo hoping to clinch an accord on what would be Japan's first bilateral free trade agreement.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 11, 2001

When the heart rules the head

Are we at the mercy of emotional centers in the brain when we make moral decisions, or can we override them? Is there a "hard-wired," physiological component to emotions, or are they cultural products, gradually emerging as a result of our upbringing and experience?
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Three arrested over union affiliate scam

Tokyo prosecutors arrested three men Wednesday, including the 59-year-old managing director of a firm affiliated with the nation's largest labor union, on suspicion of embezzling 38 million yen from the company.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Welfare crook avoids prison term

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court sentenced a 44-year-old unemployed man to a suspended two-year prison term Wednesday for embezzling more than 1 million yen intended as social welfare payments for homeless people.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 11, 2001

Dollar's safe-haven status questioned

The dollar is often considered a safe haven in times of international unrest -- but not these days.
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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