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JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Koizumi to visit colonial prison site in South Korea

In a visit to Seoul on Oct. 15, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will tour a museum dedicated to political prisoners incarcerated under Japanese colonial rule, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Firms urged to recall suspect beef products

The health ministry urged the food industry Friday to inspect and voluntarily recall products containing cow parts that could transmit mad cow disease to humans, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Japan's response satisfactory, Baker says

The United States is "satisfied" with Japan's response in supporting U.S. antiterrorism efforts in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon last month, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said Friday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 6, 2001

Senegal stifles Japan

LENS, France -- Japan bowed to Senegal, a World Cup qualifier from Africa, 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday night at Stade Felix Bollaert in Lens, France.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Raids target Akagi's passport case

The public security division of the Metropolitan Police Department searched seven locations Friday related to the wife of Shiro Akagi, one of nine Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet in 1970.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Homeless rally for job, shelter bill passage

A group of more than 200 homeless people from across the country rallied in front of the Diet building on Friday, demanding the immediate passage of a bill to assist the nation's growing homeless population.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Diet receives bill for SDF to support U.S. action

The Cabinet approved a bill Friday to combat terrorism that will allow Japan's armed forces to support U.S.-led operations against terrorist suspects in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 6, 2001

Rhodes fails in homer-record bid

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes failed to connect for a roundtripper in four at-bats and his homer total remained unchanged at 55 as the Pacific League champion lost to the Orix BlueWave 7-1 at Green Stadium Kobe on Friday in the final PL contest of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

GM, Toyota to study telematic services

General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday they have agreed to conduct a joint feasibility study of telematics -- vehicle onboard information -- in the Japanese car market.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Seagaia rehab legal phase complete

The Miyazaki District Court announced Friday that the three owners of the Seagaia Resort in Kyushu have completed legal proceedings for starting corporate rehabilitation.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

ASEAN meet warns of China's rise

Japan and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations must consider how they can cooperate to compete with China, which is becoming more economically powerful, Asian business leaders said in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Key economic health gauge hit zero in August

The key gauge of economic health came to zero in August, remaining well below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the eighth straight month, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Doi gets third term at SDP helm

Takako Doi secured another unchallenged term as Social Democratic Party leader on Friday, officials of the small opposition party said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Bourse curbs sought to rein in terrorists

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wants legislation developed to prevent terrorist groups from making profits through futures contracts on Japanese stock markets, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

U.S. relations need review: Tanaka

Japan should rethink and clarify its role in the half-century-old security alliance with the United States, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Guard shot in 5 million yen robbery

OSAKA -- A gunman snatched 5 million yen in cash Friday morning from a vehicle parked outside a Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. branch in Osaka, shooting and wounding a guard in the leg, police said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Singapore FTA seen as done deal

The governments of Japan and Singapore will begin a three-day meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday to put the finishing touches on a bilateral free-trade agreement, Japanese government sources said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Foreign reserves top $397 billion

Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit a record high $397.02 billion at the end of September, up $24.80 billion from the previous high set in August, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Glass ceiling in Japan thick as ever

Female workers account for only 2.2 percent of those being groomed for senior management at Japanese companies, according to results of a government survey released Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Press info access first casualty of war

As the U.S. prepares to launch retaliatory strikes on those believed to be behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the media's frustration over the tight control of information by the U.S. authorities is reportedly on the rise.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Ministry told to bolster ex-pats' safety

The public management ministry asked the Foreign Ministry on Friday to take measures to ensure the safety of Japanese living overseas in nations without Japanese embassies or consulates, ministry officials said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 6, 2001

Puppet opera for adults and the Shinoda she-fox

Now here's an intriguing collaboration. A troupe of puppeteers from Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture and a group of musicians from the small farming village of Hartland in Devon, southern England, have come together to perform a puppet opera, based on a traditional Japanese story about a fox that transforms...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Cabinet OKs dispatch of SDF relief supply plane to Pakistan

The Cabinet approved plans Friday to dispatch Self-Defense Forces aircraft to Pakistan to airlift relief supplies for refugees entering the country from neighboring Afghanistan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 6, 2001

The joy of being old, tough and 'hugly'

If life was a construction site, Japan's "obaachans" would be the steamrollers. These old ladies have the ability and authority to conquer anything in their paths.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 6, 2001

Hideo Takeda

In 1956 the College Women's Association of Japan held in Tokyo its first print show. Since then in an unbroken sequence the show has been an annual event, prestigious for the artists participating, felicitous for admirers and collectors of contemporary Japanese print art. For this year's show, CWAJ received...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Builder completion guarantees upped

In an effort to push heavily indebted major general contractors toward consolidation, the infrastructure ministry decided Friday to triple the yen figure of completion guarantees for large-scale public works projects.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Farmers angry at ministry foot-dragging

NODA, Chiba Pref. -- It is worse than the market collapse during the economic slump triggered by the 1973 oil crisis, when beef prices plunged by two-thirds.
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.

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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