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JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Odakyu allowed office clerks to drive trains

The Odakyu Electric Railway Co. said Tuesday it has punished two executives and 19 employees for allowing 10 newly hired clerical workers to drive trains on three of its lines in the Kanto region.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Africa must cure woes itself: Mbeki

Solutions to conflicts, poverty and other problems in Africa must come from within, and regional cooperation is vital for success, visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Trend Micro in Portugal tieup

Antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc. said Tuesday it has tied up with a Portuguese unit of Britain's Vodafone Group PLC to protect mobile phone e-mail communication in Portugal.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Coalition agrees on two-year limit for SDF counterterror role

The government and ruling coalition have agreed to impose a two-year limit on planned legislation to enable the Self-Defense Forces to assist a U.S.-led operation against terrorism.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 3, 2001

Online traders ready for market to bottom

Online traders have shown more gumption than other investors in recent weeks, shrugging off worries about the slowing global economy.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Namco raises first-half projections

Video game software maker Namco Ltd. said Tuesday it has raised group earnings projections for the fiscal first half despite cutting its projections for the full year to March 31.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Oki revises '01 earnings estimates

Oki Electric Industry Co. said Tuesday it has downwardly revised its net balance forecast for fiscal 2001 to an 8.5 billion yen loss on a group basis. It previously forecasted a 9 billion yen profit.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2001

Tigers win it late to delay Swallows' celebrations

The Yakult Swallows had to wait at least another day to enjoy the pennant-clinching champagne shower as they lost to the Hanshin Tigers 2-1 on Tuesday at Koshien Stadium.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Bomb damages car of Chiba official

CHIBA -- A bomb blast early Tuesday damaged the car of a Chiba Prefectural Government official connected with a project to expand Narita airport, the police said.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Shelter

In a hidden corner of almost every major city there is a grotty club that serves as rock 'n' roll's nerve center, a place where a talented band with a good idea can be catapulted to indie-rock notoriety. In New York, it was CBGB; in L.A., it was the Whiskey, or maybe Spaceland; and in Tokyo, for the...
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

UFJ latest bank to fall into the red

Banking group UFJ Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it will post first-half group net losses of 65 billion yen for the period to Sept. 30, after shouldering hefty costs to cover bad-loan writeoffs and stock market losses.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Oct 3, 2001

No reason to feel ashamed

The savagely sultry summer has mercifully given way to the cooler, mellow vibe of autumn. It's time to savor such seasonal delights as sanma (Pacific saury), shinmai (newly harvested rice) and the latest Miyuki Nakajima album, which comes out like clockwork each year around this time.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Ministry may ban cow parts from drugs, cosmetics

The health ministry said Tuesday it is debating what body parts to include in a ban on using domestically raised cows and sheep as raw materials in medicines and cosmetics.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Missing links steal the show

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also a dubious honor. For some 15 years, until his death in 1610, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's brooding and beautiful works scandalized Church and patrons alike, and left a generation of followers -- and copycats -- in his wake.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Alicia Keys: 'Songs in A Minor'

When it comes to describing pop artists, few adjectival phrases are as off-putting as "classically trained," especially when it's used repeatedly in the course of a five-year PR buildup for a teen prodigy. But classically trained Alicia Keys' long-awaited debut album, "Songs in A Minor," is neither as...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 3, 2001

The rebirth of cool

It's 30 minutes until showtime and the dark, cramped nightclub is already way past the fire chief's recommended maximum capacity. College students elbow their way through the wall of bodies toward the front, while gentlemen with salted beards and sports coats settle near the back with scotch and sodas....
MORE SPORTS
Oct 3, 2001

Sugiyama delights home fans

Third-seed Japanese ace Ai Sugiyama broke back from a two-game deficit in her match against Zsofia Gubacsi, rallying to beat the Hungarian in straight sets as she cleared the first round of the $970,000 Japan Open tennis tournament Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Japan considering aid for Afghan refugees in Iran

Japan may provide humanitarian aid for a tide of Afghan refugees escaping to Iran in fear of military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

Just who's ripping off who, here?

Score Rating: * * Director: Frank Oz Running time: 125 minutes Language: English Now showing
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Ray Wylie Hubbard: 'Eternal and Lowdown'

The 1970s produced an amazing crop of Texas singer-songwriters, though few have survived without some, shall we say, "life experiences." Transforming the pain and confusion of such experiences into self-revelatory, tight-rocking songs is what the Texas troubadour tradition is all about.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

IHI slashes this year's earnings forecasts

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday it has revised down its full- and half-year group earnings projections for the 2001 business year, citing hefty appraisal losses on its stock portfolios and a troubled subsidiary.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Can-do creators fill in city 'gaps'

One of the biggest problems with Tokyo's avant-garde art scene is finding it.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Mexico's 'cosmic' cornucopia

What is "ultrabaroque?"
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

An artist who stands out from the crowd

Art does not exist in a bubble. Contemporary events, like the terrorist attack on America, affect the way we look at it.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

SDF arms rules to be eased

The government and ruling bloc have agreed in principle to ease restrictions on the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces if they are engaged in logistic support for U.S.-led retaliatory strikes over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, government sources said Monday.

Longform

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