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JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Disclosure law struggling to live up to its name

A landmark information disclosure law has failed to live up to its promise of increasing the transparency of the nation's scandal-tinged bureaucracy, citizens' groups claim.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

'Tankan' shows mood darkening across the board

Business sentiment among large manufacturers fell for the third consecutive quarter amid increased fears of a global economic downturn, according to a key economic survey released Monday by the Bank of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Nasdaq transactions hit record low

OSAKA -- The total value of transactions on the Nasdaq Japan stock exchange plunged 55.5 percent in September from the previous month to 12.7 billion yen, its lowest level since the market opened on June 19, 2000, the Osaka Securities Exchange said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Kariwa, state burned on cultural project

The central government and the Kariwa Municipal Government paid about 160 million yen more than they should have to build a cultural complex in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 2, 2001

Iwabuchi exits Japan Open early

Tenth-seeded Harel Levy had little trouble in brushing aside local favorite Satoshi Iwabuchi on a rain-soaked Monday as the $970,000 Japan Open tennis tournament got off to a sluggish start.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

All meat-and-bone meal feed banned

The government formally announced Monday that it will impose a comprehensive ban starting Thursday on the distribution of imported and domestically produced meat-and-bone meal, an animal feed suspected of causing mad cow disease.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

New vehicle sales logged 4.1% fall in September

Sales of new motor vehicles fell 4.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 371,318 units, the first fall in three months, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

MHI establishes power company

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it has established a wholly owned company it will use to enter the wholesale electricity market next October.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Japan urged to open up telecom, medical markets

The United States called on Japan on Monday to promote competition in its telecommunications and medical services markets, Japanese government officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

ASDF readies for refugee-aid mission in Pakistan

A fleet of Air Self-Defense Force aircraft selected to transport relief supplies to refugees entering Pakistan from neighboring Afghanistan will leave Japan this week at the earliest, government sources said Monday.
Events
Oct 2, 2001

Nation's cable music man turns his attention to broadband

OSAKA -- Music, as we're often reminded, is a universal language. In Japan it is also ubiquitous.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

UNICEF envoy opposes U.S. attack, Japanese support

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, a television celebrity and goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News that she is opposed to a violent retaliatory campaign by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan.
Events
Oct 2, 2001

Cancer patient promotes artistic expression's force

NARA -- When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, Yuko Kozono, 40, found people's reactions somewhat familiar.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

State saw 11% rise in tax revenues in August

Tax revenues in August increased 11 percent from a year earlier to 5.152 trillion yen, due primarily to income tax levied on a large volume of maturing long-term postal savings, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

DoCoMo launches 3G service with soft sell, finds few takers

NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Monday chose to go with a low-key launch of its third-generation (3G) cellular service amid low expectations by retailers and customers alike.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Koizumi, Hatoyama differ on scope of logistic support

Japan will provide logistic support for the United States and the multinational force it is mustering "within the framework of the Constitution," Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday in the Diet.
Events
Oct 2, 2001

Nara Station spared wrecking ball

NARA -- After three years of fuss, Haruyuki Chichibu felt relieved -- the Nara Prefectural Government announced last month that it would not demolish the 67-year-old JR Nara Station building.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Miyazaki opens animation museum in Mitaka

Popular film director Hayao Miyazaki opened the Ghibli Museum of animation in Mitaka, western Tokyo, on Monday, greeting visitors eager to see his latest creations.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Pre-APEC China visit now unlikely

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is unlikely to carry through with his plan to visit China prior to the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Shanghai, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Civil servant union finds it is missing 50 million yen

Around 50 million yen withdrawn in 1998 by a firm affiliated with a prefectural and municipal employee union is missing, sources familiar with the case said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Sumitomo Marine, Mitsui Marine merge into No. 3 nonlife insurer

Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. and Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. merged Monday to create the nation's third-biggest nonlife insurer.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 2, 2001

Reforms still in wait mode

The terrorist attacks in the United States sent shock waves through stock markets around the world.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Oct 2, 2001

Troussier calls out all Japan's stars for 'friendlies'

Like the Radiohead song, there were "no alarms and no surprises" when Philippe Troussier named his 25-man Japan squad for this week's friendly matches against Senegal and Nigeria, two teams the cohosts could meet at next year's World Cup.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Consumer finance industry in danger, S&P warns

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Monday that the record-high number of bankruptcies and intensifying competition are threatening the profitability of Japan's consumer finance industry.
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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