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BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Yasuda, Fukoku in third-sector tieup

Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Thursday they will jointly develop and sell third-sector insurance products in April.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Hasty death of capital gains tax exaggerated

The Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel has agreed not to accelerate the schedule for abolishing the withholding tax option for capital gains, the head of the panel said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2001

Osaka High Court upholds mobster's death sentence

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court upheld the death sentence Thursday for a former mob boss over the 1991 robbery and murder of a wealthy Kobe company president and his daughter.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2001

Unemployment stays at 5%

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at a record-high 5 percent for the second consecutive month in August, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Foreign Ministry proposes cutting aid to China

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted a plan to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party calling for a reduction in official development assistance to China.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2001

Koizumi pushes crisis readiness

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a fresh vow Thursday to support the United States and actively take part in international efforts to combat terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2001

Full text of Koizumi's policy speech to Diet

Following is a provisional translation of the policy speech delivered by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to an extraordinary Diet session that opened Thursday for a 72-day session.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Isuzu sells base in restructuring effort

In a bid to accelerate its restructuring, Isuzu Motor Ltd. said Thursday it has sold its headquarters building and land in Tokyo to Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 28, 2001

Blue admiral

JAPAN
Sep 28, 2001

Backing of U.S. revives debate on SDF

A senior Defense Agency official looked excited as the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk prepared for its Sept. 21 departure from the Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture with an escort of Maritime Self-Defense Force ships.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 28, 2001

Troussier names squad for tour

Japan manager Philippe Troussier on Thursday called up all of the overseas-based Japan players and recalled four home-based players to his 25-member squad for Japan's European tour starting next week.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Shiokawa says Japan still open to Indonesia's ODA needs

Despite a planned cut in the overall amount of official development assistance dished out to Indonesia in fiscal 2002, Japan will attach "due consideration" to Indonesia's needs, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa told visiting Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Dentsu boosts Asian outlay

Advertising agency Dentsu Inc. said Thursday it will invest 6.6 billion yen in its Asian operations.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 27, 2001

Shimizu's second-half score propels Jubilo over Kashima

IWATA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Jubilo forward Norihisa Shimizu scored in the second half to give Iwata a 1-0 win over the Kashima Antlers in the first leg of the Nabisco Cup semifinals Wednesday night at Jubilo Iwata Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 27, 2001

Buffaloes clinch pennant in grand style

Pinch-hitter Hirotoshi Kitagawa crushed a "sayonara" grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday, giving the Kintetsu Buffaloes their first Pacific League crown in 12 years.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2001

Tanaka, Saudi envoy agree on need to combat terrorism

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Mohamed Bashir Ali Kurdi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Japan, agreed Wednesday on the importance of a concerted international effort to combat terrorism, ministry officials said.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 27, 2001

Arsenal's Inamoto adapting to quicker pace

It's an uphill battle for Junichi Inamoto.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2001

Tokyo film festival kicks off Oct. 27

The 14th Tokyo International Film Festival, featuring 140 movies from 24 countries and regions, starts Oct. 27 in Shibuya Ward.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2001

Passenger's hijack hoax scares officials

OSAKA -- Airline security officials were given a scare Wednesday after a woman called to say she had received e-mail from a friend indicating his Japan Airlines flight had been hijacked -- a message that later turned out to be a prank.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001

Matsushita to make digital movies

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will launch a company Monday to produce digital movies and another one to distribute them, possibly by the end of this year.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001

TSE approves move to go private Nov. 1

The Tokyo Stock Exchange formally adopted a plan Wednesday at an extraordinary general meeting of TSE member brokerage houses to transform the world's second-largest bourse into a stock company.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001

Will dollar fall from favor?

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sounded a somewhat optimistic note on the prospects for the U.S. economy last week.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001

S&P expects little change for Asia-Pacific ratings

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday it does not expect to make substantial changes to its ratings on bonds issued by 16 Asia-Pacific nations following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Longform

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