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BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2001

Itochu, Nissho Iwai team up on steelworks in Indonesia

Itochu Corp. and Nissho Iwai Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to integrate their steel-processing operations in Indonesia in an effort to improve production efficiency.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 19, 2001

Pixels can't really tell the whole story

Final Fantasy Rating: * * * Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi Running time: 106 minutes Language: English Now showing
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 19, 2001

History still on hold as Buffs righty sizzles

OSAKA -- Hisashi Iwakuma fired a two-hitter as the Kintetsu Buffaloes scored a key 5-0 victory over the Seibu Lions at the Osaka Dome on Tuesday night, boosting their lead in the Pacific League to 11/2 games, and keeping the dream of going worst to first in just one season alive.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Bomb threats to top hotels spook Nikkei

The Nikkei stock average closed higher Tuesday but lost about 100 points in the last three minutes of trading after bomb threats were made against two top hotels in Tokyo. Police later determined the threats were pranks.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 19, 2001

Former yokozuna sees limited action in football debut

Masaru Hanada, better known as former yokozuna Wakanohana, made his X League debut Monday night on a very limited basis as the Onward Skylarks struggled to beat the Lions 14-7 at the Tokyo Dome in Central Division football action.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Princess has pregnancy checkup

The Crown Princess, accompanied by the Crown Prince, visited the Imperial Household Hospital on Tuesday for her fourth checkup since her pregnancy was announced in May.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 19, 2001

Ai gives Tokyo tournament a lift

Ai Sugiyama gave the troubled Toyota Princess Cup a cheer Tuesday when the Japanese No. 1 beat eighth seed Cristina Torrens-Valero of Spain 6-1, 6-2 in a first-round singles match at Ariake Colosseum.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 19, 2001

Tinseltown, meet Chinatown

Rush Hour 2 Rating: * * * Director: Brett Ratner Running time: 90 minutes Language: English Now showing
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2001

Matsushima to reduce coal output

Matsushima Coal Mining Co., operator of one of the nation's two remaining coal mines, has told authorities it plans to cut its annual output of 1.2 million tons to 400,000 tons, company sources said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 19, 2001

Dave Holland Quintet: 'Not for Nothin' '

On their third release, "Not for Nothin'," The Dave Holland Quintet picks up exactly where last year's "Prime Directive" left off -- with more compelling modern jazz.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 19, 2001

Stereolab: 'Sound Dust'

With a musical foundation in German progressive rock and political roots in the playful tradition of the Situationists, Stereolab is as avant-garde as they come.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2001

Lights fantastic in styles old and new

Four Japanese artists working in four different mediums are together holding an exhibition of 62 lamps Sept. 20-29 at the Akasaka Yu Gallery in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 19, 2001

They'll do it theeeeeeir way

Girl bands . . . you've gotta love them.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Sep 19, 2001

Prepared for blastoff

The title of British pub-rocker Nick Lowe's 1978 album "Pure Pop for Now People" aptly describes the sound of Tokyo-based band The Cymbals. The trio's music is bright, intelligent, catchy and easy on the ears -- but with enough of a rock punch to avoid saccharine overkill.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2001

Government loan collector to get funding boost

The three parties in the ruling coalition approved a proposal Tuesday to give the state-run Resolution and Collection Corp. more public funds to buy bad loans, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2001

Savor the compassionate complexity of kirei-sabi's 'elegant simplicity'

Credited with shaping the Rinpa style of Japanese art, Ogata Korin (1658-1716) once caused a sensation at an opulent riverside picnic by nonchalantly producing his lunch tied up in a bamboo leaf. Onlookers watched in disbelief as the master unwrapped his simple fare, revealing that the underside of the...
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2001

TSE nixes Nomura Research listing

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Tuesday it has canceled the planned listing of Nomura Research Institute Ltd. due to the deteriorated international investment climate following last week's terrorist attacks in the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Miyazaki animation museum to open Oct. 1 in Mitaka

An animation museum designed by Hayao Miyazaki, a popular director of animated films, was opened to the media Monday ahead of its official opening on Oct. 1.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Half of imprisoned gangsters plan return to mob: poll

Almost half of all gangsters currently imprisoned hope to return to their organizations after their release, according to a recent Justice Ministry survey.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2001

Down and about in New York, Tokyo

The 8 x 10 monochrome prints on show at Tokyo's UNAC Salon are hardly eye-poppers, overt only in the sharp, downward angles which drag your eyes to the ground.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Strong tremor rocks Kanto region

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 rattled the Kanto region early Tuesday, temporarily disrupting train services on the JR Uchibo Line, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

BOJ eases discount rate to quell recession fears

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday decided to further ease credit to help quell fears of a global recession in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Dearth of bottom-dwellers linked to Isahaya Bay project

The amount of bottom-dwelling organisms found near a controversial reclamation project in Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture has dropped drastically following a reduction in the amount of oxygen in the water over the summer, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2001

Land of the high-and-mighty

History seems to be a dirty word these days. Discussion of it is liable to raise questions of which country or race did what to whom, and whether financial compensation is due.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Sep 19, 2001

Foreign firms slowly influence job-for-life market

As foreign companies have increased their presence in Japan in recent years, many have found it difficult to hire quality local staff.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Ex-head of Tokyo Shogin held over embezzlement

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office has arrested the former head of Tokyo Shogin Shinyo Kumiai, a failed credit union mainly serving South Korean residents, for allegedly embezzling 86 million yen from the union, the office said.
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.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
Nankai Trough megaquake concerns become 'real' among locals
Workers remove debris from a damaged house in the city of Miyazaki on Thursday following a major earthquake.
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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