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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Moody's lowers NEC rating in wake of global downturn

Moody's Investors Service Inc. has lowered its rating outlook for the Baa1 senior unsecured long-term debt of NEC Corp. from positive to stable.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Arroyo woos investors, urges continued aid flow

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stressed on Thursday her nation's efforts to improve competitiveness in the global market and to alleviate investors' worries over safety.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

37 lawmakers, including members of Cabinet, tied to illegal donations

Thirty-seven lawmakers received illegal political donations last year before punishments for corporate donations to individual politicians were enacted in April 2000, according to a government report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

APEC nears compromise

The 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have reached a compromise on the contentious question of revising its 1995 guideline for liberalizing trade and investment within the Pacific Rim by 2020.
COMMUNITY / THE PARENT TRIP
Sep 14, 2001

Disney domination

I should have known that Disney characters would one day take over my home.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Another Japanese added to missing list in U.S.

A Japanese believed to have been locally employed with Fiduciary Trust International, housed in the World Trade Center, is listed as missing, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Flight ban having impact on trade: Hiranuma

Trade minister Takeo Hiranuma on Thursday voiced concern over collateral effects this week's horrific terrorist attacks will have on the 24.7 billion yen in goods Japan and the U.S. trade each day.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Nissan, Renault make integration effort

Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA said Thursday they will launch a joint organization later this month to study ways to integrate their information systems as they move toward joint worldwide automotive operations.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 14, 2001

JAWOC mulls second round of World Cup tickets

The Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee said Thursday it may start the second round of ticket sales for next year's World Cup for residents in Japan shortly before the Dec. 1 draw for the tournament.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 14, 2001

Loss drops Hawks full game back

The Daiei Hawks bowed to the Orix BlueWave for the second straight night Thursday, suffering a costly 6-3 defeat at Green Stadium Kobe.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Fukuda hints at change in reading of Article 9

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda hinted Thursday that the government may seek to alter the interpretation of part of the nation's postwar Constitution.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Oh boy! Rhodes at 54 and counting

OSAKA -- Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes moved to the doorstep of history Wednesday night as the Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-3 at the Osaka Dome and moved back into first place in the Pacific League.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Nikkei falls under vital 10,000 line

The benchmark Nikkei stock average tumbled below 10,000 for the first time in 17 years Wednesday as chaos overcame world financial markets following terrorist attacks in the United States the previous day.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Japan prompted to drop test-ban pact deadline

The government is expected to omit the 2003 deadline for ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty when it submits a new resolution to the U.N. General Assembly this year, well-placed sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

SDF reinforces security at bases

The Defense Agency has reinforced security at Self-Defense Forces facilities nationwide, especially those used jointly with U.S. forces, agency officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

21 Japanese missing after terror attacks

At least 21 Japanese remained unaccounted for as of Wednesday morning after terrorist attacks rocked the United States, Japanese government officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

North Korea nixes visit by aid monitors

North Korea has refused entry to a Japanese government mission planning to inspect the distribution and use of rice shipments provided by Tokyo, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

Nexion gets Winter Games contract

Tokyo-based Nexion, a subsidiary of trading company Marubeni Corp., said Wednesday it had received an order to provide trans-Pacific video transmission services for high-definition digital broadcasts of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 13, 2001

Kikyo (Bellflower)

BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

BOJ calms banking system with massive cash injection

The Bank of Japan injected 2 trillion yen into the market Wednesday to keep the banking system stabilized following terrorist attacks in the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Tourists OK, 14 travel agencies say

Fourteen of the 15 major Japanese travel agencies that run package tours to New York and Washington confirmed the safety of 1,770 Japanese participants, the Land, Transport and Infrastructure said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

NGO's staffers told to stay out of Afghanistan

A Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization said it has instructed staff members sent to Afghanistan but currently on a business trip to Pakistan to remain there following an explosion in Kabul early Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Japan emergency rescue team on standby

Japan has placed an international emergency rescue team on standby for dispatch to the United States following Tuesday's terrorist attacks, the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission said Wednesday.
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.
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.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes Kanto region
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kanto region on Friday evening.
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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