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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

Trains to become moving billboards

Advertisers in Tokyo gained a new medium on Tuesday -- rail cars.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

Ministry looks into growing suicide problem

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has begun compiling measures to stem the growing number of suicides in Japan, according to ministry officials.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

LAN trial set for Tokyo Station

Japan Telecom Co. and East Japan Railway Co. later this month will launch a joint experiment providing Internet service over a wireless local-area network at JR Tokyo Station.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

New fuel-cell Honda unveiled

Honda Motor Co. revealed Tuesday a new fuel cell-powered vehicle that performs almost as well as gasoline-powered cars.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

Lee looking to alter landscape of Taiwan's politics

TAIPEI -- Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui is looking to forge a new political group after legislative elections are held in December.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2001

A-Cab rips No. 45 as Lions top Buffs

Alex Cabrera slugged his 45th roundtripper of the season and Mitsutaka Goto struck out nine and scattered two hits over 62/3 innings as the Seibu Lions won their fourth game in a row with a 5-2 victory over the Pacific League-leading Kintetsu Buffaloes on Tuesday at the Seibu Dome. With the win and the...
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

'Eiken' tests to go on despite ministry

The Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc. said Tuesday that it will continue to hold its "eiken" English proficiency test despite an education ministry decision to halt official recognition of the exam.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

Poor economy taking toll on health care

The number of people losing their national health insurance certificate because they failed to pay premiums due to salary reductions and other hardships is on the rise.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

Tanaka forms loose advisory panel

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Monday she will set up an informal advisory panel this week, from which she hopes to get suggestions on not only political and economic diplomacy but also on "soft" issues such as cultural exchange, education and environment.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Plumber places hopes on fresh, natural water

OSAKA -- Drinking water has long been seen as something that comes for free. All you need to do is turn on a tap.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

City of Moriguchi turns back to historic roots

MORIGUCHI, Osaka Pref. -- Other than the odd rice paddy, the city of Moriguchi now has little evidence of its pre-1960s days as a farming area.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Osaka's Koreans slam invasion of privacy

KYOTO -- Recent allegations that files on hundreds of Korean residents in the Kansai region were handed to the Public Security Investigation Agency by local city offices has cast a pall of fear over the community, according to leaders of two major ethnic organizations.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

JR East's imported 'bento' found light on meat, fish

Some of the roughly 21 tons of "bento" boxed lunches imported between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20 from the United States by an affiliate of East Japan Railway Co. did not contain sufficient meat and fish, according to company sources.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

Bureaucrats seek to keep grip on public corporations

Bureaucrats are opposed to a large portion of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plans to privatize or abolish public corporations, according to government reports recently submitted to the Cabinet Office.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 4, 2001

Rhodes, Buffaloes come up short against Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Fans hoping to see a piece of baseball history will have to wait at least one more night, after the Seibu Lions blanked the Kintetsu Buffaloes 4-0 on Monday evening at the Seibu Dome and prevented Tuffy Rhodes from cracking his 50th home run of the season.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Sep 4, 2001

Stock market set to rally by end of year

The Tokyo stock market is testing its downside, reflecting recent weakness in U.S. stocks as well as concerns about Japanese earnings prospects.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

Traditional music industry looks to schools

The tones reverberating from a shamisen or shakuhachi easily bring to mind images of a Japan all but lost in the 21st century.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

Sumitomo announces share transfer

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Monday it has transferred part of its shares in Japan Net Bank to Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

Mitsubishi to sell carbonic acid unit

Mitsubishi Rayon Co. said Monday that it has signed an agreement to sell its carbonic acid operations to Praxair Mitsui Chemicals Inc., a unit of Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

State to prioritize targets of Koizumi's reforms

The government decided Monday to compile a list of priority items under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform program, government officials said.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Fukushima area's face-lift puts it back on Osaka map

OSAKA -- Once a backwater in the shadow of Osaka's highly developed Umeda district, the area around Fukushima station is slowly being transformed from a slightly run-down neighborhood of cheap ramen shops to a gentrified area of French restaurants and Internet cafes.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 4, 2001

Where the diamonds aren't, any more

If you missed the last column, here's a brief recap. We were about to enter the Namibian Sperrgebiet (lit. "Restricted Area"), a vast southwest African coastal wilderness, off limits for nearly a century due to its dense concentrations of diamonds.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

New car sales jumped 5% in August

Sales of new motor vehicles rose 5.3 percent in August from a year earlier to 255,954 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
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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