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BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Imported car sales up in '00

Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan turned upward in fiscal 2000 for the first time in four years, rising 0.8 percent to 276,999 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Sarin gas attack victim says Asahara should be executed

A survivor of the March 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subways by the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult told a Tokyo District Court session on Thursday that the cult's founder should be sentenced to death for the crime.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

New bank group expects bigger loss

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. announced Thursday it has revised downward the projected earnings of its group banks for fiscal 2000, mainly because of increased writeoffs of bad loans.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Postal chiefs warn LDP off privatization

The head of a national association of town and village offices has warned the Liberal Democratic Party that privatizing postal services will cost it support in rural areas as well as the group's backing.
COMMENTARY
Apr 6, 2001

Few worthy leaders in LDP

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is expected to step down sometime this month, a year after he took office. Widely criticized for his alleged incompetence and lack of qualification for national leadership, Mori is sometimes called Japan's worst postwar prime minister. Even though Mori expressed his apparent...
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Economy gauge dips below bust line

The government said Thursday that its key gauge of the state of the economy fell below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in February for the first time in three months.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

LDP election set for April 24

The Liberal Democratic Party will hold its long-awaited presidential election on April 24 to select the successor to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, LDP Secretary General Makoto Koga said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Port raids net 30 suspected illegals

Japanese authorities have arrested 17 Asians aboard a South Korean freighter in Kitakyushu and another 13 at Osaka Minami port on suspicion of illegally entering Japan, officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Japan Inc. moves toward true accounting of books

The true standing of Japanese firms in relation to their foreign rivals is slowly becoming clear.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Monex Inc., Shinsei Bank to link up

Online brokerage Monex Inc. has agreed to form an alliance with Shinsei Bank to provide its customers with a wider range of financial services, including banking products, the two companies said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 6, 2001

Swallows swat Giants 12-5

Akinori Iwamura hit a tie-breaking solo homer off Masumi Kuwata to ignite a six-run fourth inning as the Yakult Swallows overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Yomiuri Giants 12-5 with an 18-hit attack Thursday at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 6, 2001

Super League seen as boost to Asian soccer

Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan said in an interview with The Japan Times that the AFC is aiming to boost the sport in the region with the launch of a new Asian Super League and also hopes to bring next year's World Cup cohosts closer together with the establishment of a...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2001

A springtime dilemma

It has become an annual event. At about the same time that the cherry blossoms in Tokyo are at their peak, Japan faces a big foreign-policy headache: how to respond to the United States-led efforts to censure China at the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2001

Frenchman next to box Hatakeyama

Japanese champion Takanori Hatakeyama will fight designated challenger Julien Lorcy of France in July in his third defense of the World Boxing Association lightweight title, boxing officials announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Stock-buying fund delayed

More time is needed to work out the details of a government plan to create a body that will purchase excess stocks held by Japanese banks, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Asia-Pacific council to gather in Tokyo

The Pacific Basin Economic Council will convene for a three-day meeting starting Sunday in Tokyo, bringing together business leaders from 20 Asia-Pacific economies.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Factors favoring higher yen remain elusive

The yen could come under fresh selling pressure in the weeks ahead.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 6, 2001

Division One soccer match rescheduled

The J. League announced on Thursday the rescheduling of the Division One game between Nagoya Grampus Eight and Shimizu S-Pluse. The game, initially slated for May 19, has been rescheduled for July 11 (7 p.m. kickoff) after S-Pulse advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Female office workers want better-paid husbands: poll

OSAKA -- About 70 percent of single female office workers do not want to marry a man who earns less than they do, according to a survey released Thursday by Ommg Inc., a marriage information service agency.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Supreme Court report illustrates lengthy process of civil trial system

Trials relating to medical matters take an average three years to complete compared with 8.8 months for civil trials, according to a Supreme Court report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Wounded Koreans lose war pension suit

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Koreans who sought disability pensions for wounds suffered during World War II, when they were forced to serve with the Imperial Japanese forces.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

FSA approves real estate joint venture

The Financial Services Agency on Thursday gave the go-ahead for a joint venture between major trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and UBS AG of Switzerland to manage real-estate investment trusts, Mitsubishi said.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Bank of Okinawa to issue new shares

The Bank of Okinawa plans to issue new common shares worth about 13 billion yen to third parties to boost its capital for expanding operations, the bank said Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 6, 2001

Bee-fly

* Japanese name: Birodo tsuriabu
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Apr 6, 2001

Opening the doors to the world

"How many Islamic people are there in the world?" Andrea Landis asks a class of 11th-graders at Ohara High School.
Nikkei plunges by 12% as it registers largest-ever point fall
The 225-issue Nikkei stock average dropped more than 4,000 points on Monday.
Heartbreak for Japan's volleyball team after narrow loss to Italy
Japan's Yuki Ishikawa cheers during the match on Monday.
Tokyo stocks rebound 10% following Monday’s mad rout
An electronic stock board displaying the Nikkei 225-issue Nikkei average outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan works on evacuation plans in event of Taiwan contingency
Map exercises for evacuations, simulating a situation in which an armed attack is expected, are conducted at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Jan. 30.
Japan needs foreign workers, but it might not want them to stay long
Ngun Nei Par, the general manager at Ginshotei Awashima in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, graduated from a university in Myanmar with a degree in geography.
Up rates before it’s 'too late,’ one BOJ policy board member said in June
The Bank of Japan released minutes from its June policy board meeting Monday.
Gymnastics and skateboarding highlight a solid first half of the Paris Olympics for Japan
From left: Gymnastics men's team gold medalists Takaaki Sugino, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka (who also won gold in men's all-around) and Daiki Hashimoto at Champions Park in Paris on Thursday. The gymnastics team was one of the highlights of a successful first half of the 2024 Games for Team Japan.
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.
The wider international and domestic implications of the SDF scandals
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks on July 30 during a parliamentary inquiry into a series of scandals involving the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces.
How a grassroots push helped Japan's fencers become world-beaters
Japan's Koki Kano (right) battles Yannick Borel of France in the gold-medal bout of the men's individual epee at the Paris Olympics on July 28.

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