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BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Takenaka confirms that businesses are likely to get tax break

Economic minister Heizo Takenaka told top ruling coalition policymakers Thursday that a plan to cut the effective tax rate for companies will be included in a tax reform package to be compiled by a key economic panel Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Foreign insurers unable to halt cancellations

Foreign-affiliated life insurance companies that took on the operations of collapsed domestic insurers were unable to stem the tide of policy cancellations in fiscal 2001, according to earnings reports, the last of which was released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2002

Road privatization panel gets the nod

The House of Councilors Cabinet Committee approved a bill Thursday to establish a third-party panel to discuss how four road-related public entities should be privatized.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2002

Relocating capital functions unlikely anytime soon: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday made clear that his Cabinet will not address in the foreseeable future the proposed relocation of the nation's capital functions outside of Tokyo.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jun 7, 2002

Market likely to struggle for some time

The Tokyo stock market opened the month moderately higher Monday, but the rally soon fizzled, dashing hopes that the Nikkei average would soon hit 12,000.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2002

Samurais hoping to play Kiwis

The Japan Rugby League announced on Wednesday that it was hoping to stage a test match between the Japanese Samurais and New Zealand in Tokyo in October.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 7, 2002

Igawa's three-hitter sinks Carp

Hanshin southpaw Kei Igawa threw a three-hitter and notched his Central League-leading eighth win Thursday as the Tigers roared past the Hiroshima Carp 7-0 at the Osaka Dome.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Kansai airport faces struggle over funds for extra runway

The top bureaucrat in the transport ministry said Thursday the specter of weak demand for a second runway at Kansai International Airport has made the ministry wary of taking any budgetary steps to fund its construction.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2002

Ratification is just a first step

With Tuesday's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, Japan has taken a first step toward tackling the problem of global warming, which threatens modern civilization. Coming four and a half years after the protocol was approved at an international conference in Kyoto in 1997, the ratification is in line...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 6, 2002

Russia beats Tunisia 2-0 to move top of Group H

KOBE -- Egor Titov and Valery Karpin struck in the second half to send Russia to the top of Group H with a 2-0 win over Tunisia on Wednesday afternoon at Kobe Wing Stadium.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Pokemon candy, 27 others added to Meiji foods recall

Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. said Wednesday it will increase to 28 the types of confectionery and food products it will recall because they contain banned flavoring agents.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

High court forbids FTC disclosure

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ordered the Fair Trade Commission not to disclose information about bid-rigging cases involving five companies to residents in Tokyo and Yokohama who have sued the firms for damages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

High pressure sends mercury soaring past 30

Temperatures soared above 30 in many parts of Japan on Wednesday as a high-pressure air mass swept over the archipelago, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Japan sends Kyoto papers to U.N.

The Japanese government on Wednesday submitted ratification documents to the United Nations for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, government officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Insecticide found on Lawson spinach

Large quantities of insecticide residue have been found on frozen spinach from China used in prepared meals sold at Lawson Inc. convenience stores, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Group to support hibakusha lawsuit

A nationwide organization for atomic bomb survivors said Wednesday it will support some hibakusha in filing group lawsuits demanding the government recognize them as suffering from bomb-related illnesses and pay them special medical allowances.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2002

Tiananmen legacy to haunt new leaders

EDMONTON, Canada -- Tuesday was another anniversary of the tragic morning of June 4, 1989, when the Chinese government used force to crack down on student protesters and their supporters in and around Tiananmen Square.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jun 6, 2002

Dollar decline set to continue despite BOJ

The dollar's steep decline in interbank trading has prompted the Bank of Japan to intervene repeatedly in currency trade over recent weeks.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2002

Business sentiment in minus territory but improving

Business sentiment for the current quarter improved in the latest government survey, released Wednesday, although companies whose conditions had deteriorated still outnumbered those whose had improved.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Most schools canceled trips abroad following Sept. 11

Two-thirds of high schools planning school excursions abroad in fiscal 2001 opted instead for domestic destinations in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2002

Suntory has good news for frugal drinkers

OSAKA -- Suntory Ltd. will price its new "happoshu," which goes on sale June 25, at 130 yen per 350 ml can -- 5 yen lower than that of all other happoshu brands marketed by three other major brewers.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2002

Capital spending down in January-March

Capital spending by firms in all industries fell 16.8 percent in the January-March quarter from a year earlier to 11.05 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jun 6, 2002

Don't go making a monkey of yourself, man

Monkey, primate, ape; the terms slip so easily off the tongue, but just what do they mean, and how do they differ? And what does it mean to talk of New World and Old World monkeys?
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2002

Planes OK if evacuation needed

The dispatch of government or Self-Defense Forces aircraft to India and Pakistan will be considered an option if rising tensions there pose a danger to Japanese nationals, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2002

Credit share buys rise

The balance of shares bought on credit hit a nine-month high last week, mirroring a leap in investor sentiment.

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