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LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Mar 8, 2001

Rendezvous at Foodex

Japan's wine world is once again gearing up for the biggest event of the year: Foodex Japan 2001, the massive annual international food and drinks event to be held March 13-16 in the sprawling halls of the Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe). The 26th Foodex Japan will be the most spectacular one...
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Matsushita Communication in tieup

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it has teamed up with U.S.-based Iridian Technologies Inc. to license basic biometric recognition technology and jointly develop next-generation systems for recognizing irises.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

MSDF lieutenant sentenced to 10-month term for spying

A former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for passing two classified defense documents to a Russian Military attache in June.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2001

Genetically modified corn slips into human food chain

The safety of the nation's food has recently been called into question following the discovery of StarLink corn in a shipment of corn imported from the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

10 Nishi-Azuma climbers rescued

Ten middle-aged and elderly climbers were rescued Wednesday near the top of Mount Nishi-Azuma, which straddles the border of Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures, after spending two nights in a snowbound hut, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Eyes in the sky to combat illegal dumping

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- Searching for garbage from space -- it sounds like a science fiction plot of questionable quality.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 8, 2001

Pizza, extra artistry, hold the delivery

Sometimes the craving strikes and second-best just won't do.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 8, 2001

Central League to cooperate in Olympic effort

The Central League said Tuesday it will make a concerted effort to allow more of its professional baseball players to join Japan's national baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Mar 8, 2001

Life after sake's zing has gone

Just like wine, sake has a very short life span once the bottle has been opened. In fact, like wine, sake should be consumed soon after opening to ensure that delicate fragrances and flavors remain intact. Although this varies from sake to sake, in most cases the more delicate and refined the flavor...
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2001

Don't throw in the towel on free trade

Japan's towel makers have made a formal request to the government to curb rising textile exports from China and other developing countries. Emergency import restrictions, known as safeguards, are internationally recognized as an exception to the free-trade rules of the World Trade Organization. So far,...
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Isahaya Bay project suspended

The government will suspend a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, to allow data to be collected from the reservoir formed by the dike that is blamed for the area's poor seaweed crop this season, Farm Minister Yoshio Yatsu said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2001

Cup dates lined up

Shimizu S-Pulse will visit BEC Tero Sasana at Bangkok for the first leg of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinals March 24, the J. League club announced Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Stock slump offers bargains if floor forms

The Tokyo Stock Exchange remains mired in a depressed price range, with the benchmark Nikkei average flirting with its lowest level in more than 15 years.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Coalition may consider redenominating the yen

The government gave mixed signals Tuesday following a press report that some Liberal Democratic Party members advocate redenominating the yen to enhance the currency's international status.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Drug firms team up to battle impotence

Japan's major pharmaceutical maker, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., said Tuesday it has teamed up with Vivus Inc. of the United States on an anti-impotence drug currently being developed.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Norwegian king to visit March 25

King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway will make a weeklong visit to Japan starting March 25 to deepen friendly relations between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Embezzlement scandal documents have not been destroyed, Kono says

Foreign Ministry documents related to alleged embezzlement by a diplomat who has since been dismissed have been kept, even though the ministry routinely destroys documents considered unnecessary after five years, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Nissan's Barcelona plant to make X83 compact van

Nissan Motor Co. and French partner Renault SA will jointly invest 250 million euros (27.53 billion yen) on production of a new compact van, code-named the X83, at the Japanese automaker's plant in Barcelona, Spain, the two carmakers said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Government to ensure banks provide funds for small firms

The government will meet next week with government-related and private-sector financial institutions to ensure that adequate funds for the end of the fiscal year are available for small and medium-size companies, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2001

Jo gets the call

Yokohama F. Marinos striker Shoji Jo has been called up for Japan's tryout camp ahead of its friendly against France, the Japan Football Association announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Japan, Cuba to back Honduras medical project

Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and his visiting Cuban counterpart, Felipe Ramon Perez, have agreed on a joint project to support medical activities in Honduras as part of efforts to strengthen ties between Japan and Cuba.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

One in every four Tokyo elementary, junior high students has a cellphone

One out of every four elementary and junior high school students in the Tokyo metropolitan area has a mobile phone, according to a survey released Tuesday by NTT DoCoMo Inc.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

February sales of new cars rise 2.4%

February saw 371,482 new cars sold, up 2.4 percent from February last year, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Changes to attorney law allow lawyers to establish legal firms

The government approved a bill Tuesday to amend the attorney law, enabling lawyers to establish law firms.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Guests, failure of display cited at start of Greeneville inquiry

HONOLULU -- The presence of civilian guests and deficiencies in the personnel and equipment aboard the USS Greeneville before it collided with the Ehime Maru were highlighted Monday in the U.S. Navy's formal inquiry in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports