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JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Sand clouds from China hit Japan

Clouds of yellow sand carried by strong winds from China were observed across the nation from late Monday night to Tuesday morning, the first time the phenomenon has been observed nationwide in the autumn in six years, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Lower House approves legal education bills

The House of Representatives passed three bills Tuesday aimed at improving the educational system for legal professionals in a bid to increase both their quality and number.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Cash won favors at Teikyo University

Students whose parents donated money to Teikyo University before their admission received preferential treatment in entrance exams if they were on the border between acceptance and rejection, sources said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2002

Cabrera stealing Matsui's thunder so far

OSAKA -- Seibu Lions slugger Alex Cabrera tied the Japanese record for home runs in a single season, and next season, he thinks he'll reach No. 56.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2002

Locals make it three in a row

OSAKA -- It's probably about time someone came up with another nickname for Seibu Lions shortstop Kazuo Matsui.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2002

J-Phone success boosts Japan Telecom balance

Japan Telecom Holdings Co., the owner of Japan's third-largest telecom carrier, said Tuesday its group net balance for the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 swung back into the black due mainly to cost-cutting and growth in its J-Phone mobile phone services.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 13, 2002

Pavement: "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Redux"

Pavement fans should prepare to be very happy. Ten years after their lo-fi opus, "Slanted and Enchanted," blew our minds, the folks at Matador Records have released "Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Redux," a double CD containing the original album along with 34 (count 'em, THIR-TY-FOUR) additional tracks....
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2002

Cost-cutting efforts drive Marubeni out of the red

Major trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it returned to the black on a consolidated basis for the six months through September, posting a group net profit of 17.8 billion yen thanks to a reduction in sales and administrative expenses and the removal of loss-making subsidiaries from its books....
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2002

Diet panel to summon bank chiefs

A key Diet panel will summon the presidents of the nation's four major banking groups and the chiefs of banking industry bodies to testify on the bank shakeup plan devised by Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka, lawmakers said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

U.S. official backs transfer of FTC

A senior official of the U.S. Justice Department voiced support Tuesday for Japan's plan to transfer the Fair Trade Commission from the public management ministry to the Cabinet Office.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Online auction bill nears fruition

The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday aimed at forcing operators of Internet auction sites to notify authorities of their dealings.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2002

Firms link in communication venture

Procket Networks Inc., a U.S. company specializing in the development of high-speed information communication systems, announced Tuesday that it has established a joint venture in Tokyo with three Japanese network companies.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2002

Industrial revival plan anticipated by yearend

The government said Tuesday it will formulate before the end of the year a basic policy on turning the stagnant industrial sector around.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2002

The garden of Escher delights

"Mathematicians," wrote M.C. Escher in a 1958 essay, "have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it."
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2002

Japan puts progress before talks

Japan said Tuesday it is not ready to respond to North Korea's proposal to hold the next round of normalization talks later this month, citing slow progress on the issue of abducted Japanese.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 13, 2002

The Archie Shepp Quartet

Archie Shepp was handed the free-jazz mantle directly from John Coltrane. After contributing tenor sax to Coltrane's quintessential "Ascension" recording in 1965, Shepp went on to record his own series of visceral works in a similar revolutionary style. With a group of like-minded players, Shepp continued...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Mainframe computer shipments fall

Domestic shipments of mainframe computers totaled 190.7 billion yen in value in the first half to Sept. 30, down 20 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Taiwan's Lee applies for Japan entry visa

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui applied for an entry visa Monday in order to make a speech at Keio University in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Soka teen's kin to take case to top court

The family of a 15-year-old girl slain in 1985 in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, will appeal a ruling that cleared three men alleged to have killed the girl and rejected the family's civil damages suit against the trio, their lawyers said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Suzuki enters plea of not guilty in court

House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki pleaded not guilty Monday to bribery, perjury and falsifying political funds reports.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Mizuho opens combined branch

The Mizuho Financial Group said Monday it opened a joint branch office in Tokyo's Ota Ward, with Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Investors Securities Co. and Mizuho Asset Trust & Banking Co. offering their services within the same building.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Nippon Flour pays for date blunder

Nippon Flour Mills Co. said Monday it will recall 270,000 frozen-food packages bearing expiration dates that are a year earlier than the actual dates.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Hitachi, IBM in PC recycle venture

Hitachi Ltd. and IBM Japan Ltd. said Monday they will jointly launch a recycling business for personal computers used by companies.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Government contemplates support for spouses of ethnic North Koreans

The government may consider offering livelihood support to Japanese who went to Pyongyang as spouses of North Koreans decades ago and who have since returned to Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Wholesale prices fall for 25th month

Domestic wholesale prices in October fell 0.5 percent from a year earlier for the 25th consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
The yen has been weak against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, with some analysts expecting the retreat to continue.
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
Onosato stumbles in quest for first perfect championship
Yoshinofuji (left) beats Onosato by <i>oshidashi</i> at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.
Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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