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CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Sep 12, 2001

You ain't nuthin' but a henjin

What a wacky guy Junichiro Koizumi is. When he's not battling bureaucracy or trying to revive the ailing economy, Japan's unprecedentedly popular prime minister likes nothing better than to chill out and listen to the music of the King: Elvis Presley.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

MMC tops 1 million green engines

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday that production of its low-emission, fuel-efficient GDI engine has topped 1 million units since its launch in May 1996.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Kakraba Lobi

Kakraba Lobi is a virtuoso master of the gyil (pronounced JEEL or JEE-lee), the traditional instrument of the Lobi people of Ghana, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast. After stints as a cab driver, farmer and just about every occupation in between, Lobi realized his calling as a gyil player, becoming,...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown: 'Back to Bogalusa'

Louis Armstrong once said: "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." If any disc ever deserved the "folk music" label it would have to be Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's most recent release, "Back to Bogalusa," with its incredibly rich variety of American styles.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Memorial erected for downed B-29 crew

INA, Ibaraki Pref. -- Before dawn on March 10, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber crashed into the woods outside a rural village some 45 km northeast of Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Tanaka apology seen as a start

Former American POWs and their supporters greeted Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's apology delivered to them Saturday in San Francisco with mixed reactions, saying it was a good start but still a long way from a solution.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 11, 2001

Rhodes on hold at 53

OSAKA -- The great home run chase held steady Monday night, as Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes went 0-2 with a pair of strikeouts, walked and was hit by a pitch as the Kintetsu Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-3 at the Osaka Dome.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

JOC president dies in sauna after heart fails

OSAKA -- Yushiro Yagi, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, died Sunday evening after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel, hotel officials said Monday. He was 72.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

15-year term sought for '70 JAL hijacking

Prosecutors on Monday sought a 15-year prison sentence for former Red Army Faction member Yoshimi Tanaka, who is on trial at the Tokyo District Court for the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet and other charges.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Sep 11, 2001

Market rebound likely after end of month

The Tokyo stock market is seeking its downside, with the 225-issue Nikkei average plunging close to 10,000 amid concern over global economic and corporate earnings prospects.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

REITs make their debut on TSE

Funds modeled on U.S. real estate investment trusts debuted Monday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with high hopes in the securities industry that they will lure individual investors amid ultralow interest rates and a slump in stock prices.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Nikkei hits 10,195 in lowest close since 1984

The Nikkei stock average plunged to a fresh 17-year low Monday after Friday's tumble on Wall Street and a negative report on domestic machinery orders erased a rally sparked by a Finance Ministry comment out of Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Faster data-reading chip developed

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it has developed what it claims to be the fastest noncontact data-reading chip, an achievement that could boost distribution of wireless identification applications.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Patent confab kicks off in Tokyo

A meeting of patent office chiefs from 12 Asian countries started today in Tokyo, the Patent Office said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Koizumi promises qualitative ODA

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday ahead of a weeklong visit to ASEAN countries that he hopes to make the contents of Japan's official development assistance qualitative. The government plans to slash its ODA budget by 10 percent in fiscal 2002.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Core machinery orders down for third month

Core private-sector machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in July from the previous month to 931.5 billion yen, the third monthly drop in a row, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Mad cow disease suspected to have hit Chiba dairy farm

CHIBA -- A dairy cow in Chiba Prefecture is suspected to have contracted mad cow disease, government officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Minister quells calls to form bad-loan disposal committee

Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa on Monday brushed aside growing calls to form a third-party committee to help banks dispose of bad loans and companies to deal with excessive debt.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Wholesale prices decline for 11th straight month

Domestic wholesale prices dropped 0.9 percent in August from the previous year for the 11th consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Arabian Oil reaches basic agreement with Kuwait

Japan's largest oil producer, Arabian Oil Co., has reached a basic agreement with Kuwait on extending its drilling rights in the Khafji oil field, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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