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BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2001

Tax panel to list proposals in September

A financial affairs subcommittee of the government's tax panel plans to compile a set of tax reform proposals on stock transactions by the end of September, the head of the subcommittee said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Evacuated Miyake islanders get to grips with urban jungle

Motome Miyazawa's voice booms across rows of taro plants at a farm in Hachioji, western Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

China's new envoy warns relations are at low ebb

Sino-Japanese relations are facing their "toughest situation" since the two countries normalized ties nearly 30 years ago due to issues related to history, trade and Taiwan, new Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Dawei said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 31, 2001

New approach for N. Korea

HONOLULU -- It's time for Washington and Seoul to try a new approach with North Korea. It's time to do . . . absolutely nothing!
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2001

Unemployment demands quick action

Japan's unemployment rate hit 5 percent in July, the highest level since 1953, when the government started taking regular jobless surveys. Official data announced Tuesday show the jobless figure for men climbed to 5.2 percent and that for women to 4.7 percent. The number of people out of work has followed...
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Takenaka firm on tight bond policy for fiscal '02

Heizo Takenaka, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, continued to push fiscal stringency Thursday, calling Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's proposal to cap government bond issues below 30 trillion yen "extremely reasonable."
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

AP boss looks back on eight-year stay

For foreigners who have never been to Japan, news wire services and other media often provide their only view of this country.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 31, 2001

Buffaloes keep heat on Hawks

Naoyuki Omura doubled home two runs with the bases loaded to break open a tight contest as the Kintetsu Buffaloes won their fourth consecutive game by edging the Lotte Marines 7-5 on Thursday at Chiba Marine Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Arrests of rightwing extremists jump 30%

The number of rightwing extremists arrested by police in the first half of this year jumped about 30 percent to reach 1,017, up 232 from a year earlier and exceeding the 1,000 level for the first time since the National Police Agency began keeping records in 1994, the agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Ministry expects lower tax revenues

Vice Finance Minister Toshiro Muto said Thursday tax revenues for the current fiscal year may be lower than the government's 50.73 trillion yen estimate due to the deteriorating economy.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Budget requests set to hit 85.7 trillion yen

Fiscal 2002 budget requests from government ministries and agencies will total 85.7 trillion yen, up 3.7 percent from the initial budget for the current fiscal year, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Vehicle exports continue year's decline

Auto exports declined for the seventh consecutive month in July, falling 6.3 percent from a year earlier to 370,663 units, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Governor campaigns kick off in Tokushima and Ibaraki

Gubernatorial election campaigns began Thursday in Tokushima and Ibaraki prefectures with each incumbent facing a challenge from one other candidate.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Use of counterfeit passports to enter Japan on the rise

The number of arrests for entering Japan on fake passports rose sharply in the first half of the year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 31, 2001

Marinos, Antlers into semis

KAWASAKI -- The Yokohama F. Marinos set up a Nabisco Cup semifinal showcase with Nagoya Grampus Eight after beating Division Two club Kawasaki Frontale 5-0 on aggregate Wednesday night.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Coverup of patient's death gets director suspended term

A former Tokyo hospital director was given a suspended prison term Thursday for trying to cover up the cause of death of a patient in 1999 who was administered a drip containing disinfectant.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Man fires replica gun at courthouse

A man fired blanks from a replica pistol and shouted threats against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday at the Tokyo District Court in Chiyoda Ward, police said.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

NTT restructuring plan meets with union approval

NTT Corp.'s union conditionally approved a radical NTT restructuring plan Thursday to slash personnel costs through wage cuts or transfers to lower-paying subsidiaries.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Vehicle-free streets to be reopened

Three streets in Tokyo that have barred vehicle traffic on holidays will be opened to traffic on such days beginning next month, police said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Action on online broker shows market trend

Tokyo stocks remain trapped in a deepening slump, mirroring negative investor sentiment.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Government to build extra shelters for homeless

To cope with the steadily growing number of homeless people, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will build seven more shelters in fiscal 2002, raising to 12 the number of facilities the government will build in two years.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Nikkei at postbubble low

Tokyo stock prices closed Thursday below the postbubble low registered the previous day, affected by a continued fall on Wall Street and more dismal data on Japan's economy.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Industrial output drops for fifth month in a row

Industrial production slackened further in July with its key index dropping 2.8 percent from June, marking the fifth consecutive month-on-month decline, the trade ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Kyocera to shed 20% of workforce amid IT slump

The Kyocera Corp. group will cut about 10,000 jobs from its global workforce of 51,000, possibly within this year, to deal with the worldwide slump in the information technology sector, company officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

Summer slump for retailers, wholesalers

Combined sales by wholesalers and retailers dropped 1.9 percent in July from a year earlier for the sixth consecutive month, the government said Thursday.

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