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BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2001

DDI Pocket to lease PHS network to newcomer

DDI Pocket Inc., an affiliate of KDDI Corp., has basically agreed to lease out its personal handy-phone system communications network to a Tokyo-based startup telecommunications company, industry sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2001

Ruling bloc agrees on need for extra budget

Policymakers from the three ruling parties agreed Monday on the need to compile a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to help buoy the faltering economy.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2001

Kansai airport late-night flights proving popular

OSAKA -- More and more travelers are taking advantage of bargain late-night flights departing from Kansai International Airport off Osaka, according to airport officials.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2001

Fast Retailing to enter China market

Fast Retailing Co., operator of the popular Uniqlo-brand casual wear retail shops, said Monday it will establish a subsidiary in Kumshan in the Chinese coastal province of Jiangsu on Wednesday.
Events
Aug 7, 2001

Kansai hoping to revitalize with return to cultural roots

KYOTO -- The Kansai region is about to host a unique performing arts festival that organizers hope will spark a regional renaissance at a time when the nation is facing a bleak future.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 7, 2001

Rubbing noses with a musk ox

The Northwest Territories cover approximately one-third of Canada. Given that Canada is the second-largest country in the world, it can therefore be said without fear of contradiction that the NWT is rather large.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2001

Minicar presence gains on automaker innovation

Minicars were once regarded by Japanese consumers as second-class, cheap vehicles.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2001

Restoring a MAD world's sanity

Fifty-six years ago, on the morning of July 16, 1945, the United States exploded the first atomic bomb at a testing range at Alarmogordo, New Mexico. Watching the blast, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, who played the leading role in the last stages of the Manhattan Project, reminded himself of a doomsday passage...
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2001

Voodoo economics rule the day

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's oft-repeated slogan, "There will be no economic recovery without structural reforms," sounds familiar to most Japanese.
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2001

Now Koizumi's battle begins

HONOLULU -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivered on his promise to revive the fortunes of the Liberal Democratic Party the weekend before last. LDP candidates steamrollered their opposition, claiming 64 of the 121 seats that were contested in the Upper House ballot. After an independent candidate...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

N. Korean media finally report Kim's Russia visit

SEOUL -- North Korean media on Saturday reported a visit to Russia by the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, for the first time since he crossed the Russian border by train July 26, nine days ago.
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2001

Powell earns top marks on Asian tour

LOS ANGELES -- Colin Powell's first week in Asia as U.S. secretary of state broke what almost has become an unfortunate tradition. It was a success.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2001

Birds down Dragons on bad throw

The Yakult Swallows took advantage of a throwing error by Chunichi catcher Takeshi Nakamura in the seventh inning Sunday to edge the Dragons 2-1 at Jingu Stadium. Yakult won its fifth consecutive game.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

No-interest loans for city roads planned

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry is planning to introduce a new system to provide interest-free loans to local governments to accelerate the building of roads in urban areas, ministry officials said Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 6, 2001

'Europeans' out of Japan squad

Philippe Troussier has omitted his quartet of European stars from Japan's provisional 25-man squad for this month's Asia-Oceania Challenge Cup clash with Australia, the Japan Football Association announced Sunday.
SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Aug 6, 2001

Iwabuchi hoping for big season this year

Saracens and Japan flyhalf Kensuke Iwabuchi is hoping for a great season this year in England.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

S. Korea praises Moscow Declaration as positive step

SEOUL -- A senior official of the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry on Sunday praised the Moscow Declaration issued Saturday by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as a positive step for inter-Korean relations.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2001

Wine exporters focus on Asia

BORDEAUX, France -- Japan is firmly back on the agenda for many wine exporters despite its continued economic slump, and value for money at the lower end should improve further. However, futures prices already indicate the prestige 2000 Bordeaux vintages won't be cheap.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

Yasukuni visit 'will certainly be made,' says Yamasaki

Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will definitely pay a visit to Yasukuni Shrine, where Class A war criminals are honored, despite strong opposition from neighboring Asian countries.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

Win tickets to Asian Youth concerts

The Japan Times is offering tickets to two performances of the Asian Youth Orchestra on the evenings of Aug. 30 and Aug. 31 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

Mercury pushes 40 C in Japan heat wave

A heat wave continued to bake areas in Japan west of the region centering around Tokyo on Saturday, but Hokkaido was unseasonably cool, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

ODA to China delayed by diplomatic tensions

The release of Japan's new assistance program for China has been delayed by strained relations between the two countries, according to Foreign Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2001

Outdoor accidents claim nine lives

Nine people died, two went missing and five others were injured Sunday in accidents on rivers, mountains and seas across Japan, according to a Kyodo News survey.
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2001

Lies and consequences

Considering how consumed the media are with both death and dying, you might think a brief news item about someone's impending demise wouldn't cause much of a stir. But, of course, it all depends who the someone is.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2001

Ignite Japan's service sector

For several years, Princeton economist Paul Krugman has been preaching that what Japan needs to fix its economy is a good dose of inflation to cure its demand-side problems. Japanese policymakers -- along with most mainstream economic experts -- dismissed his initial 1998 proposals as unnecessary, difficult...

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