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MORE SPORTS / THE DUKE OF HAZARDS
Apr 13, 2001

An ace can put a hole in your wallet

Ever scored a hole-in-one? I'm still trying, but I hope I don't do it in Japan.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 13, 2001

Matsui smashes 250th home run

Yomiuri starter Yusaku Iriki pitched 81/3 solid innings and Hideki Matsui drilled his 250th career home run as the Giants edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 at the Nagoya Dome on Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Tokyo families spend more on education in 2000

Despite the prolonged recession, Tokyo households spent more on their children's education during the 2000 academic year -- which ended last month -- than during the previous year, according to an annual survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2001

Spat over whaling unlikely to sour business

Helen Clark is not afraid to snap at the hand that helps feed her nation.
COMMUNITY / THE PARENT TRIP
Apr 13, 2001

English as a father tongue

You are living in Japan in a bicultural, bilingual relationship (meaning that you can deal with the dry-cleaning guy in Japanese). Little Tomu or Tommy, your first, has gone from goos and gurgles to words and even sentences. How cute! Kawaii! You, who have struggled so hard to master Nihongo (or at least...
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2001

NKK shares rise on merger rumors

The share price of NKK Corp. has been steadily approaching that of Kawasaki Steel Corp. over the past few weeks amid rumors of an imminent merger.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Okayama man released after false alarm at hotel

OSAKA -- Police Thursday arrested and then released a 57-year-old man in his Osaka hotel room after receiving a tip that he was armed with two handguns, which proved to be toy replicas.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Disparaging title forces video delay

Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. was forced to stop release of a psycho-thriller video after receiving complaints from autistic patients whose condition is used in the Japanese title of the video, it was learned Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 13, 2001

Paper wasp

*Japanese name: Futamon ashinagabachi *Scientific name: Polistes chinensis * Description: Paper wasps are social insects, meaning that they live together in a colony. A queen lays eggs, and worker insects feed the larvae. They have yellow and black stripes like regular wasps, but paper wasps are easy...
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2001

Forty years of flying and dreaming

Forty years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in to space. It was a short trip: one 108-minute circumnavigation of Earth, but it changed human history. When humankind escaped the bounds of the earth's atmosphere, our views of the world and our place in it changed forever....
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Web, mobile-based trading is seen to be catching fire

The surge in Web surfers is brightening prospects for online stock trading.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

NTT to tap into demand for Net

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. plans to establish a new company for high-speed fiber-optic Internet services as early as this summer under a three-year business scheme, company sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Issei's love of America tempered

A loyal American who cherishes Japanese values inherited from his issei parents, Henry Ikemoto's life bridges two cultures.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Record number to take Golden Week trips

A record number of travelers are expected to arrive and depart Japan during this year's Golden Week holiday period, according to Japan's largest travel agency.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Pyongyang welcomes Japan NGO pushing redress

Kyodo News
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Insurers join on computer support

The Nippon Life Insurance Co. group, Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. and Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. said they have jointly set up a venture to develop a computerized support system for the sale of policies.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

LDP panel wants tax cuts for real estate transactions

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policymaking panel on land and transportation agreed Wednesday to seek tax breaks for sellers of real estate as part of a government emergency economic package that was unveiled Friday, party sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

LDP rivals trade promises as leadership race heats up

Former health minister Junichiro Koizumi and former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto began shaping their campaign policies Wednesday in the runup to the April 24 Liberal Democratic Party election.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Revised L-mode plans submitted for approval

NTT's two regional carriers on Wednesday reapplied for approval to launch a modified version of their L-mode Internet service.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Bank lending falls 3.6%, declining for 39th straight month

The balance of outstanding loans at Japanese banks dropped 3.6 percent in March from a year earlier for the 39th consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Youths' public service mulled

Education Minister Nobutaka Machimura told an advisory panel Wednesday to come up with concrete recommendations on mandatory community service by elementary through high school students.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Shinsei Securities to open May 1

Shinsei Bank said Wednesday its wholly owned subsidiary Shinsei Securities Co. will start operations on May 1, after completing registration procedures.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Sony eyes headphone-style Walkman

Inc. said Wednesday that it will soon begin selling a new digital, headphone-style Walkman. Like other units already on the market, the 95-gram NW-E8P uses a flash memory chip that allows high-quality sound to be played without interruption, even when the unit is shaken.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Japan, EU to push U.S. on Kyoto pact

Japan and the European Union agreed Wednesday to continue urging the United States to participate in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to prevent global warming, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Japan must prepare better for bioterrorism: report

Japan needs to step up measures to cope with terrorist attacks using biological weapons, an advisory panel to the head of the Defense Agency said in a report Wednesday.

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