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Aug 9, 2002

Teshima invited to PGA Championship

Last season's Japan Open champion Taichi Teshima has received an invitation to the U.S. PGA Championship later this month, Japanese tour officials said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 9, 2002

Bowers tosses shutout as BayStars edge Giants

Yokohama right-hander Shane Bowers tossed eight-hit ball over the distance for his first shutout win in Japan as the BayStars beat the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 at Yokohama Stadium on Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

TV Tokyo announces punishments

Television Tokyo Channel 12 Ltd. announced Thursday in-house punitive steps over revelations that it paid a man who informed them of a planned robbery, which the broadcaster taped and later aired.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

Gang warfare lull cuts number of gunshot victims

The number of shootings in Japan in the first half of this year declined by 43 from a year ago to 88 due to a de-escalation in gang warfare, but only 22 were probed, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 9, 2002

Surprise ups Taiwan's risks

HONOLULU -- "No surprises." This was one of the pledges Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian made to Washington, both at the time of his inauguration and again after his Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, made a better-than-expected showing in the December 2001 parliamentary elections and formed a virtual...
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Cell phone shipments fall 6.5%, continuing slide

Domestic shipments of mobile phones and personal handy-phone system handsets fell 6.5 percent in June from a year earlier to 4.086 million units, down for the 13th consecutive month, an industry association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Market chaos poses danger to economy, Cabinet warns

The government on Thursday warned that downside risks are increasing for the Japanese economy due to volatility in global financial markets, but that the uptrend in Japan remains intact.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Clarion to liquidate Singapore unit

Clarion Co., a leading maker of car audio equipment, said Thursday it will liquidate its subsidiary Clarion Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. on March 31, 2004, as part of operational restructuring.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

Accused killer of eight accepts competency claim

OSAKA -- The man accused of massacring eight children last summer at an Osaka elementary school said in court Thursday he does not plan to contest the prosecution's claim that he is mentally competent to be held accountable for the crimes.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Shiokawa wary of corporate tax cut

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Thursday it would be "extremely difficult" to carry out permanent tax cuts as part of proposed reductions of more than 1 trillion yen for fiscal 2003.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

FSA establishes settlement stability team

The Financial Services Agency said Thursday it has set up a team under the Financial System Council to draft measures to ensure financial settlement stability before the April 1 imposition of a 10 million yen refund cap on all demand deposits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CLOSE NEIGHBORS
Aug 9, 2002

Asian appliance firms seek cracks in Japanese market

Customers shopping for TVs, refrigerators, microwave ovens and other electrical appliances are increasingly likely to come across brand names Galanz, Haier, LG and Samsung, which feature stylish designs and low prices that undercut those of their Japanese rivals.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

Treatment of depression eyed to stem suicide tide

With the nation's annual suicide toll exceeding 30,000, the government is considering ways to combat the runaway malaise by focusing on preventing and treating depression.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

View of economy watchers grim

The average view of the economy among those with jobs sensitive to consumer sentiment worsened in July for the third straight month as household spending took a beating from falling summer bonuses, a government survey showed Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Aug 9, 2002

New diet for sports club chains: yen supplements

Japan's major sports club chains have been flexing their muscle in recent years, expanding their businesses through aggressive mergers and acquisitions as well as by opening new outlets.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Wholesale prices fall 1.2% as deflation persists

Domestic wholesale prices in July fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier, marking a 22nd straight month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

National servants looking at 2.03% reduction in wages

The National Personnel Authority recommended Thursday that the Diet and Cabinet introduce a 2.03 percent cut in monthly wages for national government employees for the current fiscal year.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

Mitsubishi Heavy to get H-IIA rocket technology

The government will hand over the manufacturing technology of the nation's domestically developed main rocket, the H-IIA, to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in October, official sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2002

'Eco-city' title elusive in Japan

KYOTO -- Nagoya may have taken the No. 1 spot in a recent contest ranking the nation's municipalities on their environmental initiatives, but its overall score illustrates that many hurdles remain before any Japanese city can truly be called eco-friendly.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 9, 2002

Chestnut tiger

* Japanese name: Asagi madara * Scientific name: Parantica sita * Description: Chestnut tigers are large butterflies, with a 43-65 mm wingspan and a striking blue-green marbled pattern on the wings. The body is black with white spots. Butterflies from this family (Danaidae) are also distinctive because...
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2002

Bank lending sees 55th month of decline

Lending by Japanese banks fell 4.6 percent in July from a year before, declining for the 55th month in a row, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.

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