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BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2002

Industrial output up for fourth consecutive month

Japan's industrial output in May rose 3.9 percent from April, increasing for the fourth consecutive month thanks to brisk exports, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade Industry.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2002

Nippon Housing Loan to pay for cooked books

OSAKA -- Auditors and executives of the now-defunct "jusen" mortgage lender Nippon Housing Loan Co. have agreed to pay former shareholders 20 million yen for falsifying debt figures, sources close to the case said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2002

Japan, EU in no hurry to ratify nuclear energy treaty

In what may be somewhat disappointing news for the domestic power industry, Japan will not be able to sign a long-awaited nuclear energy treaty with the European Union at a regular summit next month.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2002

Unemployment rate grows to 5.4%

Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate increased 0.2 percentage point to 5.4 percent in May, with the rate for women hitting a record high 5.3 percent, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2002

Flawed peace plan reflects U.S. illusions

AL-BIREH, West Bank -- Monday's long-awaited speech by U.S. President George W. Bush was to set the pace for the Palestinians and Israelis to step back from the vicious and bloody cycle of violence that has gripped them for nearly two years. Instead, Bush and his administration have publicly adopted...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 28, 2002

Brazil's Ronaldo hopes to cap comeback with World Cup title

SAITAMA -- "I had two years of suffering," Brazil striker Ronaldo said Wednesday evening after putting his side into the World Cup final. "Every time I score a goal is a victory, every time I enter the pitch is a joy and an honor."
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 28, 2002

Turks can go home with heads held high

SAITAMA -- "We came to the World Cup to make an impact. I think we've achieved our goal and I am proud of my players," Turkey coach Senol Gunes said after his side fell to Brazil 1-0 in the semifinals on Wednesday night at Saitama Stadium 2002.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2002

Schroeder to hitch ride to Japan

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will fly to Japan with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the latter's government jet to watch the World Cup Soccer final between Germany and Brazil in Yokohama on Sunday, the top government spokesman said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Jun 28, 2002

Who'd have thought that Shinagawa was once a coastal gateway town?

Take a trip back in time and sample a taste of the ebb and flow of life in premodern southern Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 28, 2002

Japanese players to attend camp

Two Japanese players will see action in the San Francisco 49ers' and Washington Redskins' training camps next month and could be given a chance to play in the NFL Osaka 2002 on Aug. 4, NFL Japan announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2002

Kawaguchi launches ODA reform panel

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on Thursday launched a new standing panel of outside experts tasked with mapping out country-by-country strategies for official development assistance as part of the government's reform of ODA.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2002

Dissenters' privacy violated by nuclear agency

An affiliate of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency provided local governments in 15 prefectures hosting nuclear plants with lists of individuals who refused to accept government benefits linked to the plants, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2002

Letter to Togo will again seek testimony

The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee will again try to get former diplomat Kazuhiko Togo to give testimony in connection with a scandal involving a government-funded committee on Russia, panel members said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 28, 2002

Cromer packs a punch as Ham grills Seibu

Nippon Ham may be struggling in the bottom half of the Pacific League standings, but they showed the pace-setting Seibu Lions on Thursday they still had some fight left.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2002

FSA punishes Barclays Capital

The Financial Services Agency took administrative action Thursday against the Tokyo branch of Barclays Capital Japan Ltd. over failure to follow proper procedures in conducting securities and nonsecurities transactions.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2002

Peace without Mr. Arafat

U.S. President George W. Bush has finally laid out his vision of Middle East peace, and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat does not seem to have a place in it. That is one of the few details in Mr. Bush's speech, which is long on "vision" and short on specifics. The call for a new Palestinian leadership...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2002

Mazda chief sees bright future

The next two years at Mazda Motor Corp. will be a period of "product-led growth," new company President and CEO Lewis Booth said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 28, 2002

Sas sneaks onto Golden Ball list

YOKOHAMA -- Turkey forward Hasan Sas was a surprise nominee on the 10-man list for the honor as the top player in this World Cup, sponsor adidas announced Thursday in Yokohama.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2002

Producer accused of tax evasion

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has filed a criminal complaint of tax evasion against a well-known television producer and his brother, suspecting them of concealing some 350 million yen in income, sources familiar with the case said Thursday.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘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.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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