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JAPAN
May 10, 2002

Thin middle-aged men at risk: mortality study

Middle-aged Japanese men who weigh less than average have a higher mortality rate than men who weigh slightly more than average, according to a study released by a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry research group.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2002

ANA to push for more on-time flights

To survive intensifying domestic competition, All Nippon Airways Co. will unify flight codes of its group airlines and improve on-time flight rates, the company said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
May 10, 2002

Father and sons make JET a family affair

Last summer, Chris Buckland, 50, bicycled 2,100 km on a journey from Tokyo to Himeji, in Hyogo Prefecture. For Buckland, a collector of ukiyo-e prints, it was the fulfillment of a dream to travel the old Tokaido route from Tokyo to Kyoto, immortalized in the classic ukiyo-e illustrations of the Edo Period...
BUSINESS
May 10, 2002

School vacation in fall seen as economic salve

The government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy is drawing up an economic revitalization package featuring the introduction of a fall vacation for schools and a three-year plan to promote outsourcing of public-sector services, according to an interim draft report.
JAPAN
May 10, 2002

Experts struggle to boost prophylactics among teens

Alarmed by the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and a record number of abortions among teenagers, educators and health experts are desperately searching for ways to increase condom use.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2002

Ms. Suu Kyi is free, again

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from almost two years of house arrest in Myanmar. The military junta that rules the country has made an important concession to international opinion by deciding to release the democracy activist, but the government's commitment to genuine...
SOCCER / World cup
May 9, 2002

Venues get thumbs-up

A FIFA delegation on Wednesday concluded its final World Cup venue inspections ahead of the quadrennial tournament, giving good marks to the preparations regarding security control and the improvement in the condition of the turf at Saitama Stadium 2002.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
May 9, 2002

Injuries hampering Japan's World Cup plans

With the World Cup just over three weeks away, injuries and illness to some of the national team players are big concerns to everyone.
JAPAN
May 9, 2002

62 million visit resorts, festivals in Golden Week

About 61.71 million people visited major resorts or traveled to festivals during the Golden Week holidays, according to an estimate released Wednesday by the National Police Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2002

Ministry official gets two years

A former Foreign Ministry official on Wednesday was sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding the government of 422 million yen.
JAPAN
May 9, 2002

Dioxin cleanup begins in Osaka

OSAKA -- Workers began cleaning up dioxin-contaminated soil near a garbage incineration facility in the town of Nose, Osaka Prefecture, on Wednesday. The operations will cover 2,400 sq. meters of soil behind the facility.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

DoCoMo profits vanish into writeoffs

After years of spectacular growth, NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Wednesday said group net profits in fiscal 2001 plunged 99.8 percent to 862 million yen due to losses on strategic foreign investments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

Prices keep Electronic Toll Collection system from catching on

The Electronic Toll Collection system was introduced in March 2001 amid great expectations that it would ease the notorious traffic jams on Japan's expressways as it allows vehicles equipped with a transponder to pass through toll gates without having to stop to pay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2002

Man gets life for strangling stock broker in '96

A 45-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the 1996 murder in Yamanashi Prefecture of a Tokyo stock broker who had been his partner in a stock-fraud scheme.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
May 9, 2002

Bush policies drawing fire from both left and right

WASHINGTON -- When George H.W. Bush was U.S. president, George W. Bush considered himself a disciplinarian, protecting his dad from sniping from the right. He worried about the weakening of his father's political position as his support from conservative Republicans eroded.
JAPAN
May 9, 2002

Law slow to ease bite of small business failures

The immediate goal of lawyer Toshi Yoshinari is to keep his clients from getting a divorce.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

U.S. steel faces 100% tariffs

Japan is considering the imposition of "re-balancing tariffs" of 100 percent on steel imports from the United States as a countermeasure against U.S. import curbs on steel products, a senior trade official said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 9, 2002

Dollar drops, rebound remains in question

The gap between Japanese and U.S. economic fundamentals has long been a major factor behind the dollar's strong showing.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

U.S. presses for cross-border share swaps

The United States on Wednesday asked Japan to improve its environment for foreign direct investment by letting companies carry out cross-border stock exchanges for mergers and acquisitions.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

FSA, BOJ start Mizuho inspections

The Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan started on-site inspections at two Mizuho Financial Group banks Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2002

Uproar greets plans for Hong Kong's new showcase

HONG KONG The Hong Kong government has just unveiled plans for a new multibillion-dollar headquarters on a prime site right on the central harbor front -- and has immediately run into arguments and accusations of building an expensive folie de grandeur. Unnecessary, potentially an expensive eyesore,...
MORE SPORTS
May 9, 2002

Tamura considering surgery

Five-time world champion Ryoko Tamura is looking into having surgery on her right knee and right elbow, the head of the Japanese women's national team revealed Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 9, 2002

Half-Japanese Dodger making name in L.A.

CHICAGO -- Want to stump your know-it-all boss or neighbor with a good baseball question?

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