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JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

DPJ begins campaign to attract female voters

The Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, has established a task force charged with bolstering the party's support among women voters in the House of Councilors election slated for July.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Kansai taxiway gets sinking feeling

OSAKA -- Kansai International Airport has started repair work on a huge depression on a taxiway that is expected to take several months to complete, an airport official said.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

L.A. market touted as gold mine for struggling midsize firms

Mired in a decade-long economic slump, Japan may not seem to be the most eager country to engage in massive direct investment abroad. But Lee Harrington, president and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., doesn't see it that way.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 8, 2001

'Samurai' blazing a trail in XFL

Being a pioneer has its rewards, but as many a sports trailblazer has learned over the years, going where no one else has gone before is not all glory. In fact, it can be downright tough.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Foreign currency reserves decline

The nation's foreign currency reserves totaled $363.69 billion as of the end of February, down by $529 million from the previous month, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

S&P lowers ratings for power firms

Standard & Poor's Corp. on Wednesday lowered credit ratings for Tokyo Electric Power Co., Chubu Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co. due to their high debt burdens and increasing competition in the electricity market.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Mar 8, 2001

Business law changes just scratch surface

Satoshi "Sonny" Koike believes Japan's commercial laws are rigid and inhibitive. Instead of accepting the status quo, however, the 41-year-old entrepreneur has used loopholes in vaguely worded legal terms to stake a claim in the fast-changing world of the Internet.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Four Tokyo 'shinkin' banks to unite

banks said Wednesday they will merge on an equal footing, possibly in January, to create the nation's eighth-largest shinkin bank in terms of deposits. The combined deposits of Asahi Shinkin Bank, Edogawa Shinkin Bank, Kyoseki Shinkin Bank and Bunkyo Shinkin Bank were 1.637 trillion yen as of Jan. 31,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Mar 8, 2001

Rendezvous at Foodex

Japan's wine world is once again gearing up for the biggest event of the year: Foodex Japan 2001, the massive annual international food and drinks event to be held March 13-16 in the sprawling halls of the Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe). The 26th Foodex Japan will be the most spectacular one...
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Matsushita Communication in tieup

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it has teamed up with U.S.-based Iridian Technologies Inc. to license basic biometric recognition technology and jointly develop next-generation systems for recognizing irises.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

MSDF lieutenant sentenced to 10-month term for spying

A former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for passing two classified defense documents to a Russian Military attache in June.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2001

Genetically modified corn slips into human food chain

The safety of the nation's food has recently been called into question following the discovery of StarLink corn in a shipment of corn imported from the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

10 Nishi-Azuma climbers rescued

Ten middle-aged and elderly climbers were rescued Wednesday near the top of Mount Nishi-Azuma, which straddles the border of Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures, after spending two nights in a snowbound hut, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Eyes in the sky to combat illegal dumping

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- Searching for garbage from space -- it sounds like a science fiction plot of questionable quality.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 8, 2001

Pizza, extra artistry, hold the delivery

Sometimes the craving strikes and second-best just won't do.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 8, 2001

Central League to cooperate in Olympic effort

The Central League said Tuesday it will make a concerted effort to allow more of its professional baseball players to join Japan's national baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Mar 8, 2001

Life after sake's zing has gone

Just like wine, sake has a very short life span once the bottle has been opened. In fact, like wine, sake should be consumed soon after opening to ensure that delicate fragrances and flavors remain intact. Although this varies from sake to sake, in most cases the more delicate and refined the flavor...
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2001

Don't throw in the towel on free trade

Japan's towel makers have made a formal request to the government to curb rising textile exports from China and other developing countries. Emergency import restrictions, known as safeguards, are internationally recognized as an exception to the free-trade rules of the World Trade Organization. So far,...
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Isahaya Bay project suspended

The government will suspend a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, to allow data to be collected from the reservoir formed by the dike that is blamed for the area's poor seaweed crop this season, Farm Minister Yoshio Yatsu said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2001

Cup dates lined up

Shimizu S-Pulse will visit BEC Tero Sasana at Bangkok for the first leg of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinals March 24, the J. League club announced Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Stock slump offers bargains if floor forms

The Tokyo Stock Exchange remains mired in a depressed price range, with the benchmark Nikkei average flirting with its lowest level in more than 15 years.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Coalition may consider redenominating the yen

The government gave mixed signals Tuesday following a press report that some Liberal Democratic Party members advocate redenominating the yen to enhance the currency's international status.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Drug firms team up to battle impotence

Japan's major pharmaceutical maker, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., said Tuesday it has teamed up with Vivus Inc. of the United States on an anti-impotence drug currently being developed.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Norwegian king to visit March 25

King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway will make a weeklong visit to Japan starting March 25 to deepen friendly relations between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

Embezzlement scandal documents have not been destroyed, Kono says

Foreign Ministry documents related to alleged embezzlement by a diplomat who has since been dismissed have been kept, even though the ministry routinely destroys documents considered unnecessary after five years, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Nissan's Barcelona plant to make X83 compact van

Nissan Motor Co. and French partner Renault SA will jointly invest 250 million euros (27.53 billion yen) on production of a new compact van, code-named the X83, at the Japanese automaker's plant in Barcelona, Spain, the two carmakers said Tuesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.

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