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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Enron's failure threatens power plant plans in Japan

The failure of U.S. energy company Enron Corp. threatens to end four thermal power generation projects that the Houston-based firm was pushing in Japan, industry officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Firms slow to calculate gas emissions

A little more than 50 percent of 389 of the nation's leading companies have calculated their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a survey released on Monday.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Dec 4, 2001

Bouncy market searches for clues

With stocks locked in a crosscurrent between optimism and fears over events in store for the rest of the year, activity on the Tokyo stock market has been subdued.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

MSDF transport refuels U.S. ships

The Maritime Self-Defense Force supply vessel Hamana has started supplying fuel to U.S. ships in the Indian Ocean that are taking part in the ongoing military operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Agency said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Proposed SDF gun rules constitutional: defense chief

Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani said Monday that the softened weapons-use rules being proposed for Self-Defense Forces personnel engaged in U.N. peacekeeping activities do not violate the Constitution.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Tokyu posts 47.5% drop in profits

Railway operator Tokyu Corp. said Monday its consolidated pretax profit dropped 47.5 percent in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 as its mainstay rail business shrank.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Dec 4, 2001

Oceania hoping for fairer crack at the draw

PUSAN, South Korea -- FIFA decided last week to no longer give the defending World Cup champion an automatic berth in the following World Cup.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Satellite due to re-enter atmosphere

A Japanese satellite that finished its mission in 1998 was expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere just past 11 p.m. Monday, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) said.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Hotel busts man for child sex abroad

OSAKA -- A 37-year-old Japanese man was arrested Monday on suspicion of paying for sex with a 14-year-old Vietnamese girl in Cambodia, marking the first time a domestic law banning sex with children has been applied to an offense committed abroad, police said.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

New vehicle sales drop for third month in row

November sales of new motor vehicles fell 9.3 percent from a year earlier to 311,015 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday. It was the third straight monthly fall.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

State, consortium to link on rocket development

A consortium of several companies, including Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., plans to jointly develop with the government a small rocket, the GX, next year, consortium sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Mexico sets its sights on tourists from overseas

Mexico has taken various measures to tighten security at airports and improve public safety following the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States, Mexico's tourism minister said as she appealed for increased visitors from Japan.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

October tax revenues fall

Tax revenues in October fell 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 2.629 trillion yen because of a decline in income tax levied on long-term postal savings accounts and dwindling corporate tax receipts, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Compact fluorine generator unveiled

Air Liquide Japan Ltd. said Monday it has developed a compact fluorine gas generator for use in manufacturing semiconductor chips and liquid crystals.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Device to aid recycling of plastics

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it and Shimadzu Corp. have jointly developed a high-accuracy plastics identification device to enable easier recycling of parts in household appliances.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 4, 2001

Getting high on Bolivia's peaks

It's impossible not to notice the altitude here in La Paz, capital of Bolivia. There are such a lot of mountains around, for one thing. And they're all so high!
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Drug firms Taisho, Tanabe won't merge after all

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. and Tanabe Seiyaku Co. have given up their plan to integrate under a single holding company due to differences in corporate culture, the two companies said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / THE WRITERS' SPIN
Dec 4, 2001

'Dull' firms blamed for slump

Many people blame the government for the nation's prolonged economic slump. But business consultant Tadashi Saegusa believes companies that delay internal restructuring are the prime culprits.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Cabinet stock plan may be dropped

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Monday hinted the government will give up a controversial proposal to remove a 12-year-old ban on Cabinet ministers engaging in stock transactions.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Lawmakers cautiously back female ascension

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday that although he thinks a female member of the Imperial family should be allowed to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, there should be no rush to amend the male-only succession law, which dates back to the early postwar period.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

Moody's mulls downgrade for Japan Finance

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Monday it has assigned a domestic currency issuer rating of Aa2 to the governmental Japan Finance Corp. for Small Business (JFS) and has placed the entity under review for a possible downgrade.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Teen murderer of four to hang

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of murdering four members of a family during a robbery in Chiba Prefecture in 1992 when he was 19 years old.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Dec 4, 2001

Dreaming of starting your own business?

"I want to go out on my own and start a business," a new acquaintance confessed the other day, "but then I look around at other people who've done it, and I hesitate. It really bugs me that I can't pick out what makes one person a success and another a washout. There just doesn't seem to be any rhyme...
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Postal officials admit role in election scam

OSAKA -- Former high-ranking officials of the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry pleaded guilty Monday to charges of violating the Public Offices Election Law to help their former boss win election to the House of Councilors in July.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

TV station settles with leader of biker gang

TV station settles with biker leader OSAKA -- TV Osaka reached an out-of-court settlement with a former motorcycle gang leader on Monday by expressing regret for arranging performances that led to his prosecution for road law violations.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

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

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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