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BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

Stink raised over planned cuts to sewerage, dam projects

The Finance Ministry will cut outlays for sewerage by around 20 percent and for dam and flood-control projects by more than 10 percent next fiscal year to achieve a 10 percent cut in public works spending, ministry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

Captive journalist's whereabouts unknown

Recent developments in Afghanistan have made it difficult to confirm the whereabouts of a Japanese national being detained by Taliban authorities, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

JAL reports plunge in interim profits, sees red for full year

Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday that the Sept. 11 terror attacks caused its interim net profit to plunge 61.3 percent to 16.4 billion yen and may lead the group into the red by the end of fiscal 2001.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

Job growth tipped for environmental technologies

Promoting technologies that would ease climate change could boost economic growth and employment significantly by 2010, according to a report being put together by a think tank commissioned by the Environment Ministry.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

Tokyo department store sales slide

Sales at department stores in Tokyo came to 178.02 billion yen in October, down 1.5 percent for the first year-on-year drop in five months, the Japan Department Stores Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

CD industry aims at aging music buffs

The Japanese compact disc market is finally showing signs of recovery, but only after manufacturers set their sights on a different demographic -- those aged between 30 and 60.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

No plan to allow female ascension: Aso

Taro Aso, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said he thinks it is too early to consider revising a male-only inheritance law for the Imperial family to allow a woman to ascend to the throne.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 16, 2001

Interleague play possible

Yomiuri Giants chairman of the board Tsuneo Watanabe on Wednesday said the Central League is willing to consider interleague play in Japan in the future, but suggested that 2002 may be too soon.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

JT sees interim net profit grow 4.2%

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Thursday its consolidated net profit for the April-September first half of fiscal 2001 rose 4.2 percent from a year earlier to 35.63 billion yen, thanks to strong growth in its food business, increased volume in international tobacco sales and favorable foreign exchange rates....
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 16, 2001

Stink bug

* Japanese name: Kusagikamemushi * Scientific name: Halyomorpha halys * Description: Most people call all insects "bugs," but strictly speaking, only one order of insect, those with piercing mouthparts, are true bugs -- the stink bug is one of them. It belongs to a family called shieldbugs, because...
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

European historians give textbook tips

German, Polish, and French historians who have been working on compiling history textbooks that draw on the perspectives of both sides of the former warring nations stressed Thursday the importance of dialogue between the countries involved.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

Mitsubishi Heavy cuts interim losses

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday that aggressive cost-cutting measures sharply reduced group net losses in the first half of fiscal 2001.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

Satellite may fall anywhere

A Japanese satellite that stopped operating in 1998 will probably enter the atmosphere and fall to Earth between Nov. 31 to Dec. 10, the National Space Development Agency of Japan has announced.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

Ministry urges companies to report greenhouse gas emissions

The Environment Ministry proposed Thursday establishing a mechanism to encourage companies to publicize their greenhouse gas emissions and a system of neutral third parties to evaluate and check reported emissions.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Nov 16, 2001

Coming to Japan with his eyes wide shut

Omar Karlin would be blind today if it weren't for that crazy, half-baked business scheme of his.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

Problems in U.S. delay replacement of weather satellite

The launch of an advanced multifunctional satellite scheduled for February 2003 will be put off by a few months due to production delays at its U.S. maker, government officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

Mitsubishi sees its operating profits climb

Mitsubishi Corp. said Thursday its group operating profits climbed 63.5 percent to 35.75 billion yen in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 on the strength of robust earnings in its energy business and a weak yen.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2001

The nuclear shadow lightens

The world took a giant step toward disarmament this week when U.S. President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, agreed to slash their nuclear arsenals. The deep cuts were the most significant outcome of a three-day summit that seems to herald a new era in relations...
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 16, 2001

Sewing and cookery aren't just for the girls

On a recent observation day at the Japanese public elementary school that my children attend, I wandered into unfamiliar territory. I saw a mother entering a classroom I had never noticed. I followed her in and got quite a surprise.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

NPA instructs local cops not to get trigger-happy

The National Police Agency has instructed prefectural police nationwide in charge of training and education to ensure their officers do not overuse their service revolvers.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2001

Koizumi gives WTO accord his blessing

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday welcomed the previous day's accord by World Trade Organization trade ministers to launch new multilateral trade negotiations.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2001

Australia opts for stability

Australian voters opted for stability and continuity last weekend when they gave Prime Minister John Howard a third term in office. Although the margin of victory was greater than expected, Mr. Howard's Liberal-National coalition government only picked up a few seats in Parliament. Moreover, the policies...
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2001

Ichiro helps Sky Perfect cut losses

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of the Sky PerfecTV digital broadcasting service, said Wednesday it incurred a consolidated net loss of 4.64 billion yen in the first half of this business year, compared with a loss of 15.89 billion yen a year earlier.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2001

Expatriates in Japan uneasy over Northern Alliance advance

Many Afghans residing in Japan distrust the Northern Alliance and do not support its recent seizure of Kabul.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2001

Japan ranks low in productivity

Japan ranked 19th in terms of productivity in 1999 among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 28 industrialized members, up only one place from the previous year, a think tank said Wednesday.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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