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JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Yokota Air Base to host Tokyo drill

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Friday that it will use the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo as a transportation hub for emergency vehicles when it conducts a disaster simulation drill Sept. 1.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Tunisians file lawsuit over immigration abuse

Two Tunisian men filed a lawsuit Friday with the Tokyo District Court seeking 7.2 million yen in damages from the government and a private security firm, alleging they were physically abused and that $600 was stolen by security guards after they were denied entry to Japan at Narita airport in June 2000....
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Virus scare downs ministry computer

The education ministry says it temporarily shut down a computer system Thursday due to fear that it may have been hit by the fast-spreading computer virus Code Red 2, which has caused damage mainly in the United States.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 18, 2001

Iron your troubles away and keep taking herbs

My local Japanese doctor was blunt: Bad knees? It's osteoarthritis, and can only get worse. Forget cycling, yoga -- all forms of exercise.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 18, 2001

Visitors' deep-seated terror: Asian toilets

It's hard to say which culture is more enamored with the Western-style toilet -- the Japanese or the Americans. While in Japan, the Asian-style squat toilet still rules, the Western-style sit-down toilet is making inroads. In fact, most new homes are equipped with the Western "porcelain god."
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Nursing-care firms leaner, back in black

Major private-sector nursing-care providers have reported improved earnings following aggressive restructuring, according to industry officials.
COMMENTARY
Aug 18, 2001

Many twists in the road to democracy

ISLAMABAD -- The road map for returning Pakistan to democracy, delivered this month by President Pervez Musharraf has ended a long wait for a number of countries, including the United States, which had repeatedly urged the former general to state exactly when democracy would be restored.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

'Beetlemania' taking Japan by storm

The Japanese children's pastime of catching stag beetles during the sultry summer months appears to be turning into outright "beetlemania," given the reported surge in overseas poaching of the six-legged black diamonds for sale in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Kansai Koreans angry at probe

The Public Security Investigation Agency has collected alien registration data on some 150 Korean residents of Kyoto and Osaka as part of an investigation based on the Subversive Activities Prevention Law, sources close to the case said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2001

Fire policy sales on hot streak

Major nonlife insurance firms enjoyed sizable increases in sales of fire insurance policies and resultant rises in premium revenues in the April-July period.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Obiutary: Yoshizo Ikeda

Yoshizo Ikeda, a former chairman of Mitsui & Co. and the first business executive to head NHK, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital Monday afternoon, Mitsui said Friday. He was 90.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Seoul bars Japanese accused of atrocities during colonial rule

Compiled from wire reports SEOUL -- The South Korean government imposed a permanent entry ban Friday on 25 Japanese accused of civilian massacres and abuses during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 18, 2001

Joe Grace

"To all those who remember me in Tokyo, be certain that there is life after retirement. You've just got to find your niche," Joe Grace said.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2001

DoCoMo fixes glitch in handset

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Friday it has solved a technical problem at base stations that prevented its P503i Hyper mobile phones from receiving incoming calls and e-mails in some areas.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Seoul politicians slam Yasukuni visit

Five visiting members of South Korea's National Assembly on Friday criticized Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine as "anachronistic."
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2001

Robber drops proceeds of heist

A man stormed into a post office in Tokyo's Koto Ward before it opened Friday morning, threatening to set fire to the building before making off with about 1.6 million yen, nearly all of which was recovered after he dropped it nearby, police said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / RENDEZVOUS
Aug 18, 2001

Rendezvous

What can I say after I've said "I'm sorry"? Might have been the heat. . . . Anyway, J.T. and Jane apologize for the typos, names and lines left out and whatever caused the gremlin attack on Rendezvous' last column. . . . The good news is that the temperature is falling here, there and everywhere, and...
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2001

The first step toward reform

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's economic reform program is taking shape now that the government has set a spending framework for the fiscal 2002 budget. Policy-based general spending, not including debt servicing costs and revenue transfers to local governments, is pegged at 47.8 trillion yen, down...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2001

Co-opting new elites divides Communists

"The 'Three Represents' is completely elitist," Cabestan said, referring to Jiang's well-publicized formulation for making the party represent the "most advanced production technology, the most advanced culture, and the broadest interests of the people."
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2001

Minister to slash housing loans by 10% next year

The infrastructure minister plans to reduce the number of houses that are covered by loans from Government Housing Loan Corp. by 10 percent in fiscal 2002 from the current fiscal year to around 500,000 units, ministry sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2001

Honen, Ajinomoto plan integration

Honen Corp. and Ajinomoto Oil Mills Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of seasoning maker Ajinomoto Co., will integrate their operations April 1 to cope with a rise in edible food imports, the three companies said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2001

Most schools ignore disputed text

Most public junior high schools in Japan have decided not to use a controversial history textbook compiled by nationalist historians that critics say glosses over Japan's wartime atrocities, a nongovernmental organization monitoring the issue said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2001

Jusco sets massive sales target in effort to break world top 10

Supermarket chain operator Jusco Co. revealed Thursday it has set its group sales target for fiscal 2010 at 7 trillion yen.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2001

India's hardliners wait as pressures wear out premier

When the Agra summit between India and Pakistan failed last month, it was widely feared that its biggest victim would be the Indian prime minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have to go.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japanese students who want to study abroad looking at options in Asia
The number of Japanese students who applied to the National Taiwan University in Taipei in 2025 is more than 60% higher than last year due partly to affordability and proximity.
Controversial theories continue to swirl around 1985 JAL jet crash
Kimi Ozawa, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, prays in front of his memorial marker on Tuesday in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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