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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 6, 2001

Super League seen as boost to Asian soccer

Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan said in an interview with The Japan Times that the AFC is aiming to boost the sport in the region with the launch of a new Asian Super League and also hopes to bring next year's World Cup cohosts closer together with the establishment of a...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2001

A springtime dilemma

It has become an annual event. At about the same time that the cherry blossoms in Tokyo are at their peak, Japan faces a big foreign-policy headache: how to respond to the United States-led efforts to censure China at the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2001

Frenchman next to box Hatakeyama

Japanese champion Takanori Hatakeyama will fight designated challenger Julien Lorcy of France in July in his third defense of the World Boxing Association lightweight title, boxing officials announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Stock-buying fund delayed

More time is needed to work out the details of a government plan to create a body that will purchase excess stocks held by Japanese banks, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Asia-Pacific council to gather in Tokyo

The Pacific Basin Economic Council will convene for a three-day meeting starting Sunday in Tokyo, bringing together business leaders from 20 Asia-Pacific economies.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Factors favoring higher yen remain elusive

The yen could come under fresh selling pressure in the weeks ahead.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 6, 2001

Division One soccer match rescheduled

The J. League announced on Thursday the rescheduling of the Division One game between Nagoya Grampus Eight and Shimizu S-Pluse. The game, initially slated for May 19, has been rescheduled for July 11 (7 p.m. kickoff) after S-Pulse advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Female office workers want better-paid husbands: poll

OSAKA -- About 70 percent of single female office workers do not want to marry a man who earns less than they do, according to a survey released Thursday by Ommg Inc., a marriage information service agency.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Supreme Court report illustrates lengthy process of civil trial system

Trials relating to medical matters take an average three years to complete compared with 8.8 months for civil trials, according to a Supreme Court report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Wounded Koreans lose war pension suit

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Koreans who sought disability pensions for wounds suffered during World War II, when they were forced to serve with the Imperial Japanese forces.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

FSA approves real estate joint venture

The Financial Services Agency on Thursday gave the go-ahead for a joint venture between major trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and UBS AG of Switzerland to manage real-estate investment trusts, Mitsubishi said.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Bank of Okinawa to issue new shares

The Bank of Okinawa plans to issue new common shares worth about 13 billion yen to third parties to boost its capital for expanding operations, the bank said Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 6, 2001

Bee-fly

* Japanese name: Birodo tsuriabu
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Apr 6, 2001

Opening the doors to the world

"How many Islamic people are there in the world?" Andrea Landis asks a class of 11th-graders at Ohara High School.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2001

Wheelchair-bound man killed by train at crossing

OSAKA -- A man trying to collect coins after having fallen out of his wheelchair died after being hit by a train in a railway crossing on Thursday morning in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, police said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2001

Mr. Milosevic behind bars

It was not pretty, but the job was done. Last weekend, Serb police arrested former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic after a 36-hour standoff at his villa. Mr. Milosevic now faces corruption charges, but officials in Belgrade are hinting that more serious charges could be added. Mr. Milosevic should...
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Ex-Prime Minister Hashimoto top candidate to replace Mori

The Liberal Democratic Party's factional interests appear to have put former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto into pole position in the race to find a successor to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Matsuo again arrested over missing cash

Police on Wednesday served Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, with a new arrest warrant on suspicion of defrauding the government out of roughly 119 million yen.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2001

Rebound on horizon for Tokyo's stocks

Although the Tokyo stock market is still in a bit of a corrective phase, a solid rebound appears to be in the offing.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Direct talks open with U.S. over dropping of Kyoto Protocol

Japan on Wednesday began direct communication with the United States over Washington's decision to abandon the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a treaty aimed at curbing global warming.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Postwar corporate model shed in quest for success

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., known for its Panasonic brand, embarked this month on a drastic reform of its groupwide business by gradually dismantling its "business unit" system, established by founder Konosuke Matsushita.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Crown Princess has cold, skips Kyoto

The Crown Princess canceled a three-day visit to Kyoto due to a cold, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Mori, Koga agree to hold poll before Golden Week starts

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and the No. 2 man of his Liberal Democratic Party agreed Wednesday to hold the party's long-awaited presidential election before Golden Week, which begins at the end of the month.

Longform

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