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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2001

Emigration: a Kurdish national obsession

On the face of it, the Sheikhallah bazaar is just the shabby little side street in downtown Erbil where you go to change money. But the whole of "liberated" Iraqi Kurdistan knows that another, more serious business is conducted behind those counters piled high with debased Iraqi bank notes.
COMMENTARY
Aug 23, 2001

Put U.S. retirement scam out to pasture

WASHINGTON -- Social Security is in crisis, but only a serious administration commitment will overcome the Democrats' determination to keep Americans locked in this inferior government retirement system.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2001

Don't count on a U.S. recovery

The U.S. economy continues to stumble. More ominously, there are few positive signs elsewhere in the world that could give the global economy the boost it needs. The U.S. Federal Reserve did what it could on Tuesday, but that will not be enough to lift the United States out of the doldrums. Slow growth...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 23, 2001

Buffs blow away 'Wave 10-6

Kintetsu slugger Norihiro Nakamura drilled a grand slam and two other Buffaloes homered as they downed the Orix BlueWave 10-6 at the Osaka Dome on Wednesday to climb into second place in the Pacific League standings.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Lawmaker's ex-aide tied to Chinese worker scam

A former private secretary of LDP lawmaker Koki Kobayashi made inquiries to the Justice Ministry at the request of a man involved in an illegal immigrant worker scam, sources close to the case said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Arrest warrant issued for suspect in killing

Police on Wednesday obtained an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old man on suspicion of fatally shooting a "shinkin" bank employee during a robbery in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in December.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Former cop gets eight years for attempted murder

The Saitama District Court on Wednesday sentenced a former police sergeant to eight years in prison for attempting to murder a superintendent from the Saitama Prefectural Police by setting fire to the superintendent's home.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2001

Ten years after the Gulf War, Iraqi Kurds struggle to build a 'liberated' Kurdistan

SULEIMANIYAH, Iraq -- The Kurds have a national flag of their own. The tricolor of red, green and white, with a sun at its center, is the emblem of a people who, numbering 40 million, are the Middle East's fourth-largest ethnic group.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Prosecutors seek death for mall killer

Public prosecutors demanded the death penalty Wednesday for a 25-year-old man who earlier admitted to charges stemming from a mass stabbing in a Tokyo shopping center in 1999.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Broadband to grow 81% per year: IDC

Domestic subscribers of broadband Internet services will continue to rapidly grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81 percent from 635,000 in 2000 to 12.42 million in 2005, a high-tech research company predicted Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Japan to get tough on visa checks

The Foreign Ministry plans to set up online computer systems at all overseas diplomatic missions to help prevent blacklisted foreign nationals from entering Japan, ministry officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Telecom startup plans PHS service

Japan Communications Inc., an independent telecommunications company, said Wednesday it will launch low-cost PHS communications services for corporate subscribers Oct. 1 by using a PHS network leased from DDI Pocket Inc.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

'Super science schools' in the works

The education ministry plans to select 20 high schools for nurturing a new generation of researchers and engineers who can compete on a global basis, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Typhoon claims seventh victim

Typhoon Pabuk hit land again at the town of Toi in Shizuoka Prefecture on the Izu Peninsula and passed over Tokyo Bay Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least seven people dead as it continued pushing through the archipelago.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Politician held in illegal campaigning

A Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of paying unregistered campaigners to work for him in the runup to the June election, police said.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Cellphones set for e-wallet role

The nation's first commercial service allowing cellular phones to serve as e-wallets will start in the spring after a trial service using 10,000 monitors that is set for November, telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and five other companies announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Japan's e-shops strict on returns

Internet retailers in Japan are far stricter on the return of goods purchased online than their U.S. counterparts, according to a poll conducted recently by Jupiter Research, the Web market-research arm of Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. of the United States.
COMMENTARY
Aug 23, 2001

Japan not innately militaristic

At any time of the year, evaluating Japan and its military intentions is like looking through a telescope. From one end, everything appears bigger than it actually is. From the other, everything looks smaller.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Support sought to protect wetland

Three municipalities in Chiba Prefecture asked the environment ministry Wednesday for its cooperation in preserving and restoring the Sanbanze tidal flats.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Aug 23, 2001

Hirugao (Small bindweed)

"In the bindweed flower On Takamado Moor I see my darling's face. And how could I forget?"
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Nippon Yusen liquidates in Panama

Nippon Yusen K.K., the largest shipping firm in the nation, said Wednesday it has liquidated two wholly owned Panama-based subsidiaries as part of restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2001

Sudan envoy seeks economic support

Sudan's new ambassador to Japan said Wednesday he hopes Tokyo will support Sudan's efforts to have economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations lifted in the wake of its political and economic reforms.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Balance of long margin positions plunges

The balance of long margin positions turned lower last week as the first upturn in eight weeks proved short-lived.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Tertiary index up for second month

The tertiary industry index gained 0.6 percent in June from the previous month for the second straight monthly rise but failed to recover from the large decline logged in April, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 23, 2001

Poachers, politics threaten Japan's Eden

"It is a pocket of the earth that has been protected, but it will not be like this much longer if we don't do something. It's a shame, because we have it in our grasp now."
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Aetna Heiwa changes hands again

U.S. insurer Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Wednesday it has finished purchasing the shares of Aetna Heiwa Life Insurance Co., thus gaining a toehold in the Japanese life insurance market.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2001

Fuji Heavy, GM release new vehicle

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. released a new seven-seat passenger vehicle Wednesday produced by alliance partner General Motors Corp.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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