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Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 30, 2001

Tiger mosquito

* Japanese name: Hitosujishimaka * Scientific name: Aedes albopictus * Description: A small, soft-bodied insect, the tiger mosquito is instantly recognizable by the black-and-white bands on its legs, and the distinctive white "racing stripe" on its black thorax. The antennae are tufted and are shorter...
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 30, 2001

Kids get down to classroom clean-ups

A few weeks before my son started first grade, I asked my friend Nagako to help me read the list of school supplies I needed to buy.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Work-study for Tokyo schools eyed

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's board of education has begun studying plans to introduce a German-style work-study program in certain public high schools, board officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Ministry wants Kansai-runway delay

OSAKA -- The land ministry plans to postpone the opening of a second runway at Kansai International Airport by about three years from the original target of 2007, ministry sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Retail sales plummet 4.9%; worst fall since January 1999

Domestic retail sales posted a year-on-year fall of 4.9 percent in October, coming in at 10.86 trillion yen, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Daiei founder surrenders scepter

Isao Nakauchi, founder of the troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc., has given up the right to represent any of the firms in the group, industry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Deportation of Afghans to commence

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau will launch deportation proceedings against nine Afghan men who have been refused refugee status.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Nissho Iwai to spin off administrators

Major trading house Nissho Iwai Corp. will set up a new company in April by spinning off the administrative division at its corporate headquarters in Tokyo to streamline operations, company officials said Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

'Ecomoney' refurbishes society

"Ecomoney," Japan's version of the Local Exchange and Trading System that started on Vancouver Island, Canada, in 1983, is increasingly being promoted to allow participants to offer or receive services in welfare, education and the environment in their communities.
COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2001

Japan's contradictory help

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa faults Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's dispatch of Japanese troops to assist American forces in South Asia as nothing but a "parcel delivery service" that fails to confront contradictions bedeviling Japan's security policy.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

20% of telephone calls go mobile

Calls between mobile phones accounted for 20.5 percent of all telephone usage in Japan in fiscal 2000, up from 15 percent a year earlier, the telecommunications ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Life insurers' profits plunge

Business profits dipped at the nation's major life insurers, as falling share prices crippled securities portfolios and policyholders continued to flee, according to midterm earnings reports released by the companies Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Three nabbed in security van theft

OSAKA -- Three men have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in an attack on a security van in the prefecture and the theft of 50 million yen from it in September, according to police.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Diplomats who skimmed face ax

The Foreign Ministry will dismiss two noncareer diplomats on disciplinary grounds for diverting public funds for personal use, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Deadly drunk drivers face stiffer penalties

With the holiday season approaching, the Diet has decided to get tough on drunk drivers.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

S&P ranks Japan with Italy in cellar of G7 credit league

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday it has lowered its long-term local and foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Japan to AA from AA-plus.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Takeda Chemical lab to bear fruits of DNA research

OSAKA -- Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it will build a new laboratory in Osaka devoted to developing innovative drugs based on its research into the human genome.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Vodafone taps Morrow for Japan Telecom

William Morrow, the top executive in Japan for British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group PLC, will become president of Japan Telecom Co. on Dec. 21, Japan Telecom President Haruo Murakami announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

S&P puts 10 banks under review

Standard & Poor's Corp. has placed the long-term credit ratings of 10 major Japanese banks and the long- and short-term ratings on two trust banks under review for possible downgrade in the near future, the U.S. credit-rating agency said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2001

Lee Teng-hui on a mission to save his vision of Taiwan

NEW YORK -- Taiwan will hold an election Saturday to choose members of the national Parliament, mayors and county magistrates. The outcome will have a lasting impact on Taiwan's future -- in particular on its relationship with China.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2001

Banks come to grips with bad debts

After years of timid attempts to clear mountains of nonperforming loans, Japanese banks appear to be finally coming to grips with the bad-debt crisis. In the half-year business term to September, most of the 14 top lenders took larger-than-expected charges against their dud loans, even dipping into their...
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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Judge who bought sex from teens fired by Diet

The Diet's Judges Impeachment Court said Wednesday it dismissed a Tokyo High Court judge convicted of paying for sex with teenagers.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Nov 29, 2001

Speculation favors strong dollar, weak yen

The yen has come under fresh selling pressure amid speculation that both Tokyo and Washington are opting for a stronger dollar.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Four war-displaced women to sue state

Four Japanese women left in China by their families during World War II plan to sue the Japanese government on Dec. 7 for 80 million yen for decades of failing to help their repatriation, sources familiar with the case said Wednesday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII surrender, Ishiba expresses remorse
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lays a flower during the memorial service at the Nippon Budokan on Friday.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
War must never be repeated, says WWII guerrilla commander
Former teacher Satoshi Ito speaks during an interview in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in June. Ito underwent training for guerrilla warfare at a secret school to prepare for a possible battle in mainland Japan during World War II.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.
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.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
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.

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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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