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JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

NPA chief urges terror prevention

Setsuo Tanaka, director general of the National Police Agency, on Monday instructed senior police nationwide tasked with counterterrorism to concentrate their efforts to prevent terrorist incidents.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

Government set to forecast negative growth

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday the government will revise downward its real economic growth target of 1.7 percent for the current fiscal year and announce a new figure Friday, ruling bloc legislators said.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

Coalition eyes peacekeeping role for SDF

The governing coalition will start discussing lifting a self-imposed freeze on Self-Defense Forces participation in U.N.-led peacekeeping forces after an antiterrorism bill is enacted, possibly Friday, coalition officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

New council aims to help terror-hit Okinawa tourism

The Okinawa Prefectural Government and the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry agreed Monday to set up a council to promote tourism to Okinawa, where the industry has been suffering since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

GM sales in Asia rise 20% on year

General Motors Corp.'s car sales in the Asia-Pacific region rose 20 percent during the first nine months of this year over last year, and the company is continuing to increase its presence in the region, GM Chairman John. F. Smith Jr. said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

Business confab starts under shroud of terror

OSAKA -- The Global Business Opportunities Convention 2001 began its three-day session Monday in Osaka, with terrorism concerns in the United States causing 25 foreign companies to cancel, organizers said.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

Iceland vows whaling cooperation

Japan and Iceland on Monday agreed to continue cooperating in the fishery trade and supporting each other's stance in whaling activities.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

'Jusen' chief gets three-year prison term

The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced the former president of a now-defunct "jusen" housing loan lender to three years and two months in prison for aggravated breach of trust.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 23, 2001

Terror pessimism subsiding?

Tokyo stock prices have firmed back to levels before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

Coalition agrees to cut pay of all Diet members

Government and ruling coalition officials on Monday agreed to cut the salaries of all Diet members by 10 percent in light of the nation's severe financial situation.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

Auctioneer to buy Dreamland site

Daiei Inc. will sell the 130,000-sq.-meter plot on which Yokohama Dreamland sits to used-car auctioneer USS Co. for roughly 9 billion yen after the amusement park closes in February, company officials said Monday.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Oct 23, 2001

Supporters and club clash over fans' role

How far should soccer fans go in supporting their club? Yokohama FC is currently having a little trouble off the pitch with some of their fans.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

Accountants held in UBC scam

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office arrested two accountants and an accounting official Monday in connection with an embezzlement case involving UBC Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 23, 2001

Falling for it hook, line and sinker

Autumn is my favorite time of year, and it's also the season for one of my favorite saltwater game fish, the hard-fighting Japanese yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). A member of the jack family, this is the best-known and most widely distributed of three very popular and closely related sport fish...
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Oct 23, 2001

Avoid sinking into the comfort zone

There's a common affliction suffered by baseball pitchers and corporate managers alike, a tendency that derails many careers, perversely, just when things couldn't be going any better. It's called "pitching too fine" in baseball, and if you're a fan, you know how heartbreaking it can be.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

Hoya posts group profit for first half

Hoya Corp., the nation's largest producer of optical glass and eyeglasses, announced Monday group net profits of 13.66 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2001, down 0.2 percent from a year earlier.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

11 nabbed on suspicion of violating antiprostitution law

A 40-year-old Chinese man has been arrested on suspicion of acting as a go-between for Chinese prostitutes and Tokyo clubs offering their services, in violation of the country's antiprostitution law, police said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

Kao profits fell in first half of '01

Kao Corp. said Monday its year-on-year net profit fell 0.8 percent on a group basis to 31.4 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2001.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

BOJ to boost monitoring of big banks' lending

The Bank of Japan intends to step up monitoring of large banks' lending practices, BOJ Gov. Masaru Hayami said Monday, pointing to the worsening economy.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2001

Trade surplus down 43.1% in first half

The nation's customs-cleared trade surplus plunged 43.1 percent from a year earlier to 3.3 trillion yen during the first half of fiscal 2001, the Finance Ministry said Monday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2001

EBC report urges Japan to promote more reforms

A report by European Business Community in Japan released Monday urges the government to promote further economic structural reforms in key areas such as the regulatory framework and legal system.

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