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JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Survey on nursing-fee reductions planned

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will survey municipalities that are reducing or waiving premiums for nursing-care insurance for low-income senior citizens, ministry officials said.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 4, 2001

Currency markets test Tokyo's resolve

The Bank of Japan's interventions in the currency market have produced the desired effect on the dollar-yen rate.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 4, 2001

Putting fear and hope on the genome map

Future historians might well classify this week as typical of the early 21st century, in that there is a flurry of reports linking specific genes to human diseases, and at the same time there is a voice warning against seeing genetics as a "magic bullet," the solution to all our problems.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 4, 2001

Marveling at mammalian masters of flight

I have dreamed of flying since childhood, and perhaps that is why I am obsessed with flying creatures. As ground-hugging humans, we readily identify with our fellow terrestrial mammals, assuming, easily enough, that being earthbound is a natural state for life on earth. But, think again. Even among the...
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 4, 2001

Hototogisu (hairy toad lily)

BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2001

NSK slashes forecasted earnings

Bearings maker NSK Ltd. said Wednesday it now expects to report only a quarter of its earlier projected consolidated net profit for the 2001 business year due mainly to declining demand from information technology firms.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

We shall, we shall rock thou

A Knight's Tale Rating: * * * Director: Brian Helgeland Running time: 132 minutes Language: English Now showing
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

Epiphany in a puddle

Mamiko Kawamoto and I interviewed Katsuyoshi Kumakiri and his two stars, Susuma Terajima and Yuriko Kikuchi, at the press suite of the Focus on Asia -- Fukuoka Film Festival, where "Sora no Ana" was screened to a full-house crowd. Kumakiri was agreeably sincere and Kikuchi becomingly modest, while Terajima...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 3, 2001

Seagulls send Skylarks backward

Nachi Abe caught a 25-yard pass for the winning touchdown with 10 seconds remaining in the third quarter as the Recruit Club Seagulls (2-0) defeated the Onward Skylarks (1-1) 34-17 Monday at the Tokyo Dome in the X League's Central Division.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Donations to U.S. top $31 million

At least $31.79 million has so far been donated by 140 Japanese firms to various relief fund groups to aid survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to the Keizai Koho Center, the public relations arm of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations...
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Komatsu to trim 10% of workforce

Komatsu Ltd. said Tuesday it will cut 2,200 jobs, or about 10 percent of its group domestic workforce, by March 2004.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 3, 2001

VIP packs to be sold

VIP ticket deals for next year's World Cup finals will go on sale next Tuesday, the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Nifty to compensate for service disruption

Nifty Corp., a leading Internet service provider owned by Fujitsu Ltd., plans to compensate more than 10,000 subscribers for system problems that occurred over the summer with its asymmetrical digital subscriber line service, company officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Two gas makers form joint venture

Nippon Sanso Corp. and Taiyo Toyo Sanso Co. said Tuesday they will launch a 50-50 venture to produce specialty gases and semiconductor-related equipment in April.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

NPA girding for World Cup traffic

The National Police Agency has established a special traffic task force to deal with transportation problems that could arise during the 2002 World Cup finals to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea, NPA officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

METI to open talks on liberalizing electricity market

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will discuss further liberalization of the electricity retail market, the minister said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Nordic conference is Olympic legacy

The 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics have long since passed, but some are trying to keep the legacy alive.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Infection expert receives diplomatic post

The Foreign Ministry has given an outside health expert who specializes in infectious diseases the task of helping shape diplomatic policies on aid to developing countries.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

The comfort of strangers

Sora no Anna Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Running time: 127 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Eisai fined over undeclared income

Major pharmaceutical company Eisai Co. has paid 400 million yen in penalties and back taxes for failing to properly declare about 1 billion yen in income during the two years to March 1999, industry sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Stock market measures win LDP sanction

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a set of proposals Tuesday to rev up the stock market, including one to exempt from taxation the capital gains made on shares bought in 2002 and held for two or more years, LDP officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Government to help airlines face huge insurance payouts

The government said Tuesday that financial assistance would be given to Japanese airlines should they be forced to pay huge third-party compensation bills.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Surge in turtle deaths raises concern

OSAKA -- Twenty-three loggerhead turtles died and drifted ashore along the coast of the Sea of Japan this summer -- a higher number than usual -- the Osaka-based Sea Turtle Association of Japan has reported.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

82% of Japanese worry about environment

About 82 percent of Japanese are concerned about the environment and 80 percent are willing to change their lifestyles to curb global warming, according to a recent Cabinet Office opinion poll.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
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.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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