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EDITORIALS
Mar 8, 2001

Tightening the net

When the law finally caught up with Al Capone, the famed Chicago mobster, the instrument of justice was income tax invasion. That might seem strange given his life of crime, but law-enforcement officials do the best with the tools they have and getting the feared man behind bars was the goal.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Mar 8, 2001

Putin plays a bad hand well

"I was deeply touched, when he smiled and looked at us with his blue eyes, my old sweet memories flooded back to me," a middle-aged Soviet-trained Vietnamese woman told the TV crew. The blue eyes in question belonged not to a movie star, but to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting Hanoi,...
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Index shows expansion

The government said Wednesday its key gauge of the nation's economic activity topped the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in January for the second consecutive month.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Japan urged to bring in more refugees

Japan should make financial contributions to the U.N.'s refugee body, but it should also accept refugees from Asia and Africa to show leadership in humanitarian affairs, Rudolphus Lubbers, the new U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in Tokyo Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Governments disagree on dam project

The Nagasaki Prefectural Government and the central government remained at loggerheads Wednesday over a proposal to temporarily halt a reclamation project and open a dike across Isahaya Bay, government officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Net mobile phone users top 31 million

The number of people with Internet-capable mobile phones stood at 31.41 million at the end of February, up a sharp 2.16 million from a month earlier, the Telecommunications Carriers Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Father of train crash victim accepts graduation certificate

The father of a 17-year-old boy killed a year ago in a collision between two subway trains in Tokyo's Meguro Ward received a graduation certificate in his son's name on Wednesday from the high school the boy attended.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Troubled Mycal may ax two stores

OSAKA -- The ailing Mycal Corp. supermarket chain may close the Ofuna Saty store in Yokohama and Shinsaibashi Vivre store in Osaka as part of its three-year restructuring plan, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Nissan bonus payments to meet union demands

Nissan Motor Co. announced Wednesday it will pay its union members a bonus this year equal to 5.2 months in salary, meeting the demands of the automaker's labor union.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Hitachi Chemical sees profit rise

Major synthetic resin maker Hitachi Chemical Co. said Wednesday it has revised upward its parent-only net profit projection for fiscal 2000 to 7.9 billion yen from the 6 billion yen forecast earlier.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Mori ready to resign, LDP officials suggest

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has decided to step down in late March or early April, soon after the Diet passes the fiscal 2001 budget, a senior member of Mori's faction in the Liberal Democratic Party said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Travel firms prepare for merger

Nippon Travel Agency Co. and Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. announced Wednesday they have set up a company to prepare for their planned merger in 2003.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Hayami sticks to his guns over monetary easing

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami reiterated Wednesday that the state of the economy and price trends will guide the BOJ's decision on whether to revive its "zero-interest-rate" policy and implement quantitative monetary easing.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Book-closing factor may clip dollar's wings

The yen could remain under downward pressure for some time amid growing worries about economic and stock market prospects in Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

DPJ begins campaign to attract female voters

The Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, has established a task force charged with bolstering the party's support among women voters in the House of Councilors election slated for July.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Kansai taxiway gets sinking feeling

OSAKA -- Kansai International Airport has started repair work on a huge depression on a taxiway that is expected to take several months to complete, an airport official said.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

L.A. market touted as gold mine for struggling midsize firms

Mired in a decade-long economic slump, Japan may not seem to be the most eager country to engage in massive direct investment abroad. But Lee Harrington, president and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., doesn't see it that way.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 8, 2001

'Samurai' blazing a trail in XFL

Being a pioneer has its rewards, but as many a sports trailblazer has learned over the years, going where no one else has gone before is not all glory. In fact, it can be downright tough.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Foreign currency reserves decline

The nation's foreign currency reserves totaled $363.69 billion as of the end of February, down by $529 million from the previous month, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

S&P lowers ratings for power firms

Standard & Poor's Corp. on Wednesday lowered credit ratings for Tokyo Electric Power Co., Chubu Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co. due to their high debt burdens and increasing competition in the electricity market.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Mar 8, 2001

Business law changes just scratch surface

Satoshi "Sonny" Koike believes Japan's commercial laws are rigid and inhibitive. Instead of accepting the status quo, however, the 41-year-old entrepreneur has used loopholes in vaguely worded legal terms to stake a claim in the fast-changing world of the Internet.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Four Tokyo 'shinkin' banks to unite

banks said Wednesday they will merge on an equal footing, possibly in January, to create the nation's eighth-largest shinkin bank in terms of deposits. The combined deposits of Asahi Shinkin Bank, Edogawa Shinkin Bank, Kyoseki Shinkin Bank and Bunkyo Shinkin Bank were 1.637 trillion yen as of Jan. 31,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Mar 8, 2001

Rendezvous at Foodex

Japan's wine world is once again gearing up for the biggest event of the year: Foodex Japan 2001, the massive annual international food and drinks event to be held March 13-16 in the sprawling halls of the Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe). The 26th Foodex Japan will be the most spectacular one...
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Matsushita Communication in tieup

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it has teamed up with U.S.-based Iridian Technologies Inc. to license basic biometric recognition technology and jointly develop next-generation systems for recognizing irises.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

MSDF lieutenant sentenced to 10-month term for spying

A former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for passing two classified defense documents to a Russian Military attache in June.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2001

Genetically modified corn slips into human food chain

The safety of the nation's food has recently been called into question following the discovery of StarLink corn in a shipment of corn imported from the United States.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Japan's average life expectancy in 2024 almost unchanged from 2023, data shows
The average life expectancy of Japanese citizens in 2024 is 81.09 years for men and 87.13 years for women, according to the health ministry.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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