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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 27, 2001

Bayern Munich, Boca ready to do battle

European Champions League winner Bayern Munich will meet Libertadores Cup winner Boca Juniors of Argentina on Tuesday night in the Toyota Cup at Tokyo's National Stadium. At stake is the right to be called the world's No. 1 club.
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Nov 27, 2001

Cuba seals World Cup crown

Leonel Marshall hammered home 18 points and Angel Dennis scored 16 Sunday as Cuba closed out its championship campaign in the men's World Grand Champions Cup volleyball competition with a straight-sets win over Argentina.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Honda, Mitsubishi defy downtrend

Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. defied the downward trend in domestic automobile sales in October, leaving its three domestic rivals with declining sales, the companies said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Reporter arrested over train groping

A veteran journalist with the Washington Post was arrested for allegedly groping a high school girl while riding a subway in Tokyo, police said Monday.
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Nov 27, 2001

Yoshida withdraws, may quit

Barcelona Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida pulled out of the Kodokan Cup judo weight-category national championships Sunday and hinted that the three-time Olympian may hang up his judo jacket.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Afghans denied refugee status

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Monday rejected applications by nine Afghan men for refugee status, saying the applicants "lack credibility as refugees because some left their country for the purpose of getting jobs."
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Major banks brace for loan writeoffs

All but two of the nation's 14 major banks fell into the red during the first six months of this business year, together setting aside a hefty 2.7 trillion yen in loan-loss reserves to cushion the potential impact from nonperforming loans.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 27, 2001

A divided isle's dramatic past

KYRENIA, Cyprus -- The wail of the muezzin drones from the high balcony of the minaret, down through the cobbled streets to the harbor and out across the water to the massive ramparts of the castle.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Hazama loses 1.83 billion yen in first half

Civil engineering firm Hazama Corp. on Monday reported group net losses of 1.83 billion yen for the first half to Sept. 30.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Late Kankeiren chief's estate priced at 1 billion yen

OSAKA -- The late Osamu Uno, former chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), left a taxable estate worth 1 billion yen, tax administrators said Monday.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Nov 27, 2001

Only fools and Boca up for Toyota Cup

The circus is back in town for tonight's World Club Cup (otherwise known as the Intercontinental Cup, Toyota Cup or Mickey Mouse Windshield Trophy) between Germany's Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors of Argentina.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Nov 27, 2001

Is second bottom coming or now passed?

Tokyo Stocks, as measured by the 225-issue Nikkei average, appear to have hit a second bottom, which is widely considered as a support level.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2001

Don't rush revision of PKO law

The government, in a rather hasty move, is seeking parliamentary approval of a bill updating the 1992 legislation that allows the Self-Defense Forces to participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations. The bill, which was sent to the Lower House last Tuesday, would expand the SDF's role as international...
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2001

'Flying geese' must face onset of global 'megacompetition'

The "flying geese" theory of development has long served as the basis of policy formulation and analysis of post-World War II economic relations between industrialized nations and developing countries. The fundamental idea is that both sides benefit from a vertical division of labor across national borders....
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2001

46th Japan Times Readers' Fund charity drive kicks off

The Japan Times today launches its 46th yearend charity fundraising campaign, which lasts through Dec. 31. The money raised will be used to help people in need in Afghanistan and other parts of Asia.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 26, 2001

Looking back on life in Stalinist Russia

NEW YORK -- My friend Lenore Parker threw a party for Mary M. Leder, who has just published her first book, at age 86. The book is an autobiography, "My Life in Stalinist Russia: An American Woman Looks Back" (Indiana University Press).
COMMENTARY
Nov 26, 2001

Japan set to jump the gun with SDF

Since the Diet enacted antiterrorism legislation enabling the Self-Defense Forces to provide logistic support to the U.S.-led war efforts in Afghanistan, there have been mounting calls in Japan for expansion of the SDF's activities abroad. These moves defy Japan's war-renouncing Constitution.
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Nov 26, 2001

Jungle Pocket takes Japan Cup

Japan-trained horses monopolized the scene yet again as they swept the top spots in the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, the second day of the year's biggest international racing event here. It was the fourth-straight Japan Cup victory for the home team, a first in the event's 21-year history....
SUMO
Nov 26, 2001

Musashimaru loses final bout to Kaio

Yokozuna Musashimaru lost to ozeki Kaio in the final bout of the Kyushu Basho, but it made no difference to the outcome of the tournament, as he had already clinched his ninth championship on the 14th by defeating Tochiazuma. Musashimaru looked clumsy and overly laid-back in his final bout.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2001

Second MSDF flotilla sails to war

Three Maritime Self-Defense Force ships departed Sunday for the Indian Ocean to logistically support the U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan and offer aid to Afghan refugees.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2001

U.S. is key to ending Israel's occupation

AL-BIREH, West Bank -- The mirage of positive movement in the deadly gridlock between Israelis and Palestinians continued last week, uninterrupted by reality. Following U.S. President George Bush's footsteps, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, during a major Middle East policy address at the University...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2001

'Buy Nothing Day' adds weight to buying season

KYOTO -- "Look, it's Santa Claus," said the excited little boy as he passed in front of Hankyu Department Store here Sunday afternoon. Well, not quite. This is Zenta Claus, the antithesis of jolly St. Nick, who advocates recycling those toys and trinkets he lugged around last Christmas.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2001

Miyazawa steadfast against calls to revise Constitution

Japan does not need to revise its pacifist Constitution concerning its efforts in security affairs and should focus on international cooperation in nonmilitary areas, former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Sunday.

Longform

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