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BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Yanagisawa bank plan under review

The chairman of the Trust Companies Association of Japan said Thursday that a proposal under which certain banks would discontinue their retirement allowances to board members constitutes one option to counter the nation's financial problems.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

KDDI directors getting a 10% cut in pay

KDDI Corp. will implement a 10 percent reduction in directors' remuneration for a three-month period beginning in October, KDDI President Tadashi Onodera said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Sanitation seminar takes up anthrax

In light of the spate of anthrax mailings in the United States and to guard against similar terrorism in Japan, the government will host a seminar in Tokyo next week for researchers from the nation's regional sanitation offices.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Tragedy is chance to unite, Baker says

Despite the massive losses in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the incident has provided new opportunities for nations to work together to create a world free from terror, said Howard Baker, the U.S. ambassador to Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Economies face up to world after Sept. 11

The events of Sept. 11 in New York and Washington were a watershed that has forced the world's traditional economic powerhouses to come to grips with a new danger that affects every aspect of political, economic and social life, according to participants in the Brookings Institution-Keizai Koho Center...
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 19, 2001

Edmundo set to sign with Verdy 1969

Tokyo Verdy 1969 acquired former Brazil striker Edmundo in an attempt to secure its survival in Division One, the J. League club announced Thursday at its headquarters in Inagi City, Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Failure of Japan's reforms may cause global crisis

Although economic issues appear to have recently taken a back seat in Japan-U.S. relations -- particularly since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- the failure of Japan's economic reform initiatives could lead to another financial crisis that would also have a serious impact on the U.S., warned a U.S....
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

KSD exec gets suspended sentence

The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kimiyasu Koseki to a suspended 18-month prison term Thursday for causing financial damage to KSD, a mutual aid organization for small businesses that is embroiled in a bribery scandal.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Meat industry hopeful over government pledge

Restaurants, distributors and food companies dealing with beef are hoping the government's safety declaration Thursday will help revive consumer demand for red meat. The government declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease in a bid to allay public fears following the discovery of the first...
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 19, 2001

2002 -- a big year for Busan

BUSAN, South Korea -- Jun Nayong and her friend Cho Sook Eun look at each other knowing they have a common answer to my question but are almost embarrassed to say it. Almost.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Typhoon Haiyan heads for Izu isles

Typhoon Haiyan was on course to drench the Izu islands Thursday as it traveled east-northeast south of Hachijo Island, roughly 300 km south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Ministry moves ahead with extra budget

The Finance Ministry will push ahead with its plan to earmark 2.7 trillion yen for a supplementary budget for fiscal 2001, despite the ruling coalition's rejection of the plan, Vice Finance Minister Toshiro Muto said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Key gauge of economy stays at zero

The government said Thursday its key gauge regarding the state of the economy remained at zero in August, according to a revised version of its preliminary report.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2001

Kiyohara plans to re-sign with Giants

Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara has formally agreed to remain with Japan's most popular baseball team as he negotiates a multi-year contract with the Central League club, front office officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

How will terrorist atrocities in U.S. affect business elsewhere?

The terrorist attacks on the United States last month will cause economic hardship across North America, but experts discussing the outlook for east Asia's major economies at the Brookings Institution-Keizai Koho Center Regional Forum were divided on the knock-on impact here.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 19, 2001

Migratory locust

LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Oct 19, 2001

Home from home in surprising ways

When Christine Permatsari arrived in Okinawa this August, she found it to be not much different from home.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Shiokawa admits economy may contract

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa cast doubt Thursday on his previous pledge to prevent the domestic economy from contracting in fiscal 2001, according to Liberal Democratic Party officials.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Mazda set to log group profit

Mazda Motor Corp. reversed its earlier projection of losses Thursday, saying it likely turned a group profit for the April-September first half of this year due to restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Lower House passes SDF dispatch bill

The Lower House approved a bill Thursday that will enable the Self-Defense Forces to lend rear-area support to U.S.-led retaliatory strikes against the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Nissan posts record half-year results

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will post a record consolidated operating profit of 187 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2001, due to continued progress in its ongoing three-year restructuring plan.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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