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JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

SDF to be tasked with counterterrorism duties

In a bid to heighten antiterrorism preparedness following the devastating attacks in the United States, the ruling coalition agreed Tuesday to enable the Self-Defense Forces to guard public facilities, including U.S. military installations in Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Public housing strategy at the crossroads

National housing policy is set for change with the reformist Koizumi Cabinet having launched a political battle to abolish or privatize all unprofitable semigovernmental corporations.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 18, 2001

Nishitani injured

OSAKA -- Cerezo Osaka midfielder Masaya Nishitani will be sidelined for around one month because of an ankle injury sustained during a J. League match, officials of the first-division side said Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2001

TUFF TALK

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes is in the process of chasing one of the most revered records in Japanese sports -- Sadaharu Oh's single-season home run mark of 55 set back in 1964.
Events
Sep 18, 2001

Matsushita woes mean more pain for Kansai

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s announcement that it will post operating losses of 38.7 billion yen in the April-June quarter and begin restructuring shocked the Kansai business community and prompted worries about what it would mean for the region's economy.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Suspect feed shipped only to Tokushima

The farm ministry said Monday it has confirmed that a feed factory in Ibaraki Prefecture that produced meat and bone meal from a cow suspected of having mad cow disease shipped the MBM only to a company in Tokushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Illness to force Ogi out as leader of the NCP

Chikage Ogi, head of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, will step down as leader of the New Conservative Party, the smallest member of the ruling coalition, party officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Bin Laden followers may be here

The government has received information that 12 foreign Islamic extremists may have entered Japan shortly before last week's terrorist attacks in the United States, informed sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Nikkei down on European tumble

Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday morning, with the key Nikkei average dipping below 9,500 at one point, as the tumble in European stocks Friday made investors nervous ahead of the restart of U.S. trading.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Gas firms face pressure to open lines to new entrants

The government will oblige principle gas suppliers to let new market entrants access their pipelines as part of efforts to liberalize the gas retail market, sources in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Pharmaceutical firms to integrate operations

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. and Tanabe Seiyaku Co. announced Monday that they will integrate operations under a holding company.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

U.S. ships depart Yokosuka naval base

U.S. military bases in Japan are stepping up activity as the United States prepares to retaliate for the devastating terrorist attacks last week in New York and Washington.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Tokushima, Ibaraki governors win re-election

The governors of Tokushima and Ibaraki prefectures cruised to victory Sunday as both won re-election to their third consecutive terms, according to early election results.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Nidec cancels global share offering

OSAKA -- Nidec Corp., a maker of precision motors, said Monday it has canceled a plan to conduct a global offering of 4 million outstanding shares.
Events
Sep 18, 2001

Kobe airport foes marshall forces

KOBE -- Although construction began on controversial Kobe airport two years ago, citizens opposed to the facility continue pursuing all avenues to try to stop it, including new public disclosure laws and the upcoming mayoral election.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Cabinet job adviser warns of worse to come

The government's newly appointed adviser on employment and labor issues said in a recent interview that people should not overreact to the nation's jobless figure, but prepare for worse to come.
Events
Sep 18, 2001

Slice of U.S. pie reveals dreams aren't in the sky

KYOTO -- In 1996, Akiko Hirano was finally ready to fulfill her dream of earning a diploma at a U.S. university. So the 47-year-old boarded a flight to Connecticut to chase a higher education.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2001

Buffs' Mizuguchi puts on a show for salarymen

OSAKA -- Eiji Mizuguchi stole the show from the big names at the Osaka Dome on Monday night, going 3-for-4, reaching base four times and driving in the decisive run for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in a 2-1 victory over the Seibu Lions.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 18, 2001

Navratilova sympathetic

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova expressed sympathy for the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on Monday evening at a low-key press conference for the Toyota Princess Cup, which also started Monday in Tokyo. "I have to offer my condolences to all the people involved," the Czech-born...
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Government aims to cut its elderly medical bill

The government may raise the age at which people can receive elderly medical care to 75 from 70 within five years, according to health ministry sources.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2001

Giants pound Dragons

Pinch-hitter Domingo Martinez hit a tiebreaking base-clearing double in the five-run seventh inning, helping the Yomiuri Giants down the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 at the Nagoya Dome in the only Sunday night game in Japanese pro baseball.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Sep 18, 2001

Jitters rife prior to Wall Street reopening

Last week's terrorist attacks in the United States sent stock markets reeling around the world.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Koizumi wants SDF to support U.S. action

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday instructed Cabinet members to study the possibility of drawing up a new law that would allow the Self-Defense Forces to give logistic support to the U.S. should the Americans follow through with military threats made after last week's terrorist attacks.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

BOJ steps in to boost dollar

The Bank of Japan on Monday went on a dollar-buying spree to stem further falls in the U.S. currency in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Consumer confidence plunged to record low in August

Consumer confidence about the nation's economic conditions for the remainder of the year plunged in August to a record low, Nippon Research Institute said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Matsushita, Leica tieup to bear fruit

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it will begin marketing two high-speed digital still cameras on Oct. 27, the first products under an alliance with Leica Camera AG of Germany.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
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.

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

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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