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BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Foreigners stay net buyers for fourth week

While major domestic players continued to unload their equity holdings, foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks last week for the fourth straight week.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Insurers to launch pension firm

Nippon Life Insurance Co. and Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Friday they will establish a company on Oct. 1 specializing in administering corporate pension fund assets.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

GameCube console released, takes on rival PlayStation2

Nintendo Co. released its GameCube video game console on the Japanese market Friday, mounting a challenge to the PlayStation2 console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Team to study SDF role in East Timor

The ruling coalition will send a team of lawmakers to East Timor from Wednesday to study the possible participation of the Self-Defense Forces in a U.N. peacekeeping operation there, coalition officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Daikin arm to oversee China units

OSAKA -- Industrial air conditioner manufacturer Daikin Industries Ltd. said Friday it has set up a wholly owned unit in Beijing to oversee air conditioner and chemical products operations at the company's Chinese subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Complaints over e-trade discussed

E-commerce promoters from Japan, the United States, Europe and South Korea have agreed to collaborate in dealing with consumer complaints over cross-border online trade, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 15, 2001

Finding market niches to make really good books

Ivan Vartanian makes books. He is not a publisher, nor a commonplace packager. Rather he identifies a niche in the market, lines up the most suitable backing, and then physically puts the book together himself under the company name Goliga Books. All within the constrains of a tiny apartment in Tokyo's...
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Industrial output in July revised to decline of 3%

Industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 3 percent in July from the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday, revising its initially reported 2.7 percent fall.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Number of elderly at record high

The number of Japanese age 65 or older stands at a record 22.72 million, accounting for a record 17.9 percent of the population, the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said in a report Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Koizumi offers Bush condolences, support

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has promised U.S. President George W. Bush that Japan will provide its "utmost support and cooperation" in the fight against terrorism.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Bankruptcies decline for second month in a row

The number of corporate bankruptcies fell 5.4 percent in August from a year earlier to 1,612, private research institute Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Stricter security measures ground passenger flights bound for the U.S.

Airlines canceled all passenger flights Friday from Japan to U.S. airports in the face of stricter security requirements to prevent hijackings, Japan Airlines said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 15, 2001

Kazuko Ogawa

BRIDGEMERE, England -- The garden center in Bridgemere is said to be the largest of its kind in Europe. In the quiet of Cheshire's spreading plains, it is its own world of year-round flowers and plants, trees and garden ideas. It has greenhouses, fish in tanks and rustic furniture. Additionally, and...
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

August department store sales up

Sales at department stores in Tokyo rose 2.1 percent in August to 139.91 billion yen for the third consecutive year-on-year increase, the Japan Department Stores Association said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

New immigration laws to target organized crime

Legislation to galvanize immigration laws and tackle international organized crime is being prepared for submission to the extraordinary Diet session expected to begin this month, Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Arthur Miller among winners of Praemium Imperiale award

Arthur Miller, the American playwright best known for "Death of a Salesman," and Lee U Fan, a South Korean painter living in Japan, have been awarded the 13th Praemium Imperiale, along with three other foreign artists, the Japan Art Association announced Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Mycal seeks bankruptcy protection after main creditor pulls the plug

Mycal Corp. filed for protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court on Friday, after Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, its biggest creditor, decided to cut off further financial support to the supermarket chain.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Mitsubishi revises down profit outlook

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Friday revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, blaming the plunge in global demand for semiconductors and mobile phones.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 15, 2001

On flying futons and other mysteries

I've ushered enough tourists through Japan to become expert on answering strange questions about Japanese culture. Here are some of the most common:
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Builders searched over bid-rigging

The Fair Trade Commission searched the offices of Penta-Ocean Construction Co. and Wakachiku Construction Co. on Thursday on suspicion of rigging bids for port projects in Nagasaki Prefecture, industry sources said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 14, 2001

'Wave boss Ogi set to step down

Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi indicated Thursday that he will step down as skipper of the Pacific League club at the end of this season.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

'Tale of Genji' goes to the opera

An operatic version of the classic 1,000-year-old Japanese court novel "The Tale of Genji" will open in Tokyo next week staged by an American artistic director and a Japanese composer.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Crimes by foreigners down, heinous acts up

Nonresident foreigners in Japan committed 12,238 crimes between January and June, down 18.2 percent from the same period last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Japan could be key to Asia recovery

Asian countries should cooperate in tackling a looming global recession, and Japan can play a key role in doing so, according to an executive of an international business organization.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Tomoko Otake

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