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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2001

Tobin tax: fodder for spendthrift pols

Suggestions have been made that the turmoil that swept through East Asia in 1997-98 is evidence of the instability of global capital markets. Supporters of this idea validated their claims by asserting that a contagion effect spread the turbulence to other emerging market economies.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

Sony plans major Vaio push in China

In a bid to break into China's rapidly growing market, Sony Corp. will produce and market a range of its popular Vaio notebook computers there starting next month, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

British firm eyes communications technology niche

After forming a partnership with a major Japanese electronics company, nCo Tec ventures Ltd., a venture capital firm based in Britain, is gearing up to promote European ventures involving communications technology in the Japanese market, according to George MacRitchie, a partner in nCo Tec.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

Casinos eyed for revenue boost

A subcommittee of the government's Tax Commission started discussions Friday on whether to legalize casinos.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

LPD group rises against Koizumi reforms

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi got a harsh dose of reality Friday when a group of 55 lawmakers in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party formed a group opposing his reform programs.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 17, 2001

BayStars taken over by NBS

The heads of Japan's 12 professional baseball clubs on Thursday approved a move that will make Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. the top shareholder of the Yokohama BayStars Baseball Club Inc.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Cut fossil fuel dependence: scientist

Japan should slash its reliance on fossil fuels and continue carving out a niche in the burgeoning area of eco-technologies to ease its economic ills and improve the environment, according to renowned environmental scientist Norman Myers.
COMMENTARY
Nov 17, 2001

Free speech includes the right to be stupid

WASHINGTON -- America is a great country. What better evidence is there than the opportunity people have to say the stupidest, most witless things?
COMMENTARY
Nov 17, 2001

Tanaka deserves much better

Japanese politics were never famous for their logic. But the fuss surrounding Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka plumbs new depths.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Korean who gave arm and leg for Japan rejected

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal lodged by a South Korean man who claimed it is illegal for the Japanese government to deny him pension payments for serving in combat as a Japanese soldier during World War II.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 17, 2001

Perryman to stay in J. League

Kashiwa Reysol manager Steve Perryam has extended his contract with the J. League Division One club for another season, Kashiwa announced Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Ward floats shopping bag tax

In the first local government tax of its kind in Japan, Tokyo's Suginami Ward is pushing a plan to impose a 5 yen levy on each plastic bag handed out at shops and supermarkets.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Crime rate hits new high but arrests at record low

More than 3.25 million violations of the penal code were recorded in 2000, up 12.1 percent from the previous year and the largest number ever in the postwar period, the government reported Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

Sanrio, Warner Bros. give nod to joint character goods

Sanrio Co. said it has agreed with Warner Bros. Consumer Products of the United States to co-brand merchandise featuring Sanrio's Hello Kitty and Warner's Tweety Bird.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Proposed bills detail Constitution review steps

A group of lawmakers considering review of the Constitution proposed two related bills Friday for submission to the ordinary Diet session to convene in January.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 17, 2001

Handmade felt old hat? No, it's back in fashion

Boundary-pushing bags, brooches and necklaces. Wild hats and mufflers. Cosmological carpets and hangings. All-embracing jackets and coats. Every design unique, crafted from hand-felted wool and the most unexpected fibers.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Baby born from HIV-cleared sperm

A woman gave birth in late October to a baby boy conceived via in vitro fertilization that used the sperm of her HIV-positive husband from which the virus had been eradicated, according to a professor at Niigata University Faculty of Medicine who performed the procedure.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Public seen in step with boosted SDF role

The Self-Defense Forces are finally crossing the line to participate in a real war for the first time in their history, even though their role will be limited to logistic support.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

Tax revenue in '02 expected to fall short of projection

The Finance Ministry is estimating that tax revenues for the next fiscal year will be around 47.6 trillion yen, 2.8 trillion yen below the 50.4 trillion yen projected in the midterm outlook, officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Upper House passes 2.99 trillion yen budget

The Diet on Friday enacted a 2.99 trillion yen supplementary budget for the current fiscal year that earmarks 1 trillion yen to ease the burden of structural reforms on workers and small firms.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Cabinet approves plan for the dispatch of SDF

The Cabinet on Friday approved Japan's antiterrorism action plan, which includes dispatching five naval vessels to the Indian Ocean to lend logistic support to the U.S.-led coalition.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 17, 2001

John Roderick

The twin subjects of China and Japan dominated the 39 years that John Roderick spent as an AP correspondent. When Americans were barred from the People's Republic, he was based in Tokyo, becoming acknowledged as the No. 1 China watcher for the Associated Press. He had begun building his firsthand knowledge...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 17, 2001

The first step to happy marriage . . . zu

Today I bring you "Real Conversations From the English Classroom."
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2001

European historians give textbook tips

German, Polish, and French historians who have been working on compiling history textbooks that draw on the perspectives of both sides of the former warring nations stressed Thursday the importance of dialogue between the countries involved.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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