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LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Oct 7, 2001

On till the break of dawn

In clubland, regular openings and closings are a given. Bars, on the other hand, live by different rules -- longevity is proportional to the dedication of their creators. In Tokyo, a hybrid type of nightspot has evolved (and multiplied, because they fit well in the big city). You could call them mini-clubs,...
CULTURE / Books
Oct 7, 2001

A lonely struggle for recognition

LEGACIES OF THE COMFORT WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II, edited by Margaret Stetz and Bonnie B.C. Oh. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY, 2001, 230 pp., $55 (cloth) More than 50 years after the end of World War II, the question of whether or not the Japanese government bears responsibility for forcing tens of thousands...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Chuo Mitsui may be rescued

Financially troubled Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. has entered the final phase of talks to come under the management of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Aegis destroyer to stay until new law enacted

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday said Japan will not dispatch its Aegis destroyer to the Indian Ocean until enactment of a new law allowing it to provide rear-area support for U.S.-led military action that could take place in Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Health ministry orders water supply protection

The health ministry has instructed local authorities to tighten security at waterworks and reservoirs to prevent terrorist attacks involving lethal bacteria being used to infect water sources, the ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

State aims to let coast guard fire first at suspected spy ships

Two years after humiliatingly failing to capture suspected North Korean spy boats violating Japan's territorial waters, the government submitted a bill Friday to the Diet that would give the Japan Coast Guard new powers to fire on suspicious vessels.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Foreign investors continue to shed stocks

Foreign investors remained net sellers of Japanese stocks last week for the third week in a row.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Visa offices to extend service time

The Foreign Ministry will extend the service hours of its visa consultation center and offices dealing with consular matters starting Tuesday, ministry officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Panel wants adequacy ratios disclosed often

A multilateral committee on banking regulations has proposed that international banks in major industrial nations disclose capital adequacy ratios every three months, banking sources said.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Koizumi to visit colonial prison site in South Korea

In a visit to Seoul on Oct. 15, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will tour a museum dedicated to political prisoners incarcerated under Japanese colonial rule, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Firms urged to recall suspect beef products

The health ministry urged the food industry Friday to inspect and voluntarily recall products containing cow parts that could transmit mad cow disease to humans, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Japan's response satisfactory, Baker says

The United States is "satisfied" with Japan's response in supporting U.S. antiterrorism efforts in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon last month, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said Friday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 6, 2001

Senegal stifles Japan

LENS, France -- Japan bowed to Senegal, a World Cup qualifier from Africa, 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday night at Stade Felix Bollaert in Lens, France.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Raids target Akagi's passport case

The public security division of the Metropolitan Police Department searched seven locations Friday related to the wife of Shiro Akagi, one of nine Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet in 1970.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Homeless rally for job, shelter bill passage

A group of more than 200 homeless people from across the country rallied in front of the Diet building on Friday, demanding the immediate passage of a bill to assist the nation's growing homeless population.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Diet receives bill for SDF to support U.S. action

The Cabinet approved a bill Friday to combat terrorism that will allow Japan's armed forces to support U.S.-led operations against terrorist suspects in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 6, 2001

Rhodes fails in homer-record bid

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes failed to connect for a roundtripper in four at-bats and his homer total remained unchanged at 55 as the Pacific League champion lost to the Orix BlueWave 7-1 at Green Stadium Kobe on Friday in the final PL contest of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

GM, Toyota to study telematic services

General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday they have agreed to conduct a joint feasibility study of telematics -- vehicle onboard information -- in the Japanese car market.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Seagaia rehab legal phase complete

The Miyazaki District Court announced Friday that the three owners of the Seagaia Resort in Kyushu have completed legal proceedings for starting corporate rehabilitation.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

ASEAN meet warns of China's rise

Japan and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations must consider how they can cooperate to compete with China, which is becoming more economically powerful, Asian business leaders said in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Key economic health gauge hit zero in August

The key gauge of economic health came to zero in August, remaining well below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the eighth straight month, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Doi gets third term at SDP helm

Takako Doi secured another unchallenged term as Social Democratic Party leader on Friday, officials of the small opposition party said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Bourse curbs sought to rein in terrorists

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wants legislation developed to prevent terrorist groups from making profits through futures contracts on Japanese stock markets, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

U.S. relations need review: Tanaka

Japan should rethink and clarify its role in the half-century-old security alliance with the United States, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Guard shot in 5 million yen robbery

OSAKA -- A gunman snatched 5 million yen in cash Friday morning from a vehicle parked outside a Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. branch in Osaka, shooting and wounding a guard in the leg, police said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Singapore FTA seen as done deal

The governments of Japan and Singapore will begin a three-day meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday to put the finishing touches on a bilateral free-trade agreement, Japanese government sources said.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Foreign reserves top $397 billion

Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit a record high $397.02 billion at the end of September, up $24.80 billion from the previous high set in August, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Glass ceiling in Japan thick as ever

Female workers account for only 2.2 percent of those being groomed for senior management at Japanese companies, according to results of a government survey released Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Press info access first casualty of war

As the U.S. prepares to launch retaliatory strikes on those believed to be behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the media's frustration over the tight control of information by the U.S. authorities is reportedly on the rise.
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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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