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JAPAN
Feb 7, 2002

75% foresee Snow Brand doom: poll

Seventy-five percent of respondents to a recent Internet survey believe Snow Brand Milk Products Co. will not be able to regain the trust of consumers even if it carries out a restructuring program.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2002

Okuda opposes mark-to-market accounting freeze

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), voiced opposition Wednesday to a proposal to temporarily freeze the mark-to-market method of accounting to protect banks' weakening capital bases.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2002

Fukuda: No plans to prod BOJ

The government has no immediate plans to ask the Bank of Japan to take additional monetary-easing measures in a bid to prevent the economy from falling into a deflationary spiral, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORKING IT OUT
Feb 7, 2002

Early retirement, outplacement, or just pink slip?

Makoto Kawamura, 51, felt he had few options left when the medium-size life insurer he worked for collapsed and a U.S. firm took over management.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 7, 2002

Hypersexual farming

Humans have practiced selective breeding for thousands of years to develop plants, animals and fungi better suited for human use than they are in their natural states. No genetic engineering is required, yet the genes of selected strains are different, "improved." Even people opposed to genetic modification...
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Feb 7, 2002

Geek culture bashing

http://homepage.mac.com/jcarusone/iMovieTheater2.html The unveiling of the new iMac has reignited the Mac vs. Windows debate all over the Internet, with journalists, computer users, economists and other eccentrics predicting whether the latest Apple hardware/software combo will take a bite out of Microsoft's...
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2002

Group creates mini gear mechanism

Showa Denko K.K., Kitagawa Industries Co. and Seiko Instruments Inc. said Wednesday they have jointly developed the world's smallest plastic gear mechanism in cooperation with Shinshu University Professor Morinobu Endo.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2002

Chinese boy arrested over stabbing death of prostitute

OSAKA -- Osaka police have arrested a 19-year-old Chinese boy and obtained an arrest warrant for another Chinese on suspicion of robbery and murder in connection with the death of a 35-year-old prostitute inside a hotel here in December.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Feb 7, 2002

Monkeys rate second look

Not many people jumped at "Super Monkey Ball" when it hit the market.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Feb 7, 2002

Precipitate beauty of nature's own ice sculptures

"The sky has holes to let rain in; the holes are small, that's why rain is thin." So wrote the zany British comedian Spike Milligan. Rain. Some hate it; I love it. It's a gift (thin though it may be) from the heavens.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2002

Airlines, ministry team up against air turbulence

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry and airline companies have started sharing information about air turbulence in a bid to ensure safer flights, ministry officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2002

Tokyu may inject capital into construction unit

Tokyu Corp. said Wednesday it may replenish the capital base of its subsidiary, Tokyu Construction Co., a major construction firm whose large losses threaten to disqualify it from bidding for major public works projects.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2002

The only viable choice

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's policy speech to the Diet on Monday could not have come at a worse time. The week before, he had invited public anger by firing Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, the most popular member of his Cabinet and the staunchest supporter of his reform plans. It was an "agonizing...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2002

Threat remains as long as bin Laden and Omar are free

Osama bin Laden is still alive. His notorious group al-Qaeda is still up to evil -- or so it seems going by the reports of the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORKING IT OUT
Feb 6, 2002

Middle-aged job seekers facing age discrimination

When Masao Suzuki heard his company was offering an early retirement program that paid out 2.5 times the regular amount, he figured it was time to move on. But first he has to find a new job.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2002

Ibaraki mayor arrested, suspected of bid-rigging

Public prosecutors Tuesday arrested the mayor of Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, on suspicion of obstructing a public works tender by leaking information concerning a bid won by Toda Corp.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2002

Vocational aid to be more strict

The prolonged economic slump has, paradoxically, led to flourishing trade at a variety of vocational schools around the country.
OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2002

Japanese join Olympic excitement

Japanese athletes, including moguls medal hopefuls Aiko Uemura and Tae Satoya, arrived in Salt Lake City on Monday as the excitement heightened prior to the kickoff of the 19th Winter Olympic Games on Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2002

U.S. Pacific Command chief decorated

Adm. Dennis Blair, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, on Tuesday received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun for his contribution to peace and stability in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2002

Snow Brand looks to tieups to survive series of scandals

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. announced Tuesday that it is studying tieups with third party firms to overcome a series of scandals involving its subsidiary Snow Brand Foods Co.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Feb 6, 2002

TSE passing through crucial stage

Investor confidence has plunged to the lowest level in decades amid concerns over bleak economic prospects.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2002

Tokyo stocks plummet to 18-year low

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at an 18-year low Tuesday as investors fretted over delays in structural reform and a plunge in U.S. stocks.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2002

Honda net profit jumped 73.8% in third quarter

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its group net profits in the October-December quarter shot up 73.8 percent from a year earlier to 82.26 billion yen on higher sales and a weaker yen.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 6, 2002

This could be Year of the Homer in PL

At first glance, you might think the new Japanese strike zone will benefit pitchers and be a hindrance to batters this coming season. The zone has been raised more than the diameter of one baseball, but I believe it will be the hitters -- not the hurlers -- who will get the most advantage out of the...
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2002

Key economic index goes bust for entire year

Japan's key economic index came in below 50 percent in December -- its 12th consecutive month under the boom-or-bust line -- as weak consumption and severe unemployment continued to weigh down the economy, the government said Tuesday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2002

Failure of DASH release confirmed

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science confirmed Tuesday that Japan's second successfully launched H-IIA rocket failed to release one of two experimental devices that it was scheduled to put into orbit Monday.
South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future
Marriage is rapidly declining in South Korea as rising education and career aspirations collide with traditional gender norms.
German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
Japan has many positive qualities for German companies, but the market does face some challenges, such as talent acquisition and retention, particularly as demand for skilled workers grows, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan showed.
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
Taiwan isn’t as susceptible to invasion as one would think
Soldiers participate in a military exercise in Miaoli County, Taiwan, in July 2022. While China may desire to unify the island, military, geographic, political and economic factors make a successful invasion unlikely.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(Clockwise from top left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi
Aichi Triennale’s message from the world: Free Palestine
“Between Currents and Bloom,” an eye-popping crocheted seascape by Indonesian artist Mulyana, dazzles with Instagram-ready cuteness while recalling a vibrant ocean now threatened by warming seas.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.

Podcast

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

Longform

"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
By Christoph Sponsel

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