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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 21, 2001

Autumn's harvest among the bamboo

Autumn is here, the season of antipasti misti and fruitful mellowness. It's also the time of year, of course, for bountiful supplies of mushrooms and other miscellaneous fungi known collectively as kinoko -- like the excellent assortment we enjoyed the other day at Aburiya, an atmospheric dining bar...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 21, 2001

Tune in, there are big things on the horizon

The cult of dieting takes on new meaning in Nippon TV's fall comedy serial "Kangei! Danjiki Goikko-sama," literally, "Welcome, Honorable Party of Fasters" (Saturday, 9 p.m.). The series is set at Rakuraku-jin, a Buddhist temple that accepts civilians who want to do the ascetic thing.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Daiei's losses come to 3.99 billion yen

Struggling supermarket-chain operator Daiei Inc. on Friday reported unconsolidated net losses of 3.99 billion yen for the March-August term.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

China ODA set to be trimmed

The government and ruling coalition parties on Friday approved a development assistance plan that would scale back aid to China and shift the focus to environmental conservation measures, officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

CO2 output up two years running

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial activities totaled 486.09 million tons last year, marking the second consecutive year of increase, the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

'Miscellaneous' institutions facing double standard?

International schools in Japan are classified as "miscellaneous schools" under the School Education Law, which means they are not accredited domestically.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Japan, Austria to halt terror funds

Japan and Austria agreed Friday on the need to sign an international treaty to stop the flow of funds linked to terrorism. The countries said they hope to sign by the end of the year and work for an early ratification of the treaty.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Yamaha revs up restructuring plan

Motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co. said Friday that it will give full management independence to sales unit Yamaha Motor Marketing Japan Co. in April.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Convenience store sales down 2.6%

Sales at convenience stores fell 2.6 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the third straight month of decline, the Japan Franchise Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

State tries to beat road-project delays

The infrastructure ministry said Friday that it will give money to local governments if they declare a target deadline to complete urban road construction, which has long been hindered by delays in land procurement.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 20, 2001

Japan pulls out of World C'ships

on Thursday decided to cancel its plans to send a team to the gymnastics World Championships getting under way in Belgium at the end of this month. The decision comes a week after the JGA decided not to dispatch a team to this week's rhythmic gymnastics World Championships in Spain as a precautionary...
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Protest made over supercomputer bid

A complaints panel for government procurements said Friday that it has accepted a complaint from IBM Japan Ltd. over a failed bid for a supercomputer.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Kato linked to tainted talent agency

A senior official at a scandal-hit talent agency loaned 100 million yen in 1999 to the private secretary of Koichi Kato, a former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, agency sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

International schools' popularity up

Aki Ito has no regrets about moving from a Japanese elementary school to Nishimachi International School in Minato Ward, Tokyo, a few years ago.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Economy policy council approves extra budget

The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on Friday approved an outline of a planned 2.7 trillion yen supplementary budget for this business year, with 1 trillion yen earmarked for structural reform measures.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

FedEx to lose its rights to Narita-Sendai route

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry will turn down a request by FedEx Corp. of the United States to continue cargo flights between Narita and Sendai airports, after its rights expire later this month, a ministry source said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 20, 2001

Food from home, direct to your door in Japan

Chuck Grafft spends much of his life surrounded by the stronger sex. Not that he is complaining. As president and CEO of the Foreign Buyers Club (FBC) in Kobe, most of his staff are women -- women representing nine cultures, including Japanese. Also, wife Kelly, now back to work, with four daughters,...
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Cows in Tokyo, Aichi test positive for BSE after preliminary screening

Preliminary tests showed that three or four cows screened in Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture indicated the presence of mad cow disease, and a second test was being conducted to confirm the initial results, authorities said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Suspected coed-killer confesses

A 29-year-old former construction worker from Sapporo pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing to death a female junior college student on a street in Tokyo's Taito Ward in April.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

New envoy: Nobuyasu Abe

Nobuyasu Abe, ambassador to Japan's permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna, was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 20, 2001

The next tech boom: explosive electronics

Don't call me, fax me or ask me to watch TV. Don't even ask me to heat up a cup of water in the microwave. 'Cause I'm having a bad electronics month. Judgment Day has come for all the electronics in my house -- a collective kaput, consensual hara-kiri.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Insurer safety net in trouble

Life insurers can no longer afford to keep funding the safety net of the Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corp., which makes payments for failed insurers, a top industry official said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2001

Yasuda cracks the whip on merger procedure

Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and two other nonlife insurers will try to hasten work on their coming merger, the insurer's president said Friday.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
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.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
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
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.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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