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BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

Oil distributors move to increase domestic stocks

The nation's oil distributors are now working to increase domestic oil stocks in light of global uncertainty following the recent terrorist attacks in the United States, industry sources said Monday.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 25, 2001

No, really, it's completely unspoiled!

Paradise in the South Pacific? Isn't that only ad copy for getaway resorts that put little beach umbrellas in the cocktails and charge prices the locals could only afford after a winning lottery ticket?
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 25, 2001

World Cup stadium to open in October

A brand-new Saitama Stadium 2002, one of the 10 World Cup venues in Japan, will be open to the general public on Oct. 6-8.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

Law planned to aid Afghan refugees

The three-party ruling coalition plans to consider legislation to support refugees fleeing Afghanistan in the event of retaliatory strikes by the United States or multinational forces for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, officials said. Secretaries general of the Liberal Democratic...
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

Bonuses log first rise in three years

The average summer bonus paid out to employees at the nation's top 276 companies rose 2.86 percent in 2000 from the previous year to 783,113 yen, according to a recent survey compiled by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

State mulls issue of reform-linked bonds

The government is considering issuing bonds that would be repaid solely with money raised from structural reforms, government sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

37% of temporary workers desire regular employment: survey

Thirty-seven percent of temporary workers in Japan want to become permanent employees mainly because their current wages are low, according to a survey released recently by a temporary workers' association.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 25, 2001

To know them is to love them

High summer. Sarasota, western Florida, and the bridges linking the Keys (off-shore islands) hum with traffic. Boutiques throng with tourists, construction cranes loom high, the beaches are peppered with sunbathers courting melanoma and the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is torn by Jet-skis.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

Financial impact of terrorist attacks to be limited, expert says

The long-term effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. on the global economy and financial markets will be limited, despite the negative sentiment prevailing at many bourses, according to a former Tokyo branch manager for J.P. Morgan.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

APEC panel set to call for further liberalization

An advisory panel to Asian and Pacific leaders is set to urge further trade liberalization and the launch of a new round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization in November, according to a draft of the panel's annual report.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

New cases of TB declined in 2000 to about 39,000

About 39,000 new cases of tuberculosis were reported last year in Japan, down some 4,400 from the previous year, the first decline in four years, the health ministry has reported.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

Counterterrorism envoy post in works

The government plans to create an ambassador post in charge of counterterrorism, apparently in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, government sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

MSDF fleet awaits mission

The Defense Agency will dispatch a state-of-the-art Aegis destroyer and three other Maritime Self-Defense Force ships from Nagasaki Prefecture's Sasebo Base to the Indian Ocean, possibly as soon as Thursday, to support U.S. activities following the terrorist attacks it suffered, government sources said....
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 25, 2001

Rhodes rips 55th homer to tie Oh's Japan record

Tuffy Rhodes hit his 55th homer of the season to tie a 37-year-old record and Norihiro Nakamura capped a dramatic rally with a two-run shot Monday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes rallied to beat the Seibu Lions 7-6 to close in on the Pacific League title.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2001

Panel to draw up biotechnology control system by March

An advisory panel to the minister of economy, trade and industry will meet early next month to discuss establishing a system to control biotechnology, the ministry said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 24, 2001

Buffs edge closer to pennant

Jeremy Powell pitched out of a fifth inning jam and held Nippon Ham scoreless over eight frames Sunday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes took a big step toward winning the Pacific League pennant with a 1-0 triumph over the Fighters at the Osaka Dome.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

Temperatures push new heights in Tokyo

Tokyo is becoming more of a jungle every year -- meteorologically speaking. As metropolitan temperatures continue to climb annually, there are signs that temperate Tokyo is becoming more tropical.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 24, 2001

Pictograms counted on to bridge language gaps

As the country prepares to host the 2002 Soccer World Cup, a growing number of local authorities and transportation operators are employing visually oriented communication means called pictograms on streets and at public facilities.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

Tokyo remembers terrorism victims

Amid tight security, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, foreign dignitaries, and the general public joined a prayer service Sunday for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

Japanese among five killed in bus accident in Brunei

Five people, including one Japanese, who were visiting Brunei Darussalam as part of the activities of the government-sponsored Ship for Southeast Asian Yourht Program, have been killed in a traffic accident involving their bus Sunday morning, the Cabinet Office said Sunday. At the time of the accident,...
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

METI to step up export control

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will step up export controls by placing all products under its jurisdiction, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, ministry officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

Japan eyes easing SDF weapon rules

Japan has begun studying the feasibility of easing rules on the use of weapons by Self-Defense Forces troops taking part in logistic support for the expected U.S. military operation against terrorism, government sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2001

Out and About

English seminar covers quake preparedness Tokyo Emergency Language Supporters, or TELS, a volunteer group based in Setagaya Ward, will hold a free seminar Oct. 6 in English on earthquake disaster information and preparedness.
Explosion at U.S. air base in Okinawa injures four
The Kadena U.S. Air Force Base in Okinawa Prefecture. An emergency call was made at around 11:15 a.m. reporting that a small-scale explosion occurred at a storage depot for unexploded shells.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Hakuho vows to grow sumo globally after exiting domestic sports body
Former yokozuna Hakuho gives a news conference to announce his retirement from the Japan Sumo Association and reveal his future plans in Tokyo on Monday.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
Top banker vows loyalty to DEI at Tokyo Pride Parade as Trump’s pushback rages
Akihiko Ogino, president and CEO of Daiwa Securities Group, says Japan should press ahead with diversity initiatives as he attends the Tokyo Pride parade in the capital's Shibuya area on Sunday.
‘Kokuho’ finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" stars Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan from a yakuza clan who rises through the world of kabuki to become a star performer.
Junto Nakatani remains on collision course with Naoya Inoue after latest win
Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida to unify the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree
Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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