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JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Another official caught with hand in jar

A Foreign Ministry official has admitted padding state-paid hotel bills during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Japan in 1995, police sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Sep 6, 2001

Japan's high-tech history sets scene for the future

Although the high cost of doing business in Japan has eroded the competitiveness of many manufacturers, some high-tech firms have managed to retain their edge.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

More cops to deal with military

Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine asked the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday for help to boost the number of police officers in his prefecture from the current 2,290 to deal with incidents involving U.S. military personnel based there, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Union group proposes job sharing

The Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions said Wednesday its 2.25 million members should consider working shorter hours, entering job-sharing agreements and even accepting wage cuts to protect their jobs.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Sep 6, 2001

Quitting the wandering life to settle down

Where waves crash across rocky shores there is a narrow region between the uppermost level covered at high tide and the lowest level exposed at low tide, the intertidal zone, that is prolific of life. Living there are seaweeds, shellfish, fish that prefer shallow water and can survive the varying temperatures...
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Band to play on despite protests

MATSUE -- Mayor Masahiro Nishio of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, said Wednesday a U.S. Marine band from Okinawa will participate in Saturday's celebration of the 60th anniversary of Izumo's incorporation despite protests from residents.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

End to market decline may be in sight

Tokyo stocks plunged yet again this week, sending the 225-issue Nikkei average below 10,500 -- a level unseen since August 1984.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Two panels created on diplomacy

In what may be a sign of renewed frictions between key Cabinet figures, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka launches a private advisory panel on diplomatic issues.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

Renault bond gets positive rating

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Wednesday it assigned a Baa2 rating to the 50 billion yen in "Samurai" bonds of Renault S.A., the biggest shareholder in Nissan Motor Co., citing expectations Renault will benefit from its new models and its deepening ties with Nissan.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Sea of Japan meeting in deep water

TOTTORI -- A meeting of local governments from five nations around the Sea of Japan scheduled for later this month is likely be canceled because of the financial difficulties of the Russian host, Tottori Prefectural Government officials said Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 6, 2001

Nadeshiko (Japanese pink)

BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

Panel mulls securities-tax revisions

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel resumed discussions Wednesday on revising securities-related taxes but made no specific decisions, panel head Hideyuki Aizawa said.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Business sentiment darkens despite capital spending rise

Corporate pessimism over the economy grew in the July-September quarter, overshadowing a 2.3 percent rise in capital spending during the April-June period.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Mayors seek help for hibakusha living overseas

Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito urged the central government this week to formulate support measures for atomic bomb victims living overseas.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Mount Fuji radar is dismantled

KOFU -- Workers began dismantling on Wednesday morning a dome on a radar station atop Mount Fuji and were expected to finish the job within a day, weather permitting, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

EPDC stops Niigata plant construction

Electric Power Development Co. announced Wednesday it will cancel a plan to construct a power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 6, 2001

Kofu upsets Omiya Ardija 2-1

SAITAMA -- J. League Division Two cellar dweller Ventforet Kofu stunned Division One hopeful Omiya Ardija 2-1 at Omiya Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Consultations on domestic violence soar

More than 9,000 women visited prefectural counseling centers across Japan to seek advice on domestic violence in fiscal 2000, surpassing the number that sought counseling on divorce, according to a government survey released this week.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

U.S. investment talks set for Sept. 14

Japanese and U.S. government representatives will meet Sept. 14 in Tokyo to discuss promoting direct investment, according to government sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

MHI in Westinghouse reactor accord

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached a basic agreement to help Westinghouse Electric Co. of the United States develop a new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactor.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Wetland conservation efforts gain ground

Wetlands have long gotten short shrift in Japan and around the world.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

Sanyo to introduce retirement pay based partly on merit

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. will introduce a retirement pay system combining merit and seniority to cope with an increase in job mobility, company officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

Alaska pushes business despite slump

Despite Japan's prolonged economic slump, Alaska sees new business opportunities with Japan in natural resources and seafood industries, a representative of the state said in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Hourly wage gap spreads among female workers

The average hourly wage of female part-time workers was 67 percent that of female full-time workers in 2000, according to statistics compiled by the labor ministry. Female part-time workers earn an average of 889 yen per hour, while their full-time counterparts make 1,329 yen excluding bonuses and other...
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Trash outside game parlor rendered fire door useless

A mountain of garbage on the landing outside a mah-jongg game parlor destroyed in a fatal fire early Saturday was blocking a fire door, stopping it from automatically closing when fire alarms went off, police investigating the blaze said Wednesday.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 6, 2001

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

It's a memory that still pains me to this day. It was a public humiliation -- and the very worst kind. There are those who can shrug off such insults. I am not one of those.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
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.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
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.
‘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.

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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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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