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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2001

How to harmonize science and technology with humanity

The 20th century was the greatest century in human history thanks to the tremendous progress made in science and technology. The advancement of science and technology has given us a higher living standard, and the information-technology revolution has dramatically expanded our intellectual playing field....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Sake makers brew abroad to make up slack in sales

OSAKA -- Major sake brewers, hit hard by the decline in domestic demand amid the recession, are expanding overseas production in hopes of cashing in on a Japanese food boom abroad.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Keidanren chief expresses concern over yen's weakness

The chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) expressed concern Wednesday over the yen's excessive weakness against the dollar.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2001

Satoya, Uemura headed to Utah

Reigning Olympic champion Tae Satoya and medal hope Aiko Uemura were named Tuesday to Japan's freestyle skiing team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Nippon Steel, French firm holding talks

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday it is engaged in talks with French steelmaker Usinor SA over cooperation in the U.S. market but nothing has been finalized.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Government to accept Hansen's proposal

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Wednesday the government has decided to accept a district court proposal to compensate former Hansen's disease patients who were not forced into sanitariums and the relatives of such patients who have died.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Takenaka to visit U.S., Britain

Heizo Takenaka, the economic and fiscal policy minister, will leave for the United States and Britain on Jan. 6 for ministerial talks over economic issues, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Dec 27, 2001

Dollar could find itself in yen's situation

The yen could remain under downward pressure for some time amid concern over economic and corporate earnings prospects in Japan.
COMMENTARY
Dec 27, 2001

The ABM Treaty's last days

HONOLULU -- It looks like the Antiballistic Missile Treaty is destined to end, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Earlier doomsday predictions notwithstanding, Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the treaty (the required six-months' notice was given Dec. 13) is not expected to usher in a new Cold...
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Dec 27, 2001

Top schools eye uneasy alliance with private sector

The agenda of top-flight domestic schools such as the University of Tokyo is changing along with the turbulent economic climate.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Rengo to pursue job security over pay rises

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) said it will seek to secure employment rather than boost wages during its spring wage negotiations.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Fukuda backs postal revamp date

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda expressed support Wednesday for a reported plan by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to privatize in 2005 a postal public corporation to be created in 2003.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Sanyo to dispatch workers

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. plans to dispatch employees to companies outside its group to cope with a surplus worker problem, company officials said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 27, 2001

Giants want Wasdin

The Yomiuri Giants will try to negotiate a deal with former Philadelphia Phillies right-hander John Wasdin to make him a possible starter for the team next season, club officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Kirin, Takeda to forge seasoning joint venture

Kirin Brewery Co. and Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday they have agreed to set up a joint venture in April to combine their seasoning and other food business operations.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Sankei to shut down Osaka Shimbun

OSAKA -- The mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun said Wednesday it will stop publishing the Osaka Shimbun, an affiliate evening newspaper, on March 31.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 27, 2001

No Christmas cheer this year

Christmas, or more precisely ohshogatsu (the New Year), is a time when most people in Japan can take a vacation. But not for the top rugby players at high school, university and company level.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Sachiyo Nomura indicted over tax evasion

Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted Sachiyo Nomura, the wife of Katsuya Nomura, the former manager of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team, on charges of concealing more than 500 million yen of her and her husband's income.
SUMO
Dec 27, 2001

'Black Sea' makes waves, battles culture

SOKA, Saitama Pref. -- When Tsaguria Merab Levan of Georgia was selected among 16 aspirants hoping to make his mark on sumo's raised ring in May, little did he know that his name would go down in the age-old sport's history books just several months later.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Kawasaki Heavy to spin off shipbuilding

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it will spin off its shipbuilding and precision machinery operations in October.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Japan, South Korea to bury the hatchet for year of World Cup Soccer Finals

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung will exchange televised messages on New Year's Day, kicking off a series of Japan-South Korea exchange projects, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Waddle tells Japanese magazine navy made him a scapegoat

The former skipper of the Greeneville, the U.S. Navy submarine that struck and sank the Ehime Maru off Hawaii in February, believes he was made a scapegoat over the incident, according to a translated first-person account published in a Japanese weekly magazine.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Fish feed body to tighten quality control against MBM

Japan's fish meal association said Wednesday it will step up security measures to prevent meat-and-bone meal from cows, a suspected cause of mad cow disease, from being mixed into their fish feed products.
COMMENTARY
Dec 27, 2001

Prodding India, Pakistan to stand down

ISLAMABAD -- India and Pakistan, South Asia's two nuclear-armed neighbors, are once again on the brink of war less than six months after an historic peace summit between their leaders.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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