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JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

A-bomb survivor spreads peace message

HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, Hiroshima Pref. -- When a doctor told Hitoshi Takayama in 1962 that a lump removed from his abdomen was malignant, the then 32-year-old thought he would share the fate of the 200,000 whose lives were lost in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Nikkeiren urges jobless safety net

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Pref. -- Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), said creating a safety net for the unemployed should be a priority for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is promoting structural reforms.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Pyongyang officials' visit to be nixed

The government will deny requests from a group of North Korean officials, including senior members of the ruling Workers Party of (North) Korea, to enter Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Matsushita touts lightest DVD player

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it will launch the world's lightest portable DVD player on Sept. 1.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Osaka's 10-year reform plan aims to avoid state intervention

OSAKA -- In an attempt to avoid bankruptcy or fiscal intervention from the central government, the Osaka Prefectural Government submitted a 10-year reform program Friday that includes cutting 3,000 jobs and abolishing its Bureau of Public Enterprise.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Wife held in abusive spouse's slaying

OSAKA -- A 32-year-old Osaka housewife was arrested Friday on suspicion of stabbing her abusive husband to death with a kitchen knife at their house in Tsurumi Ward.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 4, 2001

Felix

Most passengers boarded the RMS St. Helena in Cardiff, South Wales. Some went on board in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Felix, who is of Spanish-Cuban descent, joined the ship in Tenerife, as the resort island is his home. He had never set foot on St. Helena.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

METI to test hydrogen fuel gas stations

Hydrogen gas stations for fuel-cell vehicles will open in April on a three-year trial basis.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

National interests to dictate Kyoto ratification: Howard

Visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that his country will decide on the basis of national interests whether to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, even if Japan goes ahead without the United States.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Kato named U.S. ambassador

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka formally gave in to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ministry personnel requests Friday, agreeing to appoint Deputy Foreign Minister Ryozo Kato as the next ambassador to the United States, replacing Shunji Yanai.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Bureaucrats declare 2,625 gifts, rewards and entertainment

The National Personnel Authority has released a report documenting gifts, rewards and entertainment expenses worth 5,000 yen or more that were reported by senior government officials in fiscal 2000, more than half of which were reported by Foreign Ministry officials.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2001

ARF beginning to lose its bite

Remember the ASEAN Regional Forum? That was the experiment in multilateralism that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations had hoped would become a real forum for regional security discussions. ASEAN would use that foundation to become an institution of truly global significance, offering a model...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2001

Trade, security top agenda

SYDNEY -- A new regional security mechanism involving the United States, Japan and Australia that risks offending China is high on the agenda of Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his Tokyo visit.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2001

Shades of hubris in Kumaratunga's political offensive

NEW DELHI -- The July 24 rebel attack on Sri Lanka's only international airport at Colombo further underscored that peace cannot be easily achieved in the island nation that has witnessed an ethnic crisis for almost two decades now. The minority Tamil-speaking people have been demanding an independent...
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2001

Protest lodged by Tokyo over fish row

Japan lodged an official protest Thursday with Moscow and Seoul after South Korean boats started fishing for saury around Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2001

Japan gets China's vote for ICJ

Japan has found an unlikely ally in its intensifying campaign to secure a judge's seat at the International Court of Justice.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2001

BayStars run win streak to nine

Dave Doster and Motonobu Tanishige both had three RBIs as the Yokohama BayStars won their ninth straight game by edging the Hiroshima Carp 11-9 at Hiroshima Stadium on Thursday night.
COMMUNITY
Aug 3, 2001

Togetherness with calisthenics

School is out for the summer but still, remarkably, kids in this fitness-savvy society turn out -- at 6:30 a.m., no less -- at parks, shrines and quiet streets across Japan for NHK's daily "Radio Taiso" workout, a 15-minute live broadcast of morning calisthenics.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2001

Prince Akishino, wife off to Thailand

Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, left Thursday for an unofficial visit to Thailand through Sunday, where the prince will receive honorary degrees from two universities.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2001

Tanaka gives in to Koizumi; U.S. envoy to be removed

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka backed down Thursday in a feud with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over personnel changes at the Foreign Ministry, agreeing to replace Japan's ambassador to the United States, a government source said.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2001

ETFs proving darling of online traders

Having long shunned investment trust funds, online investors have reacted positively to the launch of exchange traded funds. There is good reason.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 3, 2001

J. League All-Star roster change

J. League All-Star players Jubilo Iwata midfielder Hiroshi Nanami and Avispa Fukuoka defender Takashi Hirashima were replaced by midfielders Toshita Fujita of Jubilo and Daisuke Nakahara of Avispa, respectively, the J. League announced on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's game.
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.
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.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
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.
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.
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.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

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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
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