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JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Softbank chief No. 3 taxpayer

Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son ranked as Japan's third-largest individual taxpayer in 2000, up from 16th in 1999, the National Tax Administration said Wednesday in an annual report listing the top 100 taxpayers.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Promise chief invited to share wisdom at Harvard University

Harvard Business School last month invited Hiroki Jinnai, president of major Japanese consumer moneylender Promise Co., to field student questions in a forum on the firm's growth strategy.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

72,000 eager graduates jobless in late March

An estimated 72,000 of this year's crop of high school and university graduates looking for immediate employment had not secured jobs as of late March, according to two recent government surveys.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Bad timing for painful reform: report

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "No Pain, No Gain" approach to mending the economy will accomplish little more than a surge in bankruptcies and unemployment, Teikoku Databank warned in a report released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Government may tap road-construction funds to alleviate debt burden

The government is looking to make legal changes to allow special road-building revenue to be used for alternative purposes, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
May 17, 2001

Time for the young ones to leave the nest

Philippe Troussier on the J. League: "The Japanese are soft and the players are soft and the referees are soft. One little bump in a game and it's a foul. These would never be fouls in Europe, in Spain or England."
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Toyota's 972 billion yen profit sets Japan corporate record

Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday reported a 22 percent rise in group pretax profit to 972.2 billion yen for the business period that ended in March, the highest ever posted by a Japanese company.
SOCCER / J. League
May 17, 2001

Jubilo soccer star Nanami sidelined after knee surgery

Jubilo Iwata and Japan midfielder Hiroshi Nanami has suffered a semilunar cartilage injury in his right knee and will sit out for four weeks, the J. League club said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Explosive stock market rally stirs investors' buying spree

The balance of shares bought on credit turned higher last week, with investors reacting positively to the explosive stock market rally the previous week.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Princess has first outing in a month

The Crown Princess made her first public appearance Wednesday since the official announcement the day before of her long-awaited pregnancy, joining the Crown Prince on a morning visit to a shrine dedicated to his grandmother.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
May 17, 2001

Shi-ran (wild orchid)

"How pitiful it was, This thin weak orchid But it has budded!"
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Optimism, foreign investors fuel rebound

The initial trigger for the Tokyo share price rally in recent weeks was foreign investors' stepped-up purchases.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Japan, South Korea seek tourism boom

Tourism officials from Japan and South Korea, looking to capitalize on the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, are mulling ways to double the number of tourists from overseas.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

IOC: Osaka can continue bid

From wire and staff reports The IOC late Wednesday decided in Lausanne, Switzerland, to let Osaka and Istanbul, Turkey, stay in the race for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Jailed Red Army Faction hijacker meets daughter

Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members who hijacked a Japan Airlines flight in 1970 visited the Tokyo Detention House on Wednesday to see one of the trio's father, who is being held there.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Kyocera's profits surged in 2000

OSAKA -- Kyocera Corp. on Wednesday announced sharp increases in both group sales and pretax profit for fiscal 2000 but predicted declines in both sales and profits for the current fiscal year, citing the slowdown in U.S. growth.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 17, 2001

'Wave roll on despite loss of Ichiro's bat

The BlueWave seem to have found a way to win without Ichiro Suzuki, Japan's best hitter the last seven years who recently left Orix to play for the Seattle Mariners. Tatsuya Shindo drove in four runs, including a three-run homer, and Masahiko Kaneda (3-0) struck out 10 while giving up eight hits over...
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
May 17, 2001

Darwin's uncomfortable facts

As we wander the natural world, from mud flat to mountain top, from river bed to rocky outcrop, the life that we encounter falls into readily recognizable forms or, as we know them now, species. The similarities and differences between species help even the layman to recognize the extent of their relationship....
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 17, 2001

Mimicry demonstrated to drive origin of species

One of the claims often made by opponents of the theory of evolution -- there are some still left, mainly in Kansas -- is that because natural selection is a phenomenon we can't directly observe, the theory is untenable. And while creationists insist that species are immutable despite a staggering amount...
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Fujitsu, GE team up on medical info

Fujitsu Ltd. and U.S. electronics giant General Electric Co. said Wednesday they will jointly develop advanced medical information systems for use in Japanese hospitals.
JAPAN
May 16, 2001

Solution eyed to defense issue

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday that although he would prefer to revise the Constitution in order to clarify Japan's right to collective defense, another option would be to pass a Diet resolution allowing Tokyo to exercise this right.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2001

DoCoMo sets another bond issue

NTT DoCoMo Inc., the nation's dominant provider of cellular phone services, said Tuesday it plans to raise 120 billion yen through 10-year bonds with coupons of 1.43 percent.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2001

Casio posts 6.1% growth in profit

Casio Computer Co. said Tuesday its consolidated net profits for fiscal 2000 grew 6.1 percent from the previous year to 6.55 billion yen, thanks to favorable sales of electronics products such as digital cameras and mobile phones.
JAPAN
May 16, 2001

Three days of Bush bombardment ends

AWAJI ISLAND, Hyogo Pref. — In what turned into three days of criticism of U.S. foreign policy under President George W. Bush, former world leaders wrapped up the 19th plenary session of the Interaction Council on Tuesday.
Luxury Tokyo penthouse sold for over $65 million in new record
Sales of luxury properties in Tokyo, like Azabudai Hills’ Aman Residences, have pushed up average real estate prices in the capital.
Bags of rice at half price will hit stores by early June, Koizumi says
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits a supermarket to check the prices of rice on Friday in Koto.
U.S. Marine arrested for Okinawa hit-and-run that injured four
Members of the Okinawa Prefectural Police and the U.S. military conduct a joint patrol in the city of Okinawa in April. Prefectural police arrested a U.S. Marine for an alleged hit-and-run case on Sunday.
Ukraine's key allies no longer limiting range of weapons, Germany's Merz says
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes part in a discussion during the opening of the 'Re:publica 25' digital conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
Even Nippon Steel is unsure about what a ‘partnership’ with U.S. Steel means
A United States Steel plant in River Rouge, Michigan. The guessing game continues as to what a "partnership" between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, as announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, actually entails.
Even Nippon Steel is unsure about what a ‘partnership’ with U.S. Steel means
A United States Steel plant in River Rouge, Michigan. The guessing game continues as to what a "partnership" between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, as announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, actually entails.
Eagle nest discovery sparks opposition to megasolar project
The white-tailed eagle's wintering grounds include Hokkaido, northern Honshu, the Russian coast, the southern Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
Fighters starter Hiromi Ito pitches against the Hawks in Fukuoka on April 29.
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a Japanese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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