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BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Key economic index revised downward for April

The government said Tuesday it has revised downward its key gauge of the state of the economy for April due to weak production data.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Diet enacts expanded diesel pollution law

The Diet enacted legislation Tuesday that expands the scope of an air pollution law to cover particulate matter from diesel-burning automobiles and increases the responsibility of vehicle owners.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Yahoo's ADSL gambit set for August

Compiled from staff, wire reports Yahoo Japan will begin a high-speed Internet connection service using asymmetrical digital subscriber line technology as early as August, company officials said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 20, 2001

Lord, bless this cinematic mess

The Guys From Paradise Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Takashi Miike Running time: 114 minutes Language: Japanese Now showing at Shibuya Cine Palace and other theaters Takashi Miike may end up as the Seijun Suzuki of his generation. In the 1960s, Suzuki was a toiler on the Nikkatsu B-movie assembly line,...
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Daikin to set up French subsidiary

OSAKA -- Major air conditioner maker Daikin Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary in France later this month for the manufacturer of fluoroelatomers used in automobile parts such as fuel pipes.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

State-backed firms face new accounting rules

An advisory panel to the finance minister unveiled on Tuesday new accounting guidelines for government-affiliated corporations as part of an effort to improve transparency in their management.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Taniguchi named to IAEA position

Tomihiro Taniguchi, executive director of Nuclear Power Engineering Corp., will become deputy director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Nasdaq Japan chief confident about 80-firm goal

OSAKA -- The president of the Osaka Securities Exchange said Tuesday he is confident that Nasdaq Japan, a market operating under the auspices of the OSE, will reach its target of seeing 80 firms listed in calendar 2001.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Trading house Mitsubishi posts record-high profit

Giant Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Tuesday it posted a record-high consolidated net profit of 95.17 billion yen in the year ended March 31, turning around from a net loss of 5.57 billion yen in the preceding year.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Eritrean jurist sees lessons in Japan

Japan's Constitution should serve as a guiding principle for the international community, including Eritrea, which still suffers from the aftermath of civil war, a young jurist from the country said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

Nation must be aggressive on patents, white paper says

Japan must devise an aggressive strategy to obtain patents abroad so the nation's inventions can be recognized internationally, according to a government white paper released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Koizumi to commemorate Okinawa battle

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday to attend ceremony marking the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces, the government's top spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Windmills huff, puff against nuclear powerhouses

White windmills gently turn in a green pasture where cows graze in Kuzumaki in the Kitakami mountains of Iwate Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Ikeda pupils to be relocated

OSAKA — Osaka Kyoiku University will temporarily move the entire operations of its affiliate Ikeda Elementary School, where eight pupils were fatally stabbed, to makeshift classrooms on a nearby plot, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Woman knifes teacher at school

A woman wielding a knife attacked a female teacher Tuesday morning at the gate of a kindergarten in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, police said.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Man on veranda arrested in fatal break-in

A 28-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly storming into an apartment building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward sometime Monday evening and bludgeoning a 78-year-old man to death and seriously wounding his 97-year-old mother.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

TSE, U.S. sign cross-listing deal for mutual funds

The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange signed a memorandum Tuesday on a strategic alliance to promote cross listings of exchange-traded funds. The organizations will jointly build a platform to enable investors to buy and sell ETFs, index-based mutual funds that can be traded throughout...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Government considers laws to control magic mushrooms

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is analyzing the composition of hallucination-inducing mushrooms, known as magic mushrooms, in a bid to tighten laws over their use, a health ministry research group said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 20, 2001

Things go creep in the night

The Gift Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Sam Raimi Running time: 119 minutes Language: English Now showing at Tokyu Bunka Kaikan and other theaters After a career in directing splatterific horror and postmodern comic-book flicks ("Evil Dead," "Darkman," "The Quick and the Dead"), Sam Raimi seemed to have...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2001

Europe confronts new reality

LONDON -- From the moment that George W. Bush won the U.S. presidency, Europeans sensed that they were entering an new era. After eight years of generally good understanding with his predecessor, Bill Clinton, they now faced a man whose world view would not necessarily be in tune with theirs. As the...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Sex change no cure for torment

In 1987, Masae Torai caught a flight to the United States with 4 million yen in savings to undergo a sex-reassignment operation and fulfill a long-held wish to become male.
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2001

Overhaul fuel-cycle policy

The Japanese public is increasingly concerned about the nation's so-called pluthermal nuclear-energy project, which uses plutonium as reactor fuel. At issue is whether the project, now stalled because of objections from worried residents, should continue as scheduled. Plutonium, a radioactive element...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2001

Hawks soar past Fighters

Daiei catcher Kenji Jojima slammed a go-ahead, three-run homer off Nippon Ham closer Carlos Mirabal in the eighth inning as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks beat the Fighters 11-6 at the Tokyo Dome for the second straight night Tuesday. Trailing 6-3 in the eighth, the Hawks' Tadahito Iguchi drilled a two-run...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 20, 2001

Takahashi aims for record in Berlin

Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi is to run in this fall's Berlin Marathon, the runner's employer Sekisui Chemical Co. said Monday.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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