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BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Machinery orders stuck in seesaw pattern

Japan's core private-sector machinery orders gained a seasonally adjusted 5 percent in February, recouping part of January's 11.8 percent month-on-month decline thanks to a number of large orders, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Public concern rising over pollution, poll shows

An overwhelming majority of Japanese are uneasy about chemical pollution of the environment from factories, automobile exhaust and pesticides, according to a recent Environment Ministry survey released Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

BOJ branches report nationwide gloom

With unemployment high, capital expenditures slowing and exports and production entering the doldrums, the Bank of Japan had little good news to report after its quarterly meeting of branch offices Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Jusco sees record sales, pretax profits

Jusco Co. scored record sales and pretax profits on a consolidated basis for the fiscal year that ended Feb. 20, the firm said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Domestic wholesale prices flat in 2000

Domestic wholesale prices were flat in fiscal 2000, following a 1 percent decline in fiscal 1999 and a 2.1 percent drop in fiscal 1998, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

EU needs Japan's help to keep protocol: activist

Japan's actions may hold the key to the rescue of the Kyoto Protocol, according to a World Wide Fund for Nature climate change campaigner.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

ID system keeps alcohol vending machines handy

It means an additional search through your wallet before cracking open a cold beer from the liquor vending machines most of us take for granted. But rest assured, it's for a good cause.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2001

Spy-plane incident bolsters PLA position

BEIJING -- America may translate as the "beautiful country" in Chinese, but it is also known as the arrogant superpower heir to the European invaders who carved up parts of China in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The spy-plane incident is rapidly inflating the hate element of China's love-hate relationship...
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Koizumi tosses hat into ring as presidential race heats up

The factional jostling within the Liberal Democratic Party heated up Monday as former health minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his plan to run for the April 24 party presidential election.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Shipbuilders warned against rigging defense contracts

Eight shipbuilders were warned Monday by the government's competition policy watchdog over alleged bid rigging on defense contracts.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Nikkei poised for a stampede of the bull

Although Tokyo stocks still remain on a roller-coaster ride, a bull market appears to be on the way.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Asia environment ministers urge U.S. to stay with accord

Environment ministers from Japan, China and South Korea have urged the United States to stay within the framework of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and strive to ratify the pact on curbing global warming.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 10, 2001

Matsui powers Lions past Orix

Pacific League WonLostTied Pct.GB Lotte 7 5 1 .583 - Seibu 8 6 0 .571 - Orix 7 6 0 .538 0.5 Nippon Ham 6 7 1 .462 1.5 Kintetsu 6 8 0 .429 2.0 Daiei 6 8 0 .429 2.0 Kazuo Matsui got out of an early-season slump to drive home two crucial runs in going 2-for-5 to lift the Seibu Lions over the Orix BlueWave...
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Economic package impact will be limited: Moody's

While Japan's emergency economic package announced Friday is a positive step, its immediate impact on bank credit ratings will be limited, Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Obara favored Zushi for rapes, police say

Accused serial rapist Joji Obara assaulted nearly all his female victims in his condominium in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, despite having several other metropolitan-area dwellings, police alleged Monday.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Apr 10, 2001

Two-headed monster haunts Kawasaki

Are two heads better than one? Not, apparently, in Kawasaki.
COMMENTARY
Apr 10, 2001

Reasons to thank Mr. Mori

Since he took office a year ago, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has seen his popularity nosedive as a result of a series of gaffes he committed. Now that he is set to resign in late April, let me review the role the Mori administration has played.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 10, 2001

Hashim, Zhou capture first titles

Cuhammad Roslin Hashim of Malaysia and China's Zhou Mi claimed their first singles titles of the Yonex Open badminton championships in one-sided victories on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Bat-wielding bikers injure, rob three men

OSAKA -- Three men were injured, one seriously, by a group of about 15 young males riding scooters and wielding metal baseball bats in the city of Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, police said.
SUMO
Apr 10, 2001

Takanohana takes out Mongolian

OSAKA -- Yokozuna Takanohana muscled out up-and-coming Mongolian maegashira Asashoryu on Sunday and pocketed the first prize of 3 million yen on the final day of a single-elimination sumo tournament.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2001

Heidi gets a makeover

Perhaps because it is more relentlessly urban than most modern industrial countries -- thanks to its inhospitable geography -- Japan is also more devoted than most to the ideal of an unspoiled rural life. The faster the foreground fills up with ugly concrete structures and electricity cables, the more...
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2001

Mobile phone users top 60 million

There were 60.94 million mobile phone subscriptions in Japan at the end of March, topping 60 million for the first time, according to the Telecommunications Carriers Association. The number increased by 9.8 million from a year earlier, the industry group said.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2001

Big crowds make USJ's first week a success

OSAKA -- Large crowds flocked to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka after it opened March 31, prompting the company to call the opening period a success.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

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