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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

145 firms seek 'sokaiya' crackdown

A total of 145 companies across Japan have sought police protection for shareholder meetings to be held later this month in an apparent bid to thwart "sokaiya" corporate extortionists, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2001

Honda touts emission control system

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed an automobile emission control system that can slash emissions of harmful agents to less than half the target levels set by the government last year.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

Obituary: Michiyo Aratama

Veteran actress Michiyo Aratama, a popular figure in TV dramas and on stage, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital Saturday, her family said Thursday. She was 71.
COMMENTARY
Mar 23, 2001

Challenges for Japan-U.S. ties

The joint statement issued in Washington Monday by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and U.S. President George W. Bush is the first political declaration issued by Japan and a Republican administration in the United States in eight years. It marked a starting point for redefining terms of the Japan-U.S. security...
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

Ex-Finnish prime minister to visit Japan

Former Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri, president of the 55th session of the U.N. General Assembly, will make a six-day trip to Japan starting April 1 to strengthen ties between Japan and the United Nations.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

Outcast Aum aids landlord's plan

A person may offer help when seeing someone in despair, or instead opt to benefit from that desperation by taking advantage of it.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2001

Kyoei Mutual to join Millea Insurance Group

Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. will join the Millea Insurance Group to be set up by three other life and nonlife insurance firms under a joint holding company by the end of 2004, the four companies said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

Man killed two infants, gets 18 years

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Thursday sentenced a 33-year-old former professional driver to 18 years in prison for killing his two baby daughters, beating one to death and starving the other.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 23, 2001

Grace vs. Annabel

After seeing her many public and private faces in the film, I was wondering whether I'd be interviewing Annabel Chong or Grace Quek. As it turned out, I think I got Grace, in a sexy but elegant little black dress, revealing thoughts about what she was doing and why.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2001

Investment in science sought by panel

A government panel recommended to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Thursday that the government invest 24 trillion yen in scientific research and development over the coming five years, panel members said.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2001

Don't keep all eggs in one falling yen basket

On hearing that deposit interest rates in Japan are near zero, an investor from Jakarta said in apparent disbelief "You must be joking."
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 23, 2001

Giants' Maru-chan talks softly and carries a big stick

No one would've blamed Domingo Martinez if he never returned to Japan after the 1998 baseball season. After hitting .283 and smacking 30 home runs for the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions that year, the designated hitter wasn't given a gold watch or even a thank-you note for his efforts. Instead he...
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2001

The fear on the farm

Britain has closed zoos, animal parks and tourist attractions, banned protest marches and political gatherings in some rural communities, and postponed the Crufts dog show and the Cheltenham horse races. Portugal has banned bullfights. Governments in Northern African and Central European have threatened...
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 23, 2001

Brazilians banned from Japan soccer

The J. League's disciplinary committee Wednesday handed two-match suspensions to Albirex Niigata's Brazilian striker Lindomar and defender Sergio, also a Brazilian, for violent conduct during a second-division match Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2001

A surprisingly successful summit

The first Japan-U.S. summit since the election of President George W. Bush has gone off without a hitch. Sad to say, but low expectations get a lot of the credit for the success of the meeting. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is a lame duck, both countries' economies are slumping and the tragic accident...
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2001

Kobe Declaration a thorn in the side of diplomacy

Staff writer OSAKA -- Last year, Robert Ludan, U.S. consul general for the Osaka-Kobe region, began pursuing an issue that had lain dormant for 25 years: U.S. naval visits to Kobe.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2001

Government pulls stops to rescue economy

The yen hit a 22-month low of 123.35-38 to the dollar late Monday as deepening pessimism about Tokyo stocks and Japan's banking system dominated the currency market.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2001

Video game fans hurry to snap up Game Boy Advance as it hits shelves

OSAKA -- Video game fans formed long lines at electronic appliances stores from early Wednesday morning as Nintendo Co. launched its Game Boy Advance, successor to the top-selling Game Boy handheld machine.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2001

Elementary school kids test online educational, cultural waters

Pupils of Nankadai Higashi Elementary School near Osaka are learning firsthand the significance of communicating with their counterparts in other countries via the Internet.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Mar 22, 2001

Bush rises while Mori falls

We are just past the halfway mark in the first 100 days of the term of U.S. President George W. Bush. How is he doing? How is he doing it? What is he changing?
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 22, 2001

Spain's Espanyol want to keep striker Nishizawa

OSAKA -- Spanish First Division side Espanyol has asked Cerezo Osaka to extend its seven-month loan deal for the services of Japan striker Akinori Nishizawa, informed sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2001

French institute subject of teachers' labor dispute

OSAKA -- A labor union representing French-language instructors filed a complaint with the Osaka Regional Labor Relations Commission on Wednesday accusing a Kyoto-based French cultural institute of unfair labor practices, union officials said.
SUMO
Mar 22, 2001

Unbeaten Kaio holds onto lead

OSAKA -- Ozeki Kaio gunned down veteran Takanonami for another comfortable victory on Wednesday to remain in pole position at 11-0 with just four days remaining at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (fourth from left) visits a driver's license center in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday to see how foreign driver's licenses are converted into Japanese ones.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
‘Rice minister’ Koizumi faces urgent task to bring prices down quickly
New farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no country can go it alone
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine Coast Guard at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on April 30.
Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upper House election
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consumer watchdog warns
Questionable websites appear to be taking advantage of consumers looking for cheaper rice online amid the high prices of the staple grain in the nation.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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