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BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Retailers not only ones pressured to compete

Public attention is being drawn to the aggressive marketing strategies of Uniqlo and Carrefour. Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing chain, and French retail giant Carrefour both seek to obtain a major slice of the retail market by bypassing wholesalers and middlemen. Their strategy of...
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Sick building syndrome on rise in homes

OSAKA -- The number of housewives and children suffering from sick building syndrome is on the rise, according to the results of a recent nationwide survey.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Public incentives urged to help Kansai economy

KYOTO -- Kansai region business leaders on Thursday called for increased local government involvement in business promotion, strengthened relations with Asia and better understanding of the security arrangement with the U.S. during their annual seminar here.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Cabinet Secretariat gave 965 million yen to official accused of embezzling funds

The Foreign Ministry official who was fired last month on suspicion of embezzlement had been entrusted with 965 million yen between August 1993 and October 1999, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 9, 2001

There's something about Carrey

"Me, Myself & Irene," this season's most-hyped comedy, would seem to have a lot going for it: The Farrelly Brothers are following up on the mega-success of "There's Something About Mary," while Jim Carrey is returning to his crowd-pleasing antics after proving his range in "Man on the Moon" and "The...
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Household spending fell 0.9% in '00

Overall monthly household spending averaged 317,133 yen in 2000, down 0.9 percent from 1999 for the eighth straight year of decline, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Two held over airmailed cannabis

Police said Thursday they have arrested a man on suspicion of airmailing 1 kg of cannabis from Thailand to a Tokyo hotel and another man he allegedly hired to pick it up.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Sony to take new IC cash card overseas

Sony Corp. plans to offer a new electronic payment service based on an integrated circuit card, domestically and overseas, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

New citizenship requirements being discussed

The ruling coalition on Thursday discussed three new options for granting Japanese citizenship to permanent residents of Japan, one of which proposes scrapping the lengthy screening process applicants must endure.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Nikkei dips below 13,000 on GDP news

Tokyo stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Nikkei Stock Average briefly dipping below 13,000 for the first time in 28 months, after the release of data showing that Japan's economy has contracted and fears about the earnings of high-technology firms.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

New alcohol sales law invoked

Police will soon send papers to prosecutors on the owner and an employee of a convenience store in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, for selling alcoholic drinks last week to a minor who died in a scooter accident soon afterward, police sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Ford Japan to launch three new cars

Ford Japan Ltd., a sales subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. of the United States, said Thursday it will launch three new models in Japan to achieve overall sales of 15,000 units this year.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Ford Japan to launch three new cars

Ford Japan Ltd., a sales subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. of the United States, said Thursday it will launch three new models in Japan to achieve overall sales of 15,000 units this year.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Nippon Steel reclaims output crown from Pohang

Nippon Steel Corp. snatched back its title of the world's top steelmaker in terms of crude steel output in 2000 after being second to South Korea's Pohang Iron & Steel Co. for the past two years, Nippon Steel officials announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Ishihara asks for 1 billion yen to push Japan books abroad

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, also an award-winning novelist, wants an institution established to translate contemporary Japanese literature to enable it to become popular overseas.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Revised GDP data shows economy shrank 0.6%

Revisions to gross domestic product data show the economy contracted 0.6 percent in real terms in the July-September quarter, rather than growing 0.2 percent as reported earlier, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Revised GDP data shows economy shrank 0.6%

Revisions to gross domestic product data show the economy contracted 0.6 percent in real terms in the July-September quarter, rather than growing 0.2 percent as reported earlier, the government said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Tepco to put new plants on hold

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the introduction of new power facilities by three to five years in the face of slow growth in domestic power demand, the company said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2001

Musharraf blows chance to end impasse

NEW DELHI -- For a while, it almost seemed that the recent Gujarat earthquake would help advance the peace process for Kashmir, when Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, not only sent relief goods to the victims but also telephoned the Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to convey...
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Tepco to put new plants on hold

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the introduction of new power facilities by three to five years in the face of slow growth in domestic power demand, the company said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Banks' loan balance in 37-month fall

The balance of outstanding bank loans dropped 3.7 percent in January from a year earlier, marking a 37th successive month of decline, according to a Bank of Japan preliminary report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Banks' loan balance in 37-month fall

The balance of outstanding bank loans dropped 3.7 percent in January from a year earlier, marking a 37th successive month of decline, according to a Bank of Japan preliminary report released Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2001

Hope fades for reconciliation in Kosovo

The West's intervention in Kosovo was a reaction to the Serbs' final solution to the problems of the recalcitrant province. The Serbs attempted to drive out the Albanian majority using soldiers and civilians for mayhem and murder. It was not an arbitrary, irrational act, merely a final inhuman escalation...
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2001

Richard Thompson defies death and lives to tell

By his own estimate, Richard Thompson played about 100 concerts last year, "which means you're on the road for about 150 days."
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Shinjiro Koizumi takes farm ministry reins after predecessor's rice gaffe
Agriculture minister Taku Eto (left), who resigned on Wednesday, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
Amid rice shortage, farm minister comes under fire for saying he gets plenty
Agriculture minister Taku Eto has come under fire for saying at the weekend that he receives so much rice from his supporters that he has enough to sell it.
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.
Nissan’s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn 
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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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