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BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

TDK halts CD-R production in U.S.

TDK Corp. said Friday it is halting production of CD-R discs, videocassette tapes and floppy disks in the United States in the wake of slack demand, leading to a cut in its workforce to 250 from 580 at two U.S. plants.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Researchers decode genome of highly-resistant bacterium

Japanese researchers said Friday that they have produced the world's first complete genetic sequencing of a bacterium which is a major source of human infection and one of the most resistant organisms in hospital-acquired infections.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Japan Airlines ups earnings forecast

Japan Airlines Co. said Friday that it revised upward its earnings forecast for the 2000 business year to March 31, due mainly to increased demand for its international flight services, especially between Japan and Europe.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Tanaka avoids rap for Obuchi slur

The Liberal Democratic Party on Friday said it will not reprimand outspoken lawmaker Makiko Tanaka for speaking ill of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Contorted system spells short-term leaders

Unless one is a political analyst or blessed with an excellent memory, it is close to impossible to correctly rattle off the names of Japan's prime ministers since the late 1980s. There have simply been too many in that time.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Polyester fiber imports face antidumping probe

The government will launch an investigation Monday to decide whether antidumping duties should be imposed on polyester staple fiber imported from South Korea and Taiwan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Terms of Lee trip agreed upon

Japan and representatives of former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui have agreed on the terms of Lee's trip to Japan, paving the way for the issuance of an entry visa, a top-ranking Japanese government official said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Reform of state health care advances

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday that it will close an additional 15 state-run medical facilities and privatize 17 others over the next five years.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Small firms failing to expand through IT

Despite the steady spread of information technology among smaller companies, firms are failing to utilize IT to expand their business and create new opportunities, according to a government report released Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Ito to be promoted to IHI president

Mototsugu Ito, senior managing director of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., has been nominated to assume the company's presidency, replacing Toshifumi Takei, company sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Compensation deal reached with incinerator firm

The government has agreed to pay an industrial waste disposal company near the U.S. Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa Prefecture some 5.2 billion yen in compensation for halting the operations of its incinerators, which have been linked to high levels of dioxin, officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Diet members, proxies visit Yasukuni Shrine

Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine hosted 86 Diet members and 97 proxies for other legislators Friday during a special memorial service dedicated to Japan's war dead.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2001

China faces a dilemma in ties with U.S.

HONG KONG -- In the end, China released those 24 members of the crew of the U.S. EP-3E reconnaissance plane just in the nick of time. The end of the crew's detention -- plus China's decision not to put any of the crew on trial, as some hardliners had advocated -- came just in time to undercut a growing...
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Sogo shareholders file suit against ex-chairman, auditor

OSAKA -- Eight shareholders of Sogo Co. filed a lawsuit Friday against the former chairman of the collapsed department store chain and the company's auditor, seeking some 8 million yen to cover losses from the sharp drop in the firm's stock price.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Koreans weigh merits of gaining Japan citizenship

Staff writer One Hokkaido resident is too proud to give up his South Korean nationality despite the disadvantages it brings while living in Japan.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Economic gauge revised downward

The government said Friday that it has revised downward its key gauge of the state of the economy for February due to weak production-related data.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 21, 2001

Tigers roar to third straight win

The Hanshin Tigers extended their winning streak to three games for the first time this season after beating Chunichi 7-2 at Koshien Stadium on Friday night.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Coalition to cut tax on small capital gains

The ruling coalition on Friday finalized proposals for revising securities taxes, which feature incentives for individual investors to boost flagging markets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 21, 2001

Speaking in tongues for a national day of prayer

At 82, and a spirited minister to world leaders, Harald Bredesen may be forgiven his excesses. Not only does he have a gift of the gab, but an enthusiasm for quoting so loudly from Scripture in public places that it turns heads. (In our hotel coffee shop, he has to be thrice shushed.)
MORE SPORTS
Apr 21, 2001

Japan's top sprinter to retire

Former national record-holder Satoru Inoue, who represented Japan at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, announced his retirement Thursday after a comeback attempt failed due to a series of injuries.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Chiyoda Life returns as AIG unit

Failed insurer Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. started anew Friday as AIG Star Life Insurance Co., with regaining customer confidence as the first order of business.
COMMENTARY
Apr 21, 2001

Koizumi takes an early lead

Political turmoil is brewing as the governing Liberal Democratic Party gears up to elect its next president April 24. Whoever is elected will replace the unpopular Yoshiro Mori as prime minister.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2001

Asian city chiefs to meet in October

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will host a meeting involving the figureheads of several major Asian cities on Oct. 17 and 18, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Apr 21, 2001

Jane Best Cooke

In Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honors list, Jane Best Cooke was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. She was awarded this distinction in recognition of her contribution to the promotion in Japan of British culture, and to a wide range of charitable and international friendship activities....
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 21, 2001

A time of rapid change and slow speech

Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Japanese workforce? Like cards, you have been shuffled and dealt out to a different department or location within your company, as if you worked for Trump.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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