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BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2002

Hitachi expects bigger net loss for fiscal 2001

Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it anticipates a consolidated net loss of 480 billion yen for the 2001 business year, up from 230 billion yen forecast in October.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2002

Fuji TV ordered to pay over rape report

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Fuji Television Network Inc. to pay 1 million yen in damages to a man named in the broadcaster's coverage of a rape allegation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2002

Kabukicho gets 50 anticrime cameras

The Metropolitan Police Department put 50 surveillance cameras into operation Wednesday in Tokyo's famous Kabukicho district to help fight crime in the seedy area.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Feb 27, 2002

Light at end of tunnel -- but how far off?

Although there is little dispute that a ray of hope is flickering at the end of the tunnel, the steps needed to get the economy back on track remain anybody's guess.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

Mob boss slain while under police guard

A gunman shot and killed a yakuza boss who was under police guard Monday morning in the intensive care unit at Nippon Medical School Hospital in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2002

Trade data show first improvement since 2000

Japan posted a customs-cleared trade surplus of 188.1 billion yen in January, turning around from a deficit of 95.7 billion yen a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report released Monday.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Feb 26, 2002

Avoiding strikeouts when you decide who to promote

When it comes to success rate, business shares at least one thing with baseball -- you tend to strike out a lot more than you get on base.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 26, 2002

The other treasures of Angkor

SIEM REAP, Cambodia An enormous complex located on a vast wooded plain, Cambodia's spectacular Angkor was built between the ninth and the 14th centuries by the Khmers as an administrative and religious center. From here, the early Khmer kings ruled over a vast territory that extended from what is now...
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2002

Analysts expect gradual Japan recovery

Japan is capable of overcoming its deep-seated economic problems, according to experts attending a recent symposium in London, but Western-based analysts were less optimistic than their Japanese counterparts that there is sufficient resolve at the political and boardroom levels to make the transition...
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2002

U.N. ends probe of alleged kidnappings

A United Nations task force has terminated an investigation into allegations that North Korean agents abducted Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s, a support group for relatives of the missing said Saturday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 24, 2002

The suspense is just killing them

Director and screenwriter Yoji Yamada, who helmed all 48 installments of the record-setting "Otoko wa Tsurai-yo" movie series, and actor Toshiyuki Nishida, who has starred in Yamada's other two movie series, "Tsuri Baka Nisshi" and "Gakko," team up for a one-shot two-hour TV drama Monday night at 9 p.m....
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 24, 2002

I want my DVD: The word is out on the small screen

Now that our shelves contain a lot more than books -- CD-ROMs, VHS tapes, DVDs -- it is worth reconsidering a question that occasionally interests the resident foreigner: How do you find Japanese films with English subtitles?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 24, 2002

Going places depends on where you're from

Two thirtyish Japanese junior execs both applied for an opening at "Worldbeater Tech," a subsidiary of an offshoot of a spinoff of a fat-cat blue-chip company.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2002

'Spy ship' sunk after fight set to be filmed for clues

The government will use an underwater camera next week to investigate an unidentified ship that sank in December in the East China Sea after exchanging fire with Japan Coast Guard vessels, transport minister Chikage Ogi said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2002

Toshiba unit cuts earnings forecast

Toshiba Machine Co. said Thursday it has revised downward its earnings forecast for fiscal 2001 due to weak demand in the information technology sector.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2002

Asian officials to study counterterrorism export controls

Senior officials from 14 Asian countries and territories will attend a seminar in Tokyo next week to learn more about enhancing export controls in an effort to counter terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
LIFE / Language / FOR KIDS
Feb 22, 2002

Don't let big economic words daunt you

It's never too early to get your facts straight about the economy. Many people, even the leaders of powerful countries, still get them mixed up. Using the wrong terms, like U.S. President George W. Bush did this week, can create a lot of confusion for everyone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Feb 21, 2002

Japanese companies begin to build their brands

In October 1999, Nissan Motor Co. chief Carlos Ghosn said he planned to boost Nissan's brand power as part of a turnaround plan for the then ailing automaker. Many Nissan workers were initially confused.
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2002

So little to celebrate

Last Saturday, North Korea celebrated the 60th birthday of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il, which marked the beginning of four months of festivities. It is hard to imagine what the country is celebrating, apart from survival: The economy is in a mess and shows no sign of improving, and the North Korean government...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2002

Fence-mending with Megawati trumps failure by Howard to meet with Bush

SYDNEY -- Two weeks of hard-sell diplomacy in New York and Jakarta have left Australian Prime Minister John Howard feeling a little cheesed off. Back home, his wins are being downplayed. And as Parliament opens its autumn sitting in Canberra, his mind is strictly on urgent domestic problems.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2002

Japanese firms study fiber-optic e-commerce system

Leading Japanese telecom and technology companies said Tuesday they have begun joint research on a new electronic commerce system using high-speed fiber-optic networks.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2002

Officials say Bush gave tacit warning on economy

Economic ministers said Tuesday they understood U.S. President George W. Bush had issued "tacit" calls for Japan to revive its economy during his summit with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2002

Advertising spending down 0.9% in 2001

Advertising expenditures fell 0.9 percent in 2001 to 6.06 trillion yen as the anemic economy and the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States prompted firms to cut spending, Dentsu Inc. said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2002

Decision on bank bailouts to be delayed until April

The government will wait to receive the results of ongoing bank inspections, due in late March, before deciding whether to recapitalize shaky banks, a top official said Friday.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Feb 17, 2002

Great sake only a hop, skip and a jump away

There are a plethora of pubs in Tokyo where you can enjoy good sake, but all too often we only read about those in the center of town. The truth, of course, is that there are plenty of great venues outside the Yamanote loop and beyond. Here are a few worth the short or midrange trip:
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2002

Worker spies on NASDA secrets

An employee of a satellite maker illegally accessed a National Space Development Agency computer system and spied on classified data about a rival firm's technology, NASDA officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2002

Surplus saw first fall in two years in 2001

Japan's current account surplus fell in 2001 for the first time in two years, dropping 12 percent from a year earlier to 11.06 trillion yen, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Finance Ministry.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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