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BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Index shows brighter outlook in December after bleak November showing

The diffusion index of coincident economic indicators, a key gauge of Japan's economic activity, topped the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in December, after falling below the line in November, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Index shows brighter outlook in December after bleak November showing

The diffusion index of coincident economic indicators, a key gauge of Japan's economic activity, topped the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in December, after falling below the line in November, the government said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Bomb blast rocks city hall men's room

OSAKA -- Two explosions ripped through a first floor restroom in Osaka City Hall Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 employees for about an hour.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Bomb blast rocks city hall men's room

OSAKA -- Two explosions ripped through a first floor restroom in Osaka City Hall Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 employees for about an hour.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

City hall restroom blast forces evacuation in Osaka

OSAKA -- Two explosions ripped through a first floor restroom in Osaka City Hall Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 employees for about an hour.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 6, 2001

Japan must open the doors if it is to survive

JAPAN AND GLOBAL MIGRATION: Foreign Workers and the Advent of a Multicultural Society, edited by Mike Douglass and Glenda Roberts. London: Routledge, 2000, 306 pp., 63 British pounds. Japan's demographic time bomb is ticking away. In the coming decades, the nation faces a labor shortage and insolvency...
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

City hall restroom blast forces evacuation in Osaka

OSAKA -- Two explosions ripped through a first floor restroom in Osaka City Hall Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 employees for about an hour.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2001

Recruit to disband athletics team

The athletics team of Recruit Co., known for producing two-time Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori, will be shut down in September as part of the company's cost-cutting effort, Recruit officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

SDF team to fly supplies to India quake sites

A Self-Defense Forces team will depart today for quake-hit areas in northwestern India to help erect tent cities, government officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

LDP exec rejects calls for sworn Diet testimony

The acting secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday rejected calls to its members testify under oath about ties to KSD, a scandal-ridden mutual-aid foundation already responsible for the downfall of three LDP legislators.
COMMENTARY
Feb 5, 2001

Complacency fatal for Japan

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori recently traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. He stayed there for only half a day, returning home immediately after delivering a speech.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

LDP exec rejects calls for sworn Diet testimony

The acting secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday rejected calls to its members testify under oath about ties to KSD, a scandal-ridden mutual-aid foundation already responsible for the downfall of three LDP legislators.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Receipts on secret diplomacy funds may have been improperly scrapped

The prime minister's office may have scrapped receipts for expenses paid with secret Cabinet Secretariat funds that a former Foreign Ministry diplomat at the center of an embezzlement scandal received from the office, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Receipts on secret diplomacy funds may have been improperly scrapped

The prime minister's office may have scrapped receipts for expenses paid with secret Cabinet Secretariat funds that a former Foreign Ministry diplomat at the center of an embezzlement scandal received from the office, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Computer beginners more prone to virus attacks

Computer viruses are now reaching plague proportions, particularly among new users who are most vulnerable to a breed of virus that transmits through e-mail.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

CD-ROMs aid the visually impaired

KYOTO -- Yuko Shiomi, a professional narrator with the radio station KBS Kyoto, speaks into a microphone. Her role is that of "Kakuunsai," a fictional character depicting a distinguished calligrapher.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

CD-ROMs aid the visually impaired

KYOTO -- Yuko Shiomi, a professional narrator with the radio station KBS Kyoto, speaks into a microphone. Her role is that of "Kakuunsai," a fictional character depicting a distinguished calligrapher.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 4, 2001

Cosmic artist leaves a legacy of world harmony

Cosmic artist Sachiko Adachi knew intuitively that her art was powerful, so she went to great lengths to dispel any misunderstanding that she was playing with fire.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

LDP policy chief lobbied for KSD: bureaucrat

Shizuka Kamei, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, asked the Finance Ministry in November 1999 to grant a request by the then Labor Ministry to increase a government subsidy for a university that was being promoted by the scandal-hit industrial insurer KSD, according to a top Finance Ministry...
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

Taiwan-Japan IT confab set for next week

A symposium on information technology will be held Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 in Tokyo, gathering academics and industry officials from Taiwan and Japan, the Taipei Economic and Culture Representative Office in Japan said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

Indian IT experts to get three-year visas for Japan

The government decided Friday to expand its visa issuance to Indian nationals involved in the information technology industry as a means of promoting exchanges between Japanese and Indian IT experts, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

Mori wants Japanese out of efforts to clone humans

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori instructed two Cabinet ministers Friday to ensure that Japanese doctors and researchers do not participate in an international project to clone humans, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

Panel takes up rescue of private sector

The Financial Services Agency will begin a joint liaison meeting with two other ministries in an attempt to resolve the financial sector's bad-loans and other sectors' overborrowing, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Year in prison sought for accused MSDF spy

Prosecutors demanded Thursday a one-year prison term for former Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Shigehiro Hagisaki, 38, who is charged with passing defense secrets to a Russian military attache in exchange for cash.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Dirt-cheap Internet calls stun phone firms

The information technology revolution is beginning to rock major telephone companies with the successive debut of unprecedented services such as free international phone calls and flat-rate domestic out-of-town calls.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2001

Seminar promotes Chugoku to investors

Given that it is closer to South Korea than Tokyo, the Chugoku region is the area to lead Japan's globalization drive in the 21st century, according to officials of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry at a business incentive seminar in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Colleges brace as fewer apply

Tadataka Koide, president of Aichi Gakuin University in Nagoya, is awaiting this month's entrance exams with anticipation and anxiety.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Mori apologizes for ministry scandal

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori opened this year's regular Diet session Wednesday by apologizing for recent scandals that have rocked his administration.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Mori apologizes for ministry scandal

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori opened this year's regular Diet session Wednesday by apologizing for recent scandals that have rocked his administration.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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