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JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

FSA to check security of online stock deals

The Financial Services Agency will ensure during inspections of securities firms that they take measures to maintain the security of online stock deals, according to outlines of FSA inspection manuals obtained by Kyodo News on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

LDP chapters latest to turn against Mori

A total of 15 of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 47 prefectural chapters want Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to step down before the Upper House elections scheduled for July, according to a survey conducted by Kyodo News.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 18, 2001

Rainy days and Mondays won't dampen baseball

"Rainy Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Down)," Karen and Richard Carpenter's hit record out of the 1970s, might have been an anthem for baseball fans in Japan several years ago.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

LDP chapters latest to turn against Mori

A total of 15 of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 47 prefectural chapters want Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to step down before the Upper House elections scheduled for July, according to a survey conducted by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2001

Private panel to advise on environment

A private advisory group to the prime minister will start deliberations as early as next month with the goal of charting a more environment-friendly path for Japan, government officials said Friday.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Feb 17, 2001

Everything you need to know to make a sound investment

Learning Japanese music in a traditional setting is one of the most interesting and culturally enriching experiences to be had in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Court upholds ban on publishing novel

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering prizewinning novelist Miri Yuu and publisher Shinchosha Co. to halt publication of a short novel and pay 1.3 million yen to a former friend of Yuu's for violating her privacy.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

Government to consider towel influx

The government will look into the issue of surging towel imports from China if domestic towel makers want it to do so, Vice Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Katsusada Hirose said Thursday.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Feb 16, 2001

Get out of my inbox

How much e-mail do you get a day? How much of it is junk mail? I get about 80-100 messages daily, and random sampling (i.e., the day I wrote this) shows that about 25 percent was unsolicited mailings, better known as spam.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2001

The Lucie Blackman case

One piece of a sad, grim puzzle was solved last weekend when police confirmed that human remains found in a beach cave in Kanagawa Prefecture were those of a 21-year-old British woman missing since last July. The other piece of the puzzle -- who killed her, how, where and why -- is not quite in place,...
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Surveyors inspected over rigged bids

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday inspected more than 10 land surveyors' offices in northeast Japan on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Law by rigging bids for public contracts, sources in the industry told Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Surveyors inspected over rigged bids

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday inspected more than 10 land surveyors' offices in northeast Japan on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Law by rigging bids for public contracts, sources in the industry told Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Mori increasingly under fire

Coalition members joined the opposition in criticizing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Thursday after it was learned he accepted a 40 million yen membership at a Yokohama golf club from a business executive for virtually nothing.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Mori increasingly under fire

Coalition members joined the opposition in criticizing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Thursday after it was learned he accepted a 40 million yen membership at a Yokohama golf club from a business executive for virtually nothing.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

Noritsu to make 'minilabs' in China

OSAKA -- Noritsu Koki Co. said Thursday it will set up a wholly owned subsidiary and plant in Shanghai to start making "minilab" photo processing laboratory systems in October.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

BOJ Governor defends discount rate drop

In the face of calls for the Bank of Japan to ease its monetary policy further, Gov. Masaru Hayami said Wednesday that is exactly what the central bank did when it lowered its official discount rate.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 15, 2001

Bedfellows making a quick buck

The Yankees are sleeping with the devil. The Red Devils, to be exact.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

G7 to focus on Japan, U.S.

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami will emphasize Japan's resolve to employ fiscal and monetary policies to achieve a quick economic recovery when the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors gather this weekend in Palermo, Sicily.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

G7 to focus on Japan, U.S.

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami will emphasize Japan's resolve to employ fiscal and monetary policies to achieve a quick economic recovery when the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors gather this weekend in Palermo, Sicily.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 15, 2001

NTT's still calling all the shots

As is apparent to anyone who owns a computer in Japan, the government's stated aim of making the nation an IT powerhouse will come to nothing until telecommunications connection fees become more rational.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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