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BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2001

International transition team works out details of global AIDS fund

With a yearend target date approaching, the multibillion-dollar Global AIDS and Health Fund is taking shape through discussions among major countries and international organizations.
COMMUNITY
Dec 8, 2001

East meeting with West carves history into wood

Reiko Yamanouchi remembers clearly how wood engraving entered her life. "Soon after joining my husband in Cambridge in 1968 -- he was a research student at the university -- I was given a book to help me get a feeling for the city, a memoir by Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2001

No quick-fix seen in China farm trade dispute

Japan and China will begin a new round of bilateral talks over a lingering farm trade dispute in Beijing today, but a top Japanese trade representative indicated any quick resolution is unlikely.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2001

High pressure burst nuclear pipe

A steam pipe at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture ruptured instantly under enormous pressure last month, causing a radioactive steam leak, the plant's operator and the government's nuclear body said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 7, 2001

Takahashi hospitalized for problem with colon

Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi has pulled out of Sunday's national women's corporate ekiden championship after being hospitalized with intestinal problems, officials of her Sekisui Chemical team said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2001

Revised code limits liability of executives

The Commercial Code was revised Wednesday to make it easier for firms to limit the damages corporate executives must pay in lawsuits brought by shareholders.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2001

Ex-Itoman chief to pay 2 billion yen

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Wednesday ordered a former president of the now-defunct trading house Itoman Corp. to pay 2 billion yen in damages to the trading firm that absorbed Itoman.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 5, 2001

Not fade away

Ka-chan Rating: * * * Director: Kon Ichikawa Running time: 96 minutes Language: Japaneese
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2001

Police reprimanded over sex club visit

OSAKA -- Two police officers have been reprimanded after they were found at a suspected sex club for couples in Osaka during a police raid, police sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2001

Oji Paper unit to take over production of liners, corrugated medium

Oji Paper Co. said Tuesday it will integrate groupwide production and sale of liners and corrugated mediums under its wholly owned subsidiary Oji Paperboard Co.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Man arrested over child sex abroad

OSAKA -- A 37-year-old Japanese man was arrested Monday on suspicion of paying for sex with a 14-year-old Vietnamese girl in Cambodia, marking the first time a domestic law banning sex with children has been applied to an offense committed abroad, police said.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Dec 4, 2001

Oceania hoping for fairer crack at the draw

PUSAN, South Korea -- FIFA decided last week to no longer give the defending World Cup champion an automatic berth in the following World Cup.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2001

State, consortium to link on rocket development

A consortium of several companies, including Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., plans to jointly develop with the government a small rocket, the GX, next year, consortium sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2001

Teen murderer of four to hang

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of murdering four members of a family during a robbery in Chiba Prefecture in 1992 when he was 19 years old.
COMMUNITY
Dec 2, 2001

Skiing off the beaten tracks

If you're looking for something beyond and away from the mainstream ski options, you might want to consider the following.
COMMUNITY
Dec 2, 2001

'Float on Earth' at Japan's snow resorts

You draw in a sharp, crisp breath of clean air, point your board straight ahead and blast off full speed down a short, steep drop, then up a narrow slope that launches you high in the air. Landing in a meter-deep pillow of fluffy, white snow that swallows your board, your bindings and your knees brings...
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2001

Ads appear on exteriors of trains

The first commercial advertisements appeared Saturday on the outside of train cars on the JR Yamanote line since the Tokyo metropolitan government lifted a ban on such advertising in October.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 1, 2001

Sale of BayStars off

Representatives of Japan's 12 professional baseball clubs on Thursday annulled their decision to allow Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. to become the top shareholder of the Yokohama BayStars.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2001

Enron's fall would stifle liberalization: Hiranuma

The expected collapse of U.S. energy giant Enron Corp. will hinder Japan's efforts to liberalize its energy market, Takeo Hiranuma, the minister of economy, trade and industry, said Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2001

Ministry seeks early passage of consolidated tax

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday that his ministry will try to introduce a consolidated corporate tax system as early as possible in fiscal 2002 and make it retroactive to April 1.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Shiokawa backpedals on delaying tax system

Reversing his earlier stance, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday that he plans to introduce a consolidated corporate taxation system as early as possible in fiscal 2002 and make it retroactive to the April 1 start of the term.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 29, 2001

The battle is for second

The door to the haunted house creeks open and a terrified man with a mustache and chattering teeth peers in.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2001

Consolidated tax may debut after all

Facing pressure from within the government, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday that the April deadline for introducing a consolidated taxation system can still be met.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

KHI selected to build new SDF planes

The Defense Agency has selected Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to be the main developer of a new Air Self-Defense Force transport plane and a new Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane, agency officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Hazama loses 1.83 billion yen in first half

Civil engineering firm Hazama Corp. on Monday reported group net losses of 1.83 billion yen for the first half to Sept. 30.

Longform

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