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JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Official says he padded bills for 20 years

An assistant director of the Foreign Ministry who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of defrauding the state out of some 423 million yen by padding hotel bills for international meetings in 1995 has admitted padding accommodation fees for the past 20 years, investigative sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Natural gas station still standing

Almost six months have passed since a natural gas fuel station was opened on the premises of the metropolitan government complex in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward as part of a public campaign to reduce vehicle exhaust pollution in the capital.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Asahi, Daiwa mull joining to form No. 5 bank group

Tokyo-based Asahi Bank and Osaka's Daiwa Bank said Friday they are considering integrating to form Japan's fifth largest banking group.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2001

Steel firms drop earnings outlook

Five major steelmakers on Friday revised downward earnings forecasts for the year to March due to decreased profitability springing from flagging demand and product prices.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 8, 2001

Misako Fedorowicz

SHREWSBURY, England -- This country town of Shropshire in the British Midlands is characterized by its crowding, crooked, black-and-white 16th century houses, clustered within a horseshoe loop of the River Severn. Narrow passages known as shuts link winding streets that keep distinctive names acquired...
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2001

Oil driller fails to reach deal with Kuwaiti government

Arabian Oil Co., a state-backed Japanese oil developer, and the Kuwaiti government failed to reach agreement on Arabian Oil's bid to continue operating in the Khafji oil field, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 8, 2001

Japan opens rugby season with win

The 2001-2002 rugby season officially got underway on Friday night at the National Stadium with Japan beating a President's XV 22-10.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2001

Russia records sharp increase in Japanese tourists

The number of Japanese tourists to Russia has risen sharply due mainly to better accommodations, according to the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Japanese bonds could receive lower rating

Moody's Investors Service Inc. may downgrade its Aa2 rating on Japanese government bonds, citing the nation's feeble economy, the rating agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

End to market decline may be in sight

Tokyo stocks plunged yet again this week, sending the 225-issue Nikkei average below 10,500 -- a level unseen since August 1984.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

EPDC stops Niigata plant construction

Electric Power Development Co. announced Wednesday it will cancel a plan to construct a power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 6, 2001

Kofu upsets Omiya Ardija 2-1

SAITAMA -- J. League Division Two cellar dweller Ventforet Kofu stunned Division One hopeful Omiya Ardija 2-1 at Omiya Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2001

Yes! Super film, hurrah!

Bridget Jones's Diary Rating: * * * 1/2 Japanese title: Bridget Jones no Nikki Director: Sharon Maguire Running time: 97 minutes Language: English Opens mid-September at Shibutoh Cine Tower and other theaters
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

Kuwaiti oil official calls off Japan trip

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Adel Khaled al-Subeih has postponed a visit to Japan that was scheduled to begin today, Japanese government sources said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 5, 2001

Connoisseur's selection from the vaults

Times have certainly changed. Corporate art acquisition, once fueled by bubble-era prosperity, is now low down the list of boardroom priorities.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

New fuel-cell Honda unveiled

Honda Motor Co. revealed Tuesday a new fuel cell-powered vehicle that performs almost as well as gasoline-powered cars.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

JR East's imported 'bento' found light on meat, fish

Some of the roughly 21 tons of "bento" boxed lunches imported between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20 from the United States by an affiliate of East Japan Railway Co. did not contain sufficient meat and fish, according to company sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

Mitsubishi to sell carbonic acid unit

Mitsubishi Rayon Co. said Monday that it has signed an agreement to sell its carbonic acid operations to Praxair Mitsui Chemicals Inc., a unit of Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

Oct. 1 set for 3G launch

NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Monday that it will launch its next-generation mobile phone service on Oct. 1 in parts of Tokyo, claiming it has improved on reception problems that plagued a trial service that began in May.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

Gas pipes ruled out as cause of Kabukicho blaze

An inspection of the gas pipes in the Meisei 56 Building in Shinjuku where 44 people died in a Saturday morning fire has ruled out the possibility the blaze was triggered by a gas explosion stemming from corroded pipes, Tokyo Gas Co. said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2001

Fire departments vow to find unsafe buildings

Fire departments in major cities nationwide announced Sunday they will launch safety inspections of 6,300 buildings to ensure that a deadly fire like the one in Tokyo that claimed 44 lives Saturday never happens again.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2001

Ishido, translator of Marx, Lenin, dies at age 97

Kiyotomo Ishido, who introduced the works of Marx and Lenin to Japan through his translations, died Saturday of old age at his home in Kiyose in the suburbs of Tokyo, his family said. He was 97.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 2, 2001

Let these be a lesson to you

Fuji TV, one of the main sponsors of the Year of Italy in Japan festival currently under way, will continue its promotion of all things Italian with a "docu-drama" that begins Monday night at 11 and runs for four consecutive nights at the same time. Each 40-minute episode of the "Itaria-tsu (Italy Expert)"...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2001

Daiei to triple intake of graduates

Daiei Inc. plans to more than triple the number of graduating students it will hire to 400 in 2002, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2001

NTT restructuring plan meets with union approval

NTT Corp.'s union conditionally approved a radical NTT restructuring plan Thursday to slash personnel costs through wage cuts or transfers to lower-paying subsidiaries.

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