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BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2001

NTT president slams new 'control' law

NTT Corp. President Junichiro Miyazu on Friday reiterated his opposition to legislation proposed by the telecommunications ministry to tighten control on the telecom giant, ministry officials said.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

February sales of new cars rise 2.4%

February saw 371,482 new cars sold, up 2.4 percent from February last year, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Tuesday.
LIFE / Digital
Mar 7, 2001

Bluetooth hopes to deliver 'new dimension in wireless technology'

Can't get enough of the Internet at your home and office?
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

New NEC PC able to pick up digital TV

NEC Corp. in March will launch Japan's first desktop personal computers capable of receiving digital satellite television broadcasts, the company said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Tepco to put new plants on hold

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the introduction of new power facilities by three to five years in the face of slow growth in domestic power demand, the company said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Tepco to put new plants on hold

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the introduction of new power facilities by three to five years in the face of slow growth in domestic power demand, the company said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 3, 2001

New Verdy

J. League first-division side Verdy Kawasaki started its new life as Tokyo Verdy 1969 ahead of the upcoming season on Thursday, officially announcing a change of name at a party in Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2001

Nothing new about U.S. boom-bust cycle

Fears that a bear market in the United States will dampen consumer spending and cause a recession are unfounded. This is not to say that the U.S. economy will not experience a slowdown. But when the recession comes, it will be for a different reason.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 25, 2001

XFL to bring new dimension to football

TAMPA, Fla. -- With Super Bowl XXXV just three days away, the focus of the American football world is on South Florida, as the New York Giants and Baltimore Ravens prepare to do battle for the sport's biggest prize.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2001

New minister says recovery is priority

Taro Aso, the new state minister for economic and fiscal policy and information technology, said Tuesday he will make the nation's economic recovery a priority while paying due attention to fiscal rehabilitation.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2001

New century fails to lift stock market gloom

The decline in the Tokyo stock market continues despite the fanfare of entering the new century.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2001

Daiei announces new store strategy

Troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc. on Wednesday announced a fiscal 2001 business plan that includes realigning its corporate management system and renovating all 243 of its general merchandise and discount stores by the end of fiscal 2003.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2001

Train passengers up 7% over New Year

Passengers traveling by express trains operated by the six Japan Railway group firms during the New Year holiday season surged 7 percent to 11.1 million for the first year-on-year increase in four years, the group reported Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2001

Record 89 million visit shrines over New Year

A record 88.75 million people visited major Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples across Japan on the first three days of the 21st century to pray for good fortune, the National Police Agency said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2001

New financial settlements system to go online Thursday

The Bank of Japan confirmed Tuesday that it will introduce a real-time gross settlements system Thursday as scheduled as all preparations for the changeover are on track.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2000

New Year's travelers head out of the city

The New Year's rush began Friday, with vacationers mobbing airports, railroad stations and highways.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

New framework for economic ties with U.S. eyed

With the launch of the new U.S. administration coming next month, Japan is considering introducing a new framework for bilateral economic talks, which would include the participation of experts from the private sector.
SUMO
Dec 21, 2000

Kotomitsuki earns sekiwake ranking for New Year basho

confirmed Kotomitsuki as the sport's latest shooting star on Wednesday as it promoted the Sadogatake stable wrestler to sekiwake for next month's New Year tournament. Kotomitsuki, wrestling as a No. 9 maegashira, was a surprise runnerup to grand champion Akebono at last month's Kyushu tourney with a...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 21, 2000

Wife prevented Kawasaki from having a new life with Red Sox

It has been said that to be great in life you have to be very selfish. I have always believed this to be true no matter what the field -- sports, politics, art or anything else.
ENVIRONMENT
Dec 21, 2000

One tall organic latte, please

If you started your day with a cup of coffee, think about how you selected the beans for your brew. Perhaps they were on sale, or your favorite roast from Brazil or Colombia. Chances are, however, you didn't have the option of buying organically farmed coffee.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 7, 2000

SMAP star finds true love, new role

When the public recently learned that 28-year-old idol Takuya Kimura was marrying singer Shizuka Kudo, who is already four months pregnant with his child, the SMAP-man's image immediately changed from sex symbol to . . . well, actually, the image still seems to be under construction.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2000

New ministers outline their policies for the future

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's newly appointed Cabinet ministers outlined their policy programs Tuesday evening in a meeting with the press at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 21, 2000

Kabuki greats show their faces in new season

During the month of November, the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo is offering its annual kaomise program in two parts.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 18, 2000

Hara celebrates new facelift with show of Zhou Teihai

Two developments this autumn serve to illustrate both what is good and what is bad about the current condition of the Japanese contemporary art scene.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2000

Technical errors lead to new brain death rules

The Health and Welfare Ministry has decided to draw up a new manual for conducting brain wave tests used to determine brain death in potential organ donors, in response to three technical errors in the tests since the Organ Transplant Law came into effect in 1997, ministry sources said Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.

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