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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Apr 6, 2002

Nora Marzuki

Of the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society, Nora Marzuki said, "One of its main objectives is to raise funds for charity, and this is very dear to my heart. . . . In this day and age, when there are so many unfortunate and disastrous events, our efforts in raising funds can go a long way towards alleviating...
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2002

Artificially conceived children could get key to donor parents' identities

Children who were conceived via the use of donated eggs or sperm may be given access to information that would identify their biological parents, health ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Tepco ready for market liberalization

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is ready to accept full liberalization of the power market, company president Nobuya Minami said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 5, 2002

Japan Grand Prix marks dawn of new era

The opening round of the 2002 Motorcycle World Championship will take place at the Suzuka race circuit in Mie Prefecture on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2002

GSDF wows potential recruits with games

The Ground Self-Defense Force has established its first public relations center, aiming to offer potential young recruits a positive image of the nation's de facto army.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2002

U.S. lawmakers see close midterm races

While President George W. Bush continues to enjoy extremely high popular support, the U.S. midterm elections later this year will be hard-fought and could swing the narrow balance of power in Congress, according to a group of U.S. lawmakers who gathered at a March 26 symposium in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2002

Hagiwara sets record in backstroke

Versatile swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara set a national record in the women's 200-meter backstroke Monday when a handful of records fell on the opening day of the national short-course championships.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2002

Eruption greets visiting Miyake evacuees

A minor volcanic eruption occurred Tuesday morning on Miyake Island, just as some of the island's evacuated residents were in the midst of a brief return visit, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / THE WRITERS' SPIN
Apr 3, 2002

Tokyo should be more wary of remarks by fickle economists

Economists always disagree on how to mend Japan's flagging economy.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2002

Taipei, Seoul face dumping accusation

The government is set to accuse South Korean and Taiwanese companies of exporting polyester staple fiber to Japan at unfairly low prices and levy antidumping duties on their imports, government sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2002

Tokyo Marine, Nichido Fire integrate into holding firm

Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. and Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co. integrated their operations Tuesday and established a holding company that will eventually cover the Millea Insurance Group, which comprises three nonlife and one life insurer.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2002

Toyota aims for 15% global share by early 2010s

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it is aiming for a global market share of about 15 percent by the early part of the decade beginning in 2010.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2002

Reporter gives thanks for freedom

A former reporter for the daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun who was detained in North Korea for more than two years on suspicion of espionage thanked Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on Monday for the ministry's efforts in freeing him in mid-February.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2002

Mizuho Holdings sees new dawn

Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group by assets, made a fresh start Monday as its three core banks merged into two -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2002

Matsushita kin to help debt-ridden developer

OSAKA -- The family of the late Konosuke Matsushita, founder of the Matsushita group, has decided to extend financial help to Matsushita Investment & Development Inc., a debt-ridden real-estate developer, industry sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2002

Snow Brand announces plan

Snow Brand Milk Products Co., the parent company of scandal-hit Snow Brand Foods Co., announced Thursday an outline of its restructuring plan that includes capital tieups with trading house Itochu Corp. and the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh).
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2002

BOJ signs currency swap deal with China

The Bank of Japan signed an accord Thursday with the People's Bank of China for a bilateral yen-yuan swap arrangement aimed at ensuring currency market stability through supplying short-term liquidity, BOJ officials said.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2002

Nissan to maximize stake in Renault

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will acquire 13.5 percent of its alliance partner Renault SA through subsidiary Nissan Finance Co.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2002

MMC president-to-be leaves no stone unturned

When he arrived in Tokyo more than a year ago from the Railsystem Unit of the DaimlerChrysler Group, Rolf Eckrodt, vice president and chief operating officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., gave each MMC executive a piece of the Berlin Wall encased in clear plastic.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2002

A fairer tax system needed

Two years ago the Tokyo Metropolitan Government imposed a controversial tax on large banks doing business in the capital, with business size, not income, as the standard. Twenty-one banks (now 18 due to reorganization) filed a lawsuit seeking repeal of the tax. On Tuesday the Tokyo District Court ruled...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 28, 2002

Kill your television

"I know murder is a bad thing to do to society, but it was something I needed to experience."
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2002

Occupation and terrorism: Israeli-Palestinian politics from the barrel of a gun

JERUSALEM -- The political battle continues in the Middle East through gun barrels rather than across negotiating tables.
EDITORIALS
Mar 27, 2002

Developing a new perspective

In an era of unprecedented prosperity, it is important to remember how unevenly this vast wealth is spread. More than 1 billion people -- one-fifth of the world's population -- must live on less than $1 a day; nearly half the population survives on twice that amount. There has long been agreement that...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2002

DaimlerChrysler man to head MMC

DaimlerChrysler AG's representative to its partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will take over the presidency of the Japanese carmaker from Takashi Sonobe, MMC sources said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 26, 2002

Getting tough on bid rigging

Japanese newspapers are awash with scandals over bidding for public works projects. Japan's construction industry, which accounts for more than 10 percent of the nation's employed workers, is the world's largest. It is unconscionable that this important industry has become a hotbed of collusion among...
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Mar 26, 2002

JAWOC puts fans on hold

A commercial running on Japanese TV at the moment shows an astronaut being told to go on a space trip by his boss. He complains, saying that he has tickets for some World Cup games. But his boss insists he has to go. The astronaut reluctantly goes leaving his tickets on the floor. The boss picks them...
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan and Canada ink key intel-sharing deal
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand shakes hands with Japan's top diplomat, Takeshi Iwaya, at the end of a signing ceremony for an information security agreement, after bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
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.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
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.

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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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