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CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 11, 2001

In praise of Japan's 'Greatest Generation'

Perhaps as a reaction against the excesses of an age of material prosperity and greed, America in recent years has seen a spate of books and movies extolling the so-called Greatest Generation, the quiet men who went off to fight in World War II. Similarly, Japan now has "Project X," a popular NHK-TV...
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2001

Ban placed on U.S. chicken imports

Japan has suspended imports of chickens and ducks from the United States because of concern over the possible spread of a type of influenza virus affecting poultry, the agriculture ministry said.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2001

NTT Data interim profit down 3%

NTT Data Corp. said Friday it registered a consolidated net profit of 10.84 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2001, down 2.8 percent from a year earlier.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Survey details male, female eating habits

Around 50 percent of men in their 20s through their 40s have at least one enjoyable meal in the company of other people every day, according to a national nutrition report released Thursday by the health ministry.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

MSDF heads for Indian Ocean

Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers and a supply ship left Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Friday for a two-month intelligence-gathering mission in the Indian Ocean as part of Japan's noncombat support of the U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Japan pledges $600,000 to UNESCO work

Japan will donate $623,798 to the first phase of UNESCO's Longmen grottoes conservation project to help preserve sculptures carved in cave walls over a millennium ago in China, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Afghan man tells Osaka court of Taliban brutality

OSAKA -- An Afghan man suing the Japanese government for not granting him refugee status testified before the Osaka District Court on Friday of the cruelty inflicted upon him and his family by the ruling Taliban in his home country.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

NPA outlines gun-firing policy

The National Police Agency notified prefectural police forces nationwide Friday of new guidelines regarding the use of firearms, clarifying the circumstances in which officers may be allowed to fire their revolvers.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2001

NTT Data interim profit down 3%

NTT Data Corp. said Friday it registered a consolidated net profit of 10.84 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2001, down 2.8 percent from a year earlier.
COMMENTARY
Nov 10, 2001

Pakistan's uncertain future

NEW DELHI -- Much before America's declaration of war on terrorism forced Islamabad to turn against its own creation, the Taliban, Pakistan faced an uncertain future. During a four-hour stop in Islamabad in March 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Pakistanis in a televised address about the "obstacles...
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2001

Toyota net profit zooms up 82%

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its consolidated net profits for the first half through Sept. 30 jumped 82.4 percent from the same period a year ago, hitting a record 291.11 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2001

DoCoMo strikes deal with Dutch firm on i-mode license

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Wednesday it has reached an accord with a Dutch firm to license its popular i-mode technology services to the Dutch telecommunications group for 10 years to Jan. 1, 2012.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2001

How to cope with 'classroom chaos'

The teacher-student relationship at elementary schools is breaking down. A nationwide survey by the National Institute for Educational Research, an affiliate of the Education Ministry, finds that 26 percent of principals and 32 percent of teachers faced "gakkyu hokai" (classroom chaos) in 2000. The figures...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2001

35.7 billion yen wasted trying to ease traffic

Metropolitan Express Public Corp. sank 35.7 billion yen into an assortment of projects to fix chronic congestion on Tokyo expressways, only to find that the money did little to remove the bottlenecks, according to a government audit report Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2001

Nagasakiya to close about 30 stores

Failed supermarket chain Nagasakiya Co. will close around 30 of its 84 outlets as part of a rehabilitation program, according to company sources.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2001

Takeda Chemical notches 45% net profit increase in first half

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Tuesday its consolidated net profit in the first half of the 2001 business year increased 45.3 percent from a year earlier to 130.85 billion yen, due mainly to an increase in overseas sales of medicine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 7, 2001

Empire State: 'Eternal Combustion'

If necessity is the mother of invention, then boredom is its long-lost uncle. Having grown bored with the present state of indie music, the experimentalist, postrock three-piece Empire State found inspiration by building their own instruments. Dr. Seuss-like contraptions such as "whirling xylo-cans"...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2001

35.7 billion yen wasted trying to ease traffic

Metropolitan Express Public Corp. sank 35.7 billion yen into an assortment of projects to fix chronic congestion on Tokyo expressways, only to find that the money did little to remove the bottlenecks, according to a government audit report Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2001

Cheap fiber row leads to probes abroad

The government plans to conduct on-the-spot investigations of South Korean and Taiwanese companies that are exporting polyester staple fiber to Japan at low prices, government officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2001

Labels eyed to track cows' history

The farm ministry has begun developing a system to numerically label every package of beef to show consumers the birthplace of the cow it is from and the farms where it was raised, ministry sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2001

Sogo's Mizushima to plead not guilty to hiding cash

Former Sogo Co. Chairman Hiroo Mizushima will plead not guilty to accusations that he attempted to hide some 150 million yen in assets from creditors as the major department store operator appeared destined for failure, sources close to the case said Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2001

Attacks now an excuse to barbecue pork

WASHINGTON -- Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, it has been said, and never was it more obvious in the United States than in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Rescuers were still searching for bodies from the smoldering rubble when lobbyists descended upon Washington, D.C....
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 4, 2001

Isabella Bird's letters from Japan

UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko, by Isabella L. Bird. New York: ICG Muse, 2000, 1,700 yen, 342 pp. (paper) "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" documents the journeys of Isabella Bird, an extraordinary woman for...
JAPAN / JOB JITTERS
Nov 3, 2001

Retirement not always time to relax

The red, blue and green flags of labor unions fluttered in front of the towering headquarters of a major bank in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district in early September as about 200 workers shouted, "The bank ought to carry out its social responsibility" and "We don't forgive the bank for dismissing...
JAPAN / JOB JITTERS
Nov 3, 2001

Retirement not always time to relax

The red, blue and green flags of labor unions fluttered in front of the towering headquarters of a major bank in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district in early September as about 200 workers shouted, "The bank ought to carry out its social responsibility" and "We don't forgive the bank for dismissing...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 3, 2001

Howling Loochie Bros. R&B to benefit Amnesty

It took as long to read Robin (Loochie) Suchy's name card as it took him to lock up his bike outside Ben's Cafe in Tokyo's Takadanobaba. Following "Singer * Song Writer * Vocal Recordings * Narrations * Actor * Vocal Coach * Producer" were two contact addresses, in Naka Ochiai and British Columbia. Not...
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2001

Metro government panel set to assess banks' management

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will set up a third-party panel to scrutinize the management of banks that hold local government funds, metro government officials said Thursday.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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