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JAPAN
Sep 16, 2001

Bones of mad cow disease suspect in animal feed

The bones of a milk cow suspected of having contracted mad cow disease have been processed into meat-and-bone feed for chickens and pigs, according to the agriculture ministry.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Typhoon Danas lashes Tokyo

Typhoon Danas hit land near Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday morning and went on to buffet Tokyo and its vicinity, police and the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Kyocera to shed 20% of workforce amid IT slump

The Kyocera Corp. group will cut about 10,000 jobs from its global workforce of 51,000, possibly within this year, to deal with the worldwide slump in the information technology sector, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2001

TECOM group raided over taxes; top exec arrested

Three TECOM group companies that prepare medical students for exams were searched by Tokyo prosecutors Wednesday for alleged evasion of income tax, and the president of one of the firms was arrested.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2001

Accuracy of cedar pollen data to get boost

The Forestry Agency will create a nationwide system to more accurately forecast cedar pollen counts to help people with allergies be more prepared.
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2001

Fujitsu to slash 10,000 jobs in North America, Asia

Leading computer maker Fujitsu Ltd. plans to slash about 10 percent of its group workforce, or more than 10,000 jobs, at home and abroad as the main part of a restructuring plan designed to counter a slowdown in the information technology market, company officials said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2001

Wine exporters focus on Asia

BORDEAUX, France -- Japan is firmly back on the agenda for many wine exporters despite its continued economic slump, and value for money at the lower end should improve further. However, futures prices already indicate the prestige 2000 Bordeaux vintages won't be cheap.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2001

Cops nab execs for exporting fishing boat to North Korea

Tokyo police on Thursday arrested the president of a Kobe-based trading company and one of its executives on suspicion of illegally exporting to North Korea a secondhand fishing boat that is believed to have subsequently been fitted out for espionage, police said.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2001

Professors get suspended terms for dental test leak

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced two former professors to suspended 10-month prison terms for leaking questions in a state dentistry exam held last year.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Exported fishing boat in North Korea spy port

A used Japanese fishing boat allegedly exported last August to North Korea without government approval is believed to have entered a port in the northeast of the country where two apparent spy ships fled after being chased out of Japanese waters in 1999, Tokyo police said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2001

Four arrested over sale of ship to North Korea

Tokyo police arrested the president of a ship-dealing company and his three associates Saturday on suspicion of exporting a secondhand fishing boat to North Korea without government approval. Police suspect the firm has illegally exported ships to North Korea in the past and that some of them may have...
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2001

Japan's structural reforms may see greenback push 145 yen

The dollar has continued to rise against the yen over the past three weeks amid the release of several weak Japanese economic gauges, with some market traders saying the trend may further dog the market this week.
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2001

Overhaul fuel-cycle policy

The Japanese public is increasingly concerned about the nation's so-called pluthermal nuclear-energy project, which uses plutonium as reactor fuel. At issue is whether the project, now stalled because of objections from worried residents, should continue as scheduled. Plutonium, a radioactive element...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2001

Swallows edge Carp for series sweep

Akinori Iwamura slammed a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh and southpaw Shugo Fujii allowed only six hits while striking out five Sunday as the Yakult Swallows triumphed 3-0 over the Hiroshima Carp at Fukuoka Dome.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2001

Nation scrambles to catch up in online education

In a belated attempt to get up to speed in the field of e-learning, Japan's educational institutes and companies are scrambling to offer online education programs and cash in on the burgeoning field.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Jun 5, 2001

Suzuki, Ono, Kawaguchi looking good

KASHIMA, Ibaraki Pref. -- When you have success in a soccer tournament, you often have a player or two who shine on your side.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
May 13, 2001

Reading, writing and fermenting

It is likely that few of us remember -- or put much value on -- our high school curriculum. After all, the three Rs and a dollop of foreign language is hardly a memorable course of study. Now, of course, if we were able to study and practice something like, say, sake brewing, well that would be fun --...
MORE SPORTS / THE DUKE OF HAZARDS
Apr 17, 2001

The revolution is coming: Get ready for cheap golf in Japan

I probably play golf more than 80 times a year around the world. It's a tough life, but someone has to do it. And besides, it's my job.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2001

Huge discrepancy in Obuchi assets

The late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi left behind some 600 million yen in taxable assets when he died in May at the age of 62, a Gunma Prefecture tax office said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Quake-readiness achieved by only two prefectures

Only two out of 47 prefectures have completed their earthquake-readiness plans on time, according to a report by the Cabinet Office.
LIFE / Travel
Apr 8, 2001

Float like a mayfly, sting like a bee

With Golden Week only a few weeks off, serious fly-fishing enthusiasts throughout Japan are staying up late tying new flies in preparation. Now is the best time of year for fly-fishing because this is when mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies start hatching at many rivers across the country, making trout...
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2001

Ex-professors admit role in leaking dental exam

A former university professor and an ex-member of the committee that prepares the national dental examinations admitted Monday to being involved in the leaking of exam questions in violation of the Dental Practitioners Law.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 26, 2001

High school baseball tourney kicks off at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA -- Fukui Shogyo rallied for five runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat Tokyo's Obirin High School 11-9 Sunday and join Tokaidai Daiyon of Hokkaido in the second round of the 73rd Japan high school baseball national invitational tournament.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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