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JAPAN
Dec 9, 2001

Kazakstan envoy hands over details of postwar detainees

Kazakstan Ambassador to Japan Tleukhan Kabdrakhmanov submitted to Japan on Friday a list of the names of 2,585 Japanese people who were detained in Kazakstan after World War II, health ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2001

Treaty on deadly chemicals to go before Diet soon

The government will submit a landmark international treaty banning the production and use of the world's most toxic and harmful chemicals to the Diet for ratification early next year, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2001

Crown Princess Masako gives birth to a girl

The Crown Princess gave birth to a girl Saturday afternoon, the first baby in her 8 1/2-year marriage to the Crown Prince.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2001

Series of rites awaits Imperial baby

The baby girl born Saturday to the Crown Princess is immediately faced with a series of physical and spiritual rites dictated by Imperial family traditions upon her birth.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2001

Birth of princess 'a delight' for the nation, Koizumi says

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi issued a statement Saturday congratulating the Crown Prince and Princess on the birth of their first child, describing it as a delightful event for the Japanese people.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2001

Jobless rate hits 5.4%

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent in October, hitting a record high as more people lost jobs due to corporate restructuring, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2001

Life insurers' profits plunge

Business profits dipped at the nation's major life insurers, as falling share prices crippled securities portfolios and policyholders continued to flee, according to midterm earnings reports released by the companies Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Abused women 32 times more prone to suicide

Japanese women who suffer domestic violence at the hands of their partners are more than 30 times more likely to commit suicide than those who do not, according to a survey released this week.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Afghans denied refugee status

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Monday rejected applications by nine Afghan men for refugee status, saying the applicants "lack credibility as refugees because some left their country for the purpose of getting jobs."
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Afghans denied refugee status

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Monday rejected applications by nine Afghan men for refugee status, saying the applicants "lack credibility as refugees because some left their country for the purpose of getting jobs."
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2001

Protecting the public from the threats of terror and depression

In his Sept. 30 New York Times article, "The Fear Economy," MIT economist Paul Krugman warned that the American public should be prepared for a possible deflationary spiral comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s and Japan's milder but chronic depression of the 1990s. A major depression could...
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2001

Ministry still alert for mad cow cases

Despite a rise in beef consumption in Japan, the health ministry remains on alert over the deadly mad cow disease one month after a screening program began for all cows in Japan, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2001

Ministry still alert for mad cow cases

Despite a rise in beef consumption in Japan, the health ministry remains on alert over the deadly mad cow disease one month after a screening program began for all cows in Japan, according to ministry officials.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 18, 2001

The long road to a barrier-free Japan

Compact size. Lightweight. High-speed. Extra new features. Appealing design. Competitive price. Manufacturers have long focused on criteria like these in their quest for successful product lines. In the single-minded pursuit of profits, though, consumers unable to adapt themselves to standardized products...
COMMUNITY
Nov 11, 2001

Trepanners open their minds with a hole in the head

Amanda Feilding spent four years searching for a surgeon to perform the operation. Several agreed, then backed out at the last minute, fearing the consequences if anything went wrong.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Radiation detected in mushrooms

The health ministry has reported that 36.1 kg of porcini mushrooms imported from Italy through Narita airport where found to emit levels of cesium radiation above the government-set level.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Doctors prescribe antiaging therapy

A U.S. doctor promoting the new field of antiaging medicine said Friday in Tokyo that the public should do away with stereotypes of the elderly as sickly and unproductive and to think instead of extending life's "usable years."
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

CJD cases hit 1,078; watch gets boosted

A health ministry committee on the fatal brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease plans to assign doctors specializing in the disease to all 47 prefectures to bolster the government surveillance system, now that there are 1,078 sufferers of the malady in its various forms nationwide.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2001

Household spending continues to decline

Average household spending declined an inflation-adjusted 3.7 percent in September from a year earlier to 283,390 yen for the sixth consecutive monthly fall, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2001

Jobless rate hits record 5.3%

The unemployment rate soared by 0.3 percentage point in September to a record 5.3 percent, the government reported Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Plaintiffs in CJD damages suits call for quick settlement

About 2,400 signatures were submitted Tuesday to the Tokyo District Court, calling for an early resolution to lawsuits accusing the government of failing to contain the spread of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease through allegedly infected dura mater transplants.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2001

Three cows declared safe after secondary test

Three cows declared infected with mad cow disease in preliminary testing in Tokyo and Aichi prefectures tested negative for the debilitating disease Saturday after secondary checks were conducted, government officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Cows in Tokyo, Aichi test positive for BSE after preliminary screening

Preliminary tests showed that three or four cows screened in Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture indicated the presence of mad cow disease, and a second test was being conducted to confirm the initial results, authorities said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Sakaguchi plays down new variant CJD scare

Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi on Thursday downplayed concerns over media reports that a teenage girl in a Tokyo hospital has new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal brain-wasting illness linked to mad cow disease.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2001

Steps drawn up to fight nuclear, chemical threat

Government ministries and agencies have drawn up antiterrorism measures to deal with attacks involving nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, government officials said Saturday.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.

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