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JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Surveyors inspected over rigged bids

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday inspected more than 10 land surveyors' offices in northeast Japan on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Law by rigging bids for public contracts, sources in the industry told Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Surveyors inspected over rigged bids

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday inspected more than 10 land surveyors' offices in northeast Japan on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Law by rigging bids for public contracts, sources in the industry told Kyodo News.
LIFE / Digital
Feb 16, 2001

From video game to big screen

HONOLULU -- Aki, the scientist/heroine of Square Picture's new movie "Final Fantasy," steps from the door of her space shuttle and surveys the wreckage that is Old New York.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Mori increasingly under fire

Coalition members joined the opposition in criticizing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Thursday after it was learned he accepted a 40 million yen membership at a Yokohama golf club from a business executive for virtually nothing.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Feb 16, 2001

Keeping it pure and personal

There are people who have character and there are people who are characters. Coppe, the coolest musician you've never heard of, is both.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Mori increasingly under fire

Coalition members joined the opposition in criticizing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Thursday after it was learned he accepted a 40 million yen membership at a Yokohama golf club from a business executive for virtually nothing.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

New Mitsubishi recalls link 760,000 cars to coverup row

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Thursday reported to the transport ministry that it will recall 140,301 Pajero Mini and Pajero Jr. sport-utility vehicles, bringing the number of recall cases it was hiding to 20.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

New Mitsubishi recalls link 760,000 cars to coverup row

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Thursday reported to the transport ministry that it will recall 140,301 Pajero Mini and Pajero Jr. sport-utility vehicles, bringing the number of recall cases it was hiding to 20.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 16, 2001

Black Eyed Peas try to bring it all back

Whither hip hop? Since it's still relatively young, a better question might be: When will it become as redundant as rock? I think it already has, and not because, musically at least, hip hop is by definition a pastiche, but because thematically it's stuck in a rut.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2001

Shed light on unbelievable accident

The collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship Friday off Oahu Island, Hawaii, was simply unbelievable. It is a sad fact, however, that the collision, which is believed to have been caused by negligence on the part of the submarine, sank the ship, leaving...
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Coleman marks century of success

Outdoor goods outfitter Coleman Co. celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, a landmark that company official Brian Rawson attributes to the firm's sustained ability to adapt to consumer needs.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

'Japan 2001' fest set to take center stage in U.K.

Several years ago, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind came up with an idea. Why not try, they asked, to think of ways for Japan and the U.K. to promote each other's image in a better light?
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

G7 nations' options limited on Japan's 'financial bomb'

All eyes will be on Paul O'Neill at the upcoming meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in Palermo, Sicily.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

U.S. fears cap dollar's surge

The Bank of Japan's latest discount rate cut was seen as a largely cosmetic measure.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Japan carmakers bite deeper into Europe

VALENCIENNES, France -- After securing a firm footing in the U.S., Toyota Motor Corp. is now gearing up its European operations in a bid to bite deeper into the world's second-largest market.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

Allies withdraw Mori criticism

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori came under fire again Wednesday as a top member of key coalition partner New Komeito called for his resignation.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

'Floating objects' seen in space

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan announced Wednesday that its telescope in Hawaii has spotted about 100 "small floating objects" in a star-forming region.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

'Floating objects' seen in space

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan announced Wednesday that its telescope in Hawaii has spotted about 100 "small floating objects" in a star-forming region.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

Politicians test online waters for votes

Staff writer In a country where nearly 30 million people out of the 120 million population use the Internet, about 400 out of 732 Diet members have their own Web site.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

State to make it easier to hold polls on mergers

The central government plans to help citizens hold plebiscites on municipal mergers by scrapping local governments' veto powers on them, according to government sources.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

State to make it easier to hold polls on mergers

The central government plans to help citizens hold plebiscites on municipal mergers by scrapping local governments' veto powers on them, according to government sources.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Current account surplus up 3.7% to 12.6 trillion yen

The nation's current account surplus grew for the first time in two years in 2000, jumping 3.7 percent from the previous year to 12.6 trillion yen, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Finance Ministry.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Current account surplus up 3.7% to 12.6 trillion yen

The nation's current account surplus grew for the first time in two years in 2000, jumping 3.7 percent from the previous year to 12.6 trillion yen, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Finance Ministry.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Care for elderly to generate 24% of GDP by 2015

The aging population will cause the medical and nursing-care sector to help generate about one quarter of Japan's gross domestic product in 2015, a think tank under the Japan Medical Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Care for elderly to generate 24% of GDP by 2015

The aging population will cause the medical and nursing-care sector to help generate about one quarter of Japan's gross domestic product in 2015, a think tank under the Japan Medical Association said Wednesday.

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