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COMMUNITY
Mar 6, 2001

Foreign manager discovers strength in the face of adverse circumstances

SHIBUKAWA, Gunma Pref. -- There are probably few foreign nationals in the country who have found themselves charged with running a traditional Japanese company.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001

Matsushita to boost overseas output

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it plans to produce 3.4 trillion yen worth of products at its overseas plants in fiscal 2003, a 1.7-fold increase over fiscal 2000 ending March 31.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 6, 2001

Kyon Kyon's leap in the dark

Pop idols are not only a Japanese phenomenon -- Britney Spears sells from Zurich to Zimbabwe -- but Japan produces more idols, of both sexes, than anywhere else in the world and has refined the idol aesthetic to an extreme. Japanese idols must be not only cute enough to make your teeth hurt, but everlastingly...
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001

Subscribers to i-mode top 20 million

The number of subscribers to NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode mobile phone service has topped 20 million, reaching the mark only two years after it began, NTT DoCoMo said Monday.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Mar 6, 2001

High voltage rock 'n' roll

"I need oxygen," gasps singer Yuda, and there's little of that in Shimokitazawa's Yaneura live house tonight. One of the smallest venues in Tokyo is packed to the rafters to see Electric Summer, a band reaching for the stars and demonstrating they have the rocket fuel and never-say-die adventurous spirit...
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2001

War-displaced Japanese meet potential kin

Two war-displaced Japanese from China looking for family in Japan met with possible relatives in Tokyo for about two hours Monday but failed to find decisive evidence to determine any definite link, according to Japanese government officials.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001

Period of calm should follow trading storm

Tokyo stocks have been exhibiting chaotic movement over the past month.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2001

Man indicted over pill smuggling

OSAKA -- A 48-year-old Singaporean man has been indicted by prosecutors on suspicion of bringing about 5,200 pills of illegal drugs into Kansai airport, including a new kind of pill containing three illegal drugs, prosecution sources said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2001

Proceed cautiously in Irkutsk

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is scheduled to visit Irkutsk, Russia, on March 25 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. What will happen if Mori steps down before then?
COMMUNITY
Mar 6, 2001

Utsunomiya brings 'gyoza' lovers into fold

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- At the bottom of the steps leading out of JR Utsunomiya Station is a statue of Venus quite unlike any other.
COMMUNITY
Mar 6, 2001

Students give technical edge to volunteer activities

TOCHIGI -- It might seem strange that a group of students at a rural Japanese high school would be concerned about the culinary habits of Zambia's wildlife or the conditions of India's walkways.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Mar 5, 2001

Bush works on tax cuts while Clinton dodges more controversy

WASHINGTON -- "Beauty and the Beast" was on television Monday night -- the movie, not the continuing news saga of our current president and the most recent former one. That show seems to be a never-ending saga.
COMMENTARY
Mar 5, 2001

Are falling prices that bad?

LONDON -- Economists like limited inflation. They reckon it helps growth. Perhaps it may in some circumstances. It also benefits those who have borrowed against assets, which rise in value in an inflationary environment. But even limited inflation can be damaging, especially to those on fixed incomes,...
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2001

Miyake island left to ravages of nature

Six months have passed since the mass evacuation of Miyake Island's 3,800 residents in September, and conditions on the volcanic island are deteriorating with each passing month.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2001

Salmonella detected in imported heart sacs

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has detected salmonella in unused U.S.-made heart sacs -- products suspected of causing inflammation in some 70 heart patients in Japan, ministry sources said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2001

Mr. Bush focuses on the home front

The speech U.S. President George W. Bush delivered to a joint session of Congress last Tuesday was disappointing because it said little about the basic strategy the new U.S. administration intends to follow in the area of foreign policy and security. The speech focused on domestic and economic policies,...
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2001

More tax advice offered on Advanced Ruling System

If an investor or a financial institution has questions regarding how a new financial product will fare in terms of taxation, it can prepare a questionnaire for the NTA, which will respond with information on tax categorization.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2001

More refugees finding life difficult off Miyake

Nearly 70 percent of Miyake Island's evacuees said they felt life away from the volcanic island is "difficult," according to the results of a Kyodo News poll released Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2001

Meeting mutual expectations

The Bush administration attaches special importance to U.S. allies in its foreign policy. In a news conference held Dec. 16, immediately after he won the presidency, George W. Bush said his administration will work with its allies in Europe and the Far East.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 5, 2001

Paleolithic technology and the boom in cultural evolution

About 300,000 years ago something happened that was unlike anything in the previous few billion years, something that would have ever-expanding repercussions.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 5, 2001

Harada victorious at wind-shortened large hill nationals

Masahiko Harada only needed one jump to ensure himself a fourth large hill crown and his second title in 24 hours at the ski jumping national championships Sunday in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2001

Just the tip of the iceberg

The arrest on Thursday of Mr. Masakuni Murakami, a former Liberal Democratic Party leader in the Upper House and a former labor minister, should have come as no surprise, given the growing suspicions about his role in the bribery scandal involving the KSD small-business mutual-aid foundation. Mr. Murakami...
COMMENTARY
Mar 4, 2001

The media close in on Mori

Media vilification of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, to the point of virtually forcing his resignation, shows just how easily the major press and TV outlets here can control events in this emotional nation.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2001

'Natto' being used to clean up Osaka Castle moat

OSAKA -- "Natto," the infamous fermented soybean dish with its characteristic pungent smell and stickiness, may not exactly be the food of choice for many people. But an Osaka firm, in cooperation with Osaka City University, has begun an experiment to use polyglutamates -- the main component of the natto...
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2001

Firms searched over fumigation cartel

The Fair Trade Commission has searched the offices of four companies on suspicion they formed a cartel to control prices for fumigating plants imported through Narita airport, sources close to the case said Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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