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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Towel firms seek curb on cheap imports

Domestic towel-makers will ask the government in the near future to impose an emergency curb on towel imports from China, officials of the Japan Towel Industrial Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Government to rely on bonds for 41% of all revenue by 2004

Rising social security costs will force the government to issue bonds worth 41.1 percent of its total revenue in fiscal 2004, up from 38.5 percent in fiscal 2000, the Finance Ministry says in a simulation report released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Auto unions begin spring wage talks

Labor organizations representing employees of major automakers on Wednesday presented their annual list of wage and benefits demands to management as another difficult year looms for Japan's blue-collar workers.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Auto unions begin spring wage talks

Labor organizations representing employees of major automakers on Wednesday presented their annual list of wage and benefits demands to management as another difficult year looms for Japan's blue-collar workers.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poor crop casts shadow on Nori Day

Tuesday marked Nori Day in Japan, an annual event when farmers of "nori," or seaweed, stage various activities aimed at expanding its consumption.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 8, 2001

Ichiro deserves a break today

Ichiro Suzuki is a beef tongue enthusiast. He likes it so much that the owner of a Japanese grocery store in Seattle is stocking up on the tasty treat. In fact, Ichiro recently gave the proprietor a list of his favorite Japanese delicacies. Soon the major leaguer will be drinking Pocari Sweat, chewing...
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poor crop casts shadow on Nori Day

Tuesday marked Nori Day in Japan, an annual event when farmers of "nori," or seaweed, stage various activities aimed at expanding its consumption.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poll reveals high nurse error rate

Ninety-three percent of nurses working at state-run university hospitals in Japan have made or have nearly made mistakes that could have resulted in medical accidents, according to a survey conducted by a trade union.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

KSD ally held concerts to aid LDP's Murakami

An official at an affiliate of the scandal-tainted mutual aid foundation KSD staged "enka" concerts in 1995 and 1996 on behalf of Masakuni Murakami of the Liberal Democratic Party, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poll reveals high nurse error rate

Ninety-three percent of nurses working at state-run university hospitals in Japan have made or have nearly made mistakes that could have resulted in medical accidents, according to a survey conducted by a trade union.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

KSD ally held concerts to aid LDP's Murakami

An official at an affiliate of the scandal-tainted mutual aid foundation KSD staged "enka" concerts in 1995 and 1996 on behalf of Masakuni Murakami of the Liberal Democratic Party, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Ministry funded Cabinet Secretariat on the sly: officials

Some of the Foreign Ministry's discretionary diplomacy funds were given to the Cabinet Secretariat every year despite legal restrictions on the transfer of budget funds between government organs, some government officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Ministry funded Cabinet Secretariat on the sly: officials

Some of the Foreign Ministry's discretionary diplomacy funds were given to the Cabinet Secretariat every year despite legal restrictions on the transfer of budget funds between government organs, some government officials said Wednesday.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 8, 2001

Calligraphy: a goodwill ambassador for Japanese culture

MADRID -- I used to take it for granted in my youth that my practice of "sho" (Japanese calligraphy) would bear no relation to my career as a diplomat, but over the past half century I have often found that sho serves as a good topic of conversation with my guests.
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Feb 8, 2001

All good wines must converge

For winemakers in the Southern Hemisphere (specifically in South Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand), February is a very important month -- just before the harvest in March, half a year or more before harvest time in the Northern Hemisphere.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 8, 2001

Brash, bright, cheerful and fun

As a matter of principle, the Food File doesn't write up places within the first few weeks of their opening. Instead we prefer to wait until the kitchen has settled in properly and recovered from the inevitable strain of dealing with the local media and the surge of customers that inevitably follow....
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 8, 2001

Roti: Brash, bright, cheerful and fun

As a matter of principle, the Food File doesn't write up places within the first few weeks of their opening. Instead we prefer to wait until the kitchen has settled in properly and recovered from the inevitable strain of dealing with the local media and the surge of customers that inevitably follow....
COMMUNITY
Feb 8, 2001

Kids who learn by doing what comes naturally

The melting snow has transformed the playground of Hiratsuka Yochien into a muddy winter wonderland, but the kids follow their own pace. Some plunge ecstatically into the puddles, some carefully make their way to the chicken coop, while still others keep warm in the library.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Help arrives for families with ill children

A facility to provide a place to stay and counseling for families with children who require long-term medical treatment far from home will open Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Price falls have Miyazawa, BOJ at odds

The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors are likely to join the debate over Japanese prices later this month in Italy — a debate in which the government and BOJ continue to see falling prices in a different light.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Neither yen nor dollar face uphill factors

Given the recent slew of data showing a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy, a strong dollar rebound appears unlikely in the near term.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Koyama served fresh arrest warrant in KSD bribes case

Former House of Councilors member Takao Koyama was served another arrest warrant by public prosecutors on Tuesday on suspicion of having an affiliate of scandal-hit mutual-aid foundation KSD pay the salaries of his two secretaries.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Keidanren, Nikkeiren become JBF

An organization to be formed from the merger of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will take its acronym from its English-language name, the Japan Business Federation, the Nikkeiren chairman said Tuesday.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Feb 7, 2001

LDP still kowtows to vested interests at the economy's expense

Pop into a convenience store and you may still find inconvenience: They don't sell medicine and you may not find cigarettes or alcohol at some shops.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Mori, Lebanon leader seek stronger relations

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri have agreed to deepen business and cultural exchanges between Japan and the Middle Eastern state while acknowledging that obstacles remain.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2001

Few lessons for Wahid in Estrada's fate

There are a growing number of students on the streets of Jakarta who are hoping to do to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid what was done last month to Philippine President Joseph Estrada: depose him through the deployment of people power.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2001

Averting tragedy in the sky

One week after a frightening near miss between two Japan Airlines jetliners over Yaezu in Shizuoka Prefecture, it seems almost certain that the near midair collision was caused by a combination of human errors. While investigators have yet to reach a conclusion, two human factors -- incorrect instructions...
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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