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JAPAN
May 19, 2001

White paper calls for foreign investment

To cope with intensifying competition with China amid a prolonged economic slump at home, Japan should actively woo foreign direct investment and become more efficient, according to the White Paper on International Trade 2001 released Friday.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2001

IYBank eyes regional tieups to expand ATM network

IYBank, a new bank specializing in automated services, will actively seek tieups with regional banks, IYBank President Takashi Anzai said.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 18, 2001

Giants win as Uehara shines on return

Central League WonLostTied Pct.GB Yomiuri 25 16 1 .610 - Chunichi 22 18 1 .550 2.5 Yakult 19 17 2 .528 3.5 Hiroshima 18 18 2 .500 4.5 Hanshin 16 23 0 .410 8.0 Yokohama 14 22 0 .389 8.5 Pacific League WonLostTied Pct.GB Orix 24 15 3 .615 - Daiei 24 17 0 .585 1.0 Lotte 20 20 2 .500 4.5 Kintetsu 20 22...
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Disclosed ministry document casts Matsuo case in new light

Statements by Foreign Ministry officials have been called into question following the release of a formerly classified ministry document relating to the overseas visit support division.
JAPAN
May 16, 2001

Mori draws Tanaka's ire over Russian isles misstep

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka on Tuesday criticized former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori for saying on a television program that Japan and Russia had agreed to set up two frameworks to discuss four islands at the center of a sovereignty dispute.
JAPAN
May 15, 2001

Surname rigidity frustrates

Kyodo News Before Akiko Orita got married in the fall of 1998, she planned to have an equal partnership with her husband, rather than, in her words, "an absorbed merger."
BASEBALL / MLB
May 12, 2001

Dragons extend streak with win over Giants

The Chunichi Dragons extended their winning streak to six with a 4-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants at the Nagoya Dome Friday night.
JAPAN
May 11, 2001

Korean residents mingle more since summit

OSAKA -- Pro-Pyongyang and pro-Seoul Korean resident groups in Japan have been mingling more frequently since the summit in June between the leaders of North and South Korea, a Kyodo News survey shows.
JAPAN
May 9, 2001

Shinmachi takes lead in sports for kids

Kyodo News Shinmachi, a small town of about 13,000 people in Gunma Prefecture, has drawn the attention of several municipalities because of its comprehensive regional sports club -- a concept common in Europe but relatively new to Japan.
JAPAN
May 9, 2001

Seven arrested over forged graduation certificates, passports

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in March confiscated forgeries of graduation certificates from Kyoto-based Ritsumeikan University during a search of a Tokyo apartment, bureau officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 9, 2001

Mystery man's passport used three times in Japan

The forged passport used in a recent illegal entry attempt by a man believed to be the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had been used three times before to successfully enter Japan, Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2001

Webb defends Nichirei Cup title

Karrie Webb successfully defended her Nichirei Cup World Ladies title with solid if unspectacular golf Sunday, coasting to a 6-shot victory with the help of a disastrous round by overnight co-leader Carin Koch of Sweden.
JAPAN
May 6, 2001

Transsexuals set to file civil lawsuits

A group of six people who have undergone sex-change operations will file civil suits May 24 seeking to have their new genders recorded on their family registrations, an activist supporting transsexuals said Saturday.
JAPAN
May 6, 2001

Major nations plan to test measures aimed at containing financial crises

The Group of Seven nations and other major economies will conduct the first joint field test of coordinated measures aimed at minimizing panic and preventing a domino effect when megabanks and huge hedge funds collapse, a Japanese government source said Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
May 5, 2001

Webb takes lead at Nichirei Ladies' Golf

Karrie Webb of Australia birdied four holes without a bogey for a 4-under-par 68 Friday to grab a two-stroke lead in the 60 million yen Nichirei Cup World Ladies golf tournament.
JAPAN
May 5, 2001

Covert entry puzzling, analysts say

Japanese experts were divided over why a man claiming to be Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of Pyongyang leader Kim Jong Il, tried to enter Japan under an alias with a forged passport.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami