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JAPAN
Mar 13, 2001

Ex-actress wins translation award

"The last profession I would recommend to anybody is translating contemporary Western plays," said actress-turned-translator Mayuko Tokizawa. The otherwise dissuasive comment is an encouragement coming from Tokizawa, cowinner of the eighth annual Yuasa Yoshiko Award, Japan's accolade for translators...
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2001

Matsuo denies charges of fraud

A former Foreign Ministry logistics chief arrested on suspicion of swindling the government out of 42 million yen in discretionary state funds has denied the fraud charge, saying officials at the Prime Minister's Official Residence tacitly approved of his conduct, police sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2001

Robots said more useful than pets

Kyodo News Electronic robots are gradually becoming familiar companions among some Japanese families and hospital patients, offering them entertainment and peace of mind.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2001

Mori signals intention to resign

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Saturday effectively expressed his intention to resign to top executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, possibly after the fiscal 2001 budget passes the Diet next month.
COMMENTARY
Mar 9, 2001

The LDP just doesn't get it

Japanese politics is in a state of dysfunction. Symbolic of the problem is the fact that even though Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Cabinet survived an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion, there are moves in the governing Liberal Democratic Party to unseat him.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2001

Fujimori moves into posh digs

Deposed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori moved into a plush condominium Monday in downtown Tokyo after moving out of the home of a novelist friend, as Peruvian authorities moved to try him in court.
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.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2001

Fujimori must return to face accusers: new Peru envoy

The newly appointed Peruvian ambassador to Japan has urged deposed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to return to Lima to answer accusations leveled at him following his decision to resign as president last year from Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2001

Japan, South Korea firms see bigger benefits in forging more alliances

Kyodo News Relations between Japanese and South Korean business enterprises have deepened in the past two or three years with increases in business alliances and joint ventures as well as full-scale sales offensives in the Japanese market by firms such as Hyundai Motor Co.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 2, 2001

Marathon champion set to profit

Kyodo News Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi appears set to join the ranks of other prominent figures who have attained fame and fortune after becoming champions in major sporting events.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Navy's No. 2 officer meets Mori, promises efforts to raise ship

In an effort to soothe Japanese public sentiment and contain damage to bilateral ties, a U.S. special envoy visited Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday and promised that the U.S. government will do its utmost to salvage a Japanese vessel that sank Feb. 9 off Hawaii after being hit by a U.S. submarine....
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

U.S. admiral apologizes over sub accident

A special envoy from Washington arrived in Japan on Tuesday afternoon to convey apologies from the United States to Japan over the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship off Hawaii, which left nine Japanese missing and presumed dead.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Meiji Life, Nippon Fire in joint deal

Meiji Life Insurance Co. and Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co. announced Monday that they will jointly develop a regional sales network and market nursing care insurance.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Meiji Life, Nippon Fire in joint deal

Meiji Life Insurance Co. and Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co. announced Monday that they will jointly develop a regional sales network and market nursing care insurance.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Japan will screen controversial textbook under usual rules: Fukuda

Japan will screen a junior high school history textbook that has drawn criticism from three Asian neighbors under its usual screening procedure, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Kono's Okinawa visit set to focus on base issues

Foreign Minister Yohei Kono will meet Sunday with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and other officials in Okinawa to discuss issues relating to the U.S. military presence in the prefecture, Kono said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2001

Japan, U.S. to discuss 'open skies'

Japan and the United States will discuss an "open skies" agreement and the use of a second runway at Narita airport in civil aviation talks Wednesday and Thursday in Washington.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2001

Ex-lawyer gets four years for fraud

A former lawyer was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for defrauding a Tokyo company of some 400 million yen in 1991.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2001

Japan, U.S. to discuss 'open skies'

Japan and the United States will discuss an "open skies" agreement and the use of a second runway at Narita airport in civil aviation talks Wednesday and Thursday in Washington.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2001

Murakami may have pushed questioning

Upper House lawmaker Masakuni Murakami, who is suspected of receiving financial benefits from KSD, a scandal-tainted industrial insurer, may have urged fellow members of the Liberal Democratic Party to promote a KSD project during sessions of the Diet, according to informed sources.

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