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BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2001

Reform blueprint supports Koizumi's avowed projects

A government panel has approved the basic framework of draft guidelines on economic and fiscal policies that center on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform initiatives, including comprehensive reform of the national budget.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2001

Tanaka aired worry on U.S. missile plan

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka unofficially voiced concern over U.S. missile defense plans in a series of recent diplomatic talks with her counterparts from Italy, Germany and Australia, Japanese government sources said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2001

Nagging doubts about nuclear energy

In a landmark referendum on Japan's nuclear-fuel recycling program, held last Sunday in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, a majority of village residents voted against a Tokyo Electric Power Co. project to use plutonium as reactor fuel at its nuclear-power plant there. The so-called pluthermal program, which...
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2001

Investors shun directionless Tokyo market

The idle Tokyo stock market could spend weeks searching for direction amid concerns over corporate earnings and economic prospects.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2001

Koizumi urges adoption of 'e-voting' in local polls

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged a government information technology panel Thursday to consider ways to introduce electronic voting in local elections, officials said.
BUSINESS
May 31, 2001

IMF chief urges expanded disclosure of bad loans

International Monetary Fund chief Horst Koehler encouraged the Financial Services Agency on Wednesday to step up disclosure of its assessments of banks' problem loans.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2001

Fate of Nikkei tied to Koizumi's policies

Although the stock market has reacted positively to the inauguration of the reformist Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, doubts linger.
JAPAN
May 30, 2001

Environment Ministry plugs green tax in first white paper

In its inaugural white paper approved Tuesday by the Cabinet, the Environment Ministry is touting the merits of introducing an environment tax to help put Japan on a more environmentally sustainable path and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
JAPAN
May 30, 2001

Koizumi to meet Bush June 30 at Camp David

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush will hold their first summit on June 30 at Camp David, Md., Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 28, 2001

Koizumi eyes higher burden for seniors

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is intent on capping medical expenditures and calling on wealthy senior citizens to bear more of the financial burden for social security, according to a draft version of his economic and fiscal policy seen by Kyodo News on Sunday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2001

73% of Japanese in favor of increased competition

Seventy-three percent of Japanese polled rated competition among enterprises as positive because it results in cheaper products and services, according to a Cabinet Office poll released Saturday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2001

Seoul's Han tells Tanaka to act on disputed history textbook

South Korea demanded Saturday that Japan take "visible action" over recently approved Japanese junior high school history textbooks that critics say whitewash Japan's past military aggression, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2001

Tokyo prices posted 0.6% drop in May

Consumer prices in Tokyo witnessed a year-on-year decline of 0.6 percent in May for a record 21st straight month of decline, led by lower prices in housing rents and telecom charges, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2001

Hiranuma outlines plan to boost jobs, markets

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma proposed a 15-point plan Friday to increase jobs and markets, including optimizing research outcomes at universities to create business opportunities in the private sector.
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2001

Feud serves nation poorly

The new administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is enjoying a high public-approval rate of around 80 percent. But although he may be able to carry out his economic and domestic agenda, I have some reservations about his ability in the field of diplomacy.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2001

Banks cautioned against second waivers

A second waiver for struggling companies whose debts were partially forgiven once should be given by banks only in exceptional cases, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2001

Specter of intervention points to firmer yen

The dollar, having risen to close to 127 yen in early April, has given up much of its recent gains and is now hovering around 120 yen.
JAPAN
May 25, 2001

Diet action eyed to help Hansen's disease patients

The ruling coalition agreed Thursday that it will move quickly to adopt a Diet resolution to help former Hansen's disease patients.
JAPAN
May 24, 2001

State won't appeal court ruling on redress for Hansen's patients

The government decided Wednesday not to appeal a landmark court ruling ordering the state to compensate former Hansen's disease patients for violating their basic human rights by forcing them to be isolated in sanitariums.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2001

Trains, ships eyed to haul more cargo

The government will seek to reduce the amount of pollution caused by the domestic long-distance cargo transportation system by shifting from trucks to trains and ships, according to a draft report obtained Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2001

Stocks favored over real estate as best investments

More people favor stocks or deposits over owning land as a means of investing money for the first time since the government began a poll on the matter roughly a decade ago, according to a draft government report.
EDITORIALS
May 23, 2001

A new dawn for nuclear energy?

After a 28-year lull, the United States seems ready to resume its flirtation with nuclear energy. Despite several high-profile incidents, including one that claimed two lives in 1999, Japan has never lost its interest in this power source. Europeans have gone back and forth on the issue: Green candidates...
BUSINESS
May 23, 2001

Ailing Kansai airport retains top execs

Transport Minister Chikage Ogi on Tuesday reappointed Yasuo Shingu as chairman of Kansai International Airport Co. and Kiyoyasu Mikanagi as its president.
JAPAN
May 22, 2001

Judicial reform panel calls for more lawyers, jury system, faster trials

The Judicial Reform Council released on Monday a draft of its final report on structural legal reforms, calling for more lawyers and better public access to them, more public participation in the judiciary, and juries whose decisions would be nonbinding.
ENVIRONMENT
May 22, 2001

China's shifting sands close in on Beijing

BEIJING -- Mother Nature has got it in for Wang Yongxian. In 1988, the farmer fled his hillside cave when flooding triggered landslides on Dragon Treasure Mountain, 70 km north of Beijing. Forced to abandon their traditional cave homes, Wang and neighbors moved down to the safety of the plain. Or so...
JAPAN
May 22, 2001

Hansen's disease patients fight on

A total of 923 former Hansen's disease patients filed a lawsuit against the state Monday, demanding it pay them 115 million yen each in compensation for forcing them into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease.
JAPAN
May 21, 2001

Tanaka didn't vow to snub Lee: Abe

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Sunday he did not think that Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka had promised her Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan that Japan will not issue further entry visas to former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui.
JAPAN
May 20, 2001

More Okinawans accept presence of U.S. military

The percentage of Okinawans who accept the presence of U.S. military facilities in their prefecture exceeds the percentage of those opposed to the bases for the first time since 1975, according to the results of a government poll released Saturday.
COMMENTARY
May 20, 2001

Koizumi honeymoon rolls on

Three weeks after its debut, the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi continues to command high popularity. In opinion polls immediately after its inauguration April 26, the new administration received record approval ratings of over 80 percent. The "Koizumi boom" is likely to last for...
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Nonresidents continue their spending spree

Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks for the eighth straight week last week.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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