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JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Koizumi starts preparations so SDF could support U.S.

Japan will prepare for the dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombatant support to U.S. forces should Washington take retaliatory action against terrorists, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Navy bases busy ahead of possible retaliatory action

U.S. Navy bases across Japan were busy Wednesday as the United States prepares to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2001

Public sector seen as jobs key

Government and labor union leaders agreed Wednesday on the need to create additional jobs in the public sector to prevent the record-high unemployment rate from rising even further.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Ex-head of Tokyo Shogin held over embezzlement

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office has arrested the former head of Tokyo Shogin Shinyo Kumiai, a failed credit union mainly serving South Korean residents, for allegedly embezzling 86 million yen from the union, the office said.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2001

Coincident indicators get downward revision

The government said Tuesday it has revised downward its key gauge of the state of the economy for July, with the index of coincident indicators falling to 10 percent from a preliminary 12.5 percent.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Support for U.S. possible despite '97 defense guidelines: Nakatani

Laws enacted in 1999 covering emergencies "in areas surrounding Japan" may allow the nation to extend logistic support to the United States in any retaliation against last week's terrorist attacks, Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani indicated Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Public housing strategy at the crossroads

National housing policy is set for change with the reformist Koizumi Cabinet having launched a political battle to abolish or privatize all unprofitable semigovernmental corporations.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2001

Government aims to cut its elderly medical bill

The government may raise the age at which people can receive elderly medical care to 75 from 70 within five years, according to health ministry sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Consumer confidence plunged to record low in August

Consumer confidence about the nation's economic conditions for the remainder of the year plunged in August to a record low, Nippon Research Institute said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2001

Logistics aid depends on '97 guidelines

Japan's ability to logistically support the U.S. when it retaliates against those behind Tuesday's attacks in the United States depends on how a law on emergencies in "areas surrounding Japan" will be interpreted, said Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2001

Japan reiterates resolve to support Washington

Senior officials from all the government's ministries and agencies met Saturday to renew their resolve to cooperate closely with each other and support the United States following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, government officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Ogi in hospital with liver ailment

Chikage Ogi, minister of land, infrastructure and transport, will be hospitalized for a week due to a liver complaint, ministry officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Japan-U.S. talks are postponed due to attacks

Japan and the United States have decided to postpone sub-Cabinet-level economic meetings initially scheduled for this week due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S., senior officials at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Nikkei falls under vital 10,000 line

The benchmark Nikkei stock average tumbled below 10,000 for the first time in 17 years Wednesday as chaos overcame world financial markets following terrorist attacks in the United States the previous day.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

SDF reinforces security at bases

The Defense Agency has reinforced security at Self-Defense Forces facilities nationwide, especially those used jointly with U.S. forces, agency officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

21 Japanese missing after terror attacks

At least 21 Japanese remained unaccounted for as of Wednesday morning after terrorist attacks rocked the United States, Japanese government officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Economic fear keeping wives at work, survey reveals

The longtime practice of women quitting work upon marriage is dying out, with over half continuing in their positions, according to a recent survey by a semigovernmental organization.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Probe begins into suspected mad cow case

The national and Chiba prefectural governments on Tuesday began probing the use of animal-based feed at a farm in Shiroi where the nation's first suspected case of mad cow disease has been found, government officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Tanaka apology seen as a start

Former American POWs and their supporters greeted Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's apology delivered to them Saturday in San Francisco with mixed reactions, saying it was a good start but still a long way from a solution.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Nikkei hits 10,195 in lowest close since 1984

The Nikkei stock average plunged to a fresh 17-year low Monday after Friday's tumble on Wall Street and a negative report on domestic machinery orders erased a rally sparked by a Finance Ministry comment out of Shanghai.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 9, 2001

Making space to swing a cat in a rabbit hutch

Blame for the consumer spending slump is usually pinned on widespread anxiety over an uncertain future. But another reason, one that isn't discussed as much, is that most citizens already have everything they want.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Official says he padded bills for 20 years

An assistant director of the Foreign Ministry who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of defrauding the state out of some 423 million yen by padding hotel bills for international meetings in 1995 has admitted padding accommodation fees for the past 20 years, investigative sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2001

Coordination still seen as key tactic for North Korea

Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed the importance of close coordination among the three countries in formulating policy for North Korea and pushed for an early visit to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Japanese bonds could receive lower rating

Moody's Investors Service Inc. may downgrade its Aa2 rating on Japanese government bonds, citing the nation's feeble economy, the rating agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Suzuki denies all links with Kenyan project

The following are excerpts from an interview with Lower House member Muneo Suzuki about a controversial hydropower project in Kenya. The interview was conducted on Aug. 22 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Tokyo price index falls 1.2%

The key gauge of Tokyo's consumer prices fell 1.2 percent in August from a year earlier for a record 23rd consecutive month of decline, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.

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