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BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Naigai to reduce workforce by 7%

Apparel maker Naigai Co. said Friday it will cut 50 jobs, or about 7 percent of its workforce, through early retirement by the end of this year as part of a new three-year restructuring program.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Sony and Samsung near LCD accord

Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea have begun final negotiations on establishing a joint venture to produce liquid crystal display panels, industry sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 18, 2003

Your fortune through name translation

Look at any list of foreign names written in "katakana" and you'll see that people's true names -- their identities -- are hidden behind unrecognizable clods of katakana. The name "Tim," for example, becomes "chee-moo." But by looking at the possible combined meanings of katakana spellings in Japanese...
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2003

Cops to sniff out illegal foreigners in Tokyo

Immigration authorities, police and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Friday they will take joint action to halve the number of foreigners without visas in the capital within five years.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Suntory to build new soft-drink plant

Beverage maker Suntory Ltd. said Friday it will construct its second soft-drink plant in Shanghai in 2005 to meet growing demand.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Key economic gauge revised down

The government said Friday it has revised down the key gauge of the state of the economy for August, due to negative data on manufacturers' capacity operating rate.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Honda touts new Odyssey

Honda Motor Co. will debut a remodeled Odyssey minivan on Friday in an effort to turn around its sluggish domestic sales.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2003

Doi down on two-party system

Rarely a day goes by without a newspaper article focusing on whether the Nov. 9 general election will usher in an era of two dominant political parties.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Erotic art, cartoon flowers await visitors to Mori museum

A painting of a Chinese baby holding an Oreo cookie and giant figures of a bear talking with a police officer are among the works being shown at a new museum devoted to modern art, which is opening Saturday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Seizures of faked travel documents up 42% to 1,739

There were 1,739 illegal passports, visas and other travel documents detected at Japanese airports and ports from January to June, up 42 percent from the same period last year.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Japan eyes World Heritage listing for Shiretoko Peninsula

The Environment Ministry decided Thursday to recommend the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido for the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage List of 2004.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 17, 2003

Yao signing with Reebok to have huge impact on market

NEW YORK -- Never has a seven-story man, elite or otherwise, created any noteworthy noise in sneaker sales, not even when Devious Darryl Dawkins tried to get rich in a hurry by advertising a different brand on each foot.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Cops targeted loan sharks in September crackdown

Authorities across the nation handled 125 cases of loan-sharking in September, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 17, 2003

Boxer Hoshino calls it a career

Former world minimumweight champion Keitaro Hoshino officially called it a career when he turned in his retirement papers to the Japan Boxing Commission on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Envoys lobbied on Iraq resolution

Senior Vice Foreign Minister Masatoshi Abe on Thursday met with the ambassadors of France, Germany and Syria, urging them to support a U.S.-sponsored resolution on the reconstruction of Iraq.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 17, 2003

English guilty of double standard regarding Turkey's Alpay

LONDON -- The lynch mob arrived with xenophobia in abundance.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 17, 2003

Hawks counting on Jojima at bat, behind plate

Daiei Hawks catcher Kenji Jojima had an outstanding season at the plate but it's the defensive numbers he's most proud of.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Japan and Mexico fail to strike FTA deal

Japan and Mexico threw in the towel Thursday, failing to strike a bilateral free-trade agreement after a four-day marathon of ministerial-level talks.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Spacecraft technicians tutored in art of soldering

Japan's space agency is giving special soldering iron training to technicians who manufacture parts for H-IIA rockets to help them improve the quality of their work.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

China to get funds for poison gas leak

Japan will settle China's demand for damages following the leakage of poison gas left behind in Heilongjiang Province by Japanese forces at the end of the war by offering a several hundred million yen "cooperation fund," government sources said.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Emperor faces further cancer concerns: doctor

Recent blood tests suggest there is a "slight" possibility that Emperor Akihito may still have some cancerous tissue, despite having undergone prostate cancer surgery in January, his chief health official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2003

BOJ Policy Board members in a flap over yen's rapid rise, minutes state

Some members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board voiced concern at a Sept. 11-12 meeting that the yen's recent rise could hurt Japanese exports, according to minutes released Thursday.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
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.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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