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BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

Asia Global Crossing selects buyer

Financially troubled Asia Global Crossing Ltd. will sell its business and assets to Asia Netcom Corp., a planned joint venture to be set up by a group of investors, Asia Global Crossing's Japanese unit said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Air-cleaner maker just blowing smoke

The Fair Trade Commission has warned air-cleaner maker Tornex Inc. about misleading consumers, sources close to the case said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Pair of wetlands added to list of important areas

The Miyajima marshland in Bibai, Hokkaido, and Nagoya's Fujimae tideland were listed Monday by the Swiss-based Ramsar Convention Bureau as wetlands of international importance.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2002

Mr. Hu at the pinnacle of power

Now that the Chinese Communist Party has completed a smooth leadership transition, the world is watching how Mr. Hu Jintao, the new party chief, will navigate his one-party socialist state of 1.3 billion people through the treacherous waters of globalization. Predicting his future course is complicated...
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Chongryun HQ receives death threats via phone

The head office of a pro-Pyongyang Korean residents' group in Japan received a call from a man over the weekend who threatened to shoot at the office as well as students of Korean schools in Japan, sources close to the group said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 19, 2002

Pyongyang's deadly gamble

North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious security threat not only to Japan but also to all of East Asia, injecting a new element of instability into the international situation following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Nicos failed to sever 'sokaiya' ties

Nippon Shinpan Co., mired in allegations that its executives paid off a racketeer to expedite proceedings at the firm's general shareholders' meetings, had failed to sever ties with a number of racketeers in the late 1980s, a former company executive said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

Snow Brand to partially sell stake in Yukijirushi Access

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Monday it will sell part of its stake in Yukijirushi Access Inc. to transport equipment maker Toyota Industries Corp. and four other firms later this month.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 19, 2002

Tanzanian triumphs in Tokyo race

Tanzania's Banuelia Mrashani knocked almost five minutes off her personal best to edge Japan's Rie Matsuoka for her first-ever victory in the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2002

Protectionism threatens global economy

LONDON -- Japan's current row with China over steel exports is symptomatic of a growing retreat from the free trade aims that underpinned international growth in the last two decades of the 20th century. It is now a year since members of the World Trade Organization set themselves the task of reducing...
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Major firms report huge combined loss

Mired in a prolonged economic slump, major companies reported a record combined loss of 16.571 trillion yen over the one-year period through June, the National Tax Agency said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

Questions over industrial revival scheme answered

The government plans to establish an industrial revival mechanism as part of a comprehensive economic package seeking to accelerate the disposal of bad loans.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

S&P gives major banks a break on share prices

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Monday it will not revise its ratings on most of Japan's major banks in response to sharp declines in their share prices.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Nov 19, 2002

Seagram's fall from grace is testimony to virtue of stockpiling crown jewels

When Shakespeare wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" he was talking about royalty, but I'm sure the travails of today's business elite would have attracted his attention. The recent demise of the House of Seagram, for instance, might be worthy of a play -- the tale of how a third-generation...
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

NTT posts first-ever fall in consolidated revenues

Telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. reported Monday that its consolidated sales fell 1.7 percent to 5.37 trillion yen in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30, marking the first-ever decline in revenue since the firm's privatization in 1985.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Nov 19, 2002

Seeking spiritual succah in the Negev desert

The largest natural crater in the world has a past almost as awe-inspiring as its present.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Airfield issue still on Inamine's list

Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, fresh from a re-election victory, has renewed his call for a time limit on U.S. forces' use of a planned local airfield, but the national government only responded by repeating its earlier position Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2002

Asahi Glass group net profit up 12%

Glass manufacturer Asahi Glass Co. announced Monday that its group net profit for the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 was 15.22 billion yen, up 11.8 percent from a year earlier, thanks mainly to the absence of large one-time losses logged the previous year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 19, 2002

Swallows to name Mac in the baseball draft

The Yakult Swallows plan to name Mac Suzuki in Wednesday's baseball draft after the right-hander finished a disappointing season with the Kansas City Royals, club officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Government mulls abductee assistance measures

The government began consulting Monday with Liberal Democratic Party members on how Japan can take in and support the five known surviving Japanese abducted by North Korea and their immediate families still in the North, government officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2002

Merit evaluation eyed in public service

More than a decade into the continuing economic malaise, corporate Japan's seniority-based wage and promotion system based on the notion of lifetime employment is being threatened as firms increasingly emphasize job performance.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji