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JAPAN
Jun 8, 2002

Japanese NPO, Chinese college plan grad school

A Japanese nonprofit organization that promotes education in Japan and China will establish a graduate school in Tianjin, China, for Japanese and Chinese students in September in cooperation with a Chinese state university.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

U.S. auto friction seen as unlikely

The chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Friday that the increasing number of Japanese vehicles in the U.S. auto market is unlikely to rekindle trade friction between Tokyo and Washington.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

DSL subscribers crack 3 million mark

The number of subscribers to DSL high-speed Internet access services has surpassed 3 million for the first time, the telecommunications ministry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Government may relax messenger-service deadline

The government may relax a requirement that any messenger service entering the mail-delivery sector deliver express parcels within three hours, posts minister Toranosuke Katayama said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 8, 2002

To World Cup soccer fans: Uerukamu!

In Japan, we have only two languages: Japanese and a dialect of English called Japanese English. JE is Japan's second language. I call it Zen English because you can't translate it directly. A lot of the meaning is left up to the listener. Entire sentences are often expressed in just two words. For example,...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 8, 2002

Powell knocks wind out of Nippon Ham

Osaka Kintetsu right-hander Jeremy Powell threw a four-hitter for his second straight shutout to lead the Buffaloes to their sixth straight victory with a 5-0 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2002

The world waiting on Musharraf to act

Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf finds himself under increasing international pressure, especially from the United States, to stop the proxy war in Kashmir, a state that both Pakistan and India claim. Pervez is being told, not asked, to stop cross-border infiltration and terrorism in India....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 8, 2002

Alejandro Zaera-Polo

The Yokohama International Ferry Terminal opened to festive acclaim last Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2002

Forgotten immigrants held too long

The Tokyo Immigration Bureau kept two foreign men in custody far beyond the detention term limit of 30 days because their cases were forgotten about, bureau officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Life insurance policy value off 4.3%

The value of individual insurance policies signed by 43 Japanese life insurers came to 1.26 quadrillion yen as of March 31, down 4.3 percent from a year earlier, the Life Insurance Association of Japan said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Jun 8, 2002

Shibamata serves up postwar nostalgia as vagabond Tora-san comes home

Movie-lovers and people who cherish the memory of the good old early postwar days can indulge in nostalgia at the Tora-san Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Kobe Steel to sell equity to Comalco

Kobe Steel Ltd. said Friday it has signed an agreement to sell its 9.5 percent interest in Australian aluminum refiner Boyne Smelters Ltd. for around $78.5 billion to Comalco Ltd.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2002

Mad cow investigators to visit Netherlands factory

Japan will send two investigators to the Netherlands over the weekend to investigate allegations that a Dutch-made animal fat product may be the source of mad cow disease in Japan, Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Household spending rose 1.9% in April

Overall household spending hit 320,068 yen in April, up a real 1.9 percent from a year earlier and marking the first increase in two months, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Life insurers remain negative: S&P

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Friday its outlook for Japanese life insurers remains negative, as their earnings reports released earlier this week indicate continued business contraction, a severe environment of ultra-low interest rates and a weak stock market.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2002

Noguchi to go on Atlantis mission

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will be one of seven crew members on the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis to be launched Jan. 16, the National Space Development Agency of Japan announced Friday.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Jun 7, 2002

Japan toys with transparency in building sector

Open a black box and take a peek at the notoriously opaque Japanese construction industry.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 7, 2002

Fighters to play 15 games in Tokyo

The Nippon Ham Fighters, who are planning a move to Sapporo in 2004, will play about 15 games at the Tokyo Dome after relocating in Hokkaido to ensure that Pacific League games are played in Tokyo, baseball sources said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 7, 2002

Cameroon win sees off Saudi Arabia

SAITAMA -- Saudi Arabia became the first team to be eliminated from the 2002 World Cup after losing 1-0 to Cameroon in front of a crowd of 52,328 at Saitama Stadium on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2002

Japan to donate $5 million to ecosystem fund

Japan announced Thursday its intention to contribute $5 million this year to the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, an international fund to help protect environmentally sensitive areas around the globe.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2002

Most hospitals not prepared to handle domestic violence

Some 86 percent of the nation's hospitals and clinics lack measures for dealing with victims of domestic violence, according to the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

S&P serves up analyses in Japanese

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Thursday it has launched a new credit analysis service in Japanese for Japanese institutional investors, banks and corporate financial managers.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 7, 2002

World champions still without a win

PUSAN, South Korea -- France, the world champion just four years ago, may have surrendered its crown.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Japan, U.S. to work on patent deal

The Japanese and U.S. patent offices have reached a basic accord aimed at reducing duplication in their work, Japanese patent officials said Wednesday.

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