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BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Entity won't discriminate

In a reversal of his earlier comments, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday a new entity to be established to help debt-ridden but potentially viable companies will take over credits at such corporations regardless of their size.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Tax shortfall makes extra budget likely

Tax revenue will likely see a shortfall of some 2.7 trillion yen to 2.8 trillion yen for the current fiscal year, it was learned Wednesday -- a situation that makes the compilation of an extra budget increasingly likely.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

U.S. could still join Kyoto: Yale professor

A U.S. environmental studies professor said Wednesday in Tokyo that the United States could still meaningfully participate in the framework of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Top court ruling on disclosure no surprise in light of censorship of its own expenses

The Supreme Court last year overturned lower court rulings that had ordered the governors of Osaka and Kyoto to publicly identify many of the recipients of their entertainment and social expenses.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Bin Laden message authentic: expert

A voice in a message broadcast by Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV hailing the devastating Oct. 12 Bali bombing matches that of Saudi-born Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, a Japanese voice analysis expert said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 14, 2002

Is a mandate enough for Turkey?

The celebrations will be short for Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), the winner of the Nov. 3 parliamentary elections. Not only does the AKP inherit an anemic economy, weakened by corruption, but its Islamic roots raise fears of military intervention in national politics. AKP leaders have...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Bangladesh envoy praises ties, ODA

Bangladeshi Ambassador M. Serajul Islam said Wednesday his country's relations with Japan are extremely good, but he expressed hope Tokyo will not decrease its official development assistance to Bangladesh.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Tokyo seeks corporate cooperation to cut CO 2

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering setting an ordinance requiring large business facilities to do their part to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to metropolitan government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT THE JUNCTION
Nov 14, 2002

Ailing expressway entities' fate hangs in balance

A showdown looms between advocates of reform and vested interests.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Dispatch of MSDF transport OK'd

The ruling coalition parties endorsed on Wednesday a government plan to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel to ship heavy machinery from Thailand to countries neighboring Afghanistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Innovation takes off if colleges, businesses link: Stanford head

With the economy in dire need of a boost, an increasing number of Japan's universities have, with government support, started collaborating with the private sector to create new businesses to revamp the nation's industrial competitiveness.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

LDP bigwig Muraoka has tumor removed from lung

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kanezo Muraoka, acting chairman of the party's largest faction, has had a cancerous tumor removed from his lungs, it was learned Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Economy ratchets up 0.7% but downswing taking hold

The nation's economy spurted forward in the July-September quarter, growing 0.7 percent from the previous quarter, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

October beer shipments slip 1.2%

Shipments of beer and "happoshu," a low-malt, beerlike beverage, fell 1.2 percent in October from a year earlier, down for the second month in a row, according to data released Wednesday by Japan's five leading brewers.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Ministry looks to trim prefectures' road costs

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry is considering easing the costs prefectural governments would have to bear to build expressways that a privatized Japan Highway Public Corp. would be unable to construct, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Lawmaker denies pocketing aide's pay

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose denied Wednesday he pocketed some 10 million yen of the government-paid salary allocated to his secretary after the aide had quit his job.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 14, 2002

Cleanups are only drops in the ocean

The year was 1980. I was conducting fish research on the Great Barrier Reef, off Cape York in Queensland, northeastern Australia. After a lengthy dive, I decided to take a short rest and then explore a small, unoccupied sandy islet nearby for signs of nesting sea turtles and terns in that wonderful ocean...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Toshiba to build new chip plant

Toshiba Corp. plans to build a plant that will produce semiconductor chips used in digital cameras, advanced mobile phones and other items, it was announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Nippon Steel, Shanghai Baoshan eye plant tieup

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday it is negotiating with Shanghai Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. over the construction of a plant in China that would produce sheet steel for automobiles.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 14, 2002

Mammals get early warning on climate change

President George W. Bush and the U.S. government might not be in denial of climate change these days, but their position is little more responsible than the cowboy stance Bush assumed on first coming to power. Climate change is happening, but hell, there's nothing to be done about it, they say.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

FTC drafting legal revisions to fight false food-labeling

The Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday it is planning legal revisions that would help combat false labeling of food and other acts of misrepresentation in light of the recent labeling scandals that have undermined consumer confidence.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Profits must answer to ethics, expert says

The seemingly endless series of corporate scandals emerging around the world underscores the point that responsible business management is in the long term vital to making profits, according to the leader of a global group that promotes business ethics.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2002

SEC's post-Enron reforms pose challenge for Japanese multinationals

NEW YORK -- As if Japan's corporate sector didn't have problems with long-term economic deterioration and deflation, the stock market disaster and nonperforming loans, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has added another headache. The issue at hand is the extent to which Japanese companies will...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Mitsubishi, Mitsui log profit growth

The nation's top two trading houses reported increased group net profit for the first half to Sept. 30, thanks to solid performances in the metal and food businesses, company officials said Wednesday.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to boost ties in first meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of their talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Japan’s government ramps up bear control efforts amid rise in attacks
A bear roams around a field in the town of Kuzumaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 12.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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