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BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Mar 14, 2002

Rally has put 12,000 in Nikkei's cross hairs

During the recent rally on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the 225-issue Nikkei average broke the 11,000 resistance line.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

Air France eyes '05 Nagoya return

The general manager of the Japanese office of Air France said Wednesday that the airline may resume its flights from Nagoya in 2005, the year in which a new international airport is scheduled to open and a world exposition will be held in Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

Firms stand hard against pay-scale hikes

Most companies in the nation's four major industrial sectors on Wednesday offered no pay-scale increases beyond standard yearly hikes in spring wage talks with their labor unions, highlighting the severity of the economic slump.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

S&P downplays drug price cuts

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday that the Japanese government's planned cuts in drug reimbursement prices will have a limited impact on its ratings for seven Japanese pharmaceuticals.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

Kansai businesses on China mission

OSAKA -- Business groups in the Kansai region said Wednesday they will send a mission to China on Sunday to discuss economic changes with government leaders.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

METI reviews R&D, investment incentives

A trade ministry study panel on Wednesday began considering revisions to tax incentives on corporate research and development and capital investment.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2002

Furukawa Electric to see red for '01

Furukawa Electric Co. said Wednesday it expects to fall into the red in fiscal 2001 as the slump in information technology businesses in North America affected sales of the company's fiber-optic products.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
Mar 14, 2002

Garden jewels in the Tofukuji Temple crown

Tofukuji Temple is one of Kyoto's most magnificent jewels and is one of the city's 17 UNESCO-designated World Heritage sites.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 14, 2002

Evolution of intelligence

Woody Allen once famously said that the brain was his second favorite organ. And it is well-established that having a big one, as with Allen's "first favorite" organ (I'm guessing he wasn't referring to his liver), confers high status on its owner.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Mar 14, 2002

Junior hoops nearly scores

"Backyard Basketball," a new PC/Macintosh game from Infogrames, is not what you would call a full-fledged simulation. You play most of the game using one button on your mouse, and it only has two professional basketball stars on its roster.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 14, 2002

You win some and you lose some . . .

Ten years ago, on March 12, 1992, this column began its life on these pages. Though it's still "green," when compared with colleagues who have graced The Japan Times for several decades, Our Planet Earth has now appeared more than 245 times.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2002

An inconclusive testimony

Diet testimony given Monday by Liberal Democratic Party legislator Muneo Suzuki proved to be inconclusive. It failed to lift the heavy cloud of doubt hanging over his alleged abuse of power. The central question -- how he used his political clout to favor his friends in government and business -- was...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2002

No alternative to Saudi peace 'vision'

BEIRUT -- There is little new about Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's proposal for full Arab "normalization" with Israel in return for a full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and the establishment of a Palestine state. A vision more than a plan, it leaves vague or unmentioned potential stumbling...
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 13, 2002

Troussier bans media

SUSONO, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japan coach Philippe Troussier, concerned about his players' lack of concentration ahead of two upcoming friendlies, shut out the media Tuesday from the final day of the two-day training camp in Gotenba.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Kanto Bank, Tsukuba Bank eye 2003 merger

Kanto Bank, a regional bank in Ibaraki Prefecture, and Tsukuba Bank, a second-tier regional bank there, said Tuesday they have agreed to merge as part of efforts to ease clients' concerns over their financial health.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Nissan to sell factory site to Buddhists

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will sell most of the site of a former auto plant in western Tokyo to a Buddhist organization for 73.9 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Mobile phone shipments fall 28%

Shipments of mobile phones and PHS handsets in Japan fell 28 percent in January from a year earlier to 3,274,000 units, marking an eighth consecutive month of decline, an industry group said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2002

Forsooth, 'tis surely no great Shakes

"Shakespeare shakes you. The spear of his imagination shakes you, and the story shakes you," said Mark Rylance, artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, in an interview for The Japan Times last October.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Demand for electricity decreases

The nation's gross power demand edged down in 2001 for the first drop since comparative data became available in 1994, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2002

An adopted son of the circus

It was a small advertisement in the paper that led Koichi Yano to one of Canada's leading circus companies, Montreal-based Cirque Eloize. It was 1996, he was in Canada helping his sister settle in and was still under the spell of a recent performance by renowned circus company Cirque du Soleil, also...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Mar 13, 2002

Electric Town project tunes into public art

Typically, from the moment Tokyoites step out the front door, they are subjected to an unrelenting barrage of visual and aural advertising. I've never seen a city that even comes close: Down the street from my place in Kabukicho, squeezed in between the neon signs of a sex club and the golden arches...
SUMO
Mar 13, 2002

Chiyotaikai suffers first loss

OSAKA -- Ozeki Chiyotaikai was toppled by Tosanoumi for his first loss of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday to suffer an early dent in his chances for possible promotion to yokozuna.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Tapping of methane hydrate gas raises energy hopes

An intergovernmental research team has succeeded in tapping methane hydrate in an economically viable gas form for the first time, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2002

What names, things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me

William Shakespeare
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2002

Banks told not to lower efforts

Banks should not become lax in their efforts to dispose of nonperforming loans, despite speculation that the risk of a financial crisis occurring this month has receded, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Mar 13, 2002

Jad Fair: 'Words of Wisdom and Hope'

Though many consider it a dubious distinction, Jad Fair has fashioned a lasting career out of what is essentially a negative musical talent. Willfully ignorant of theory and mostly tone-deaf, Fair, first with his groundbreaking group Half Japanese and more recently as a kind of plug-in solo artist, creates...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2002

In the nihongo words of the Bard . . .

Kazuko Matsuoka is the Shakespeare translator whose work directors and actors in Japan most like to use. A 59-year-old Tokyo resident, she is the translator appointed for the Saitama Arts Theater's project of staging Shakespeare's complete works. To date, she has translated 11 of the plays, and is now...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 13, 2002

The power and the glory of the Prado

It was the age of Spain's Inquisition and its Age of Gold. King Felipe II, who ascended the throne in 1556, lost an "invincible" armada to the fleet of Protestant England, but he also built the breathtaking palace of El Escorial near Madrid. In swift succession, he married four wives from the four great...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Mar 13, 2002

I take it back, gladly

When writing recently about Seiji Ozawa's very successful "New Year's Concert 2002" album, I made a passing reference to his "nasally voiced" nephew, Kenji Ozawa.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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