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LIFE / Digital
Jan 24, 2002

DrKW starts fantasy stock trading game

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein on Monday launched a nine-week online fantasy stock trading game aimed at university students considering a career in investment banking.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2002

Labor bureaus asked to localize job aid

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi on Wednesday called on the ministry's 47 prefectural labor bureaus to tailor their unemployment measures to the needs of their respective areas.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jan 24, 2002

E.T. has left the building

The year was 1982. Steven Spielberg shattered all box-office records that summer with a movie called "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" about an ugly but good-natured space alien named E.T. who gets stranded on Earth.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
Jan 24, 2002

Twin peaks offer a double take on plants

The summit of Mount Tsukuba in southern Ibaraki Prefecture has two peaks, one regarded as female and the other as male. Rising to 876 meters, with a shrine on the top dedicated to Izanami no Mikoto, the female creator deity, Nyotaisan is just 6 meters higher than Nantaisan, topped by a shrine to the...
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2002

Iranian foreign minister denies arms-smuggling allegations

Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Wednesday denied Israeli allegations his country tried to smuggle arms on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2002

Snow Brand unit admits to mad cow subsidy scam

Snow Brand Food Co. admitted Wednesday that it misidentified Australian beef as domestic to take advantage of a government subsidy introduced after the mad cow disease outbreak.
EDITORIALS
Jan 23, 2002

On track toward a new Afghanistan

With participating countries and organizations committed to making positive contributions to Afghan recovery and reconstruction, the Tokyo conference took a major step toward bringing civility and democracy to the war-ravaged country. Sixty-one nations and 21 international organizations pledged grants...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Japan preparing to salvage ship sunk in shootout

Japan is preparing to salvage the mystery ship that sank last month in a battle with coast guard vessels in the East China Sea, Chikage Ogi said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Police investigations hit record high; solutions fall

The number of criminal investigations in Japan hit a record-high 2.74 million in 2001, up 12 percent from the year before, while the resolution rate fell to a record-low 19.8 percent, down 3.8 percentage points, according to a National Police Agency survey released Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2002

Get market forces on the side of reform

There are episodes in history that deservingly draw our attention -- some very small in scale but major in impact. In American history, one such moment at the start of the Revolutionary War has come to be known as "the shot that rang through the world." Another such momentous event recently appeared...
SUMO
Jan 23, 2002

Tochiazuma leads at 10-0

Tochiazuma manhandled former ozeki Dejima to emerge as the sole undefeated wrestler Tuesday after komusubi Kotomitsuki and ozeki Chiyotaikai both fell to their first losses due to concentration lapses at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

'Harry Potter' books crack 10 million

Over 10 million Japanese versions of the immensely popular "Harry Potter" book series have been published in Japan, a Japanese publishing company said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Facing fraud charges, disgraced bureaucrat pledges to pay his debt

A former Foreign Ministry official pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding the government of 422 million yen by padding hotel bills during meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Osaka in 1995.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 23, 2002

'The Hawk' looks for second chance in Japan

Situation Wanted: Strong, healthy, 31-year-old left-handed pitcher seeks employment on the pitching staff of one of Japan's 12 professional baseball teams. Five years' major-league experience with the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians and two years in Japan with the Yakult Swallows....
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 23, 2002

Buffaloes making plans for Wilson

OSAKA -- The Kintetsu Buffaloes are set to sign outfielder Nigel Wilson, who was released by the Nippon Ham Fighters after the 2001 season, Kintetsu president Mitsuru Nagai said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2002

Koizumi eyes deflation with extra budget

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated Tuesday his resolve to avoid a deflationary spiral by compiling a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2001.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Japanese tourists stayed home in '01

Japanese travelers made 16.2 million trips abroad in 2001, down by 1.6 million from a year earlier, according to a Justice Ministry report released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2002

Keidanren mission to visit Southeast Asian countries

The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said Tuesday it will dispatch a mission to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam from March 28 to April 6.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2002

Nomura group net profits down 79%

Nomura Holdings Inc. said Tuesday its group net profits dived 79 percent in the April-December period from a year earlier to 28.60 billion yen.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Hospital deaths share bacteria strain

The serratia bacteria detected in six patients who died at a Tokyo hospital appear to be from the same strain, tests results showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jan 23, 2002

Finance Ministry rethinks weak-yen policy

Alerted by a faster-than-expected fall in the yen's value and the outcry from other Asian countries about the weak yen, the Finance Ministry appears to be having second thoughts on its foreign-exchange policy.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2002

Tepco enters gas market in deal with Nippon Steel

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will sell 30,000 tons of natural gas to Nippon Steel Corp. on an annual basis beginning in 2003, marking Tepco's first move into the natural gas retail market, sources close to the deal said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 23, 2002

Bygone grandeur revisited

Museums are usually places for looking at things in, not places to look at themselves. Some, though -- like Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York -- are works of art in their own right, and the Teien Art Museum in Shirokanedai, Tokyo, falls squarely into that category.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 23, 2002

Revamped MOMAT opens with unfinished business

With "The Unfinished Century," its first exhibition since its renovation, the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, offers a comprehensive selection of works spanning the entire 20th century. The museum, and not only its exhibits, has become more comprehensive, too -- its improved facilities including a digital...

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