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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2001

Japan, India forging a counterbalance

India's explosion of a nuclear device in 1998 marred a fledgling relationship that New Delhi had had with Tokyo. Japan took the lead in condemning India at just about every world forum. This hit India hard diplomatically, and Tokyo's clamping severe economic sanctions against India had still greater...
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

BU alumni to establish scholarship

Japanese graduates of Boston University will establish a scholarship fund to help students of Japanese origin study at the U.S. university, a Tokyo-based alumni association said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 18, 2001

Hoshino officially accepts offer from Hanshin Tigers

Former Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino on Monday officially accepted the Hanshin Tigers offer to take the helm of the Central League team.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Nikko Asset chief takes fall for MMF plunge

Kazuyoshi Kimura, president of Nikko Asset Management Co., will resign to take responsibility for massive cancellations of its money management funds following their price plunge, the company said Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Yasuda, Nissan, Taisei fire insurers call off merger

Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co. said Monday they have formally canceled their agreement to merge because of Taisei Fire's collapse last month.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 18, 2001

Charity tournament seeks soccer teams

The International Friendship Football League will hold its 10th annual five-a-side charity soccer tournament on Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Big Circus Fujitsu Sports Center near Hon-Atsugi Station on the Odakyu railway line.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

Scholars note '99 find of rare sutra copy

Japanese researchers said they have discovered an ancient copy of a legendary Buddhist sutra, written in Sanskrit, in the city of Lhasa.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Sales at Tokyo stores rise 1.5%

Sales at Tokyo department stores rose 1.5 percent in November from a year earlier to 191.27 billion yen, the Japan Department Stores Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

Obituary: Hiroshi Minami

Pioneer social psychologist Hiroshi Minami died early Monday of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 87.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

More females left jobs than were hired in '01 first half

The rate at which female workers lost jobs exceeded that of those who became employed during the first half of 2001, marking the first negative gap in the 10 years that such figures have been recorded, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Dec 18, 2001

U.S. pickup set to revive Tokyo market

Although weak economic fundamentals have been factored into the Tokyo stock market to a large degree, trading currently remains directionless.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Cabinet Office retains negative economic view

The government's dismal economic assessment was left intact in a monthly report issued Monday, although wording used to depict the overall trend has been toned down.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Firms codevelop powerful fuel cell

Kansai Electric Power Co., Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and a research institution said Monday they have developed a new fuel cell that is capable of high power generation and features improved durability.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

JETRO poll finds firms eager to invest in China

A recent survey of companies planning to increase direct overseas investments in the next three years found nearly all of them intend to do so in China, the Japan External Trade Organization said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2001

Sowing the seeds of revolution

Does the end of Taliban rule mean that the people of Afghanistan can now look forward to a new era of peace and freedom? Not according to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, who believe that unless all fundamentalist groups in the country are disarmed, a repeat of the brutality...
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

Build toward Kyoto goals: panel

An advisory panel to the minister of economy, trade and industry proposed Monday taking a staged approach toward a target of reducing green house gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

Security panel sees paradigm shift

An independent global commission dedicated to exploring ways of reducing human suffering and insecurity agreed over two days of meetings in Tokyo that the concept of human security is shifting from the national to the individual level.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2001

BOJ vows action if bank crisis hits

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on Monday pledged the central bank would take action in the event Japan was threatened with another financial-system crisis.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2001

Farewell to the ABM Treaty

Last week, President George W. Bush officially announced that the United States would withdraw from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty. The decision was long anticipated. Mr. Bush and others in his administration never concealed their disdain for the treaty. But the inevitability of the decision makes...
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Dec 18, 2001

Rampaging egos make perfect targets

We human beings are strange creatures. We'll work and slave and sweat blood to turn an idea into reality -- to start a business, compose an opera, run for political office or, most commonly, to create an initiative at our companies. And yet, when we do succeed, we immediately put everything we've worked...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 18, 2001

On top of the world -- but not feeling like it

The high Andes road down the Los Yungas valley from the Bolivian capital, La Paz, loses 3,000 meters altitude in just 80 km.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2001

Fairer pension for women sought

The nation's public pension program, which has long favored the full-time housewife over the full-time working woman, may finally balance the scales, bringing a major impact to women's lifestyles.
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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