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| 10 hospitalized after pickpockets spray tear gas on train. |
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171 |
| 10-year bond auction smooth despite increase in amount. |
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197 |
| 199 malpractice suits targeted state hospitals since 1995. |
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427 |
| 2 major Japanese sugar makers to unify production. |
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161 |
| 2 nabbed for allegedly bilking Nagoya firm out of 42 mil. yen. |
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292 |
| 2 Singaporeans indicted in Japan for drug smuggling. |
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101 |
| 2ND LD: Int'l meeting on acid rain in Niigata mulls declaration. |
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359 |
| 2nd-tier regional banks eye safety net for large-lot deposits. |
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392 |
| 3 Japanese trust banks revise profit forecasts downward. |
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186 |
| 3 online brokerages to sell IPOs over Internet. |
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137 |
| 3RD LD: Failed Sogo abandons rehabilitation plans for 9 stores. |
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629 |
| 4 major firms to begin joint broad-band cable TV services. |
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137 |
| 4TH LD: Failed Sogo abandons rehabilitation plans for 9 stores. |
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630 |
| 50 leading banks to set up online forex market. |
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279 |
| 6 arrested over bogus 10,000-yen banknotes used in Yokohama. |
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162 |
| 76% of Japanese want to be informed if ill with cancer: paper. |
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205 |
| Aiwa suffers poor half-year earnings, president to resign. |
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397 |
| American trade expert urges Japan-U.S. open marketplace. |
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481 |
| Asahi Chemical to pull out of rayon business. |
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192 |
| Asahi Soft Drinks to withdraw Wonda canned coffee drink. |
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239 |
| AUM cultist nabbed for allegedly faking resident registration. |
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248 |
| Bandai ups profit forecast on better sales of character toys. |
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134 |
| Brokerage organization to revise policies on online trading. |
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237 |
| Civil servants to be paid partly in 2,000-yen banknotes. |
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126 |
| CORRECTED: Kao develops recyclable paper bottles. |
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207 |
| CORRECTED: Tokyo consumer prices down 1.2% in Oct. |
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305 |
| Daiwa Securities Group reports 48% midterm net profit fall. |
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199 |
| Dept. store sales make 1st gain in 7 months in Sept. |
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265 |
| Dollar almost unchanged against yen in early Tokyo. |
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91 |
| Dollar barely changed against yen in Tokyo. |
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374 |
| Dollar changes little against yen in early Tokyo trading. |
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137 |
| Dollar changes little against yen in early Tokyo trading. |
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159 |
| Dollar changes little against yen in early Tokyo trading. |
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89 |
| Dollar edges down against yen in Tokyo. |
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360 |
| Dollar edges up against yen in Tokyo. |
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383 |
| Dollar hardly moves against yen in Tokyo. |
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321 |
| Dollar hovers narrowly against yen in Tokyo morning. |
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320 |
| Dollar inches up against yen in Tokyo morning. |
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319 |
| Dollar stays steady against yen in Tokyo morning deals. |
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310 |
| Dollar stuck in tight band against yen in Tokyo. |
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412 |
| EPA reports new GDP calculation method to cabinet meeting. |
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395 |
| EU calls on Japan to create environment to foster investment. |
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236 |
| FEATURE: Taiwan's popular pearl tea makes debut in Japan. |
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669 |
| Firms reporting taxable income hits new low of 30.7%. |
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322 |
| Flu-caused brain disease cases down in 1st qtr. |
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128 |
| FOCUS: Controversial 1997 Transplant Law faces revision calls. |
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735 |
| FOCUS: New banknote circulation low after 4 months. |
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702 |
| Food product containing banned corn variety found. |
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230 |
| Foreign-brand cigarettes account for 25% market share. |
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197 |
| Former Osaka public hospital head indicted over bribery. |
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183 |
| FSA announces draft guidelines on setting up online bourses. |
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209 |
| Gov't bond futures prices close higher. |
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121 |
| Gov't bond futures prices down on position-adjustment. |
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111 |
| Gov't bond futures prices slightly down. |
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147 |
| Gov't bond futures prices slightly down. |
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80 |
| Gov't bond futures prices up 1st time in 4 days. |
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133 |
| Gov't IT panel to present report by Nov. 6. |
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162 |
| Gov't panel eyes abolition of national bar exam. |
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476 |
| Gov't to put bidding for public works projects online. |
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107 |
| Group of suspected burglars netted 750 mil. yen: police. |
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117 |
| H.I.S. Kyoritsu ordered to suspend online stock trading. |
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237 |
| Haseko revises upward pretax profit forecast to 2.5 bil. yen. |
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211 |
| Hazama revises forecast upward for FY2000 1st half. |
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191 |
| Hikari Tsushin falls below 2,000 yen on TSE. |
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92 |
| Int'l confab on tourism starts in Osaka Pref. |
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131 |
| Int'l hot air balloon festival at Saga scheduled for Nov. 1-5. |
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241 |
| Int'l team to examine poison-gas bombs in Hokkaido. |
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342 |
| JAL hijacker expresses concern over daughter coming to Japan. |
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368 |
| Japan claim on CO2 cut by forest absorption partly rejected. |
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350 |
| Japan consumer prices likely to stop falling: EPA's Sakaiya. |
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157 |
| Japan grants 1st Iran trade insurance in 8 years to mobile deal. |
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359 |
| Japan Lung Cancer Society to adopt nonsmoking declaration. |
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302 |
| Japan retail, wholesale sales down 1.0% in Sept. |
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253 |
| Japan Securities Journal files for bankruptcy. |
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124 |
| Japan to file complaint with WTO over U.S. antidumping bill. |
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292 |
| Japan's household spending up 1.0% in Sept. |
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270 |
| Japan, Canada, EU jointly protest U.S. antidumping bill. |
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286 |
| Japan, S. American common market agree to promote cooperation. |
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175 |
| Japan, U.S. to hold 2-day talks on financial services. |
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131 |
| Japan-backed project in Egypt delayed due to fund shortage. |
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199 |
| Japanese editorial excerpts=FREE-TRADE AGREEMENTS. |
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410 |
| Japanese singer Kato to be new U.N. goodwill ambassador. |
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155 |
| JT official sentenced for selling counterfeit cigarettes. |
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217 |
| Kao develops recyclable paper bottles. |
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208 |
| Kobe Steel to sell stake in Malaysian unit to local firm. |
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162 |
| Kuroyanagi wins UNICEF's 'Leadership for Children Award'. |
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158 |
| Kyodo News to start construction of new headquarters. |
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222 |
| Kyoei Life's trustee picks Prudential as revival backer. |
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329 |
| LEAD: 1 man held, 1 questioned over kidnap of woman in Yokohama. |
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355 |
| LEAD: 3 life insurers to set up joint venture. |
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234 |
| LEAD: BOJ policy-maker opposes setting inflation target. |
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349 |
| LEAD: Euro falls to new low against dollar in London. |
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189 |
| LEAD: Group to discuss return of hijackers' kin with gov't. |
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528 |
| LEAD: Japan ready to proceed with return of... |
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413 |
| LEAD: Japan's oldest human habitation unearthed. |
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317 |
| LEAD: Japan's Sept. industrial output falls 3.4%. |
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289 |
| LEAD: Kintetsu, Kyoto Kintetsu dept. stores to merge in Feb. |
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299 |
| LEAD: Lions' Matsuzaka fined for driving without license. |
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262 |
| LEAD: Nippon Life, 3 nonlife insurers agree to form alliance. |
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593 |
| LEAD: No eruption at Mt. Komagatake, observatory says. |
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129 |
| LEAD: Panel to ask elderly to shoulder social security costs. |
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450 |
| LEAD: Sakura Bank, Mitsui Life, Mitsui Marine seek alliance. |
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413 |
| LEAD: Sept. supermarket sales dip, match longest slump ever. |
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164 |
| LEAD: Tokio Marine, Kyoei Mutual to target shinkin customers. |
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293 |
| LEAD: Trading in NKK, Kawasaki halted, to resume at 12:30 p.m. |
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162 |
| Local gov't workers' salaries cut for 2nd year in a row. |
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233 |
| Man arrested for secretly shooting in school toilet. |
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249 |
| Margin buying in Japan down for 5th straight week. |
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144 |
| Matsushita Communication to make mobile phones in Czech Rep. |
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182 |
| Ministry sets up team to deal with Sogo-related job losses. |
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156 |
| Mitsubishi revises upward group net profit on stock sales. |
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114 |
| Mitsui Sugar, Shin-Meito Sugar to merge next April. |
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242 |
| Miyazawa says CPI fall stems from weak demand. |
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243 |
| Mizuho, Monex to sell mutual fund based on sales of software. |
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370 |
| Moody's downplays tie-up by Nippon Life, 3 nonlifers. |
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164 |
| Moody's, S&P downgrade Kyoei's ratings. |
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132 |
| Mori to commend judo gold medalist Tamura. |
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266 |
| Most households uninterested in stock investment. |
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306 |
| Nasdaq Japan to raise 5.2 bil. yen via private placement. |
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172 |
| NEC to name 5 new outside directors. |
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116 |
| New GDP calculation method means real GDP grew in FY 1997: EPA. |
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294 |
| Nikkei closes below 15,000 on lower Nasdaq. |
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440 |
| Nikkei finishes morning below 15,000. |
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366 |
| Nikkei index rebounds on earnings reports hopes, TOPIX falls. |
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442 |
| Nikkei marks lowest closing in over 19 months. |
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439 |
| Nikkei slightly down in morning. |
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267 |
| Nikkei up in morning, TOPIX down. |
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390 |
| Nikko Securities report 30.1% drop in interim group profit. |
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205 |
| Nippon Shinpan's Inter-Lease to file for liquidation. |
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175 |
| Novel laureate Shirakawa to get cultural award. |
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325 |
| Oita insurance man robs post office taking time out from work. |
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286 |
| Opposition leader vows to continue hunger strike. |
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212 |
| Osaka religious pair freed over bodies of 5 relatives. |
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188 |
| OSE signs provisional accord to absorb Kyoto bourse. |
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218 |
| OSE to list Dow tracker fund. |
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186 |
| OSE, Dow Jones to enter comprehensive derivatives tie-up. |
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283 |
| Over 120 bil. yen in public funds needed for Sogo losses. |
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319 |
| Prudential Life to honor 36 youths for volunteer work. |
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114 |
| Rengo to open academy to educate future union leaders. |
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233 |
| Roppongi man indicted on charge of raping Canadian woman. |
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217 |
| S&P affirms A ratings on Fuji Xerox, Fuji Xerox Finance. |
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190 |
| S&P affirms long- and short-term ratings on Fuji Photo. |
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183 |
| S&P cuts Ube Industries' public information rating. |
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140 |
| Sakura Bank, Mitsui Life, Mitsui Marine announce tie-up deal. |
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219 |
| Sanwa Bank shelves Internet bank plan. |
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153 |
| Sculpture presented by France set up in Tokyo's Odaiba area. |
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130 |
| Shiseido to sell new makeup line for all skin colors. |
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183 |
| Shizuoka Bank, Tokyo-Mitsubishi to form joint brokerage. |
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111 |
| Singers of Japan, S. Korea sign for friendship agreement. |
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357 |
| Smoking rate hits record low of 32.9% among adults, JT says. |
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285 |
| Softbank denies bailout plans for failed Kyoei Life Insurance. |
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236 |
| Sogo plans to close 9 stores by January if no takers. |
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233 |
| Sony airlifts PlayStation2 to U.S., Canada. |
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163 |
| Sony to integrate global treasury transactions in new unit. |
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128 |
| Special disaster unit holds drill in Tokyo. |
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146 |
| Stock prices not reflecting state of economy, Miyazawa says. |
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111 |
| Sumitomo Metal puts up extra provisions to pay JCO indemnity. |
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325 |
| Swedish scientist says firms must be socially responsible. |
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337 |
| Tokai, Sakura sharply revise downward pretax profit forecasts. |
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267 |
| Tokyo Broadcasting ups earnings forecast on improved revenues. |
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137 |
| Tokyo consumer prices down 1.2% in Oct. |
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302 |
| Tokyo police develop alarm to foil picklocks. |
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124 |
| Tokyo stocks close lower. |
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479 |
| Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street gain. |
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160 |
| Tokyo stocks open lower, high-techs weak. |
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167 |
| Tokyo stocks open moderately higher. |
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170 |
| Tokyo stocks open moderately lower. |
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180 |
| Tokyo stocks rebound following Dow's gain. |
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388 |
| TSE grills Liquid Audio following arrest of former chief. |
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366 |
| U.S. economic downturn may affect Japanese stock markets. |
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164 |
| U.S. not to use Section 201 to arrest steel import surge. |
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234 |
| Univ. of Tokyo searched for employing arrested AUM cultist. |
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439 |
| Winners of prestigious Japan art award meet the press in Tokyo. |
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241 |
| Xerox announces downsizing plan, will sell Fuji Xerox shares. |
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202 |
| Yield on 10-year gov't bond up in morning deals. |
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98 |
| Yield on 10-year gov't bond up in morning. |
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119 |
| Yield on 10-year gov't bond up in morning. |
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80 |
| Zenrosai stays top earner of firms closing books in May. |
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198 |