Articles from Japan Weekly Monitor (September 2, 2002)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Would-be' robber in Kochi asks police how to rob a bank+.			184
11 cable TV operators to join up and offer IP phone service+.			207
18,425 workers lose jobs due to bankruptcies in July+.			140
2 killed, 1 critically hurt in vehicle collision+.			99
2 Turks held over vending machine thefts+.			97
2 unauthorized farm chemicals sold in 30 prefectures: ministry+.			187
2,600 registry notices fail to reach Kanazawa locals+.			190
28 nations provide flood relief to Germany, Japan not on list+.			148
2nd man linked to arrested police inspector kills self+.			233
30% of 'organic' soybean products genetically modified+.			122
4 plead guilty to murder in insurance scam+.			439
5 ex-Snow Brand execs plead guilty in labeling scam+.			245
839 mentally ill forcibly hospitalized for more than 20 years+.			145
Aeon postpones resumption of selling Nippon Meat products+.			166
Agrochemical residue found in Chinese mushrooms+.			487
All banks may be required to introduce settlement-only deposit+.			201
Aomori man thinks he was tricked into paying money to Chilean+.			462
Arai-Gumi to come under wing of Konoike+.			641
Armitage urges Japan to mull support for U.S. attack on Iraq+.			626
Artist to exhibit bird nests in N.Y. for 'hope of new life'+.			502
BizTrend: High-rise buildings changing landscape of Tokyo+.			677
Chile house of embezzler's wife sold for 74 million yen+.			239
Chilean court set to auction Alvarado's house+.			263
Chilean wife of alleged embezzler will fight to keep property+.			169
Chisan files for court protection with debts of 320 bil. yen+.			352
Collapsed Taisei Fire to repay more to corporate customers+.			174
Core Tokyo consumer prices down for 35th month+.			376
Court rejects lawsuit seeking to change gender in registry+.			233
Creditors approve Taisei Fire's rehabilitation plan+.			122
Cuts expected in 84 tril. yen budget requests for FY 2003+.			351
Daiei to consolidate 4 group firms in Fukuoka+.			237
Daiei's Takagi to spearhead sales revival drive+.			330
Daiwa Bank Holdings president to become head of Resona Bank+.			165
Dollar approaches 120 yen in early Tokyo deals+.			163
Dollar briefly plunges to 117 yen level in N.Y.+.			129
Dollar climbs to middle of 118 yen in Tokyo on buybacks+.			443
Dollar drops to lower end of 118 yen in morning+.			253
Dollar drops to near 119 yen line in morning+.			271
Dollar eases to upper end of 117 yen in Tokyo morning deals+.			283
Dollar eases to upper end of 117 yen level in Tokyo+.			483
Dollar falls below 119 yen in Tokyo on profit-taking+.			472
Dollar firms around 119 yen line in early Tokyo deals+.			199
Dollar firms to upper half of 119 yen in Tokyo+.			450
Dollar hovers above 118 yen line in early Tokyo deals+.			181
Dollar hovers in mid-119 yen level in early Tokyo deals+.			156
Dollar little changed at upper half of 119 yen at midday+.			283
Dollar recovers to 118.30 yen in early Tokyo deals+.			179
Dollar rises to lower half of 118 yen in morning+.			299
Empress Michiko to attend Sept. book confab in Switzerland+.			208
Ex-FSA chief heads NPO to promote know-how on stock deals+.			152
Ex-Kokumin Bank chief gets 30-month prison term+.			229
Farm ministry probing all unopened Nippon Food beef+.			685
Farm ministry steps up probe into Nippon Meat beef scam+.			575
Farm ministry to set rules on banning food imports+.			200
Fitch leaves ratings on major Japanese banks unchanged+.			301
FOCUS: Assistant univ. professor talks about students+.			506
FOCUS: Discrimination against women at workplaces still exists+.			438
FOCUS: Employment times tough for female university grads+.			511
FOCUS: Graduates working part-time after leaving university+.			523
FOCUS: Japanese imam understands true meaning of Islam+.			991
FOCUS: Job-hunting adviser to students seeing brisk business+.			501
FOCUS: Real information gathering important for job seekers+.			486
Food Agency to be disbanded, ending 54-year-old history+.			167
Forest fire on Honjima Island extinguished+.			41
FSA seeks 1 tril. yen for regional banks+.			486
FSA to request 1 tril. yen allocation in FY 2003 budget+.			258
FTC orders 32 seed distributors to scrap price cartel+.			201
FY 2003 budget requests to total 84.02 tril. yen+.			689
FY 2003 general-account framework to total 84 tril. yen+.			314
German wood producer found to have violated JAS rules+.			139
Gov't applies revival law to troubled Daikyo+.			115
Gov't panel eyes moving FTC to Cabinet Office in FY 2003+.			537
Gov't plans to raise refund limit for merged banks for 2 yrs+.			369
Gov't tax panel head opposes corporate tax cut in near future+.			303
Hyogo police files charges against 'exorcist' in girl's death+.			244
Imports of foreign picture books rising+.			243
Int'l psychiatry confab in Yokohama ends+.			93
Ito dolphin hunters propose 'humane' dolphin slaughter+.			267
Jailed mobster allegedly swindles family out of 13 mil. yen+.			245
Japan braces for S. Korean demand to rename Sea of Japan+.			336
Japan calls off retaliation plan over U.S. steel tariffs+.			363
Japan firms to comply with new U.S. rule on accounting forms+.			193
Japan gov't bond futures prices down in morning+.			79
Japan gov't bond futures prices down on profit-taking+.			85
Japan gov't bond futures prices up in morning+.			81
Japan gov't bond futures prices up in morning+.			99
Japan gov't bond futures prices up on brisk buying+.			89
Japan gov't bond futures prices up on buying in cash bonds+.			89
Japan IT investment to grow only 1.3% in 2002: survey+.			159
Japan steel industry body welcomes U.S. ITC ruling+.			147
Japan steelmakers pressured by weak demand, competition: S&P+.			215
Japan to release GDP data for July-Sept. qtr Nov. 13+.			123
Japan's April-June GDP up 0.5%, 1st rise in 5 qtrs+.			825
Japan's industrial output down 0.4% in July on month+.			314
Japan's July jobless rate unchanged at 5.4%+.			603
Japan's population at 126 mil., marks lowest yearly increase+.			319
JGBs extend gains, yield on 10-year hits new 14-month low+.			151
JGBs extend gains, yield on 10-year renewing 14-month low+.			136
JGBs rally, yield on 10-yr issue lowest in 14 months+.			181
Johannesburg summit on sustainable development opens+.			521