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French free diver Mayol commits suicide.
December 31, 2001

Boy nabbed for taking old man hostage in Tokyo.
December 31, 2001

Tokyo, Seoul start talks on saury catch by S. Korean fishermen.
December 31, 2001

3 killed in Gunma fire, 73-year-old woman arrested.
December 31, 2001

3 robbers steal 10 mil. yen from supermarket in Kofu.
December 31, 2001

Mitsui, Sumitomo to merge construction materials' units Feb. 1.
December 31, 2001

Japan's national wealth falls for 3rd year.
December 31, 2001

350-year-old copy of 8th-century document found.
December 31, 2001

FSA orders Fukushima Bank to take corrective action.
December 31, 2001

Russian reporter gets 4 years for giving secrets to Japan.
December 31, 2001

FSA to conduct inspections of 9 public lenders.
December 31, 2001

Osaka firm, 2 officials accused of evading octopus duties.
December 31, 2001

Nov. supermarket sales in Japan down 4.5%, 36th monthly fall.
December 31, 2001

Japanese Nov. dept. stores sales up 2.3% on year.
December 31, 2001

3 men steal 10 mil. yen from supermarket in Yamanashi Pref.
December 31, 2001

BOJ board rejects foreign bond buying, but some see merits.
December 31, 2001

Papers on man sent to prosecutors over arson, murder-suicide.
December 31, 2001

Ishikawajima-Harima ups earnings forecast due to estate sale.
December 31, 2001

Gov't to earmark 466.2 bil. yen for nuclear-related projects.
December 31, 2001

S&P assigns AA minus rating to JH 1st stand-alone bond.
December 31, 2001

3 men held in armed bank robbery in Higashi-Osaka.
December 31, 2001

Fuji Fire to cut 200 jobs in early retirement program.
December 31, 2001

Sales at beef barbecue restaurants tumble 38% on mad cow scare.
December 31, 2001

Teijin to make Teijin Chemicals wholly owned subsidiary.
December 31, 2001

Foreign workers in Japan up 6.8% in 2001.
December 31, 2001

Nippon Steel, Usinor studying joint production in U.S.
December 31, 2001

Kirin to buy Takeda Chemical's seasoning operation.
December 31, 2001

Suntory, Sankyo to develop nasal drops to treat diabetes.
December 31, 2001

Late Japanese thinker Nishida featured in German 2002 calendar.
December 31, 2001

UFJ to integrate 2 of its London-based group firms in April.
December 31, 2001

Man gets 3-year prison term for starving infant son to death.
December 31, 2001

Kawasaki Heavy to spin off shipbuilding, precision machinery.
December 31, 2001

Sankei to stop publishing Osaka Shimbun.
December 31, 2001

Chiba bar assoc. allegedly failed to report 46 mil. yen taxes.
December 31, 2001

Imai expresses concern over yen's weakness.
December 31, 2001

543 ex-gov't officials land jobs in 'amakudari' practice.
December 31, 2001

DBJ sets 5 bil. yen credit line for Niigata Engineering.
December 31, 2001

Japanese investors have 191.5 bil. yen in Argentine bonds.
December 31, 2001

Japan to reform yen-loan program in July.
December 31, 2001

6,000 students held in 2000 school year over violence.
December 31, 2001

26% of male teens smoke daily, 1996 steps ineffective: poll.
December 31, 2001

Mycal to get nod from court to launch rehabilitation.
December 31, 2001

Panel releases guidelines for graduate law schools.
December 31, 2001

Rengo stresses need to secure employment.
December 31, 2001

Dollar rises to 130 yen, highest since Oct. 1998.
December 31, 2001

Dollar trades near 130 yen in early Tokyo trading.
December 31, 2001

Tokyo stocks move in narrow range in early morning.
December 31, 2001

Dollar hits 3-year high at 130 yen level in Tokyo.
December 31, 2001

Tokyo stocks fall in morning on credit-risk worries.
December 31, 2001

Japan gov't bond futures prices fall in morning.
December 31, 2001

Dollar hits 3-year high at 130 yen level in Tokyo.
December 31, 2001

Gov't trimmed FY 2002 fiscal outlays by 6 tril. yen.
December 31, 2001

Tokyo stocks close lower despite weak yen.
December 31, 2001

Japan gov't bond futures prices close lower.
December 31, 2001

Daiwa Bank to turn Asahi Bank into wholly owned subsidiary.
December 31, 2001

Dollar nears 131 yen in Tokyo on Shiokawa's remarks.
December 31, 2001

Kokusai to dissolve joint subsidiary with Deutsche Bank.
December 31, 2001

Firms growing concerned about effects of weak yen.
December 31, 2001

Japanese editorial excerpts - BEYOND THE FARM-TRADE ROW.
December 31, 2001

10 poems chosen for recitation at imperial ceremony.
December 31, 2001

FOCUS: Japan must take rapid, radical steps to fight mad cow.
December 31, 2001

Ryobi to dissolve Dutch finance unit.
December 31, 2001

Fish feed body to tighten quality control against MBM.
December 31, 2001

Relocated photo archive opens in Hokkaido.
December 31, 2001

Sachiyo Nomura indicted over tax evasion.
December 31, 2001

141 teachers punished for obscene acts in FY 2000.
December 31, 2001

M'bishi, Mitsui to compete in nanotechnology material field.
December 31, 2001

Prosecutors demand death for AUM's Niimi.
December 31, 2001

Matsui Securities to scrap retirement allowance system.
December 31, 2001

Daikyo to separate into condo builder, 2 other firms.
December 31, 2001

Ratio of handicapped workers stands unchanged at 1.49%.
December 31, 2001

MHI to cut workforce by 4,000 over 4 years.
December 31, 2001

Global beer consumption rises 2.6% last year.
December 31, 2001

Dollar keeps nearing 131 yen in Tokyo.
December 31, 2001

Tokyo stocks move in narrow range with Wall St. closed.
December 31, 2001

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