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Articles in January, 2002 issue of Japan Weekly Monitor

• Strong techs give Nikkei 1st closing gain in 8 days.
• Ex-execs of Kansai Kogin suspected of extending illegal loans.
• Dollar rises to slightly below 131.50 yen in Tokyo.
• Koizumi hails Daiei's bailout for structural reform.
• Japan's industrial output for Nov. drops revised 1.7%.
• Hitachi subcontractor sought illegal means to win tender.
• Man arrested after 28-hour car chase in central Japan.
• Japan's trade surplus plunges 38.3% in 2001.
• FOCUS: Mongolian striving to become top sumo wrestler.
• FOCUS: Daiei restructuring plan calls for cutting to 1 tril.
• Top IMF official urges BOJ to maintain flexible policy.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - BEEF SCANDAL BEGGARS BELIEF.
• 37 journalists killed worldwide in 2001.
• 1,513 perceptible quakes occurred in Japan in 2001.
• Yanagisawa says credit union deposits may be protected fully.
• Asahi becomes No. 1 seller of beer, 'happoshu' in Japan.
• Dollar stays below 131 yen in Tokyo on peso's devaluation.
• LEAD: Japanese bank lending down for 5th year in 2001.
• Daiei finalizing talks with banks on financial help.
• Memorial service held for 9 Ehime Maru victims.
• Snow cuts New Year shrine, temple visitors to 84.91 mil.
• Japan, China to convene panel on setting farm import levels.
• FOCUS: Homemaker fosters friendship with Japanese-Brazilians.
• Police arrest coming-of-agers for violent actions.
• Kajima, 2 secretaries scramble in same project.
• Dollar falls below 132 yen in Tokyo.
• Red Army's Yamamoto gets suspended sentence over passport.
• Daiei announces 3-year restructuring program.
• Kobe quake dead remembered in 7th anniversary ceremonies.
• Ministry to admit inadequate explanations on public works.
• Deputy USTR Huntsman calls for economic growth in Japan.
• Man gets 14 years for holding girl for 9 years.
• Japan revises down key economy gauge for Nov.
• FOCUS: Overseas underworld group behind bogus bills in Japan.
• 14 beached whales found in Kagoshima Pref.
• Court says murder in overseas business trip is work related.
• Anti-Snow Brand, mad cow graffiti painted on cows in Tokushima.
• German firm intends to settle CJD suits in Japan.
• Fast Retailing shares plunge after earnings forecast slashed.
• Tokyo stocks slip after 4-day rise, shrug off weak yen.
• Ex-tax officer faces accusation of tax evasion.
• Tokyo stocks move in boxed range amid wait-and-see mood.
• TOPIX falls below 2001 intraday low on weak banks, techs.
• Coming-of-Age Day events in Japan go more smoothly this year.
• Showa Denko-DuPont unit imports, uses chemical banned in Japan.
• Kitanokazoku seeks court protection from creditors.
• 7 die from suspected hospital bacteria infection.
• Moody's assigns A3 long-term rating to UFJ Bank.
• Maruha asks for okay to sell shares of Yokohama BayStars.
• Tokyo man sentenced to death for 1999 stabbing spree.
• Daiei stock jumps 20% after Mon. slide.
• TOPIX sinks to new post-bubble closing low.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - UNION CAN PRODUCE NEW LIFE.
• Japan's tertiary industry activity posts 1st rise in 5 months.
• Workers' nonlegally mandated fringe benefits dip 2.3% on year.
• Banking ass'n willing to skip debt-waiver norms for Daiei.
• Tokyo stocks lower despite techs gains, Daiei jump.
• Nikkei recovers 10,900 level on Wall St. rise, firm banks.
• Asian editorial excerpts - THE SHAPE OF COOPERATION TO COME.
• Land prices fall in Japan's 8 major residential areas: survey.
• Pop icon Jackson fears flying but raring to entertain Japan.
• No panic in scrapping blanket deposit protection: Yanagisawa.
• Report on 'suspicious people' found false.
• Work on Isahaya project restarts amid protest.
• No one reported malpractice over girl's death.
• TOPIX briefly falls below post-bubble closing low.
• LEAD: UFJ Bank inaugurated through Sanwa, Tokai merger.
• Daiei creditors agree on 420 bil. yen bailout plan.
• New Year poetry reading ceremony held at Imperial Palace.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - SHUNTO'S ROLE BEING TESTED.
• Signs of recovery seen 7 years after big Kobe quake.
• BOJ fails to add 1 tril. yen to market with CP, JGB deals.
• TOPIX falls below low for 2001 on weak techs.
• Hiranuma urges U.S. not to curb steel imports.
• Japan to seek global fight against illegal deforestation.
• Drug-case cover-up by Saitama police revealed.
• Former Kansai Kogin execs arrested over dubious loans.
• Scandal over beef scam hits Snow Brand shares.
• Newspaper ass'n aims for more accessible press clubs.
• Maruha's sale of Yokohama BayStars shares to TBS OK'd.

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