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Articles in March, 2002 issue of Japan Weekly Monitor

• Hayami reiterates call to recapitalize banks: Shiokawa+.
• Gov't steps up probes into Starzen packing center+.
• Japan's wholesale, retail sales fall in Jan. for 12th month+.
• FEATURE: Green tea tops tea-based soft drinks in Japan.
• Index gauging business sentiment on labor worsens+.
• Only 55% of private schools to adopt 5-day school week system.
• Snow Brand Milk to spin off pharmaceutical division into JV+.
• Japan's industrial output falls 1.0% in Jan.+.
• Opposition parties criticize gov't antideflation package+.
• 'Eco-friendly' schools key in helping curb CO2 emissions.
• Gov't to ask banks to pay bad mortgage loans at pension fund.
• Gov't to preserve medical records of recipients of dura mater.
• Japan's economy contracts 1.2% in Oct.-Dec. qtr.
• Ex-accountant admits embezzling 1.4 bil. yen in civil suit.
• Workers to stage rally against economic policies in April.
• Credit Agricole to take 5% stake in Daiwa unit.
• Prosecutors demand 8 years in prison for Itoman defendant Heo.
• Dollar hovers around 128 yen line in early New York trading.
• Outlook of 'economy watchers' improves for 4th month in Feb.
• Tokyo stocks make strong rebound on yen's fall.
• Dollar dips to 131 yen in Tokyo on optimism in stock market.
• State ordered to compensate farmer over O-157 case.
• Cherry blossoms in Japan expected earlier than usual.
• Japan eyes scrapping 2 Russian aid organs over scandals.
• Tokyo stocks snap 4-day winning streak on profit-taking.
• Ito-Yokado allows part-timers to apply for managers' posts.
• Dollar briefly dips to 131 yen in Tokyo.
• FEATURE: Cyclist to travel Japan to tell children about dreams.
• Prima Meat Packers to impose pay cuts of 10-15%.
• Fire officials order Shinjuku building to stay closed.
• FOCUS: Working conditions for migrant workers worsening+.
• Tokyo stocks jump in morning as short-covering continues+.
• Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal announce broad tie-up+.
• Exec held in Shimura Kako share price scheme.
• JH having trouble issuing stand-alone bonds+.
• Workers get Megafloat out of shallows in Mie Pref.+.
• Gov't accepts court settlement in CJD lawsuits+.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - TREPIDATION OVER TRAINING CAMP.
• Dollar moves narrowly near 134.50 yen line in Tokyo+.
• Tokyo stocks slip in morning on selling after gains.
• Yamagata family loses civil suit on son's bullying death.
• China criticizes U.S. 'safeguard' tariffs on steel imports.
• Sluggish consumption presses credit card billing in Jan.
• Couple conspired to remain silent over alleged confinement.
• Supachai wants new WTO trade round concluded in 2004.
• Killer of 2 Hokkaido children gets death sentence.
• Tokyo stocks lower in morning ahead of weekend.
• Police search firms in mail-order investment fraud probe.
• U.S. to reject steel tariff compensation demand by Japan, EU.
• Drop in Jan. unemployment rate may be aberration.
• Japan's key economic gauge below 50% for 13th month.
• Aichi man stole 50 heavy construction machines: sources.
• Yanagisawa says banks should maintain sense of crisis.
• FOCUS: Coming of Wal-Mart spells chaos for Japan retailers.
• Gangster held over death of grad student in Kobe.
• Tax office slaps 12 mil. yen penalty tax on ex-diplomat.
• Jury retires to decide verdict in deadly hostel arson case.
• Business sentiment improves slightly in Feb.: MOF survey.
• Entsuba statue in Hiroshima sculpture park destroyed.
• Hubbard warns Japan not to rely on exports for recovery.
• Ex-Tokyo Shogin head pleads guilty to embezzlement+.
• FOCUS: Firms may be abusing state subsidies for older workers+.
• Sakata Junior College to pay delayed salaries to teachers+.
• Bear gall bladders being illegally smuggled into Japan: group+.
• Misawa asks UFJ to extend 70 bil. yen in assistance+.
• Japan's economic slump may erode ties with U.S.: Barshefsky.
• Japanese editorial excerpts - CREATING NEW DEMAND IS THE KEY.
• Asahi joins Daiwa Bank Holdings, forms 5th largest group+.
• Gov't adopts bill to allow firms to adopt U.S.-style board.
• Rubin calls on Japan to act now to resolve bad-loan problem.
• BOJ leaves ultra-easy monetary grip unchanged.
• Supreme Court holds newspaper responsible for wire reports.
• Plant fire nearly extinguished, evacuees return home.
• Beer, 'happoshu' shipments rise 3.5% in Feb.
• Court orders 80 mil. yen to family of killed student.
• Police search G. Cosmos investment firm in fraud probe.
• High court rejects appeal for compensation over rulings.
• Japan, U.S. can create 'hybrid' corporate culture: Mazda chief.
• 52% of non-hemophiliacs got hepatitis via blood products.
• Yokosuka to campaign to be shooting site for films, TV.

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