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BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2004

Banks looking to cash in on end of brokering ban

Japanese mega-banking groups are stepping up efforts to launch one-stop financial shops that provide financial services across the board, ranging from banking services to sales of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and insurance policies.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2004

Evidence may back Kim-Yokota link

A government delegation has returned from North Korea with material that may confirm Pyongyang's claim that Kim Chol Jun was the husband of abductee Megumi Yokota, a senior official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2004

Hacker's talk on Juki Net flaws banned?

A citizens' group charged Wednesday that the government pressured organizers of an international security conference to cancel a lecture by an American computer expert who performed a security audit on the government's online resident registry network on behalf of Nagano Prefecture last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2004

Takefuji chief's wiretaps net suspended term

Former Takefuji Corp. Chairman Yasuo Takei was sentenced Wednesday to a suspended three-year prison term for wiretapping and defamation of character.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2004

Calls mount for sanctions on North Korea

Calls to impose economic sanctions on North Korea grew louder Tuesday among the Liberal Democratic Party and relatives of abductees to the reclusive state, who charged that the latest talks in Pyongyang were effectively fruitless.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2004

U.S. steel company drawing a bead on Mitsui Mining

International Steel Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. steelmaker, has notified the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan of its interest in buying Mitsui Mining Co., sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2004

Rakuten allowed to join Keidanren

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on Tuesday approved the entry of online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2004

Work cut out for Australia and Indonesia

SINGAPORE -- John Howard ensured his control over Australian politics for the next four years on Oct. 9 when he swept to an impressive fourth term as prime minister and his Liberal Party-led coalition increased its lead over Labour in both Houses. Howard's victory was attributed to the recent good performance...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2004

'Dirty bomb' threat rising

SYDNEY -- The day terrorists start blackmailing democratic governments with homemade "dirty bombs" is closer than people think. World leaders must act now to prevent such a demonstrable nuclear catastrophe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2004

Strategy maximizes Iraqi civilian deaths

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The stunning revelations that postinvasion Iraqi deaths are three to 10 times higher than any previous estimates will be a major embarrassment for the Bush administration.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 13, 2004

Jol hoping to put a foot in Tottenham's revolving door

LONDON -- Tottenham Hotspur appointed a new man to take charge of the first-team this week -- so, no change there then.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Woman says sumo chief choked her

A 28-year-old woman who works at a Tokyo restaurant has reported to police that Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi assaulted and sexually harassed her, police sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Mob boss ordered to compensate victims' kin

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the head of the nation's largest crime syndicate to pay damages to the family of a police officer who was gunned down by members of an affiliated gang.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Daiei may ask founding family to offer up assets

Daiei Inc. might ask its founding family to bear some responsibility for the company's financial troubles by providing some of its personal assets to help with the retailer's rehabilitation, company sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004

'Manga' account of Nanjing Massacre axed amid protests

Publisher Shueisha Inc. said Thursday it will delete or modify parts of a comic depicting the Nanjing Massacre that were carried by its weekly "manga" edition, when it is published in book form, after assembly members complained that the slaughter never happened.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2004

Five-day-week schools get shorter summer break

To make up for classroom hours lost since the introduction of a five-day school week, students at the 24 junior high schools in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward will lose one week from their summer vacation beginning next year, according to ward officials.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2004

Embassy worker told to pay fine

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered a Japanese employee of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Tokyo to pay a 150,000 yen fine for a traffic accident she caused in 2002 on her way home from escorting a Sri Lankan Cabinet minister to a hotel.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2004

Tension rises in southern Thailand

Unrest continues to grow in southern Thailand. Long-standing grievances are being compounded by government bungling, insensitivity and negligence. Now, even Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra concedes that violence is likely to increase. A failure to properly respond to Muslim complaints will guarantee...
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Toshiba sues ex-partner Hynix over patent infringement case

Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. both in Japan and the United States, claiming it has violated Toshiba's flash memory patents.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2004

China leads but don't count India out

GUATEMALA CITY -- During his visit to India in 2002, the local media fawned over Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. To a considerable degree the deference shown to him was justified on strategic grounds, given that it came during a time of great instability in South Asia. Yet his proclamations concerning economic...
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2004

The fattening of the planet

I t's not just Americans and Japanese sumo wrestlers who are fat nowadays. As a witty commentator put it recently in The Hindu newspaper, the world is round, and so are a growing number of its inhabitants. From New York to New Delhi, nutritionists are sounding the alarm about the rising tide of obesity,...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Japan now has to get serious about greenhouse gases

When Russian President Vladimir Putin put the finishing touches on his country's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, reducing greenhouse gas emissions also moved one notch higher on Japan's policy agenda.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 6, 2004

No call-up for Kazu as Zico names squad

Japan coach Zico scrapped his controversial plan Friday to call up several ex-internationals including striker Kazuyoshi Miura and named an under-strength squad for the national team's upcoming final World Cup qualifier against Singapore.

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