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Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2003

Woman wins partial look at school record

A 23-year-old woman in Tokyo has been granted access to part of her elementary school records -- nine years after asking to see the whole document.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2003

A viable two-party system?

In Sunday's election, the voters opted for stability -- with a twist. They gave the three-party ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party a continued mandate to run the country but, at the same time, handed the LDP a slap on the wrist: the loss of a majority in the 480-seat influential Lower...
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2003

One less woman in Lower House

Sunday's general election installed 34 women to the House of Representatives, one fewer than the record high -- under the present Constitution -- of 35 elected in the last Lower House election, in June 2000.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 11, 2003

NCP to disband, merge with LDP

The New Conservative Party will disband and join the Liberal Democratic Party, party executives said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2003

Supreme Court justices pass muster

Nine Supreme Court justices won the confidence of voters as "guardians of the Constitution" in a national review vote held Sunday in tandem with the House of Representatives election, the Central Election Administration Committee said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2003

JDC, Pony Canyon eye movie rights

Japan Digital Contents Inc. has come up with a new way to acquire Hollywood movie copyrights.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2003

Is Japan to mainland Asia what Britain is to Europe?

The European landmass lies to the south and east of Britain, the Asian landmass to the north and west of Japan. A newspaper headline in Britain once famously declared: "Fog over the channel, continent isolated." Japan may lack such endearing chauvinism, but is far more homogeneous and closed as a society...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 9, 2003

Down Under at its fun-filled best

Australia has never really needed any ploys to lure travelers to this vast country. The natural beauty of the rain forests in the north, deserts in the dry interior and mountains in the south, all surrounded by some of the greatest beaches in the world, are more than enough reasons to take a trip Down...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2003

Ministry denies twins citizenship

The Justice Ministry will not accept the birth notification documents for a Japanese couple's twin boys born to an American surrogate mother in the United States last fall, officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2003

IY Bank's 24-hour ATMs turn profit

Seeking to meet consumer needs long ignored by conventional Japanese banks, IY Bank announced a first-half net profit of 104 million yen on Friday.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 8, 2003

Campaign financing still high, murky

"Five pass, four fail."
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2003

Railways, banks tie up to install ATMs at stations

More and more banks are entering arrangements with railways to set up automated teller machines in stations.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2003

Serbia envoy visits to woo investors

Goran Pitic, Serbian minister of international economic relations, expressed confidence Wednesday that Japanese companies will start investing in his country, given its rapid economic growth and political stability.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2003

Experts find falls in electricity usage correlate with disaster-zone damage

Japanese researchers may have found a way to immediately gauge the severity of earthquakes and other natural disasters by viewing sudden drops in electricity usage.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 5, 2003

Fate of justices in voters' hands

In the shadow of intense campaigning for Sunday's Lower House election, nine people are quietly waiting for voters to decide whether they deserve to stay in the nation's top judicial posts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2003

Hawaii telescope discovers galaxy far, far away

Researchers using Japan's Subaru telescope in Hawaii have discovered a galaxy 12.9 billion light-years from Earth -- the most distant found to date.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 5, 2003

Takatsu thinking big

Yakult Swallows right-hander Shingo Takatsu on Tuesday opted to exercise his free agency and is hoping to land a deal with a major league club.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2003

Marines make Valentine feel 'wanted and needed'

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine returned to Japanese baseball Monday, signing a three-year deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2003

Support for both LDP, DPJ growing stronger, poll shows

Some 40 percent of voters recently surveyed by Kyodo News said they support the Liberal Democratic Party, up about 6.4 percentage points from the time of the 2000 general election.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 3, 2003

Valentine, Marines seal deal

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine has agreed to return to Japan to manage the Lotte Marines of the Pacific League, the team's general manager told Kyodo News.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2003

North Korean no-war pact not in the cards

HONOLULU -- Behind all the diplomatic, and some not so diplomatic, rhetoric in the confrontation between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are three basic reasons why U.S. President George W. Bush will not offer the North Koreans the nonaggression pact they demand....
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2003

Giants interested in acquiring Tuffy

The Yomiuri Giants are looking to acquire Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes after the slugger hit a snag in negotiations for a multiyear contract with his present club, baseball sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2003

Expats show little interest in elections at home

Japanese expatriates are showing little interest in voting in the upcoming general election, a problem the Foreign Ministry blames on the complex registration system.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2003

LDP still spells state largess to rural voters

HONJO, Akita Pref. -- Gigantic pillars soar toward the sky in a mountainous area 7 km north of the city of Honjo in southern Akita Prefecture, symbolizing the power of Kanezo Muraoka.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 1, 2003

Gerri Sorrells

Born in Tokyo, Gerri Sorrells is credited with being an original "bi-lin gal" who used two languages in her first work for NHK TV. At the time she was still an undergraduate student in the International Division of Sophia University, Tokyo. Undertaking outside professional work while she was studying...
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2003

Tokyo CPI falls for 49th straight month

The key gauge of consumer prices in Tokyo fell 0.1 percent in October from a year earlier, marking a record 49th straight month of decline, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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