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EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2004

Security bills merit deliberation

For all the talk about defending the country against possible armed attacks from abroad, Japan has no legal framework for protecting civilian populations in these national emergencies. Now, belatedly but necessarily, the government is seeking Diet approval of such legislation as a followup to the military...
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2004

Municipal merger law to be updated

The Cabinet endorsed three bills Tuesday to update legislation to promote mergers of local administrations.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2004

TSE lauded for bypassing bureaucrats

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday praised a planned move by Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. to appoint people from the private sector -- and not former bureaucrats -- to top management, saying they are more likely to "energize" Japan's largest bourse.
COMMENTARY
Mar 8, 2004

Northeast Asian safety valve

The six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons held in Beijing late last month ended without agreement on ways of achieving the complete abandonment of Pyongyang's nuclear programs. Little progress was made toward resolving differences between the North on one side and Japan, the United States...
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2004

Economy expanded again in January

The government said Friday that its key gauge of the state of the economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the ninth straight month in January.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2004

Coalition readies bill to bar North Korea ships

The two ruling parties agreed at an executive meeting Wednesday to seek passage during the current Diet session of a bill aimed at giving Japan another tool to impose economic sanctions unilaterally on North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2004

DPJ lawmaker denies taking aide's pay

A senior lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Japan denied Tuesday he registered as his publicly paid secretary a woman who did not work for his office.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2004

22% say foreigners' rights secondary to locals'

Foreigners in Japan should not expect to have the same human rights protections here as Japanese, 21.8 percent of respondents in a fiscal 2002 survey said.
COMMENTARY
Mar 3, 2004

Secret operations rock Blair's boat

LONDON -- From the moment Tony Blair let it be known that he had decided to send troops to Iraq, his days of smooth government were over. The decision unleashed all the dark forces of suspicion and a sense of illegality that are usually contained by democratic institutions. As the prime minister battles...
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2004

Northrop Grumman chief doesn't expect Japan competition

A U.S. defense industry leader said Tuesday in Tokyo that Japanese weapons manufacturers are unlikely to emerge as major competitors to their American rivals, even if Tokyo lifts its decades-old embargo on arms exports.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2004

Koizumi eyes postal reform chief

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he will appoint a special minister this summer to oversee privatization of the postal services, hoping the appointment will help complete the reform by 2007.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2004

Six-nation working group to meet in March ahead of full talks

The six countries holding talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program are expected to set up a working group by the end of the month to prepare for their next meeting.
COMMENTARY
Mar 1, 2004

Asian tale of two technologies

MANILA -- Media developments influence not only our private lives, but also affect the way our societies and politics are organized. Before coming to the Philippines two years ago, I spent nearly six years in South Korea. In both countries, I observed the impact of media on political and social developments....
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2004

Ammo provision added to U.S. logistic support pact

Tokyo and Washington signed an amendment Friday to a bilateral agreement governing reciprocal provision of logistics support, supplies and services between the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. forces stationed in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2004

Trial facts, figures make it one of biggest

The facts and figures surrounding Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara's almost eight-year trial are extraordinary.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2004

Rivalry threatens Sri Lankan ceasefire

COLOMBO -- There are growing fears that the recent political turmoil in Sri Lanka will seriously hamper the internationally supported effort to end the two decades of ethnic strife between the majority Buddhist Sinhalese and the minority Hindu Tamils.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2004

Japan set to play sanction card

Japan may impose economic sanctions on North Korea if the standoff over its nuclear threat and the abduction issue is prolonged, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda hinted Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

IMF exec backs yen intervention

Japan's yen-selling intervention against the dollar is appropriate due to the country's limited policy options to rescue the economy from deflation, Horst Koehler, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2004

Final bills on attack response await OK

The government on Tuesday released the details of seven bills that would govern the legal procedures Japan must follow to respond to an armed attack.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2004

Japan's Iraq role wins praise of Annan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday won a desperately needed endorsement from U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan for Japan's engagement in postwar aid missions in Iraq.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2004

Researchers' technologies increasingly being used by ventures

University researchers are gradually leaving their ivory towers to cooperate with businesspeople and utilize the technology they have developed.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2004

Diet dean Yamanaka, LDP's sales tax champion, dies at 82

Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Sadanori Yamanaka, who influenced the nation's tax policies in the 1980s as a champion for the consumption tax, died Friday at Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo. He was 82.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2004

Loose-lipped lay judges face penalties

A government bill on judicial reform to be submitted to the current Diet session stipulates a maximum penalty of one year in prison or 500,000 yen in fines for lay judges who fail to observe confidentiality.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2004

No time for bill on dual surnames

The Diet will probably not be able to work on a planned bill to allow married couples to have different surnames during its current session, Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa said Tuesday, citing the tight legislative schedule.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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