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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006

Japan soccer chief blasts American baseball ump

Japan Football Association chief Saburo Kawabuchi on Monday blasted an American umpire for a controversial call in Japan's 4-3 defeat to the United States in their World Baseball Classic second-round game and said it has "left an ugly blot" on the inaugural competition.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006

Korea downs Mexico on Lee's two-run blast

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Lee Seung Yeop didn't leave his power stroke at Tokyo Dome.
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Mar 14, 2006

Arakawa in no rush to make future plans

Turin Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa said Monday she has yet to make up her mind on whether to turn professional and will not be rushed into making a decision on her future.
EDITORIALS
Mar 14, 2006

Breathing room for detainees

The treatment of suspects arrested for questioning in criminal cases and of defendants undergoing trial has long been a human-rights issue in Japan. This problem will be partially resolved by a government bill to be sent to the Diet. Still, a bigger problem exists: the use of police holding cells as...
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Risk of prostate cancer not linked to physique, study says

Japanese men, whether overweight or slim, have a similar chance of developing prostate cancer, a health ministry research team reported Sunday in a finding that conflicts with U.S. and European studies, which mainly blame obesity for the prevalence of the disease.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Net boards venue for faceless rightists

OSAKA -- They are called "Net uyoku," or Internet rightwingers.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Architect group to offer directory of highly trained members

A nationwide organization of architects will publicize later this month the names and addresses of architects who have taken training courses on the latest technologies and construction regulations, the group said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

System targets bioterror, flu threats

A national center for infectious disease surveillance has begun building a system aimed at detecting early signs of bioterrorism and new types of influenza based on factors that include a slight increase in the number of emergency patients, center officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Obituary: Toko Adachi

Flower arrangement grand master Toko Adachi died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital Friday, her family said Monday. She was 69.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Iwakuni vote won't halt U.S. move: Abe

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JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

'Entertainer' sponsors to be mob-free

Parties linked to underworld syndicates will be prohibited starting June 1 from sponsoring foreigners coming into Japan on entertainer visas, the Justice Ministry announced in its public bulletin Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

Jack Welch to teach for Ohmae

Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., will teach a distance-education program in partnership with Business Breakthrough Inc., a provider of business-related content via satellite television and the Internet, the firm announced Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

Quarter GDP revised to 1.3%

The economy grew by a real 1.3 percent from October to December 2005 from the previous quarter, revised downward from the 1.4 percent rise reported initially, as capital spending declined, particularly among businesses, the government said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

TSE elects to delist Livedoor

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Monday it will delist scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. and subsidiary Livedoor Marketing Co. from its Mothers market for emerging firms on April 14 due to alleged accounting fraud.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Koizumi plans to visit Bush in U.S. in June

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will make an official visit to Washington in the latter half of June for talks with U.S. President George W. Bush, sources said Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006

USA edges Japan after call controversy

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The United States went from double trouble to double play in an instant, and Team Japan walked away puzzled and angry.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

Japan-OK'd U.S. firm in beef flap

A U.S. meat-processing plant that recently shipped beef containing banned cattle parts to Hong Kong passed a Japanese government inspection late last year, a high-ranking Japanese farm ministry official said Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

Indiana FHI plant to roll out Camrys

Toyota and partner Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru cars, will produce Camrys at Fuji's U.S. plant in Indiana starting in spring 2007, the Japanese automakers said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

Final Livedoor directors of Horie era to resign

The remaining three members of the Livedoor Co. board of directors, who held seats when founder Takafumi Horie was running the Internet services company, will resign before a shareholders' meeting in June as the scandal-plagued firm tries to salvage its image, sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Lightning-hit man, twice denied redress, wins bid for retrial

and other supporters outside the Supreme Court in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Animal smuggler tally over 1,000

A 39-year-old man currently on trial on charges of smuggling various endangered animal species into Japan has told police he had a hand in illegally importing more than 1,000 rare animals in the six years to 2005, it was learned Monday.

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