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JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Tokyo plans to pull GSDF from Iraq by Aug. 31

Tokyo told Washington in November that it will begin withdrawing the Ground Self-Defense Force from Iraq in June and finish by the end of August, government and ruling coalition sources revealed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

State vows safety measures to protect schoolchildren

The central government said Tuesday it would take steps to protect schoolchildren following the recent murders of two girls in Hiroshima and Tochigi prefectures.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2005

Step up the war on AIDS

The 2005 report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is a shocking reminder that the number of HIV/AIDS cases worldwide has hit an all-time high, exceeding 40 million people for the first time.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Unlicensed doctor caught after 8 years

Tokyo police on Tuesday arrested a self-styled doctor who is suspected of practicing medicine without a license for eight years at about 20 medical institutions.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Japan ready for pain at WTO: Nikai

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BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Toshiba in pact for new logic chips

Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to develop 65-nanometer field programmable gate arrays, a type of logic chip that supports thousands of gates, with Xilinx Inc. of the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Commemorative YS-11 heralds retirement of fleet

A specially lettered commemorative version of the YS-11, the first passenger aircraft built in postwar Japan, was shown to the media Tuesday at Tokyo's Haneda airport ahead of its retirement from commercial service next fall.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

75.2% unwilling to eat U.S. beef, survey indicates

Although the government is likely to lift the ban on beef imports from the United States this month, 75.2 percent of surveyed consumers are unwilling to eat U.S. beef, according to results of a telephone survey released by Kyodo News on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

8 billion yen outlay eyed to repair shoddy condo fiasco

and land minister Kazuo Kitagawa, addresses a government meeting Tuesday on aid for condominium owners in the shoddy building scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Japan, Iraq finalize energy support deal

Japan and Iraq agreed Tuesday that Tokyo will extend financial and technical support for oil and natural gas projects in the war-ravaged country, which intends to expand oil production capacity to 2 million barrels per day next year, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Asbestos payout set at 3 million yen

The government on Tuesday accepted a ruling coalition proposal to give 3 million yen in condolence money and funeral fees to people who lost family members to asbestos-linked diseases, 200,000 yen more than the government's initial proposal.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Girl brings tsunami death toll to 40

A 12-year-old Japanese-Italian girl was recently confirmed to have been killed in the devastating tsunami that struck countries around the Indian Ocean last December, bringing the number of Japanese who died in the disaster to 40, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Imported vehicle sales down 3.1%

Sales of imported vehicles, including those produced by Japanese manufacturers, fell 3.1 percent in November from a year earlier to 22,045 units, an industry body said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2005

Matsushita apologizes for deadly heaters, offers partial refund

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. pledged Tuesday to prevent a recurrence of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its defective kerosene heaters, which have claimed two lives and sickened eight others this year.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2005

Creative destruction augurs well for woodland well-being

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BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Kao camp in lead for Kanebo: sources

The state-backed corporate bailout agency is close to picking Kao Corp. and three investment funds as the buyer of Kanebo Ltd. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. as it entered the final phase of selection proceedings, sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Cabinet approves '06 budget policy

The Cabinet endorsed a budget policy for fiscal 2006 Tuesday that aims to cut fresh issuance of government bonds to nearly 30.0 trillion yen from 34.4 trillion yen as requested by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 6, 2005

Katayama picks up MVP title

Shingo Katayama, who took the money rankings title for the second straight year, was named the Most Valuable Player by the Japan Golf Tour Organization on Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 6, 2005

Iriki steps up to the plate again

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yusaku Iriki, who had hoped to make a switch to the major leagues via the so-called posting system, was released by the Pacific League club on Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2005

Severe weather disrupts transport in many areas

Snow and strong winds disrupted transportation networks in many parts of the country Monday, with the Meteorological Agency warning of more snow to come.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2005

Restart of Mihama reactor OK'd

The No. 3 reactor of the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture was cleared Monday to resume operations suspended since a fatal steam leak last year, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2005

Peace between pace-setters

The takeover battle between Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and Rakuten has ended in a draw of sorts -- for now at least. The two companies have buried the hatchet, so to speak, and have agreed to start talks on forming capital and business ties.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2005

Yasukuni won't wash as diplomatic card, Koizumi says

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi toughened his diplomatic stance toward China and South Korea on Monday, saying the two countries are trying to use issues related to his visits to Yasukuni Shrine as "a diplomatic card" against Japan.
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Slow-moving storm Shanshan downgraded to tropical depression
Elevated water levels on the Tama River in Kawasaki on Friday after Shanshan dumped torrential rain on wide areas of Japan.
Apparent suicide jumper falls onto pedestrian in Yokohama, killing both
Two women died near Yokohama Station on Saturday after one of them apparently fell from a building and landed on the other, who was walking below.
First lesson of Japan’s akiya gold rush: No such thing as a free house.
An abandoned house in Urayama, Saitama Prefecture. Buying an <i>akiya</i>, which means empty house in Japanese, can be a rewarding experience that yields a unique space and a livable home, competitively priced. Or it could turn out to be a money pit.
Yen calling the shots as BOJ mulls rate increase
Concern about the yen strengthening might limit the Bank of Japan's room for maneuver.
The man who opened MLB's door to Japanese players
Masanori Murakami poses with a Willie Mays-themed clock during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Monday.
Clocking off: Japan’s hotter summers put limit on outdoor work
A construction worker in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Aug. 21. With 886 cases, 54 of them fatal, during the period from 2019 to 2023, the construction industry leads Japan’s tally for occupational heatstroke.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.

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