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EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2004

Seeing eye to eye with a neighbor

Grass-root ties between Japan and South Korea look better than at any time since the end of World War II. Mutual understanding and friendship have deepened visibly over the past few years, as demonstrated by the successful cohosting of the 2002 World Cup and the surge of Japanese interest in South Korean...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2004

NHK airs show aimed at restoring public trust

NHK broadcast a special show Sunday night aimed at restoring public trust following a series of embezzlement scandals involving its employees.
Dec 20, 2004

Chief Yasukuni priest brings business savvy to shrine

At one time, Toshiaki Nambu was just an ordinary employee at Dentsu Inc., the nation's top advertising agency, working with such clients as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Dec 20, 2004

Parents deny medical care for children

Nearly 20 percent of hospitals with pediatric departments responding to a survey said that parents had refused last year to allow their children to receive medical treatment recommended by doctors, it was learned Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2004

Public opinion of China hits record low, national poll shows

Only 37.6 percent of Japanese feel friendship toward China, down 10.3 percentage points from a year earlier, according to a Cabinet Office survey.
COMMENTARY
Dec 20, 2004

Weigh antiterror measures

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Home Secretary David Blunkett (who resigned last week) have been doing their utmost to alert the British people to the terrorist threat. This is seen by some as a cynical attempt to divert criticism of government support for the Americans in Iraq and to...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2004

NGO builds bridges between Japan, U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Most Americans still think of Japan as having a "weak" economy. Japan's reputation in the United States from an economic standpoint has not fully recovered from the bursting of the 1980s' "bubble."
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2004

Aiming for Earth-friendly development

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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Dec 20, 2004

Consumption tax, reforms, incentives key to future growth

The Keidanren in September released a simulation of the medium- to longer-term prospects for Japan's fiscal policies and social security programs. The simulation made itclear that unless the fiscal structure of the Japanese government is reformed, Japan's outstanding public debt will likely expand to...
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2004

Happiness is a warm TV set

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
SUMO
Dec 19, 2004

Injury-prone Tochiazuma targets New Year return

Injury-prone ozeki Tochiazuma, who pulled out of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament last month with a fractured shoulder, said Saturday he is targeting a comeback at the upcoming New Year meet in Tokyo.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 19, 2004

TBS's "The Plan to Rescue Santa Claus" and more

Ryoko Yonekura returns to the airwaves as Arisa, the housewife-witch patterned after Samantha of the old U.S. sitcom "Bewitched," for a special Christmas show. In "The Plan to Rescue Santa Claus" (TBS, Tue., 9 p.m.), Arisa and her daughter, Tsubasa, return to the world of mortals and husband Joji after...

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?