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BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2004

Highway body to get 60 billion yen injection despite '01 promise

The government plans to use 60 billion yen in state funds to cover reductions in expressway tolls on money-losing rural highways, officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Fischer fails to halt deportation moves

Tokyo District Court on Friday dismissed a request by fugitive former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to have deportation proceedings against him halted.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Crown Prince to make trip without wife

Crown Princess Masako is still in no condition to travel and will not attend next month's royal wedding in Brunei, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 21, 2004

Reinventing world through eyes of young people

More summer madness. I come down from where I work last Monday to make a cup of tea, and there is a Kazak sitting at my table.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

South Africa seeks better Japan link

South Africa wants to establish direct flights to Japan to help foster exchanges between the two countries, South African Ambassador to Japan B. S. Ngubane said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 21, 2004

A lonely stand against the party machine

HONG KONG -- The extraordinary story of a county Communist Party secretary's lonely six-year battle against corruption in coastal Fujian Province, unveiled last week on the Web site of the official People's Daily newspaper, on one level marks a personal crusade.
COMMENTARY
Aug 21, 2004

Be careful what you wish for

LOS ANGELES -- Be careful what you wish for, goes the saying: In the end, you might just get your wish.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2004

Singapore's new foreign policy troika

SINGAPORE -- On Aug. 12, Lee Hsien Loong became Singapore's third prime minister since its independence in 1965. However, his predecessors, Goh Chok Tong and Lee Kuan Yew, remain in the Cabinet: Goh as senior minister and Lee as minister mentor.
COMMENTARY
Aug 21, 2004

Bad book with good message

LONDON -- Here's a slightly crazy story for these hot summer days. The book the whole world is reading on its holidays -- or at any rate the whole English-speaking world -- is called "The Da Vinci Code," by the American writer Dan Brown.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Round-the-clock child consultation centers planned

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to have child consultation centers operate 24 hours a day, every day, to handle an increasing number of child abuse and delinquency cases, ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

SDF suicides top Japan's rate

Suicides are surging this year among Japan's increasingly active military ranks and have hit a record pace that outstrips the national rate, the Defense Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Faulty pipes caused nine other reactor accidents

Nine accidents similar to the steam pipe rupture that killed four workers at a nuclear power plant last week have occurred at other reactors, a safety panel revealed Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2004

Yamamoto claims historic silver

Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan reacts after advancing to the final in the men's individual archery competition at the Athens Games.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 20, 2004

On the path of poets

Utter silence, Piercing the stone walls, The cicada's cry
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Get China to stop sending North Korea escapees back: activist

Japan, the United States and South Korea must persuade Beijing to stop sending people who flee North Korea back to the country, a Japanese aid worker who recently served eight months in a Chinese prison for trying to smuggle two such people to safety, urged Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Round-the-clock child consultation centers planned

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to have child consultation centers operate 24 hours a day, every day, to handle an increasing number of child abuse and delinquency cases, ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Faulty pipes caused nine other reactor accidents

Nine accidents similar to the steam pipe rupture that killed four workers at a nuclear power plant last week have occurred at other reactors, a safety panel revealed Thursday.
Japan says Chinese military violated territorial airspace for first time
A Chinese military Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane that entered Japanese airspace on Monday.
Typhoon Shanshan to hit western Japan on Tuesday
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to become more powerful and hit western Japan on Tuesday, after which it is forecast to make its way north throughout the week.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Taro Kono joins contest for LDP presidency
Digital minister Taro Kono speaks during a news conference to announce his candidacy in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's space agency ends SLIM moon probe operation
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon on Jan. 20
New 40-40 club member Shohei Ohtani has real shot at unprecedented 50-50 campaign
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after being doused with water after his walk-off grand slam against the Rays at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday.
Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
Japan’s dueling ‘katsu’ curry creators are just happy to see the dish thrive
Three Tokyo restaurants claim to be the inventor of Japan's 'katsu karē' (breaded and fried pork served with Japanese curry), but Ginza Swiss' take (pictured) may be the most unique.
Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
In Japan’s flyover country, 72 hours of hidden gems
Okayama and Tottori prefectures are some of the least-visited regions in Japan among foreign tourists — which is why they offer such a welcome break from crowd-clogged cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.

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