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JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Ministry releases work-related illness data

A total of 312 people became eligible for workers' compensation due to brain and heart illnesses induced by excessive work in fiscal 2003, according to labor ministry statistics released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

GSDF troops may join Iraq multinational force: Kawaguchi

Japanese troops may under certain conditions participate in a multinational force to be formed to keep order in Iraq based on a new U.N. resolution, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 26, 2004

The hits that the house band built

Standing in the Shadows of Motown Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: Paul Justman Running time: 108 minutes Language: English Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] Musicians are always getting screwed. If it isn't their record label cheating them out of royalties, the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Forum highlights human-trafficking menace in EU

The May 1 expansion of the European Union was hailed as an economic boost for Europe, yet there is a dark side to this story.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 26, 2004

Self-improvement in the sugar cane

Shinkokyu no Hitsuyo Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: Tetsuo Shinohara Running time: 123 minutes Language: Japanese Opens May 29 [See Japan Times movie listings] Getting away from it all means different things to different people, doesn't it? Your dream vacation may be a hammock...
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Muslim clerics want more troops in Samawah

A key religious figure from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah asked Japan on Tuesday to send more troops to facilitate the city's rehabilitation.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Lawyers, welfare experts to open private shelter for troubled youths

Lawyers and child welfare experts will open a private temporary shelter for about five teenagers on June 1 in Tokyo -- the first facility of its kind in Japan.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2004

UFJ, Merrill Lynch to buy loans

UFJ Bank said Tuesday it and the Merrill Lynch group will create a fund of up to 100 billion yen to purchase loans to ailing small and midsize enterprises.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2004

Toyota remains top income earner

Toyota Motor Corp. declared the highest amount of corporate income to tax authorities in calendar 2003, holding the top spot for the fourth consecutive year, credit research agency Teikoku Databank Ltd. said in a report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Jenkins issue treaty-bound

Tokyo would probably be treaty-bound to hand over Charles Robert Jenkins, an alleged U.S. Army deserter and husband of a Japanese repatriated abductee, to the United States if he comes to Japan and Washington demands his extradition, the top government spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

80% of single mothers have trouble making ends meet

The average household income for families with single mothers is about 40 percent that of households with two parents and eight out of 10 single mothers say they have trouble making ends meet, according to a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

U.N. asks Tokyo for Iraq maternal medical care funds

The head of the United Nations Population Fund expressed hope Tuesday that Japan will provide funds for the agency's project to improve maternal medical care in Iraq, where the situation has been deteriorating under the U.S.-led occupation.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Scientist growing corneas from lab dish

Cornea transplants can give sight back to the blind, but they are notoriously tricky: Sutures can cause swelling. The body can reject the tissue. Each transplant requires a large mass of cells taken from a healthy eye.
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2004

What of Afghan POWs?

ISLAMABAD -- Startling revelations of the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops in Iraq comes as a powerful reminder of the plight of prisoners of war in U.S. custody in other trouble spots, most notably Afghanistan. Indeed, the moral authority of the world's so-called lone superpower has declined...
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Cosmo Oil tried to punish whistle-blower

Cosmo Oil Co. tried to punish an employee who in late April blew the whistle in connection with a leak of personal customer data, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Ruling bloc, DPJ forge amendment on bill to bar North Korean ships

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan agreed Tuesday on an amendment to a bill designed to bar North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2004

New Bankruptcy Law passed to protect staff of failed firms

The new Bankruptcy Law, aimed at providing protection for employees of bankrupt firms and speeding up bankruptcy procedures, was enacted Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2004

Labor is game but Howard forges on

SYDNEY -- It is fitting that an Australia-U.S. free-trade agreement should be signed the day Prime Minister John Howard celebrated 30 years in Federal Parliament. Both events mark historic steps in Australian politics and in a firm alliance with the United States.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2004

Japan Telecom sale precipitates loss for Vodafone

Vodafone Holdings K.K. on Tuesday reported a net loss of 100 billion yen for the year that ended March 31, due mainly to losses stemming from the sale of its fixed-line unit.
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2004

Mr. Singh's promise

The selection of Mr. Manmohan Singh as prime minister designate in India is a welcome development. Mr. Singh is a known quantity, committed to continuing the positive legacies of the former government while smoothing their rough edges. Equally important, his appointment represents the healing of one...
OLYMPICS
May 25, 2004

Japan spikers fall to China in qualifier

Japan suffered its first defeat at the men's final qualifying volleyball tournament for this summer's Athens Olympics in Tokyo on Sunday after going down 3-2 to China.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
May 25, 2004

Return to spender

Popping into a convenience store one day, I collected all the stuff that I needed to buy and went to the cash counter to pay. However, as the store clerk computed my bill, I put my hand in my pocket to get out my money but there was none there. My husband had given me 10,000 yen that morning and I had...
JAPAN
May 25, 2004

70% positive on Koizumi trip: poll

Nearly 70 percent of respondents to a latest Kyodo News poll gave a positive assessment of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's one-day visit to North Korea on Saturday, but as many as 83.9 percent said they think the abduction issue remains unresolved.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2004

Sumitomo Trust's group net balance back in black

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. said Monday its group net balance last business year returned to the black at 79.63 billion yen, partly due to a plunge in its loan-loss charges.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 25, 2004

More pension information and hiking

Pension I I am a foreign national living and working in Japan. I have heard that when I leave Japan, I will be reimbursed for my contributions to the national insurance , unemployment insurance or national pension plans.
Typhoon Shanshan set to become a 'very powerful' storm later this week
Typhoon Shanshan is the sixth typhoon to form in August, with the Meteorological Agency forecasting strong winds and potentially severe weather for a broad swath of the country from Tuesday as it approaches.
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
Typhoon Shanshan gains steam as storm projected to hit broad swath of Japan
Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to approach or make landfall on the islands of Honshu or Shikoku by Tuesday afternoon, with rough weather expected from western to eastern Japan through Wednesday before hitting the country’s northeastern areas late Wednesday into Thursday.
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.
TICAD ministerial meeting adopts first joint statement
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and other officials attended a joint news conference at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo on Sunday.
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.
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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?
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