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JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Attack law also protects foreigners

The government will protect and evacuate foreign residents of Japan as well as Japanese citizens in the event of a military attack on Japan, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Island areas have highest birthrates

Twenty-eight of the municipalities with the nation's top 30 average birthrates are in the island areas of Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 15, 2004

If it's cricket, it's TV Masala's Club Masala

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BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

Social security costs to rise 1.8-fold by '25, hit 152 trillion yen

Japan's social security costs, including pensions, medical treatment and nursing care, are expected to reach 152 trillion yen in fiscal 2025, a 1.8-fold rise from current levels but down from earlier projections, the welfare ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Koizumi to visit Pyongyang on May 22

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Pyongyang on May 22 for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in an effort to secure the passage to Japan of eight family members of five repatriated abductees, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Ishihara didn't pay premiums

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday he did not pay his National Pension System premiums for eight years and one month.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 15, 2004

Kyl Timmer

Several years ago when he was in a more junior capacity here, the present British ambassador to Japan, Sir Stephen Gomersall, founded the British Embassy Choir. The choir continued after he left. When he came again to Japan, Gomersall resumed his support of the choir. To have a British Embassy Choir...
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

China mail held counterfeit 500 yen coins

Counterfeit 500 yen coins have been found in a consignment of mail sent from China, a Finance Ministry official said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Surname bills submitted -- again

Bills aimed at amending the Civil Code to allow married couples to have different surnames were again submitted to both Diet chambers Friday by the opposition parties.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Attack law also protects foreigners

The government will protect and evacuate foreign residents of Japan as well as Japanese citizens in the event of a military attack on Japan, the government said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
May 15, 2004

Japan books Athens ticket

Undefeated Japan booked a spot in this summer's Athens Olympics on Friday with a convincing 3-0 victory over South Korea in the final women's volleyball qualifying tournament in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

NTT logs record profit; outlook seems less rosy

NTT Corp. said Friday its net profit jumped 2.8-fold to a record 643.86 billion yen for the year through March, helped by strong earnings at its mobile phone unit, NTT DoCoMo Inc.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

Sony Bank remains mired in the red

Sony Bank Inc. posted a net loss of 2.1 billion yen in fiscal 2003 for third consecutive annual loss since it started operations.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 15, 2004

Cow Island and a naked bath in the sky

Perhaps the best part about sailing through the Seto Inland Sea is stopping along the way at the islands. The Inland Sea has over 150 islands, and each one has a different atmosphere. After passing under the Seto Ohashi Bridge, we stopped at a small island called Ushi Shima. The name of the island (Cow...
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Condemned Aum killer loses appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld the death sentence for senior Aum Shinrikyo figure Kiyohide Hayakawa for crimes that include murder and the production of sarin gas.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

FSA bureau chief Gomi tapped as commissioner

The government plans to promote Hirofumi Gomi, director general of the Supervisory Bureau at the Financial Services Agency, to the post of FSA commissioner, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Relatives of missing demand results from Pyongyang trip

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi must achieve concrete results when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on May 22 in Pyonygang, relatives of Japanese abducted to North Korea, and others working on their behalf, demanded Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Koizumi to visit Pyongyang on May 22

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Pyongyang on May 22 for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in an effort to secure the passage to Japan of eight family members of five repatriated abductees, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Ozawa gives in, accepts request to head DPJ

Ichiro Ozawa gave in Friday and accepted appointment to the helm of the Democratic Party of Japan, replacing Naoto Kan, who resigned Monday to take responsibility for his past failure to pay mandatory premiums into the National Pension System.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

Now cops spurn Mitsubishi vehicles

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., mired in a defect coverup scandal, have been barred from bidding for police orders for 11 months, the National Police Agency said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2004

Nuke power will remain nation's key energy source

Japan will continue to use nuclear power as its main energy source while trying to expand other energy sources to diversify risks, according to an annual report on national energy policy released Friday.
JAPAN
May 15, 2004

Prince's gripe said not with Yuasa

Crown Prince Naruhito has noted that his unusually candid remarks Monday about the condition of his wife, Crown Princess Masako, were not directed at the present Imperial Household Agency leadership of Grand Steward Toshio Yuasa, the prince's top aide said Friday.

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