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JAPAN
Apr 23, 2004

Beltway ruling backs residents

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday backed claims by residents in western Tokyo that the expropriation of their land for the construction of a new expressway was illegal, ruling that the project will not generate the public benefits touted by the government.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2004

Kawaguchi goes home early to rest

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi canceled the latter part of her official duties Thursday due to fatigue, the ministry said.
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Apr 23, 2004

Matsuda smashes national record

Takeshi Matsuda rewrote a national record in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle when he clocked 15 minutes, 9.52 seconds in a qualifying race at the National Championships on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

Kao's net profit up 4.6% in a tough 2003

Kao Corp. said Thursday its net profit rose 4.6 percent to 65.36 billion yen in fiscal 2003 for the sixth consecutive year of growth amid unfavorable market conditions at home and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2004

Ohta quizzed over ties with arrested meat exec

OSAKA -- The arrest of Mitsuru Asada, vice chairman of the Osaka Prefecture Meat Cooperative Association, has sent shock waves through Osaka's political community and has put Osaka Gov. Fusae Ohta, who admits having met Asada on several occasions, on the defensive.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

Japan, U.S. plot fresh round of talks over ongoing dispute on beef imports

Japan and the United States will hold working-level talks Saturday aimed at settling a bilateral beef trade dispute, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2004

SDF troops balance duty, safety

Self-Defense Forces troops deployed to Samawah, southern Iraq, are in a quandary: They want to meet local demand for more aid, but deteriorating security conditions are hindering their efforts to work harder.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 23, 2004

Tigers scrape past Dragons

Norihiro Akahoshi tied the game on an RBI sacrifice fly and Mike Kinkade singled home the go-ahead run in a two-run sixth inning as the Hanshin Tigers came from behind to edge the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 in the Central League on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

Mid-May energy talks with U.S. set

Japan and the United States are arranging bilateral talks on energy for mid-May, Japanese government officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 23, 2004

Overlooked -- and undervalued

If there is one major spot in Japan that visitors somehow tend not to make a beeline for, it is Nagoya.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

Individual traders boost earnings of online brokerages

Online brokerages' earnings surged in fiscal 2003 due to active trading by individual investors during the recent stock market rally.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Apr 23, 2004

Jazz retreat for night and day

Volontaire is a soothing retreat for jazz lovers that has stood its ground for the last three decades in Harajuku -- a neighborhood where bars change like the season's fashions. In Yuri Sakanoue's 27 years behind the counter, she has seen them all come and go. Unmoved, she has steadfastly maintained...
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Apr 23, 2004

Aoki to enter Hall of Fame

Isao Aoki will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla., marking the first time for a male Japanese golfer to be honored there, golf sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

JAL, JR East in joint card gambit

Japan Airlines System Corp. and East Japan Railway Co. have agreed to issue a new credit and electronic money card by combining their respective JALCARD and View Suica cards.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

People work for praise, not money: academic

Nobuo Takahashi is dismissive of the benefits attributed to merit-based pay.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2004

Collins affair rocks Australia

SYDNEY -- Punch-drunk is how one Canberra insider describes the current state of Australia's security intelligence services. Never before in their roller-coaster history have the government's spying and spy-catching bodies been held in such public disrepute.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2004

Teething troubles aside, merit-based pay catching on

Corporate Japan's shift toward performance-based pay has been beset by difficulties.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2004

Heed the warnings or accept the consequences: Koizumi

Aid workers and journalists who ignore government warnings to not travel to dangerous areas should accept responsibility for the consequences, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2004

A beef with the USDA

Until recently, it was not that hard to understand the standoff between the U.S. and Japanese governments over this country's ban on imports of American beef. Both nations have experienced mad cow disease scares, but they have responded differently. Japan, with 11 cases of the disease since 2001, tests...
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2004

Freed hostages traumatized by ordeal, criticism

The three Japanese civilians who returned home after being held hostage for over a week in Iraq are suffering from acute stress disorder, a psychiatrist said Wednesday.

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