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JAPAN
Apr 16, 2004

Dental lobby chief, six others held over bribery allegation

Prosecutors have arrested Sadao Usuda, chairman of the Japan Dental Association, and Takeshi Shimomura, a member of a government advisory body, in connection with bribes the former allegedly paid to the latter for lobbying efforts aimed at boosting dental-service fees.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2004

NTT unit to launch new IP phone service

NTT Communications Corp. said Thursday it will offer a new Internet-based phone service on May 10 that allows broadband subscribers to call each other, irrespective of their Internet service provider.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2004

Journalist, activist feared abducted near Baghdad

Two Japanese civilians were apparently abducted Wednesday in suburban Baghdad -- just one day before three other Japanese taken hostage last week were released.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 16, 2004

'Never say kekko...'

Tired of the daily routine of slogging to a gray building full of even grayer coworkers?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2004

Japanese hostage trio freed in Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Three Japanese civilians taken hostage last week by gunmen in Iraq were freed Thursday and arrived safely at the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2004

Sharp to make air-con units in Egypt

Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will start production and sales of air conditioners in Egypt this summer under a tieup agreement with local electronics maker El Araby.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 16, 2004

The great outdoors -- on a plate

All it takes is the first hint of warm spring weather and we start thinking of the great outdoors. By that, we do not mean sea kayaking, a vigorous hike in the hills or a jaunt to some provincial onsen. For us, it is quite sufficient to salute the first blossoms and leaves from the vantage point of a...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2004

Alternative road map to launch Myanmar's democratic future

T he ruling States Peace and Development Council of Myanmar (SPDC) has raised hopes that it will hold a national constitutional convention before the end of this year after its March 30 announcement that it would convene one on May 17. It had also hinted that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

Families caught in cross fire over Iraq hostage ordeal

The hostage crisis in Iraq has apparently split the Japanese public into two camps.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

Teijin develops new technology for recycling PET bottles

Major textile and chemical maker Teijin Ltd. has developed advanced technology for recycling plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate.
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2004

Making nuclear energy safer

With the Japanese public remaining skeptical of the safety of nuclear power plants, the government's latest white paper on nuclear safety focuses on an appropriate subject: risk assessment. The message, simply put, is that the safety of nuclear facilities and equipment can be assured more reliably through...
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

Diet targets North Korean ships via oil-spill insurance law

The Diet enacted a law Wednesday requiring shipowners to have insurance for oil-spill damage, a measure that may effectively bar access to Japanese ports by North Korean ships, most of which have no such coverage.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 15, 2004

Jubilo stays perfect by defeating Reysol

Leader Jubilo Iwata brushed aside 10-man Kashiwa Reysol 3-1 in Kashiwa on Wednesday to make it five wins out of five and maintain pole position in the standings in the J. League first division.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

TSE gives up on luring Honda chief

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has given up trying to persuade Honda Motor Co. Chairman Yoshihide Munekuni to be its first chairman, a TSE source said Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 15, 2004

Pacers' O'Neal gets nod as NBA's Most Valuable Player

NEW YORK -- "Did you ever have to make up your mind, pick up on one and leave the other behind? It's not often easy and not often kind, did you ever have to make up your mind?"
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

Foreign worker infrastructure urged

Establish an agency for foreigners, appoint a minister of foreigners' affairs and take steps in the next three years to create a society more receptive to foreign workers, the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said in a report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

No need for U.S. restraint, Koizumi says

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday that Japan need not ask the United States to show restraint in dealing with the Sunni Muslim insurgents to help win the release of three Japanese hostages in Iraq.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

New Jersey official urges speedier drug approval

The Health, Welfare and Labor Ministry's recent moves to speed up the drug approval process next year already have pulses racing across the Pacific.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

Links between Italian, Japanese crises probed

The government is looking into a possible connection between kidnappings of Japanese and Italian civilians in Iraq, government sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

Lawson's restructuring leads to big net profit

Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. said Wednesday it scored a group net profit of 18.57 billion yen in the year to Feb. 29, up 109.6 percent over the previous year.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

Gaga unit buys into film magazine

Publishing house Kinema Junposha Co., a unit of film distributor Gaga Communications Inc., has acquired the management rights of the only English-language movie magazine in Japan, Gaga said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

Serial rapist wins earlier release

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday reduced a former TV Asahi Corp. employee's prison term to 10 years from 12 for a series of rapes and thefts in 2002.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2004

Tsutsumi quits Seibu helm over payoffs

Seibu Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi said Wednesday he will resign over a racketeer payoff scandal involving three company executives.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 15, 2004

Fukudome helps Dragons battle back to top Giants

Kosuke Fukudome hit a two-run homer off Koji Uehara (1-1) in the eighth inning to give Chunichi the lead for good as the Dragons battled back from 1-0 and 3-2 deficits for a 4-3 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in the Central League on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Japan braces for typhoon landfall early next week
Severe Tropical Storm Shanshan is seen in a satellite image from Friday afternoon
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.
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.
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.
Italy-Japan ties enter ‘new era’ amid deepening alignment, top envoy to Tokyo says
The Italian Navy's aircraft carrier ITS Cavour at the Yokosuka naval base on Thursday. The 244-meter, 27,100-ton Italian flagship arrived at the base in Kanagawa Prefecture Thursday morning for a port call.

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