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JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Fukuda lauds halt to defense briefings

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday welcomed the Defense Agency's decision to halt regular news conferences involving top officers of the Air, Ground and Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Court overturns damages award for detention of Myanmar refugee

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a district court decision that the government pay damages to a Myanmar man for once rejecting his request for refugee status and detaining him, saying the action was lawful.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Bird flu so far hasn't led to consumer panic seen with 2001 BSE outbreak

Consumers responded calmly Wednesday to news of the first outbreak of avian flu in Japan since 1925.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 15, 2004

Sugiyama gets dumped out of Sydney International

SYDNEY -- Ai Sugiyama's preparations for the Australian Open suffered a setback Wednesday when Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy bundled her out of the first round of the Sydney International 6-2, 6-3.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Koizumi urges LDP-DPJ effort to revise Constitution

Constitutional reform is no longer a taboo issue and the Liberal Democratic Party should work together with the Democratic Party of Japan to submit bills to this end to the Diet, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Royalties proposed for book rentals

An advisory panel to Cultural Affairs Agency chief Hayao Kawai issued a report Wednesday calling for the Copyright Law to require book-lending businesses to pay royalties to authors.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

UNU may move main research unit

United Nations University in Tokyo is considering relocating its main research facility to Yokohama, possibly this spring, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Officials in Pyongyang for suspect

Foreign Ministry officials secretly traveled to North Korea on Tuesday on a mission to take custody of a Japanese man held by Pyongyang on drug-smuggling charges, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Japanese funds to help make Iraq's mean streets a safer place

Japan will help Iraq buy about 600 police cars as part of its reconstruction efforts, government officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Former K-1 promoter gets prison for tax dodge

Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former K-1 martial arts promoter, was handed a 22-month prison sentence Wednesday by the Tokyo District Court for evading 300 million yen in corporate taxes.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 15, 2004

Reysol inks Yoshiteru Yamashita

Kashiwa Reysol has signed former Japan striker Yoshiteru Yamashita from second-division Avispa Fukuoka, officials of the J. League first division club said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Upper House electoral system upheld

The Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed the electoral system for the House of Councilors and the election of 2001, rejecting suits seeking to nullify the election over the system's alleged unconstitutionality.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2004

Current account surplus rises to 1.497 trillion yen

Japan's current account surplus rose 33.8 percent in November from a year earlier to 1.497 trillion yen, marking a fifth straight month of expansion, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday in a preliminary report.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 15, 2004

'Little' Matsui is ready for New York challenge

Moving to the major leagues won't be the first big change Japanese star Kazuo Matsui has had to make in his baseball career.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2004

Koizumi defends reform efforts

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went on the defensive Wednesday, denying charges that his administration has been slow to bring about promised economic reforms.
EDITORIALS
Jan 15, 2004

DPJ needs a clearer identity

The Democratic Party of Japan's latest annual convention, which ended Tuesday, was an occasion to renew its quest for power. That was only to be expected, given that the largest opposition party, emboldened by its dramatic gains in last November's general election, is determined to take over from the...
SUMO
Jan 15, 2004

Asashoryu remains undefeated

Grand champion Asashoryu breezed past Wakanosato on Wednesday to remain perfect at 4-0 on the fourth day at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jan 15, 2004

An island alone that is worlds apart

If it were possible to view the Japanese archipelago rising from the Pacific in profile, a distinct, lonely, broad cone would be immediately apparent between the high peaks of the Japanese Alps of Honshu and the even higher peaks of Taiwan. That cone is the long-isolated, mountainous island of Yakushima,...
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2004

Ashikaga chief slams accounting firm

A former head of the nationalized Ashikaga Bank on Wednesday said ChuoAoyama Audit Corp.'s sudden decision not to count the bank's deferred tax assets as part of its capital was to blame for the bank's failure in December.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2004

Don't forsake young people in hiring, business chiefs told

The government urged top business leaders Wednesday to expand the employment of young people, saying the difficulty they face in finding jobs threatens the future of the economy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jan 15, 2004

Meiji schoolhouse offers lessons in history

"You want us to go to school on our day off?" my 9-year-old cried in disbelief. "Zettai iyada! (Absolutely no way!)" He's been in Japan since he was 5 and tends to speak in Japanese when he's riled. "Yeah, leave it to our mother to come up with a cockamamie scheme like going to school while we're on...
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Chickens destroyed at flu-hit farm

Authorities were in the process Wednesday of destroying thousands of chickens at a Yamanashi Prefecture farm that is at the center of an avian flu outbreak.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 15, 2004

'Miyake man' leaves a legacy of inspiration

Last week, the environmental community lost a beacon of wisdom and inspiration, a gentle and passionate man who dedicated his career to raising awareness of the oceans' unique ecosystems and Japan's in particular. On Friday, at the age of 74, Jack Thomson Moyer is believed to have taken his own life,...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jan 15, 2004

Jelly blob

* Japanese name: Oomari-kokemush * Scientific name:Pectinatella magnifica * Description:The common name says it all. This organism looks like nothing so much as a quivering lump of jelly. It is often mistaken for the egg mass of some animal, but in fact the blob is itself a colony of tiny animals. They...
Japan braces for typhoon landfall early next week
Severe Tropical Storm Shanshan is seen in a satellite image from Friday afternoon
Tokyo under assault by ‘guerrilla rainstorms’
Torrential rain in Tokyo on Wednesday night
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.
Yen’s rebound threatens earnings growth in Japan
The yen's rebound is clouding an outlook for Japanese firms' earnings that have enjoyed a boost from the weak yen.
Japan warms to audacious Canadian bid for 7-Eleven operator
Seven & I Holding’s logo is seen at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo on Aug. 19. Apart from 7-Eleven, Seven & I also owns, has stakes in or operates a number of other iconic properties, including Denny’s, Tower Records and Ito-Yokado.
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.
High temperatures expected to continue in Japan through October
A construction worker in Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, on Wednesday. High temperatures are projected to linger on past the summer.
Summer Sonic: The heat doesn’t matter when the lineup works
British hard rock outfit Bring Me the Horizon delivered a dramatic set that featured a surprise appearance from local metal-meets-idol group Babymetal.
Shinjiro Koizumi's criticism of LDP factions could return to haunt him
Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, is the son of Junichiro Koizumi, who was prime minister between 2001 and 2006.
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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