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JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Ministry urges overseas travelers to get insurance

The Foreign Ministry is urging Japanese planning trips overseas, including ministry bureaucrats, to take out travel insurance to cover damage they may incur as well as inflict.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Cloudy skies expected to greet 2004

With cloudy weather expected in many places across Japan at the year's end and at the outset of 2004, the chances of watching the sun come up on New Year's Day are slim, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Mori calls for caution over Taiwan referendum

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori urged Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to exercise caution on a proposed referendum on Chinese missiles in order to avoid exacerbating tensions between Taiwan and China, according to Japanese members of his entourage.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Prosecutors appeal Yasuda ruling

Tokyo prosecutors on Friday appealed a lower court ruling that found the chief defense attorney for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara not guilty of obstructing the compulsory seizure of rental income used by a client as collateral in the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Mail delivery in the red in most parts of Japan

Mail delivery services were profitable in only two of the 12 mail service regions in Japan during the three-year period between the start of fiscal 2000 and the end of fiscal 2002, according to government sources citing an estimate by the postal ministry.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 27, 2003

Road to Athens

Japan's Under-22 side will face Iran in a friendly next February in its buildup for the final qualification tournament for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Japan Football Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

NEC staff to get 550,000 yen for baby

NEC Corp. said Friday it will give workers one-time allowances of 550,000 yen for newborn children starting next July.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

November tax revenues shrink 1%

Japan's tax revenues in November fell 1 percent from a year earlier to 6.491 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Diet craze poses health risks for thin women

Fifty-four percent of Japanese women are dieting to lose weight, while 41 percent of teenage girls categorized as being underweight are trying to get thinner, according to a health ministry survey.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 27, 2003

2004 is the year for monkeying around

The year 2004 is the year of the monkey. If you're someone who doesn't believe that all the people born in the same year have the same personalities, destiny and propensity for success, then phooey on you! You'll have no fun in Asia, where much of life is believed to be ruled by factors that are, quite...
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Consumer prices declined for a fifth year in 2003

Japan's consumer prices fell for the fifth straight year in 2003, led by declines in prices for housing, laptop computers and durable home appliances, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Output rises third month in succession

Japan's industrial production expanded in November for the third straight month, with the index registering its highest level since February 2001, the government said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

ASDF advance team off to Mideast

A 20-member Air Self-Defense Force team left Narita airport Friday for Kuwait and Qatar, spearheading Japan's deployment of military units to undertake humanitarian activities in Iraq.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 27, 2003

Homeless activist makes plea to save the trees

As you clear up after Christmas and prepare for New Year, spare a thought for American Vincent Dodson. He is spending his "holiday" as he passes every day, sleeping rough in the park beside the JR Yamanote line near Shibuya Station, and demonstrating against what he describes as "the wantonly wasteful...
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Overtime in November climbs 4%

Average overtime at Japanese companies rose 4 percent in November from a year earlier to 10.5 hours, the 17th straight monthly gain, the government said in a report released Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Beer-lovers set new record -- hic

Global beer consumption in 2002 rose 2.1 percent over the previous year to 141.56 million kiloliters, for the 17th straight yearly increase, according to Kirin Brewery Co.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Unemployment rate unchanged at 5.2%

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November stood at 5.2 percent, unchanged from the previous month, when it posted the first increase since March.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Matsushita in China TV system deal

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it has agreed with two Chinese companies to jointly develop a television broadcast production system based on its semiconductor memory card technology.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2003

Mr. Gadhafi's change of heart

Mercurial Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has pulled off another coup. Last week's announcement that Libya would give up all its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has turned the former pariah into an international statesman. Surprising though the move may have seemed, it was the result...
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2003

Japan officially slaps ban on U.S. beef over BSE scare

Japan, the biggest importer of U.S. beef, said Friday it will ban imports of the meat and order a recall of meat already in the country after a laboratory in Britain confirmed a cow from Washington state has tested positive for mad cow disease.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2003

A chance for Europe to stand on its own

LONDON -- Disneyland, the Kennedy Space Center and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush were all on the agenda during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's visit to Orlando, Florida, this month. Missing were members of the U.S. Congress. They weren't in Istanbul 12 months ago -- apparently because of problems with their...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

No panic over latest BSE scare

Japanese consumers are taking the news of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States with relative calm, with restaurants and supermarkets reporting none of the tumbling sales they experienced two years ago.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2003

Household spending up in November

Spending by Japan's wage-earning households grew in November from the year-before level for the first time in three months, with income increasing for the first time since March 2002, the government said Friday.
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.

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