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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Japan may put abductions on back burner: official

Japan might accept North Korea settling the dispute over its nuclear program before resolving other major issues of concern to Tokyo, a Foreign Ministry official said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 29, 2003

East lies down with West in hotel room

Western-style hotels in Japan are a curious mix of East and West, leaving people feeling like their body has been pulled all the way to the East and back to the West several times.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Japan consulate in Turkey to move to the Hilton Hotel

The Japanese Consulate General in Istanbul will be temporarily moved to a hotel Monday following recent fatal bomb attacks in Turkey.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Saitama governor's daughter admits funds donation scam

The eldest daughter of former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya pleaded guilty Friday to misappropriating 116 million yen in political funds donated to her father between 1998 and 2002.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2003

Industrial output rises for second month in a row

Industrial output grew in October for the second straight month, with the index registering its highest level in 2 1/2 years, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Expressway privatization proposals may defeat the purpose

The land ministry put the ball back in the government's court Friday, delivering three proposals for privatizing four debt-ridden expressway public corporations.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Are Japanese ready for bioengineered 'natto'?

A venture company in Hokkaido is challenging Japanese consumers unwilling to buy genetically modified food.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Foreign workers at record 274,145

The number of foreign workers in Japan hit a record high of 274,145 as of June 1, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 29, 2003

Modern feng shui offers clarity in work, at home

Mark Ainley has the coolest Web site. Simple, clear and concise, it is designed (by Spin the Moose Media) in three sections: Clear Space (about feng shui), Clear Body Mind (a one-brain system based on the ancient belief that body and mind are connected) and Clear Spirit (the inspirational and meditative...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 28, 2003

Giants, Uehara ink 300 million yen deal

Yomiuri Giants right-hander Koji Uehara re-signed with the Central League club on Thursday for an annual salary of 300 million yen.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Blackman pities 'pathetic' Obara

Tim Blackman emerged from the 24th session of the trial of a Japanese businessman feeling "a kind of pity" for the man accused of causing the death of his daughter, Lucie, nearly 3 1/2 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Apple to open first overseas store in Ginza

Apple Computer Inc. of the United States will open its first overseas retail store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Sunday, company officials said.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Electronics shipments jump 5.9%

Domestic shipments of consumer electronic products rose 5.9 percent in October from a year earlier to 175.3 billion yen, logging a fifth straight monthly gain, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

MHI to invest in Spain power project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it has agreed to invest about 500 million yen in a Spanish independent power producer project, its first investment in a foreign IPP project.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Official to visit angry emigrants in Caribbean

Masatoshi Abe, senior vice foreign minister, said Thursday he will visit the Dominican Republic next week to meet with Japanese emigrants who have filed a damages suit against Tokyo over its emigration policies in the 1950s.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Life insurers surviving but see business shrink

Stable stock prices have eased concerns about potential failure at the nation's nine largest life insurance companies, but they continue to struggle against shrinking business volume, according to interim reports announced as of Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

De facto tax hikes for rich seniors advocated

The government's tax panel on Thursday advocated de facto tax hikes for wealthy elderly people as part of a fiscal 2004 tax reform package.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 28, 2003

Duff acquisition paying immediate dividends for Chelski

LONDON -- Somewhere on this planet the man working for Decca Records 40 years ago who told the Beatles they wouldn't make it and should try another career, may still be alive.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 28, 2003

Peacefulness that's action-packed

Airplanes are the worst. I hate flying and avoid doing so as much as possible. But to compound my suffering, the day I flew down from Tokyo to Shikoku was also the day a typhoon was heading there, too. So, as the plane was being buffeted in midair, and I sat clutching the arms of my seat for dear life,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Ailing, apathetic Osaka plods to the polls

OSAKA -- Osaka goes to the polls this Sunday to elect a new mayor. But Satomi Ando, 43, who runs a small printing business in the Tenma district, could care less.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Expand mortgage tax break: group

The Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) urged the Finance Ministry on Thursday to expand the current tax break for mortgages to help boost the economy.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Coalition accused of dodging debate on SDF dispatch

The ruling coalition Thursday rejected the opposition camp's demand for an extraordinary Diet session, drawing fire that it wants to avoid debate on sensitive issues such as the timing of any Self-Defense Forces dispatch to Iraq.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2003

'Mini-nukes' a big problem

The United States' decision to pursue the development of a new generation of nuclear weapons is wrong. At a time when Washington is trying to convince other nations that nuclear-weapons programs should be abandoned, the U.S. move suggests that such weapons are useful after all. It is one more blow to...
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Ozawa takes DPJ vice presidency but keeps his distance from party

Veteran Diet lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa continues to make headlines, even for things he doesn't do.

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