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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2004

Armitage wrong to link UNSC bid with reform of Article 9, officials say

Government officials on Friday dismissed advice by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and said Japan will not revise its Constitution to gain a seat on the U.N. Security Council.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jul 15, 2004

Japan's kindergartens could serve families better

Procreation just ain't what it used to be.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2004

Expressway debts: New policy goes on the road to nowhere

By passing expressway legislation that omitted a key part of privatization panel's suggestions, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's political 'style' may now be under scrutiny by politicians and the general public.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 6, 2004

Expressway debts: New policy goes on the road to nowhere

By passing expressway legislation that omitted a key part of privatization panel's suggestions, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's political 'style' may now be under scrutiny by politicians and the general public.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2004

SDF striving to become global partner

Among the 550 Ground Self-Defense Force troops in the first deployment to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah were five men in green fatigues armed with musical instruments.
COMMENTARY
Jun 6, 2004

Slow down the warehousing of the old

LOS ANGELES -- In Asia, though not everywhere in the region, older people tend to be regarded differently from their counterparts in America. In many places, they're not even spurned. In some, they are even revered. Imagine.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso announces more recalls

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. announced the recall Wednesday of about 75,200 large vehicles due to defective clutch housings that have caused a number of accidents, including a fatality.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso announces more recalls

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. announced the recall Wednesday of about 75,200 large vehicles due to defective clutch housings that have caused a number of accidents, including a fatality.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 25, 2004

The mane attraction

In 1979, Japan was in the Dark Ages. Dark that is, in terms of hair. No one dyed their hair any other color but black and when they reached for lighter tints, were considered a bit on the bizarre side.
JAPAN
May 17, 2004

Japan may participate in U.N. force in Iraq: Ishiba

Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba indicated Sunday that Japanese troops may participate in a U.N. multinational force in Iraq under a new U.N. resolution.
JAPAN
May 8, 2004

Nuclear plant exposure levels raise eyebrows

Nuclear plant workers in Japan have suffered the world's highest collective radiation exposure for four consecutive years, prompting the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to consider improvements, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso exec grilled over false report

Investigative authorities have questioned Takashi Usami, former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., over an alleged false report issued in connection with a fatal accident caused by a defective vehicle in 2002, informed sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2004

High court rejects appeal over use of taxpayers' money

The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld a lower court rejection of a demand that former Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki and three other metropolitan government officials refund 51 million yen spent in connection with Emperor Akihito's ascension ceremonies in 1990.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso in firing line

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Tuesday that Mitsubishi Fuso Bus and Truck Corp. failed to report about in-house documents showing design flaws in its large vehicles might have caused wheels to detach, and threatened to take legal action.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2004

Senkakus belong to Japan: panel

The House of Representatives committee on security affairs endorsed a resolution Tuesday expressing regret at the landing of seven Chinese activists on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands last week.
COMMENTARY
Mar 30, 2004

Irrational highway demands

The debate over privatizing Japan's four highway and bridge corporations has moved from the absurd to the ridiculous.
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2004

BBC still plays a vital role

LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corporation has one of the longest and respectable histories among the world's public-service broadcasting organizations. Since its establishment in the 1920s, it has built up an enviable reputation for independence and reliability.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2004

Fukuda gets testy over Yasukuni Shrine questions

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda got annoyed Monday with a reporter who asked him about China's latest protest over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2004

Cabinet OKs highway privatization plan

The Cabinet endorsed contentious legislation Tuesday aimed at privatizing the nation's four expressway corporations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLITICS IN FOCUS
Mar 2, 2004

Komeito torn between LDP, Soka Gakkai

When New Komeito backed the Liberal Democratic Party's decision to send the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq earlier this year, members of Soka Gakkai, Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization whose political arm is New Komeito, launched rare opposition to the party's decision.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2004

Japan set to play sanction card

Japan may impose economic sanctions on North Korea if the standoff over its nuclear threat and the abduction issue is prolonged, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda hinted Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Feb 27, 2004

Watershed for Hong Kong-Beijing ties

HONG KONG -- The relationship between Hong Kong and Beijing is at a critical point, with the central government having cautioned the special administrative region not to rush headlong into democracy while local people fear that their democratic aspirations may be frustrated.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2004

Overseas missions straining MSDF to the limit

About 300 Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors will leave Friday for Kuwait aboard an MSDF transport ship and a destroyer escort to deliver equipment and goods for troops being deployed to southern Iraq.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2004

Failed U.S. firm agrees to provide satellite, redress

A bankrupt U.S. company commissioned to build a Japanese multipurpose satellite has agreed to supply the device to Japan by the end of March, according to government officials.

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