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JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Abe says future increase in consumption tax inevitable

Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, indicated Sunday the government will have to raise the consumption tax in the future to finance the expected increase in social security costs.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2003

To text or not to text

You knew it had to come. When it was reported last week that a British rehabilitation clinic had begun treating patients for an uncontrollable addiction to text messaging, it certainly sounded like a sign of the times. Or something. It was hard to be sure of the precise significance of the announcement...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 13, 2003

Brave Japan goes down to Scotland

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- The New Zealand and Australian influence on the Japan rugby team seems to have had an added influence off the field as well as on.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2003

Pacific League season ends

Jose Fernandez drilled a three-run homer and starter Shunsuke Watanabe pitched his fourth complete game for the win as the Lotte Marines beat the Orix BlueWave 5-1 at Chiba Marine Stadium in the final Pacific League game of the season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2003

Making the pitch in English: dry mouth and lots of practice

Everything hangs on the first three minutes of a pitch, whether in Tokyo or New York.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Japan and Mexico upgrade FTA talks to Cabinet level

Japan and Mexico have decided to upgrade their talks on a bilateral free-trade agreement in Tokyo to the Cabinet level on Monday in a bid to seek a political breakthrough.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2003

Teaching people how to manage change

WASHINGTON -- Ours is a world in transition. The current global debate centers on the state of knowledge that led to the Iraq war. Neglected is the much more important discussion of the knowledge needed to bringing peace and prosperity to the world. The education sector can play a major role in teaching...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Nasiriya, Samawa cities eyed for troop dispatch

Japan is considering deploying troops to two cities in southern Iraq with relatively stable security as part of its assistance in the reconstruction effort, government sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2003

Roh's dangerous game of equivocation

SEOUL -- Roh Moo Hyun is agonizing publicly over a difficult decision he must make over the next several weeks: whether to commit a 5,000-strong South Korean brigade to Iraq.
Events
Oct 12, 2003

KANSAI: WHo & What

Osaka's Oimatsu area to host antiques festival: The 17th Oimatsu Antique Festival is being held Oct. 13 on Oimatsu Dori, a district in Osaka's Kita Ward famous for its numerous antique shops and galleries.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

ANK jet and MSDF plane in near miss

passenger jet and a Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft nearly collided Tuesday over an island south of Tokyo, ANK officials told the transport ministry on Saturday. In the notice to the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, ANK said its Boeing 737 was involved a near miss with the P-3C...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2003

Kitajima changes course on competing

Kosuke Kitajima, a double world record holder in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, has reversed initial plans and will compete in the short course World Cup next year, a report said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 12, 2003

Policy debate apt to decide poll

Vigorous policy debates between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan are likely to feature prominently in campaigning for the Nov. 9 general election, due to begin officially on Oct. 28. The buzzword is "manifesto" -- a published list of campaign promises....
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

Parties begin canvassing tours

Ruling and opposition leaders started campaigning across the country on Saturday, one day after the House of Representatives was dissolved for a Nov. 9 general election, in a race to see which of the nation's two biggest parties will take the reins of government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

DPJ gains ground on LDP ahead of November election

Nearly 38 percent of Japanese voters support the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, although the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan was gaining in a Kyodo News poll released Saturday, less than a month before a general election on Nov. 9.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

Koizumi predicts consumption tax hike

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi predicted Saturday that raising the consumption tax will be inevitable in the future and said he welcomes a public debate on the issue.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2003

Hamaguchi only loser for Japan

Reigning world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi lost a 6-5 decision against Christine Bordhagen in the 72-kg division as Japan claimed a 21-3 victory over Canada at the women's World Cup wrestling team competition on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

Ishihara 'dodging issue' of JH's value

Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara is avoiding the key issue of whether Japan Highway Public Corp. President Haruho Fujii really hid the negative net worth of the government-backed entity in his ongoing battle to get Fujii fired, JH and ministry officials said Saturday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 12, 2003

Australia living up to its 'lucky country' nickname

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Talk about living up to your nickname!
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2003

Livin' la vida loca

Charles Darwin must have been a regular at whatever passed for a bar on the HMS Beagle. During the ship's five-week stop at the Galapagos, the scientific superstar-to-be got his kicks from riding the trunk-size tortoises that give the islands their name -- galapago is Spanish for "saddle." Despite the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2003

Back to life, back to prosperity

Ecuador was built on bananas. Then, in the 1970s, this tiny South American country struck oil. Forward thinkers, though, are looking to tourism to keep Ecuador's economy afloat when the oil dries up -- as it is expected to do an estimated 15 years from now.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Tokyo issues warning as rare but deadly STSS bacterial infections rise
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of group A streptococcus bacteria
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.
Keiichi Tanaami, pioneering Pop Art visionary, dies at 88
Keiichi Tanaami
Is factional support still key for aspiring LDP presidential candidates?
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi holds a news conference Tuesday. The party has decided to hold its leadership election on Sept. 27.
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.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.

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