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BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2003

Koizumi hauls Aso into line on posts plan

Acting quickly to erase differences in the new Cabinet, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday that posts minister Taro Aso "fully supports" his plan to privatize the postal services in April 2007.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 26, 2003

Sho player ready to show his stuff

Five pairs of Japan Times readers will be invited to a recital by sho player Naoyuki Manabe on Oct. 22 in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 26, 2003

Transport chief to have a go at Japan Highway's books

In an effort to clear the air over Japan Highway Public Corp.'s disputed balance sheet, transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara said the government will draft its own version of the public entity's financial standings and present it to the Diet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 26, 2003

Tanigaki pledges tight fiscal policy, efficiency

Facing a ballooning government debt and a still-fragile economy, newly appointed Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki hopes to pursue a tight fiscal policy and allocate the budget effectively.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2003

Shiokawa confirms Diet retirement

Veteran lawmaker Masajuro Shiokawa, replaced as finance minister in Monday's Cabinet reshuffle, said Thursday he will not run in the next House of Representatives election, expected to be held in November.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Daiei's Fukuoka units to go to Colony Capital

Struggling retailer Daiei Inc. has decided to sell its Fukuoka businesses to U.S. investment firm Colony Capital LLC, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Abductee support group prods government

A group that believes North Korea has abducted more Japanese nationals than it has admitted is calling on the Japanese government to bring them home.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2003

One-off factor trims Japan's debt

Although Japan's outstanding public debt has edged down slightly from a record high, the decline was due to a one-off event that prevented it from blowing out even further, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Three urologists held over patient's death

Police on Thursday arrested three urologists at a Tokyo hospital whose inexperience in a surgical procedure allegedly caused the death last year of a patient with prostate cancer.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2003

Dollar peg undermines China's economy

As Beijing is pressured to halt currency intervention, arguments are generally proposed in terms of the possible benefits to other countries. Such an argument is less compelling than one that points out how China might benefit from an end to its peg against the U.S. dollar. In any event, China's fixed...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 26, 2003

Tama: Pour a libation to summer's end at a stylish washoku hideaway

At last that spell of late summer heat has broken. At last we can generate something approximating an appetite. And -- all praise to the gods of zymurgy -- at last the first of the fresh-season sake is starting to arrive on the shelves and menus of our favorite ryoriya (restaurants) and izakaya.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 26, 2003

IRCJ not only interested in 'small potatoes': Kaneko

New industrial revival minister Kazuyoshi Kaneko shrugged off accusations that the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan has a "small potatoes" approach to rescuing ailing firms.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2003

DPJ, Liberal Party sign deal on bold opposition merger

The Democratic Party of Japan and the smaller Liberal Party formally signed a merger deal Wednesday after managing to agree on candidates for the next House of Representatives general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2003

Second wave of war orphans hits government with lawsuits

In a second wave of collective lawsuits, 612 Japanese who were separated from their parents in China at the end of World War II and lived for decades in Chinese foster homes sued the government Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 25, 2003

Education minister wants kids to be more patriotic

The Fundamental Law of Education should be revised in ways that would encourage children to regain a sense of patriotism and learn about religion, according to the new education minister, Takeo Kawamura.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2003

Public support rise for Koizumi seen as vindication

The jump in approval ratings for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reshuffled Cabinet in several media polls is a vote of confidence from the public, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2003

Cabbage butterfly protein spells destruction for cancer cells

A protein found in the pupae and larvae of cabbage butterflies induces the destruction of cancer cells more effectively than common anticancer drugs, according to researchers at the National Cancer Center.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 25, 2003

Fighters leave it late to punish Hawks

Kazuteru Shimada drove in two runs to spark a nine-run, eighth inning Wednesday as the Nippon Ham Fighters trounced the Pacific League-leading Daiei Hawks 12-6 at Tokyo Dome.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Sep 25, 2003

Blazers struggling to get roster in shape

NEW YORK -- The best thing about the NFL season is the NBA season is just around the gully, so over the ridge to Grandpa Stern's house we go.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2003

Test tube baby born using eggs frozen in 1995

A Hokkaido woman gave birth to a boy last year using fertilized eggs frozen in 1995, which may be the longest time in Japan that such eggs have been used after being in storage, according to her doctors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Sep 25, 2003

When the grass is greener on the other side

I was starting a load of laundry, my son's dirty trousers in hand, when I sensed something was wrong. I couldn't put my finger on what was troubling me. I held up my kid's khakis, looking for a clue. It wasn't that his pants were filthy. They are always filthy. It wasn't that they were full of holes....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 25, 2003

Aso questions Koizumi's timetable to privatize postal services entity

New home affairs minister Taro Aso expressed skepticism Wednesday over the timetable put forward by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to privatize the postal services entity.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2003

Brokerages plan April 1 merger

Midsize brokerages SMBC Friend Securities Co. and Izumi Securities Co. said Wednesday they will merge April 1 to streamline operations and bolster customer bases.
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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