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BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2003

Nomura Research sees growth spurt in East Asia

Nomura Research Institute Ltd. said Friday it has revised upward its 2003 economic growth forecast for nine East Asian economies, excluding Japan, to 5.2 percent in real terms.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2003

JBIC joins East Asia infrastructure joint study project

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation said Friday it has launched a joint study with the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank to promote infrastructure development in East Asia.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 20, 2003

Tattoos ain't what they used to be

My older son now has what I do not.
COMMENTARY
Sep 20, 2003

Economic policies confused

In his campaign for re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, has made much of the current mild economic revival. He sees it as vindicating his economic policies.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

DPJ promises to slash wasteful state spending

The Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday unveiled a detailed cost-cutting manifesto for the next House of Representatives election, expected to be held in November.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Koizumi now expected to reshuffle Cabinet Monday; speculation rife

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is set to reshuffle his Cabinet on Monday, according to LDP lawmakers.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 19, 2003

Outrage by managers on diving never includes own players

LONDON -- Robert Pires is unique.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

High court begins hearing air pollution appeal

With one plaintiff coughing up phlegm as she testified, the first hearing of an appeal of a long-running air pollution suit got under way Thursday at the Tokyo High Court.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

More support urged for foreign students

The government and universities need to improve the support system and quality of education for the increasing number of foreign students in Japan, an advisory panel of the education ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Crime panel advocates giving police more power to probe youngsters

A government panel on juvenile delinquency on Thursday submitted a report to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi proposing that police be given more power to investigate crimes committed by children under 14.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Japan land prices fall for 12th year in row

The decline in land prices accelerated over the year to July 1, falling for a 12th consecutive year, according to a government survey released Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Aum Shinrikyo member loses high court appeal against death penalty

The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence on a former senior Aum Shinrikyo cultist Thursday for his involvement in two separate murder cases and in building a plant to mass-produce nerve gas.
SUMO
Sep 19, 2003

Wakanosato hands Asashoryu first loss at Autumn Basho

Grand champion Asashoryu suffered his first setback of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday when he was thrown out of the ring by sekiwake Wakanosato.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

City tax on spent nuclear fuel OK'd

The government approved Thursday a plan by the city of Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, to tax spent nuclear fuel left by a local power plant, and handed over a letter of consent to Sendai Mayor Takuro Mori.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2003

Yamaha Motor eyes big bio-business growth

Yamaha Motor Co. has developed a photosynthesis technology capable of mass-producing a type of rare phytoplankton used in fish farming.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2003

Interest rates have stopped rising: BOJ

Members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board agreed during a meeting on Aug. 7 and 8 that long-term interest rates in Japan had stopped rising, according to minutes released Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Panel calls for reinterpretation of the antiwar Constitution

In light of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, the government should alter its interpretation of the Constitution and allow Japan to exercise the right of collective defense, according to a report compiled Thursday by an advisory panel to Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

NPA may farm out parking patrols

An advisory panel to the National Police Agency recommended Thursday that police hire private companies to check on illegal parking and that the government change the law and allow police to go after owners of vehicles in collecting unpaid parking fees.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Tokyo to step forward with at least $1 billion for Iraq

Japan, responding to a U.S. request, has begun preparations to offer about $1 billion in 2004 to help rebuild Iraq, government sources said Thursday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 19, 2003

Decision time for De La Hoya after defeat

We have all had the feeling in life.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 19, 2003

Secret treasures of southern Sonoma

The sensual impact of a vacation in the wine country is hard to beat. Hot days, cold nights, good food and meandering drives under blue skies between vineyards and wineries that range from the manicured to the seemingly long-ago abandoned.
COMMENTARY
Sep 19, 2003

Old political drum beats on

LONDON -- "Seen it all before" and "the more it changes the more it remains the same" are phrases that immediately spring to the mind of the foreign observer of Japanese politics in the runup to Saturday's election of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2003

Starbucks looks to hot food for Japan sales boost

Starbucks Coffee Japan will offer hot food items at its outlets next month in an attempt to woo back customers, the company said Thursday.

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