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BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2003

Giants complete three-game sweep against Carp

Yoshinobu Takahashi smashed a game-tying solo homer to ignite a go-ahead three-run seventh as the Yomiuri Giants beat Hiroshima 6-5 at Sapporo Dome on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep of the Carp.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Resona still in dark over profit status

The new management team at Resona Holdings Inc. won't know until October whether the banking group will be able to turn a profit in the current business year, new Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jun 20, 2003

Surprising secret of Bordeaux's success

France's Bordeaux region contains only 2 percent of the world's vineyard land, but in terms of global wine exports, it accounts for 4 percent of total volume and a whopping 10 percent of total value. What is it that makes Bordeaux so sought after?
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jun 20, 2003

Solstice Music Festival off the calendar; Shared honors for 2002; new releases

It's like watching the lights go out at the stadium. You know, that low metallic "Klung!" "Klung!" "Klung!" as the off switches are hit in succession.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Toshiba, institute forge AIDS tieup

Toshiba Corp. has formed an alliance with the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute over a project directed at optimizing personal medication regimes for AIDS sufferers, it was revealed Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Waning typhoon drifts north; rain warning issued

Typhoon Soudelor was moving north-northeast off Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southwestern tip of Honshu on Thursday evening, with its force gradually waning, according to the Meteorological Agency.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2003

Foreign aggressors target N. Korea again

CAMBRIDGE, England — The war of words goes on. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has warned the North Korean government that any aggressive activity on the Korean Peninsula sponsored by North Korea would be met by a "devastating response."
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Waning typhoon drifts north; rain warning issued

Typhoon Soudelor was moving north-northeast off Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southwestern tip of Honshu on Thursday evening, with its force gradually waning, according to the Meteorological Agency.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Some firms hold early stock meetings

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Nissan Motor Co. and NEC Corp. were among firms that held general shareholders' meetings Thursday, ahead of a slew of such meetings June 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Pop artists band together to tune young people in to alternative energy

OSAKA -- Solar and wind power generators were probably the last thing the audience came to see when they went to an open-air concert by the rock group Glay in summer 2001.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Waning typhoon drifts north; rain warning issued

Typhoon Soudelor was moving north-northeast off Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southwestern tip of Honshu on Thursday evening, with its force gradually waning, according to the Meteorological Agency.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Tollbooth offer draws thousands

The transport ministry said Thursday it received applications from 22,000 car owners and 2,800 commercial vehicle owners for its electric toll collection monitoring program on the first day of a related promotional campaign.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

LDP members approve 12 deregulation targets

Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in charge of administrative and regulatory reform approved 12 deregulation targets Thursday that have been adopted by the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Pop artists band together to tune young people in to alternative energy

OSAKA -- Solar and wind power generators were probably the last thing the audience came to see when they went to an open-air concert by the rock group Glay in summer 2001.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Tollbooth offer draws thousands

The transport ministry said Thursday it received applications from 22,000 car owners and 2,800 commercial vehicle owners for its electric toll collection monitoring program on the first day of a related promotional campaign.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Miso a day keeps breast cancer away

Women who drink three or more bowls of miso soup per day are 40 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who drink less than one bowl, researchers claimed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Miso a day keeps breast cancer away

Women who drink three or more bowls of miso soup per day are 40 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who drink less than one bowl, researchers claimed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Tokyo firms pay 2.2 billion yen to reimburse unpaid overtime

Sixty-six companies based in Tokyo paid their employees 2.27 billion yen in unpaid overtime between October and March after the Tokyo Labor Bureau instructed them to stop withholding the pay, officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Tokyo firms pay 2.2 billion yen to reimburse unpaid overtime

Sixty-six companies based in Tokyo paid their employees 2.27 billion yen in unpaid overtime between October and March after the Tokyo Labor Bureau instructed them to stop withholding the pay, officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Miso a day keeps breast cancer away

Women who drink three or more bowls of miso soup per day are 40 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who drink less than one bowl, researchers claimed Wednesday.
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Rising star Takayuki Kobayashi launches bid for LDP president
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi announces his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
Pillar at entrance to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine vandalized again
Graffiti was found on the pillar bearing Yasukuni Shrine’s name and at its base at the Tokyo shrine's entrance Monday.
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.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Democratic Party platform emphasizes Asia, but muted on Harris
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture

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