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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

U.S. to hand over rape suspect to authorities before indictment

The United States agreed Wednesday to hand over a marine stationed in Okinawa Prefecture who allegedly beat and raped a 19-year-old woman in the town of Kin in May, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Jun 19, 2003

Strolling in a dream

This 1830s woodblock print by Edo artist Hasegawa Settan shows the vast precincts of Tokai-ji, a Zen temple in Shinagawa. Built by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604-51) and donated in 1638 to Abbot Takuan Soho (1573-1645), Tokai-ji prospered as the third-largest temple in Edo, second only to Kan'ei-ji in...
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2003

A good month for the EU

It has been a good month for the European Union. Both Poles and Czechs voted to join the EU last weekend. Despite fears that apathy would invalidate the results, a comfortable majority in both countries cast ballots in favor of EU membership. The votes signal a break with the Cold War past and herald...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Opposition parties boycott Diet over 40-day extension

The four opposition parties made good on their threat and jointly boycotted all Diet proceedings Wednesday to protest the ruling bloc's decision to extend the current Diet session to July 28.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 19, 2003

Tiger keelback

* Japanese name: Yamakagashi * Scientific name: Rhabdophis tigrinus * Description: The tiger keelback is so named for the beautiful colored pattern of its scales. The snake's head and body are basically olive green, but its flanks are orange, and there are several rows of black spots running down the...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jun 19, 2003

Men stripped to their Ys

Edward Lambert, born in the 1700s in England, was to all appearances a normal boy until he entered puberty, whereupon his skin turned black and thickened, hardening into scales, solid like the shafts of feathers.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

U.S. to hand over rape suspect to authorities before indictment

The United States agreed Wednesday to hand over a marine stationed in Okinawa Prefecture who allegedly beat and raped a 19-year-old woman in the town of Kin in May, Japanese officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Opposition parties boycott Diet over 40-day extension

The four opposition parties made good on their threat and jointly boycotted all Diet proceedings Wednesday to protest the ruling bloc's decision to extend the current Diet session to July 28.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jun 19, 2003

Choose your weapons

"Soul Calibur 2," Namco's new fighting game for GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation2, has little new to recommend it. Thank goodness for that.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Japan may halt funds to whaling commission

Japan may suspend its contributions to the International Whaling Commission to protest the adoption of a resolution to create a whale conservation committee, a government source said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

For new hires, recession means all work, no play

Almost 80 percent of new hires put work before romance, reflecting the grim situation young people are facing amid the tough job market, according to a survey by the Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development released Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2003

Tigers bite BayStars with rally in ninth

Akihiro Yano hit a bases-clearing triple off Denny Tomori with none out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 5-4 "sayonara" triumph over the slumping Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday night at Koshien Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2003

Eligibility for Japan free agency altered

Players who enter the Japanese pro baseball league as pre-draft acquisitions will only be required to play nine seasons before declaring themselves free agents, baseball officials decided at a board meeting Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Diet votes to continue session into summer

Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Diet votes to continue session into summer

Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Red tape hinders Singapore Airlines campaign

Attempts by the SARS-battered Singapore Airlines to offer travelers bargain deals have been stalled here by domestic regulations, despite high hopes for mutual promotion of tourism under a bilateral free trade agreement signed recently.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Business leaders clash over panel's tax hike proposals

Leaders of two major business lobbies were at odds Tuesday over a tax hike proposal by an advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 18, 2003

Stark Reality: "Now"

It's a good thing the guardians of our children's tender morality are mainly obsessed with vexing lyrics and not intensely trippy jams. Otherwise, "Now" would have a big sticker across the front: WARNING -- The psychedelic children's music on this album will scramble your child's mind.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 18, 2003

Ted Nash: "Still Evolved"

It's not just anyone who can ask Wynton Marsalis to sit in. Ted Nash can, though, and more than that, he knows how to put Marsalis to work. On Nash's new release, "Still Evolved," he makes sure that Marsalis and other recruited luminaries from New York's post-bop scene don't waste a single note.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Japan no threat to Indonesia: envoy

Indonesia does not view Japan as a military threat, despite the mounting role of Self-Defense Forces personnel in international peacekeeping operations, Indonesian Ambassador Abdul Irsan said Tuesday.

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