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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

90% of child centers lack psychiatrists

Only one in 10 public child consultation centers across the nation have full-time psychiatrists to handle child-abuse cases, according to a health ministry research group.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

90% of child centers lack psychiatrists

Only one in 10 public child consultation centers across the nation have full-time psychiatrists to handle child-abuse cases, according to a health ministry research group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

90% of child centers lack psychiatrists

Only one in 10 public child consultation centers across the nation have full-time psychiatrists to handle child-abuse cases, according to a health ministry research group.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

LDP may be flexible in SDF dispatch bill talks

Officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party hinted Sunday at a flexible stance Sunday on discussions with the opposition over a bill which, if passed, will allow the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to help rebuild Iraq.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

LDP may be flexible in SDF dispatch bill talks

Officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party hinted Sunday at a flexible stance Sunday on discussions with the opposition over a bill which, if passed, will allow the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to help rebuild Iraq.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 16, 2003

Kataoka's clutch hit lifts the Tigers over the Giants in 10

Atsushi Kataoka drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday to lift the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 walkoff win over the Yomiuri Giants.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2003

Controversial bill reaches Diet floor

There is no question that Japan should do what it can to help bring stability and democracy to Iraq. Although the world remains divided over whether the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was justified, rebuilding the country is an international undertaking that should be supported by as many nations as possible...
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

LDP may be flexible in SDF dispatch bill talks

Officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party hinted Sunday at a flexible stance Sunday on discussions with the opposition over a bill which, if passed, will allow the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to help rebuild Iraq.
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2003

They impeach murderers, don't they?

NEW YORK -- U.S. President George W. Bush told us that Iraq and al-Qaeda were working together. They weren't. He repeatedly implied that Iraq had had something to do with 9/11. It hadn't. He claimed to have proof that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed banned weapons of mass destruction....
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

November general election said unlikely to happen

The House of Representatives will probably not be dissolved for a general election in November if one is not held in October, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

November general election said unlikely to happen

The House of Representatives will probably not be dissolved for a general election in November if one is not held in October, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

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COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jun 16, 2003

St. Petersburg may rule again

MOSCOW -- St. Petersburg, the former capital of Russia, has turned 300. Founded in a Baltic swamp at a frightening cost by the only outstanding Romanov reformer, Czar Peter the Great, it remains the architectural wonder of the nation. The "Venice of the North," as St. Petersburg was labeled in the 18th...
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2003

Averting a nuclear disaster

The international community is joining forces to prevent North Korea from escalating its nuclear threat. The Group of Eight summit (June 1-3) at Evian, France, adopted a declaration on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, criticizing North Korea and Iran for its development of WMDs.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

November general election said unlikely to happen

The House of Representatives will probably not be dissolved for a general election in November if one is not held in October, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party said Sunday.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 16, 2003

Stocks won't recover unless regulators get serious about oversight

Tokyo share prices are on shaky ground. While the Nikkei 225 Stock Average has managed to recover from the deep slump it was in from March to mid-May, spending the whole time below 8,000 but trading in the upper half of the 7,000 range -- the key index remains far below 14,000, the level it was at when...

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