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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 23, 2003

Marines whitewash Buffaloes in Osaka

Lefty Koji Takagi limited Kintetsu to four hits over the distance for his first shutout win since October 2002 as the Chiba Lotte Marines blanked the Buffaloes 10-0 at Osaka Dome on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 23, 2003

Japan beats Kiwis in Fed Cup

Japan rested Ai Sugiyama from her singles match but was still too powerful for New Zealand as it cruised to a 3-0 win at the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania zone Group One tournament at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Dad, son held on extortion charge

An 84-year-old man and his son were arrested Tuesday for allegedly attempting to extort 100 million yen from consumer finance company Takefuji Corp., police said.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Events slated to promote studying English abroad

Two events of interest to anyone studying English -- Language Fair (Ryugaku Expo) 2003 and Study USA 2003 -- will take place next month at four locations around Japan, according to organizers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Aum flailing amid vacuum left by Asahara

In early February, a 37-year-old former member of Aum Shinrikyo launched a Web site featuring transcripts of past lectures by the cult's founder, Shoko Asahara.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Europe-based executive MBA program pitched at Japanese

European business school INSEAD has recently begun offering an exclusive executive MBA program -- and is hoping to attract some Japanese students.
COMMENTARY
Apr 23, 2003

A bigger Europe may not be any better

LONDON -- A few days ago in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, EU leaders approved a major expansion of the European Union that will embrace 10 new members and 73 million more European citizens.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Shiokawa pushes idea of Iraq fund

Japan should urge other countries and international organizations to set up a fund to handle reconstruction aid for Iraq, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Poll confirms gender gap

Japanese men want to earn qualifications related to information technology, while women are more interested in learning a foreign language, according to a Web-based survey conducted by a Tokyo-based private education institute.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Takeda Chemical names new chief

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it will appoint board member Yasuchika Hasegawa as its next president and chief operating officer, replacing Kunio Takeda, who will become chairman.
COMMENTARY
Apr 23, 2003

Which side blinked, and why?

HONOLULU -- The announcement that United States and North Korea had agreed to multilateral talks with China in Beijing on Wednesday was most welcome after six months of escalating tensions. Conventional wisdom is that America's success in Iraq was the primary factor in bringing Pyongyang to the bargaining...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Smaller electronics stores use personal touch to keep retail giants at bay

Hiroshi Fujita was shocked two years ago to learn that a large electronics chain store would open across the street from his small shop in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Keep an eye on foreign seafood: paper

Japan should step up efforts to ensure the safety of seafood products, especially those that are imported, the Fisheries Agency said in an annual report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Honda picks Fukui as new president

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that Takeo Fukui, a senior managing director, will succeed President Hiroyuki Yoshino in June.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Seibu to dismiss 250 employees at four outlets due for closure

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. will dismiss about 250 full-time employees at four outlets to be closed later this year in line with the firm's restructuring drive, company sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Camera problem delays summer launch of satellite

The launch of a new multifunctional satellite, originally scheduled for this summer, has been put off until next year due to a problem with its weather observation camera, the Meteorological Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Japan to promise continued reforms

Japan will tell its partners in the OECD that it will continue promoting structural reforms to put its economy in order, Heizo Takenaka, economic and fiscal policy minister, said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 23, 2003

The Kills

The critical lowdown on The Kills includes the belief that the band would not have attracted the attention it has if it weren't for The White Stripes, since The Kills are also a boy-girl duo who play blues-based loud rock. But couldn't the opposite be just as true? It sounds impossible, since the Stripes...
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Key economic index revised upward

The government on Tuesday revised upward the key February index for the current state of the economy, reflecting a higher capacity-utilization ratio at manufacturers.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

10 of 12 suspected cases of SARS turn out to be negative

A health ministry panel said Tuesday that 10 of the 12 SARS cases in Japan classified as either "suspected" or "probable" are not the deadly virus, but judgment is being withheld on the remaining two cases.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

SARS, trade on agenda for APEC execs

Some 50 business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region will meet next month in Tokyo to discuss trade and investment issues, Japanese business leaders said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Governor urges more talks on dam plan

Thorough and open discussions are the most important way of approaching a controversial dam project on the Kawabe River in Kumamoto Prefecture, Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 23, 2003

German sonic explorers off the beaten path

Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman, two of Germany's foremost exponents of experimental music from two different generations, will be performing together this week in Japan for the first time.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Top court upholds right of inventors to be properly rewarded for work

The Supreme Court gave inventors a major victory Tuesday as it sided with a former employee of Olympus Optical Co. in his battle for more royalties from a crucial component in videodisc technology.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Matsunami to face Diet resolution

Four opposition parties agreed Tuesday to jointly submit a resolution to the House of Representatives urging ruling bloc lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami to resign after a scandal linking him to a gangster broke last week.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2003

Shiokawa to let BOJ increase capital reserves

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday his ministry would approve an anticipated request by the Bank of Japan to increase its capital reserves by funneling a bigger portion of the central bank's profits into its capital base.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Sex scandal bodes ill for Koizumi administration

The administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have heard the first whack at the final nail in its coffin.
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
LDP pinning hope on boost from leader change
The ruling Liberal Democratic Praty hopes to capitalize on a sense of renewal stemming from the election of a new president to succeed Fumio Kishida, who has said he will not seek reelection.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.

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