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JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Watanuki draws 100 others in LDP to defy posts reforms

A group of 101 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers met Wednesday to reiterate their opposition to the government's postal privatization plan and ruled out any compromise on the issue.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Japan wants permission to kill more whale species

Japan will seek permission to conduct a "broader and more comprehensive" research whaling program in the Antarctic when the International Whaling Commission holds its annual meeting in June, a Fisheries Agency official said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Apr 11, 2005

EU Constitution in trouble

LONDON -- It is possible, even probable, that the French people will reject the European Union's proposed new constitution in their referendum on May 31.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2005

Dalai Lama seeks Tibetan autonomy

The visiting Dalai Lama on Saturday reiterated that he would like to see a high degree of autonomy for Tibet, Japanese lawmakers said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2005

Intervention based on rules

According to the U.N. High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, "The maintenance of world peace and security depends importantly on there be-- ing a common global understanding, and acceptance, of when the application of force is both legal and legitimate."
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Ripplewood CEO concerned over Tokyo's moves to restrict M&As

Timothy Collins, founder and chief executive officer of Ripplewood Holdings LLC, has expressed concern over Japan's moves to tighten regulations on merger and acquisition deals due to a takeover war between Livedoor Co. and the Fujisankei Communications Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Ministry experts discuss OIE beef proposal

Government-appointed experts met Friday to discuss a proposal from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to ease mad cow disease-related restrictions on beef trade.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

BOJ policy like morphine: appointee

A newly appointed member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board said Friday the central bank should eventually stop its ultraeasy monetary policy, calling it "morphine" for the economy.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2005

Thrice court-recognized refugee wants ministry nod

Afghan asylum-seeker Abdul Aziz says he is tired of fighting.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

Yasukuni war criminals have paid for crimes: Su

Su Chin-chiang, a Taiwanese member of a proindependence party who visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine earlier this week, said the Class-A war criminals enshrined there have paid for their crimes with their deaths.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

Watanuki draws 95 foes to postal reform

The political tug-of-war over the government's postal privatization plan continued Thursday as a senior Liberal Democratic Party official gathered 95 LDP Diet members for a protest meeting.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2005

Drive toward reconciliation

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- It seems rather awkward for outsiders to comment at this time on the tragic developments in the "deep South" of Thailand. Yet even Thai public opinion at large does not appear sufficiently informed of the extent of the events occurring there. One aspect of the drama that should...
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

BOJ maintains monetary policy; member objects

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday its policy-setting panel decided to leave its ultraloose monetary policy unchanged.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2005

Dignified-death law mulled

A group of lawmakers seeking to legalize dignified death held its first meeting Tuesday in Tokyo to discuss its plan to submit a bill on the issue to the Diet, group members said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 6, 2005

Group Sounds A-Go-Go

After The Beatles played Budokan in 1966, hordes of Japanese kids descended on their local barber shops bearing a photo of their favorite member of the band and demanding a moptop. Then they'd buy a guitar, form a band in their bedroom and mimic the sound of their British Invasion heroes, be they the...
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2005

Postal reforms get nod only from LDP execs

Liberal Democratic Party executives reacted positively Tuesday to the government's postal privatization scheme unveiled the previous day, while rank-and-file members continued to voice opposition.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2005

Wheat, barley, sugar, starch selected as must-protect farm items for WTO

Japan has designated rice, wheat and four other agricultural products as politically sensitive items that must be protected by high tariffs in unofficial bilateral talks under the World Trade Organization, government sources said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 5, 2005

Burned out, wills and tax advice

Fire! Last week our house had a fire We had just moved into a rental house and paid all the key money, real estate fees etc. and nine days later our neighbor's house had a major fire, which spread to ours. The neighbor's house is completely burned, and one person died. My family all escaped unhurt,...
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2005

The passing of a giant

The death of Pope John Paul II closes a remarkable chapter in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. John Paul was more than just the spiritual leader of the 1.1-billion-member church; he was a world historical figure who played a key role in ending the Cold War and re-establishing the Catholic Church...
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2005

Atomic bomb survivors mourn pope's passing

People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Sunday mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, who visited the atomic-bombed cities in 1981 to appeal for world peace.
COMMENTARY
Apr 4, 2005

Unstable bond unraveling

South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's March 23 statement denouncing Japan for its colonial past is bound to seriously damage Tokyo-Seoul relations that have been improving in recent years. The statement reverses positive diplomacy Seoul has pursued on the basis of a 2003 agreement between Roh and Prime...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2005

The rebirth of a salesman

For Atsushi Yamada, conductor of the New York City Opera, his presentation of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" to be staged in Tokyo and Nagoya in May will be something of a triumphant return.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2005

Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda

KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.

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