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JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Kamei urges action on hog cholera

Yoshiyuki Kamei, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said Thursday he has urged ministry officials to investigate a hog cholera outbreak in Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

DPJ loses another ploy to derail pension reforms

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted down an opposition camp no-confidence motion against Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi and a Democratic Party of Japan bill to repeal recently enacted pension reform legislation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Jenkins meets with U.S. military lawyer

A U.S. military lawyer met with accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday to offer advice on his options in facing the charges against him, government sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Japanese bluefish being cut from restaurant menus

More and more restaurants are dropping Japanese "gin mutsu" bluefish from their menus as environmentally certified fishing and seafood products become popular in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Mayor seeks U.S. base housing tradeoff

Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakata told the Defense Agency on Thursday that he might accept construction of additional U.S. military housing units in Kanagawa Prefecture if the United States reduces the number to be built and returns more facilities to Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004

TV Tokyo makes strong TSE debut

Newly listed TV Tokyo Corp. was popular Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, fetching an initial price of 3,350 yen per share on the first section.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004

LDP plan keeps Japan Post intact

A special committee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday proposed an alternative to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's privatization plan for the nation's postal services.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Crimes reported in half off 4.5%; serious offenses also see second drop

The number of crimes reported to police in the first half of this year declined 4.5 percent from a year earlier to 1,277,872 cases, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Kamei urges action on hog cholera

Yoshiyuki Kamei, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said Thursday he has urged ministry officials to investigate a hog cholera outbreak in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Aug 6, 2004

A feel of the real Edo

The Marunouchi business district, the national government center of Kasumigaseki, and the Diet building in Nagatacho all stand on land that in the Edo Period (1603-1868) was reserved exclusively for daimyo lords.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

No hurry to soothe China

The recent jeering of Japanese by Chinese soccer fans in the Asian Cup soccer tournament in China has not prompted Japan to speed up talks over a proposed secular war memorial, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004

New JAL mileage card to double as e-ticket

Japan Airlines Corp. said Thursday it will launch new mileage cards early next year that customers will be able to use as electronic tickets to bypass the check-in counter.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004

Economic assessment again goes unchanged

The government left its upbeat assessment of Japan's economy unchanged in a monthly report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

Trade curbs eyed for turtles popular here

The United States and Madagascar have suggested to signatories of the Washington Convention that they curb trade in six kinds of Asian and African turtles that are sold as pets in Japan, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

NPA seeks law to round up juvenile delinquents

A National Police Agency panel said Thursday that the government should establish a new law that would enable police to take juveniles into custody for delinquent behavior.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2004

No rush on some 9/11 panel proposals

WASHINGTON -- The recent 9/11 Commission report is without a doubt one of the most thorough, most important and best studies by any such independent group in recent decades in the United States. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and now President George W. Bush, as well as much of the...

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