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BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2004

Prolonged U.S. beef ban feared after talks fail

The failure by Japan and the United States to settle their differences in talks in Tokyo last week on mad cow disease has given rise to fears that the import ban may be prolonged, and the dispute is fraying tempers on both sides.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2004

Ikeda, known for work in Peru hostage standoff, dies

Former Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda, who led efforts to resolve the 1996-1997 hostage standoff at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Peru, died of rectal cancer early Wednesday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 66.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2004

'Citizen judge' system close to reality

After more than a month of heated debate, the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito agreed earlier this week that three professional judges and six "lay judges" should occupy the bench in trials under a new "citizen judge" system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2004

Currency intervention raises eyebrows

Japan's repeated attempts to check the dollar's fall against the yen by intervening in the currency market is raising concerns among some economists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2004

Stablemaster payout overturned

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling ordering the master of the Tatsunami sumo stable in Tokyo to pay his father-in-law 175 million yen for the inheritance of the stablemaster title.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2004

Child abuse breeds excuses, finger-pointing

School officials only reported the "possibility of abuse" and failed to take further action, the local child consultation center did not take the alert seriously and believed the case was one of truancy, while neighbors tuned out what they suspected was happening.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2004

Koga to quit DPJ over false claims

Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Junichiro Koga told party executives Tuesday he will leave the party but vowed not to resign his Diet seat for making false claims about his academic background.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 28, 2004

Nothing lost in Johnnys R+J translation

Since Shakespeare got through the notoriously long wait for foreigners at Japanese immigration and started to settle down and assimilate the local culture, what sort of changes have been wrought on him by his extended sojourn on these shores?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 28, 2004

Play democracy for me

Kono yo no Soto E Rating: * * * (out of 5) Director: Junji Sakamoto Running time: 123 minutes Language: Japanese Opens Feb. 7 [See Japan Times movie listings] Movies, producer Naoya Narita once told me, are news. The problem is, real world news moves fast -- and films often have a hard...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 27, 2004

Rural life's slow death

Matsunoyama town has almost everything its residents could want: spellbinding scenery, gorgeous terraced rice paddies cloaking the hillsides, splendid new roads and magnificent public facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2004

Final go-ahead expected for main troop dispatch

The government of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was expected Monday to give the final go-ahead for sending the main contingent of the Ground Self-Defense Force to Iraq, according to government sources.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2004

Angola releases last member of fishing crew

The last three crew members of a Japanese fishing vessel seized in November in Angola's exclusive economic zone headed back to Japan on Saturday night, Foreign Ministry officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2004

Protesters rally in Tokyo against dispatch of troops to Iraq

Thousands of protesters gathered Sunday in Tokyo to demonstrate against the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces to Iraq on the eve of the government's expected announcement that the go order would be given to send a core ground unit.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2004

Ota leads Osaka governor race: poll

Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota is out in front of the other candidates ahead of next Sunday's gubernatorial election, according to a Kyodo News survey conducted over the weekend.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 24, 2004

Ai-chan to take part in Japan Top 12

Japanese teenage prodigy Ai Fukuhara will compete at the Japan Top 12 table tennis tournament for her fourth consecutive year, the Japan Table Tennis Association said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2004

Samawah area safe for troops, GSDF pair back from Iraq say

Two members of a Ground Self-Defense Force advance team to Iraq arrived back in Tokyo on Friday and reported to the government that the southern part of the country is safe enough for deployment of the main GSDF troop body.
COMMENTARY
Jan 24, 2004

Tolerance in the name of God

LONDON -- So many crimes have sadly been committed in the name of religion that many humanists reject religion while Marxists regard religion as the opium of the people. Humanists and Marxists who condemn religion fail to see the good that can flow from sincerely held religious beliefs, but the perversion...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2004

Group urges landlords to accept foreign tenants

Finding a place to live is one of the biggest difficulties foreign residents of Japan face, and one of the main reasons is that landlords are reluctant to accept them as tenants.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 22, 2004

Out of thought, out of mind

Sigmund Freud was well aware that his theories were controversial. "What progress we are making," he commented in 1933. "In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books."
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2004

Reform key to Mr. Koizumi's future

In his policy speech to the Diet on Monday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi spent a considerable amount of time trying to convince a public that is skeptical about sending Self-Defense Force troops to Iraq to provide humanitarian aid and assist with reconstruction. It is not clear whether he succeeded...
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004

Pyongyang facing sanctions

Diet lawmakers who have adopted a hardline stance on North Korea agreed Tuesday to submit bills during this legislative session that would allow the government to slap economic and other sanctions on Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Protest halts work on homeless shelter

KAWASAKI -- A protest rally by local residents forced the postponement Monday of the start of construction of a publicly run shelter for homeless people.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Lower House OKs Arai's resignation

The House of Representatives accepted Masanori Arai's resignation as a Diet member Monday, following his indictment on vote-buying charges.

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