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JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Irate armed Fuji TV viewer nabbed

A man armed with a crossbow and other weapons was arrested Monday after he entered the head office of Fuji Television Network Inc. in Tokyo to complain about program content.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2003

Toyota network to assess cars' environmental impact

In response to mounting pressure on industries to cope with environmental problems, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will introduce an environment-assessment system in 2004 to produce cleaner vehicles.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Irate armed Fuji TV viewer nabbed

A man armed with a crossbow and other weapons was arrested Monday after he entered the head office of Fuji Television Network Inc. in Tokyo to complain about program content.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2003

Clamp down on illegal exports

The Metropolitan Police Department last week arrested executives of a Japanese engineering company, Seishin Enterprise Co., on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran sensitive military-related equipment that could be used in the manufacture of solid fuel for missiles. Investigations have also revealed...
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 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....

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