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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Homeless group works to show its worth

YOKOHAMA -- Every morning at JR Yokohama Station, people show up armed with brooms and dustpans to clean up litter on nearby streets left by the previous night's carousing throngs.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jul 3, 2003

Large field mouse

* Japanese name: Aka nezumi * Scientific name: Apodemus speciosus (large field mouse) * Description: These mice are 9-14 cm long, with hazel-brown fur on top, and a white throat and belly. They have large black eyes, a well-developed sense of smell and sensitive whiskers. Females have eight nipples....
Japan Times
JAPAN / IN WITH THE NEW
Jul 3, 2003

For security realists, Ishiba a breath of clear air

Since becoming Defense Agency chief, Shigeru Ishiba has not been shy about rocking the boat.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Japan eyes continental shelf mineral claim

Japan is planning a huge boost in research on rare undersea minerals around the country estimated to be worth trillions of yen, and wants U.N. approval for its claims on the continental shelf, government sources said.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Officials held over rigging Tokyo water meter bids

Four officials of four companies supplying water meters to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of rigging bids, prosecutors said.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

June monetary base rises 20.3%

Japan's monetary base rose 20.3 percent in June from a year earlier to 102.76 trillion yen, up for the 29th straight month, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Canon Inc. to spend more on R&D

Canon Inc. will spend more than 900 billion yen on research and development through 2005, up by more than 30 percent from the previous three-year period, with the focus on cutting-edge technologies, company officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Japan, U.S. begin discussions on SOFA

Japan and the United States on Wednesday began negotiations over the conditions under which American servicemen suspected of crimes in this country are questioned by Japanese authorities before indictment.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Nikkei ends at 9-month high of 9,592

Tokyo's Nikkei stock index posted its largest gain this year and ended at a new nine-month high Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 3, 2003

Yu Terauchi to sit out event

Diver Yu Terauchi will not compete at the upcoming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, the Japan Swimming Federation said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

JCP to reinforce old ban on members' drinking

Stung by a humiliating sexual harassment scandal that led to the resignation of a top executive, the Japanese Communist Party said Wednesday it would reinforce an internal rule to prevent further trouble from its members.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Haneda becoming a more international gateway

A record 132 international chartered flights will be operated to and from Tokyo's Haneda airport in August, according to data released Wednesday by the airport authority.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 3, 2003

When males lead to miscarriages

At temples all over Japan, there are stone statues wearing aprons and caps of red cloth. Someone once told me that the cloth was supposed to keep the statues warm at night and protect them when it rained. What my friend neglected to say was that many of these statues are dedicated to mizuko, literally...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Firms vie to release first home-use fuel-cell system

Allow oxygen to meet hydrogen at your home, and you'll get electricity and hot water cheaper and with less pollution.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Myanmar envoy due for talks Friday

A special envoy of the top leader of the Myanmar junta will visit Japan for a meeting Friday with Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2003

Cigarette labels to carry stronger health warnings

In the first revision of cigarette warning labels in 14 years, Japanese tobacco companies will be required to state the dangers of smoking more clearly on their packaging, government officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Life insurers promise not to cut yields on policies

Many life insurance companies promised their representative policyholders Wednesday that they would maintain guaranteed yields on policies even if a law enabling them to cut the yields is enacted.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2003

Freeze salaries to arrested lawmakers

The average annual income of Japanese Diet members in 2002 dropped 6.2 percent from the year before to 26.93 million yen, the lowest level since 1993 when an income and asset reporting system for national legislators was introduced, according to data released Monday by the Diet. This drop is attributed...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jul 3, 2003

What a week that was

It was a week filled with surprises and excitement.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Daiwa, Nikko rating outlooks stable

Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday it has revised to stable from negative the rating outlook of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Nikko Cordial Corp. and their respective group brokerages.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jul 3, 2003

Who says all factories have to be eyesores?

Earl in 1995, a friend of mine, a journalist I first met back in the 1970s, asked me to have dinner and drinks with him in a cozy, noisy izakaya in Shinjuku. There, he introduced me to a very friendly, well-traveled man called Masayoshi Ushikubo, the executive manager of a company that made electrical...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jul 3, 2003

Learning firsthand about rice cultivation

I have new respect for the rainy season. I used to hate tsuyu, these dreary weeks of drizzle. But now that I'm a farmer, I see the value of so much rain. I'm farming a bucket of rice on my balcony and can't keep up with the watering.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Fuel-cell motorbike on way

Yamaha Motor Co. said Wednesday it has made advances in developing a fuel-cell motorcycle and hopes to have a product on the market soon.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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