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JAPAN

Jan 20, 2004

Highway privatization panelists face off

Monday's start of the ordinary Diet session renews Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's scrum with vested-interest Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and bureaucrats as he pushes through a watered-down plan to privatize four heavily indebted expressway firms.

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2004

Koizumi pitches Iraq, reforms to LDP

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday reiterated the importance of dispatching Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq to help its postwar rehabilitation, in collaboration with the United States and the international community.

JAPAN

Jan 7, 2004

Advance Iraq unit set; may go in mid-January

The government plans to send 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members and eight light-armored vehicles to Iraq later this month to assess local security before the dispatch of the main GSDF troop contingent, officials said Tuesday.

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BUSINESS

Jan 1, 2004

Salaryman blues? Don't worry, be happy on less

Few people may think economist Takuro Morinaga and investment guru Robert Kiyosaki have anything in common.

JAPAN

Dec 26, 2003

New expressways to cost taxpayers 2.4 trillion yen

An advisory panel to the transport minister on Thursday approved construction of some 700 km worth of expressways at a cost of roughly 2.4 trillion yen.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Dec 23, 2003

Expressway plans get green light

The government and ruling coalition on Monday endorsed a privatization scheme for semigovernmental expressway operators that effectively fails to put the brakes on the completion of unfinished sections of the planned 9,342-km thruway network.

JAPAN

Dec 16, 2003

Japan Highway chief pitches autonomy

Japan Highway Public Corp. must be legally empowered to make its own decisions on expressway construction and stand on a par with the government when it is privatized in fiscal 2005, new Japan Highway President Takeshi Kondo said Monday.

JAPAN

Dec 13, 2003

LDP task force's expressway plan emphasizes more road construction

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party placed emphasis on more road construction in its plan mapped out Friday for privatizing the nation's expressway operators.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Dec 12, 2003

Debate on privatizing highway firms nears crunch

Decision time is looming in the battle between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and parties with vested interests in expressway construction.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Dec 4, 2003

Auto repair exam questions leaked to candidates

Nearly 80 percent of questions in a highly competitive government-sponsored exam for auto mechanic licenses held earlier this week were leaked to examinees through Toyota Motor Corp. dealerships, the nation's top automaker said Wednesday.

JAPAN

Nov 29, 2003

Expressway privatization proposals may defeat the purpose

The land ministry put the ball back in the government's court Friday, delivering three proposals for privatizing four debt-ridden expressway public corporations.

JAPAN

Nov 21, 2003

Japan Highway to focus on profit

The newly appointed president of Japan Highway Public Corp. pledged Thursday to prioritize the quasigovernmental firm's profitability and the repayment of its huge debts ahead of its planned privatization in fiscal 2005.

JAPAN

Nov 19, 2003

Ishihara backs off on allegations against Fujii

Land minister Nobuteru Ishihara on Tuesday backtracked from an earlier statement that indicated Haruho Fujii, former chief of Japan Highway Public Corp., had threatened to fight his pending dismissal by disclosing sensitive information.

JAPAN

Nov 15, 2003

House of Councilors member Kondo accepts offer to head Japan Highway

House of Councilors member Takeshi Kondo on Friday officially accepted Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's request to give up his Diet seat and take the helm of the debt-ridden Japan Highway Public Corp.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Nov 14, 2003

Koizumi makes choice on Japan Highway chief

The government decided informally Thursday to appoint a House of Councilors member and former businessman as president of Japan Highway Public Corp.

Japan Times

JAPAN / ELECTION 2003

Nov 7, 2003

Illusory promise of freeways exacts a toll

There is no such thing as a freeway in Japan. For decades, it has been a given for drivers that if they use expressways they must pay the tolls, even though they've been promised that someday when the construction debts disappear so will the tollbooths.

JAPAN

Oct 29, 2003

Road panel seeks legislative draft before coalition debate on matter

A key advisory panel on the privatization of expressway operators urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday to have his government present the panel with a draft of relevant legislation before consulting with ruling coalition leaders on the matter later this year.

JAPAN

Oct 25, 2003

Ishihara tells Fujii to hold his tongue

Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara said Friday he would not comply with a request by Haruho Fujii for exemption from the public servant's oath to keep official secrets.

JAPAN

Oct 25, 2003

Japan Highway chief sacked

Land minister Nobuteru Ishihara officially sacked Japan Highway Public Corp. President Haruho Fujii on Friday, calling him an obstacle to the government's plan to privatize the debt-strapped entity by 2005.

JAPAN

Oct 24, 2003

Ishihara poised to ax Fujii as red tape draws to close

Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara was set to sack Japan Highway Public Corp. President Haruho Fujii as early as Friday, having received a set of reports from his ministry on a hearing held last week as part of the dismissal process.

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[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Things may look perfect to the outside world, but today's mom is fine with some imperfection at home.

How 'Reiwa moms' are reshaping motherhood in Japan

By Mai Yoshikawa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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