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BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004

BOJ board votes to leave monetary policy untouched

The Bank of Japan Policy Board left its monetary policy unchanged Thursday amid strong signs of economic recovery.
COMMENTARY
Feb 27, 2004

Rightwing's political football

Don't underestimate the depth of genuine public anger in Japan over the abduction issue with North Korea. At the same time don't underestimate the degree to which Japan's powerful rightwing is exploiting the issue to shift Japan even further to hardline foreign policies, a shift typified by the extraordinary...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 27, 2004

Pantani's passing shows how fragile sports stars can be

The recent death of Italian cyclist Marco Pantani, at the age of 34 from an apparent drug overdose, was the final act in a life which had been spiraling out of control for the past 4 1/2 years.
COMMENTARY
Feb 27, 2004

Watershed for Hong Kong-Beijing ties

HONG KONG -- The relationship between Hong Kong and Beijing is at a critical point, with the central government having cautioned the special administrative region not to rush headlong into democracy while local people fear that their democratic aspirations may be frustrated.
EDITORIALS
Feb 26, 2004

An endorsement from Mr. Annan

With Japan taking an important part in the reconstruction of Iraq, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's five-day visit here, starting last Saturday, could not have come at a better time. His trip has given Japanese government leaders -- including not only Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Takei released on 300 million yen bail

Yasuo Takei, Takefuji Corp.'s former chairman, who has admitted ordering subordinates to wiretap journalists, was released on 300 million yen bail Wednesday, his lawyers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Korean Hansen's patients seek redress

A group of 85 former Hansen's disease patients in South Korea filed a request with the Japanese government Wednesday for compensation for being forced into sanitariums when the peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

U.N. envoy says free elections in Iraq 'difficult'

Visiting U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday that holding completely free elections in Iraq would be a "daunting exercise."
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Government defends sacking Japan Highway chief

Government lawyers argued Wednesday that the dismissal of Haruho Fujii as president of Japan Highway Corp. was permissible under rules of the semigovernmental highway construction body.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

German expert pushes renewable energy

Japan's abundant renewable energy sources have not been sufficiently tapped due to a lack of government initiatives, Hans-Josef Fell, a member of the German parliament and the Green Party's spokesman for research and technology issues, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Softbank insider copied data for extortion: police

Tokyo police suspect someone on the inside copied Softbank Corp. client data late last year for three people under arrest for alleged extortion, police sources said Wednesday.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 26, 2004

Getting underneath the language of skin

"Obsessed" is probably the right word to describe the Japanese's woman's relationship with her hada (skin). From her earliest years, she is exhorted by her elders to look after her skin -- scrub, cleanse, moisturize -- to achieve that tsuru-tsuru (polished) texture and shittori (moist) feel. If a young...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Feb 26, 2004

Pond turtle

* Japanese name: Ishigame * Scientific name:Mauremys japonica * Description:Also known as the stone turtle, the pond turtle is semiaquatic and a strong swimmer. It has a yellowish-brown carapace (shell) and an olive-brown head. Females are bigger than males, growing up to 21 cm long (carapace length),...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Gay Iranian recognized by UNHCR loses bid for refugee status

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit filed by a 40-year-old Iranian seeking recognition as a refugee on the grounds he would be punished due to his homosexuality under Iran's Islamic penal law.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Suntory posts 13.3% net profit gain

Beverage maker Suntory Ltd. said Wednesday its group net profit for the business year to Dec. 31 grew 13.3 percent over a year earlier to 22.99 billion yen.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 26, 2004

NBA looks bad after Pistons fiasco

NEW YORK -- The NBA just took one giant step forward for madness.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Bubble-era resort projects to be reassessed, axed

The government said Wednesday it will no longer promote resort development and will urge 41 prefectural governments to reassess or abolish plans to build unneeded recreational facilities, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Japan and Mexico may soon ink FTA

Negotiations between Japan and Mexico for a free-trade agreement are on track and the two countries are likely to hold a ministerial meeting by the end of March to try to finalize the deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Simmons marks 40th anniversary

Simmons Co., the Japanese partner of the U.S. bedding maker, unveiled on Wednesday a series of new bed models to commemorate the 40th anniversary of operations in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

IBM Japan puts the 'portable' into PC

IBM Japan Ltd. said Wednesday it has developed a prototype of a compact portable computing device that allows users to carry their software to locations equipped with dedicated cradles.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Mexico panda unable to light Ling Ling's fire

Giant panda Shuan Shuan's charms failed this time. The 16-year-old, in Japan on a breeding mission from Mexico, was unable to spark the interest of Japan's male panda Ling Ling, and breeders have resorted to artificial insemination, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 26, 2004

Sex (selection) and the City

It's colloquially well known that women can feel competition from other women, as this scene from "Sex and the City" shows:
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

High court rules that profit from stock options is salary

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court decision and ruled that tax authorities were acting legally when they determined that profit from stock options constituted salary income.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Transplants without donor OK eyed

A Liberal Democratic Party panel drafted a bill Wednesday that would allow doctors to transplant the organs of brain-dead people to others if the family agrees and the donor has not expressed an aversion to such a procedure.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Yoshinoya tests 'butadon' alternative

Yoshinoya D&C Co. is testing "butadon" pork-on-rice dishes at some of its restaurants after a ban on U.S. beef imports forced the firm to suspend its mainstay dish of "gyudon" beef and rice earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2004

Cult's reign of terror left the victimized with unhealing scars

Whenever she goes to the Tokyo District Court, Shizue Takahashi must pass the spot on the Kasumigaseki subway station platform where her husband, Kazumasa, 50, collapsed and fell into a fatal coma on March 20, 1995.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2004

Japan misses the big picture

Japan needs to see its strategic security through a wider lens than the resource concerns of its powerful economic ministries. Japan's decision to fund the development of Iranian oil "against Washington's objections" ignores this principle.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.

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