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JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Okamoto to assess Iraq security

The government is sending Yukio Okamoto, a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, to Iraq on Saturday to check security conditions and determine how the Self-Defense Forces can contribute to rebuilding the country.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Prosecutors get confinement case

Prosecutors received a case from police Friday on a 29-year-old man who committed suicide after allegedly luring and confining four girls in a Tokyo apartment.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 6, 2003

Suetsugu to skip meet

Shingo Suetsugu, bronze medalist in men's 200 meters at the recent athletics World Championships, has decided not to take part in the upcoming Super Track and Field meet in order to nurse his injured leg, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Carter blames West for African farm woes

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Friday urged industrialized nations to help African countries improve their agricultural output by sharing technical knowhow and by cutting their agricultural subsidies.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 6, 2003

James E. Hoare

LONDON --When diplomat Dr. James E. Hoare was head of post at the British Embassy in the DPRK, he often went to the airport. Speaking impressive Korean -- "but I am not a linguist," he protested -- he was on hand to help welcome visitors to North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 6, 2003

Antiques enthusiast tracks treasures to the source

Spring 2000, and Hiroko Kido is poking around in one of the gigantic warehouses in Beijing where the antique remnants of China's past lie rescued but in sadly in cultural limbo. Suddenly she spots a stack of 10 tall narrow doors, covered in dust. Told they came from a 1920s cafe or restaurant, a hotel...
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Health Ministry to ban foods containing processed 'katuk'

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry decided Friday to ban the sale of foods containing processed "katuk," a leafy green vegetable, by the end of next week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2003

Nippon Steel production clouded

Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday it is not sure when it can resume full production at its Nagoya plant, which closed after a gas tank explosion earlier this week.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2003

500 billion yen spent on latest spree

A plan by the Bank of Japan to conduct cash-absorbing money market operations suggests the central bank sold about 500 billion yen in its latest yen-weakening intervention Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Sep 6, 2003

Only one way that the terrorists can win

SINGAPORE -- Terrorism and the world economy are heavy on the minds of Asia right now. Among many government officials, leading academics and others, Tokyo and Hong Kong -- not to mention this clean-as-a-whistle, well-run island city-state -- there is increasing agreement that future world geopolitics...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 6, 2003

Twenty-five years in Japan makes this old hand a 'half'

Late this past summer, I officially became a "half."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 6, 2003

Drawing the line at the gentle bovine

Did you know that there's a dairy farm in Tokyo? Forty bovine residents live in Nerima Ward, where the city grew up around the Koizumi Bokujo diary farm. I myself, would be honored to have mooing neighbors. Especially as opposed to arguing spouses, screaming children and washing machines that start at...
MORE SPORTS
Sep 6, 2003

Medalists rewarded

Mizuki Noguchi will receive a 2 million yen bonus from the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) for winning the women's marathon silver medal at last month's athletics World Championships in Paris.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2003

Takenaka wary of long-term rates

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka told a news conference Friday that a rapid rise in long-term interest rates is undesirable for the economy.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 6, 2003

Yano plays hero

Hanshin catcher Akihiro Yano slammed a go-ahead two-run homer off BayStars closer Eddie Gaillard in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Central League-leading Tigers to a 4-3 "sayonara" victory over Yokohama at Koshien Stadium on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Ogi lobbies for passage of returnees' kin aboard ferry

Transport minister Chikage Ogi urged North Korea on Friday to let the families of Japanese abductees come to Japan aboard its ferry Mangyongbong-92.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Marunouchi Building to adopt ETC system for car park

Mitsubishi Estate Co. and trading house Mitsubishi Corp. have said they will jointly install an electronic toll collection system in the Marunouchi Building parking lot Saturday, the structure's first anniversary.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

AIDS threat is explosive among young, expert says

The threat of HIV/AIDS in Japan, especially among young people, is far more alarming than the government may want to think, an expert warned during a symposium Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2003

Japan vows 'sincere' response to China gas leak

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told China's No. 2 leader Friday that Japan will deal "sincerely" with last month's poison gas leak from barrels abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army in China at the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2003

Suu Kyi's hunger strike raises the ante

MEDFORD, Massachusetts -- If news coming out from Myanmar is to be believed, Aung Sang Suu Kyi is now on a water-only hunger strike.
JAPAN / AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS
Sep 6, 2003

Koizumi hit over wishy-washy North Korea policy

In Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Sept. 17, 2002, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi emerged from his government jet with an air of determination.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2003

Foreign exchange reserves down in August

Japan held $555.09 billion in foreign exchange reserves at the end of August, down $1.75 billion from a month earlier for the first decline in nine months, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Japan to boost support for joint ride-hailing services
Tatsuaki Igarashi, mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, exits a ride-sharing vehicle at Tsukuba Station in January.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.

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