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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Activists say homelessness is increasing in smaller cities

Activists said Thursday that the government needs to do more to help an increasing number of homeless people in smaller cities.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

SARS is under control: WHO

GENEVA -- The World Health Organization effectively declared the end to the global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome Wednesday, while noting it needs to continue surveillance for at least a year.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Vehicle market expected to expand

Vehicle sales in Japan will expand this year to 5.85 million units from the 5.79 million recorded last year, the chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Anorexia afflicts 2% of students

Anorexia plagues 2 percent of female high school seniors and 10 percent are at risk of developing the dangerous eating disorder, according to a health ministry survey made available Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 20, 2003

Ferguson had enough of Beckham circus

LONDON -- So where did it all go wrong for David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson?
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2003

Giants complete three-game sweep against Carp

Yoshinobu Takahashi smashed a game-tying solo homer to ignite a go-ahead three-run seventh as the Yomiuri Giants beat Hiroshima 6-5 at Sapporo Dome on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep of the Carp.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Resona still in dark over profit status

The new management team at Resona Holdings Inc. won't know until October whether the banking group will be able to turn a profit in the current business year, new Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jun 20, 2003

Surprising secret of Bordeaux's success

France's Bordeaux region contains only 2 percent of the world's vineyard land, but in terms of global wine exports, it accounts for 4 percent of total volume and a whopping 10 percent of total value. What is it that makes Bordeaux so sought after?
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jun 20, 2003

Solstice Music Festival off the calendar; Shared honors for 2002; new releases

It's like watching the lights go out at the stadium. You know, that low metallic "Klung!" "Klung!" "Klung!" as the off switches are hit in succession.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Toshiba, institute forge AIDS tieup

Toshiba Corp. has formed an alliance with the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute over a project directed at optimizing personal medication regimes for AIDS sufferers, it was revealed Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Waning typhoon drifts north; rain warning issued

Typhoon Soudelor was moving north-northeast off Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southwestern tip of Honshu on Thursday evening, with its force gradually waning, according to the Meteorological Agency.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2003

Foreign aggressors target N. Korea again

CAMBRIDGE, England — The war of words goes on. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has warned the North Korean government that any aggressive activity on the Korean Peninsula sponsored by North Korea would be met by a "devastating response."
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

New law sees 15,000 fewer drunk drivers

The number of people charged with drunken driving fell by more than 15,000 in the year since a tougher traffic law went into force on June 1, 2002, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2003

Waning typhoon drifts north; rain warning issued

Typhoon Soudelor was moving north-northeast off Yamaguchi Prefecture on the southwestern tip of Honshu on Thursday evening, with its force gradually waning, according to the Meteorological Agency.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers