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JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Potter fired up to help Ghanaian kids

Steve Tootell supports Ghanaian children who are eager to learn by turning his pottery wheel.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Will bill put SDF on fast track to Iraq?

The government-sponsored bill approved Friday by the Cabinet to dispatch elements of the Self-Defense Forces to help rebuild postwar Iraq is the latest legislation defining the SDF's roles overseas.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Corporate bankruptcies down for fifth month

There were 1,482 corporate bankruptcies in May, down 12.6 percent from a year earlier for the fifth consecutive month of year-on-year decline, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Group opposes changes to mark-to-market rules

An influential accounting study group formally expressed its opposition Friday to a proposal by ruling coalition lawmakers to change accounting rules on corporate shareholdings to limit damage from stock market declines.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Fund reform details to go in key report

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told his ministers Friday to ensure that the controversial issue of reforming the flow of money between the national and local governments is included in a key economic report scheduled to be finalized this month.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Potter fired up to help Ghanaian kids

Steve Tootell supports Ghanaian children who are eager to learn by turning his pottery wheel.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Will bill put SDF on fast track to Iraq?

The government-sponsored bill approved Friday by the Cabinet to dispatch elements of the Self-Defense Forces to help rebuild postwar Iraq is the latest legislation defining the SDF's roles overseas.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Dai-ichi eyes subordinated bond offering

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to raise around 50 billion yen in capital funds by the end of September by conducting the first-ever public offering of subordinated bonds in the industry, sources said late Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

SDF dispatch laws and missions

The following is a chronology of events regarding the overseas dispatch of Self-Defense Forces units:
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Housing-loan floor rate under review

Infrastructure minister Chikage Ogi said Friday she may lower the floor of the basic lending rate offered by Housing Loan Corp. in line with the downward trend in bank lending rates.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

SDF dispatch laws and missions

The following is a chronology of events regarding the overseas dispatch of Self-Defense Forces units:
BUSINESS / Q&A
Jun 14, 2003

What do 'Trinity Reforms' mean for our taxes?

With Japan's public debt snowballing, the government is gearing up efforts to review national and local-level finances under what has been dubbed the "Trinity Re- forms" plan. But with differences within the government still unresolved, there is little likelihood of a conclusion in the near future.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Aeon to take 15% stake in Kasumi

Retailer Aeon Co. said Friday it will acquire a 15 percent stake in Kasumi Co. within a month, becoming the largest shareholder in the midsize supermarket chain operator.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Manufacturing ties eyed with ASEAN, China

Japan should share manufacturing roles with China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by capitalizing on the advantages of each region, the government said in a white paper on foundations for production released Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

SDF dispatch laws and missions

The following is a chronology of events regarding the overseas dispatch of Self-Defense Forces units:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 14, 2003

Zen rock gardens: just rake and groove

Have you planted your garden yet? What garden? The container garden I taught you how to plant in a previous column. What -- you haven't even started it yet? I know, you're busy. You don't have time to water your plants and you absolutely hate weeding.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 14, 2003

Swallowing hook, line and endoscope

I am not squeamish by nature.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

'Silver resources' job centers making increasing use of IT

Information technology is beginning to be widely used at "silver human resources centers" across the nation that help elderly people find work.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Execs arrested over potentially dangerous exports to Iran

The president and four managers of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer were arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran grinding machines that can be used in missile development, police officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Distance limit eyed for Haneda overseas flights

The transport ministry proposed Thursday that Tokyo's Haneda airport be used for regular short-distance international flights by 2009, when it completes construction of a new 2,500-meter runway.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Execs arrested over potentially dangerous exports to Iran

The president and four managers of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer were arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran grinding machines that can be used in missile development, police officials said.

Longform

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