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JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

Fertility treatment carries heavy price

Women typically pay between 500,000 yen and 4 million yen to undergo in vitro fertilization treatment, sometimes borrowing money for the procedure, according to a recent study in Oita.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

LDP moves to revise electoral law

Candidates running for political office in the near future will likely be allowed to distribute detailed pamphlets of their policies while campaigning.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

China shrimp again yield antibiotics

Antibiotics have been found again in frozen shrimp processed in China and imported by Nichirei Corp., health ministry officials said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2003

Saving a Japanese monument

Japan still has an entry on the World Monuments Fund's biennial "watch list" of the planet's 100 most endangered cultural sites, according to the 2004 update released last week. It is time to ensure that the historic port town of Tomonoura, which was first included in the 2002 list, is not on it two...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

Stargazing Hiroshima fan names asteroid after Carp

An ardent Hiroshima Carp fan has named an asteroid he discovered four years ago somewhere between Mars and Jupiter after his favorite baseball team.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

Tsunami alert system not fail-safe, quake shows

The tsunami alert, issued within minutes of last week's earthquake, didn't seem terribly ominous. But by the time it was lifted, fishing boats had been tossed ashore, coastal towns flooded.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

LDP cowed by specter of Tanaka comeback

Cleared of misappropriation allegations, Makiko Tanaka, one of the nation's most popular politicians, is on the verge of a comeback.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

Job security Rengo's No. 1 priority

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) presented a policy plan to its members Thursday that focuses on ensuring job security at annual wage talks with employers instead of demanding a uniform wage increase.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2003

Home energy unit developed by Honda

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed a home energy station that generates hydrogen from natural gas for use in fuel cell motor vehicles while supplying households with electricity and heat.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2003

Weather, taxes hit Aeon profits

Aeon Co., the nation's No. 2 retailer, said Thursday its group net profit for the fiscal first half dropped 6.6 percent as the cool summer and tax hikes hurt supermarket sales.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2003

NTT DoCoMo files suit over heavy tax burden

NTT DoCoMo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against tax authorities, claiming it was inappropriately taxed on roughly 30 billion yen it paid for acquiring the lines for its personal handy-phone system, a company official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2003

Japan-South Korea FTA talks urged

A bilateral study group said Thursday that Japan and South Korea should launch full-scale negotiations over a free-trade agreement, according to Japanese officials.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2003

Metro government, banks ink tax accord

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and 15 banks signed a tax-refund accord Thursday as part of an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit over a bank tax.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2003

Ishikawa's three-hitter gives Swallows a lift

Masanori Ishikawa scattered three hits over the distance and impressed at the plate as the Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-1 at Jingu Stadium on Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 3, 2003

England could use experience, skill of McManaman in lineup

LONDON -- When Sven-Goran Eriksson names the England squad this weekend for the decisive Euro 2004 qualifying tie in Turkey on Oct. 11 it is a safe bet that Steve McManaman will not be included.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2003

France's TV5 to broadcast here

Paris-based public satellite broadcaster TV5 Monde will begin full-scale broadcasting in Japan on Nov. 1, TV5 President Serge Adda said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Oct 3, 2003

Drenched in history: scenic Senzoku Pond

The 1830s woodblock print shown here depicts Senzoku Pond in a southwestern suburb of Edo that is now part of Ota Ward, Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 3, 2003

Luxor: Pride of Italy, transplanted

You eat better at Italian restaurants in Tokyo than you do in Italy. A preposterous statement of unreconstructed chauvinism? An urban myth propagated by a few disgruntled tourists ripped off in Rimini? No, that is the considered opinion of a growing number of people familiar with both countries and their...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2003

Israeli debate over soldiers' duty deepens

NEW YORK -- The recent refusal by 27 high-ranking Israeli Air Force officers to follow superiors' orders that would involve attacking Palestinian civilians signifies a rebuke of the Israeli government's policy of "targeted liquidations." What makes the pilots' decision particularly important is that...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2003

Foster parenting getting belated attention

The 60-year-old mother has been a foster parent half her life, caring for 11 kids besides her own two children.

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