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JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

Japanese firm issues denial over Chinese hotel orgy

A Japanese construction firm on Monday denied involvement in "systematic prostitute-buying" during an orgy that allegedly took place earlier this month at a luxury Chinese hotel where the company's employees stayed during a company trip.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

Court upholds death sentence for Ikebukuro attack

The Tokyo High Court on Monday upheld a 27-year-old man's lower court-imposed death sentence for a random stabbing spree in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district that left two people dead and six wounded.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2003

DBJ to give ailing airlines more cash

In light of revenue losses triggered by the SARS outbreak, the state-run Development Bank of Japan has loaned 70 billion yen to Japan Airlines System Corp. and is planning to lend about 15 billion yen to All Nippon Airways Co., government officials said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Sep 30, 2003

The classroom couple

My wife is Japanese, but I met her in San Francisco, where she had lived for 12 years. She had not naturalized, but did have a green card. Her high school friend came into town with her Dutch husband. They met in London.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2003

Nagashima names 22-man squad

National team manager Shigeo Nagashima on Monday announced his full squad, comprised of nine pitchers and 13 position players, for next month's Olympic Asian qualifying baseball tournament to be held at Sapporo Dome.
COMMENTARY
Sep 30, 2003

Cooperative Ukraine left out in the cold

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration continues to press for assistance from other nations in Iraq, but without notable success. Both Germany and Russia now indicate a willingness to help, but not with troops. Said Russian President Vladimir Putin in advance of his summit with his American counterpart...
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2003

Toyota launches minivan in bid for new customers

Toyota Motor Corp., hoping to carve a bigger share out of the expanding minivan market, on Monday released the new Sienta minivan in Japan.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2003

METI to punish exec players

The vice minister of economy, trade and industry said Monday that METI will punish two officials who allegedly obtained unlisted shares from a Hong Kong firm and earned dividends on them.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

Isahaya Bay project blamed for poor fish catch

Nearly 90 percent of fishermen who mainly make their living off the Ariake Sea think the Isahaya Bay land reclamation project is the cause of their poor catch, according to a survey by a fishermen's association.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

Koizumi pledges $1 billion in aid for Africa at donor conference

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pledged $1 billion in new aid for education and health care in Africa at the opening Monday of a major donor conference for the continent.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

Court finds Japan responsible for abandoned arms

In an unprecedented ruling, the Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered the state to pay a total of 190 million yen to 13 Chinese who lost relatives or suffered health problems due to weapons abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of World War II.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2003

New rules target metropolis' diesel exhaust

Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures will debut regulations Wednesday to curb emissions from diesel-powered trucks and buses to clear up the region's air pollution problem -- the nation's worst.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 30, 2003

A level playing field?

Sports are seen as a catalyst for international communication. Even the Olympic Games were established a century ago to promote world peace -- through people meeting and competing on level playing fields.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 30, 2003

Should foreigners be allowed to participate in national sporting events?

Nick KwanAccountant, 28 Sport is based on skill and competition, not race. It should be an international forum where people of all races can compete together. If you want to be homogenous and one-eyed, then you won't improve.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2003

Unimat Holding further diversifies

Unimat Holding said Monday it will purchase a 77.41 percent stake in midsize brokerage Yamamaru Securities Co. from the brokerage's biggest shareholder.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2003

Mad cow disease laid to imports

A farm ministry panel has concluded that the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan was probably caused by cattle feed made from imported British cows or feed made in Italy in the 1980s, ministry sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World / GUEST FORUM
Sep 29, 2003

Re-elected Koizumi expected to deliver

On Sept. 22, the third Koizumi Cabinet was established. On the same day, the Liberal Democratic Party witnessed the birth of a new party leadership. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, re-elected to head the LDP for the second term with a handsome majority, is now well positioned to face a general election...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2003

Motegi says he will address Okinawa-SOFA issue

Toshimitsu Motegi, the new minister in charge of Okinawa and affairs related to the Northern Territories, says he will review what Japan can do to improve implementation of the accord that governs U.S. military activities in the country.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 29, 2003

Verdy holds 10-man Nagoya in eight-goal thriller

Captain Takuya Yamada scored twice as Tokyo Verdy came from two goals down to hold 10-man Nagoya Grampus Eight in a thrilling 4-4 draw in the J. League on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Sep 29, 2003

Debate on Emperor's role in war lives on

NEW YORK -- Will the nearly 60-year-old debate on the Showa Emperor's role in World War II ever end?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2003

Poor options for Korea talks

HONOLULU -- As the United States, Japan and South Korea prepare for a second round of negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions, the options for resolving this dispute seem to have sorted themselves into five -- one unlikely, another unacceptable, a third unproductive, the fourth unrealistic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2003

Construction delay causes chaos on JR Chuo Line; 180,000 affected

Service on the JR Chuo Line, one of the key commuter lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area, was disrupted Sunday when an overnight project to switch to new tracks was delayed by eight hours.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2003

SDF could join U.N. multinational force in Iraq, Abe says

Japan should consider having the Self-Defense Forces join a multinational force in Iraq if such a force is created under a U.S.-proposed U.N. resolution, a top official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 29, 2003

Yoshioka's homer delays Hawks' party

Yuji Yoshioka belted a three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning Sunday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes crushed the Daiei Hawks 10-4 to prevent the Pacific League leaders from clinching the pennant.

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