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JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

H-IIA launch provided MSDF with 'attack' drill

A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer equipped with the Aegis air-defense system tracked an H-IIA rocket after launch last month to practice for a North Korean ballistic missile, MSDF sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2003

Ishihara banking plan welcomed

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka welcomed on Tuesday plans by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara to establish a new type of bank to help spur the local economy.
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2003

Party influence continues to wane

With public interest drawn to developments in the ongoing Iraq war, the first round of elections in local governments and assemblies featured low-key campaigning and a generally poor turnout. The media has not shown great interest in hyping up the local poles. And established political parties have tended...
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 15, 2003

Injured Kubo pulls out of South Korea friendly

Yokohama F. Marinos striker Tatsuhiko Kubo has become the latest player to pull out of the Japan squad for Wednesday's friendly against South Korea, soccer sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

New condos in Tokyo fell in March

The number of new condominiums put on sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area in March totaled 9,566 units, down 11.5 percent from a year earlier, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Transsexuals given ministry approval

The home affairs ministry has told the Tokyo Metropolitan Election Administration Commission that local election commissions should accept a candidate's application even if it is filed showing a gender different from that in the candidate's family register, it was learned Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Ex-head of Teikyo unit gets suspended sentence

The former head of a Teikyo University affiliate was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison, suspended for four years, in connection with a money-for-admissions scandal.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

Stocks sink for fifth session, sending Nikkei to 20-year low

Tokyo stocks closed lower for the fifth straight session Monday, driving the key Nikkei average down to a new 20-year closing low.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

Corporate bankruptcies record 5.6% slide in fiscal 2002

A total of 18,928 companies went bankrupt in the 2002 business year, down 5.6 percent from a year earlier and the first decline in two years, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Smoking tied to uterine contractions

A group of medical experts said Monday it has found that smoking during pregnancy can trigger muscular contractions in the uterus that can lead to miscarriages and premature births, although the exact mechanism is still under research.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Ishihara has novel ideas for new term

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara suggested Monday that municipal government employees might be able to lend police a helping hand as a way to strengthen security in the capital.
COMMUNITY
Apr 15, 2003

Shintaro Ishihara on North Korea

"Japan's support for the war is special," believes Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.
COMMUNITY
Apr 15, 2003

'Mind-blowing' art display hits Odaiba

Biannual art extravaganza Design Festa, now marking Vol. 17, is sweeping toward Tokyo Big Sight convention center, with some of the best and brightest of art and design from Japan and all over the world penciled in for an April 19-20 explosion of creativity.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

LDP fails to win half of prefectural assembly seats on offer

The Liberal Democratic Party took 1,309 of the 2,634 seats contested in 44 prefectural assembly elections on Sunday, local election boards said.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

SARS outbreak, Iraq war leave airlines in tailspin

Airlines are hoping bad things don't come in threes.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

Economy remains flat amid Iraq, SARS fears

The government on Monday left unchanged its assessment of the economy for April, but it expressed caution amid concerns over the U.S.-led war in Iraq, the future of the U.S. economy and the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome across Asia.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 15, 2003

Has rightwing hijacked Japan abductee issue?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who says he has been "humiliated" by Prime Minister Koizumi and will never again talk to him, formed a secret alliance with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, even as his regime was preparing thousands of liters of chemical weapons to drop over Japan's cities....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

IRC officials try to play down hardline image

It has a nickname that would turn most customers off.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 15, 2003

JRA to focus on illegal Web sites

said Monday it will step up measures to control illegal overseas Web sites targeted at JRA-sponsored horse races. According to the JRA, there are at least seven overseas bookies and some 20,000 Japanese are using them via the Internet, with total "revenues" estimated at more than 10 billion yen yearly....
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

Small firms get loan-guarantee help

The government said Monday it will expand special loan-guarantees for small and midsize travel firms to help them counter the effects of the Iraq war and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Confession-based convictions questioned

For more than a month after his arrest, Kazuo Ishikawa staunchly denied police allegations that he had raped and killed a high school girl in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, in May 1963.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Headless body pulled out of Sumida River

A human torso Monday was trawled out of the Sumida River in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Influence of parties may be waning, leaders admit

The influence of political parties may be declining given the strong showing by unaffiliated candidates in Sunday's nationwide local elections, government leaders admitted Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 15, 2003

Toyota cruises to win in Japan Sevens

Toyota Motors, led by former New Zealand fullback Adrian Cashmore, scored five tries in the final to beat Sanix 35-24 for its second straight victory and second overall in the Japan Sevens rugby tournament on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 15, 2003

Cabrera clears fence as Lions maul Buffs

Akimitsu Ito capped a seven-run first inning with a grand slam as the Seibu Lions handed the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes a 13-1 thrashing Monday night at Osaka Dome.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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