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JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

SDF team to fly supplies to India quake sites

A Self-Defense Forces team will depart today for quake-hit areas in northwestern India to help erect tent cities, government officials said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2001

No-Action Letter System to serve as globalization bridge

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EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2001

Save Ariake Sea before it dies

Yet another possible man-made disruption of nature has been reported from Kyushu's Ariake Sea. This major nori (seaweed) cultivation area appears all but dead. Not only has output dropped sharply, the plant has also discolored. The abnormal growth of phytoplankton has created a serious shortage of nutrients...
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Coalition divided over secret funds

The ruling tripartite coalition showed signs of a rift Sunday after voicing conflicting views about how the Foreign Ministry's secret funds should be allocated in the future.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

LDP exec rejects calls for sworn Diet testimony

The acting secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday rejected calls to its members testify under oath about ties to KSD, a scandal-ridden mutual-aid foundation already responsible for the downfall of three LDP legislators.
COMMENTARY
Feb 5, 2001

Complacency fatal for Japan

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori recently traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. He stayed there for only half a day, returning home immediately after delivering a speech.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

LDP exec rejects calls for sworn Diet testimony

The acting secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday rejected calls to its members testify under oath about ties to KSD, a scandal-ridden mutual-aid foundation already responsible for the downfall of three LDP legislators.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Receipts on secret diplomacy funds may have been improperly scrapped

The prime minister's office may have scrapped receipts for expenses paid with secret Cabinet Secretariat funds that a former Foreign Ministry diplomat at the center of an embezzlement scandal received from the office, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Receipts on secret diplomacy funds may have been improperly scrapped

The prime minister's office may have scrapped receipts for expenses paid with secret Cabinet Secretariat funds that a former Foreign Ministry diplomat at the center of an embezzlement scandal received from the office, government sources said Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2001

Davenport topples top-seeded Hingis for Pan Pacific crown

Lindsay Davenport rode her booming serve to victory on Sunday in the final of the $1.18 million Toray Pan Pacific Open, downing defending champion Martina Hingis 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2 before a crowd of 7,523 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Two lauded for saving pregnant woman from train

The Tokyo Fire Department on Sunday presented letters of appreciation from its director general to two men who rescued a 24-year-old pregnant woman Wednesday who had fallen into the path of a train.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2001

Two lauded for saving pregnant woman from train

The Tokyo Fire Department on Sunday presented letters of appreciation from its director general to two men who rescued a 24-year-old pregnant woman Wednesday who had fallen into the path of a train.
COMMUNITY
Feb 5, 2001

Just follow your nose, it (almost) always knows

Bad odors may be having a negative effect on your mood, behavior and health, even when they're not consciously registered -- and therefore unavoidable.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 5, 2001

Animals and nature's remedies

Michael Huffman of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute was watching a group of wild chimpanzees in Western Tanzania in 1987 when he saw something that first puzzled and then astonished him. His subsequent work has changed how we think about animal feeding behavior and has important implications...
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Researchers bid to resurrect Osaka's flagging local veggies

OSAKA -- Not many people would argue that Kyoto has famous vegetables.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

More StarLink corn found in shipments from U.S.

More StarLink genetically modified corn has been found in corn imports from the United States through testing of samples taken from cargo ships arriving in Japan between October and December and from feed mills in Japan, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2001

Ginger, the new IT girl

Among the many things for which whiz-bang American inventor Dean Kamen is famous is an automated wheelchair that can ride over uneven ground and climb stairs. That particular breakthrough device was code-named "Fred." Now, as everyone this side of the grave must have heard, there is also "Ginger." Some...
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Parasitologist says excess hygiene threatens Japan

Far from being next to godliness, the Japanese obsession with cleanliness puts individuals at higher risk of disease and may even threaten the entire country, according to parasitologist Koichiro Fujita.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Narita land battle to end 21 years after it started

The family of a farmer who waged a vigorous campaign against the 1971 expropriation of her home and rice paddies for the construction of Narita airport said Saturday they have agreed to settle a 21-year-old court battle with the government.

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