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JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Six people to receive organs from brain-dead donor

OSAKA -- Doctors across Japan began a series of operations Wednesday morning to transplant organs from a man in his 30s who was pronounced brain dead the day before in Wakayama, according to Japan Organ Transplant Network officials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Plan to accommodate abductees mulled

The government will soon compile a plan for the nation to take in the five Japanese abductees whom North Korea recently allowed to return home and their immediate families once Pyongyang agrees to let them leave, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

MHI net balance returns to black

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday its group net balance in the first half to Sept. 30 returned to the black, thanks mainly to a sizable decrease in latent losses on securities holdings.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Entity won't discriminate

In a reversal of his earlier comments, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday a new entity to be established to help debt-ridden but potentially viable companies will take over credits at such corporations regardless of their size.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Tax shortfall makes extra budget likely

Tax revenue will likely see a shortfall of some 2.7 trillion yen to 2.8 trillion yen for the current fiscal year, it was learned Wednesday -- a situation that makes the compilation of an extra budget increasingly likely.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

U.S. could still join Kyoto: Yale professor

A U.S. environmental studies professor said Wednesday in Tokyo that the United States could still meaningfully participate in the framework of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Top court ruling on disclosure no surprise in light of censorship of its own expenses

The Supreme Court last year overturned lower court rulings that had ordered the governors of Osaka and Kyoto to publicly identify many of the recipients of their entertainment and social expenses.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Bin Laden message authentic: expert

A voice in a message broadcast by Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV hailing the devastating Oct. 12 Bali bombing matches that of Saudi-born Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, a Japanese voice analysis expert said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 14, 2002

Is a mandate enough for Turkey?

The celebrations will be short for Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), the winner of the Nov. 3 parliamentary elections. Not only does the AKP inherit an anemic economy, weakened by corruption, but its Islamic roots raise fears of military intervention in national politics. AKP leaders have...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Bangladesh envoy praises ties, ODA

Bangladeshi Ambassador M. Serajul Islam said Wednesday his country's relations with Japan are extremely good, but he expressed hope Tokyo will not decrease its official development assistance to Bangladesh.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Tokyo seeks corporate cooperation to cut CO 2

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering setting an ordinance requiring large business facilities to do their part to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to metropolitan government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT THE JUNCTION
Nov 14, 2002

Ailing expressway entities' fate hangs in balance

A showdown looms between advocates of reform and vested interests.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Dispatch of MSDF transport OK'd

The ruling coalition parties endorsed on Wednesday a government plan to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel to ship heavy machinery from Thailand to countries neighboring Afghanistan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Innovation takes off if colleges, businesses link: Stanford head

With the economy in dire need of a boost, an increasing number of Japan's universities have, with government support, started collaborating with the private sector to create new businesses to revamp the nation's industrial competitiveness.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

LDP bigwig Muraoka has tumor removed from lung

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kanezo Muraoka, acting chairman of the party's largest faction, has had a cancerous tumor removed from his lungs, it was learned Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Economy ratchets up 0.7% but downswing taking hold

The nation's economy spurted forward in the July-September quarter, growing 0.7 percent from the previous quarter, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

October beer shipments slip 1.2%

Shipments of beer and "happoshu," a low-malt, beerlike beverage, fell 1.2 percent in October from a year earlier, down for the second month in a row, according to data released Wednesday by Japan's five leading brewers.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Ministry looks to trim prefectures' road costs

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry is considering easing the costs prefectural governments would have to bear to build expressways that a privatized Japan Highway Public Corp. would be unable to construct, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Lawmaker denies pocketing aide's pay

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose denied Wednesday he pocketed some 10 million yen of the government-paid salary allocated to his secretary after the aide had quit his job.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 14, 2002

Cleanups are only drops in the ocean

The year was 1980. I was conducting fish research on the Great Barrier Reef, off Cape York in Queensland, northeastern Australia. After a lengthy dive, I decided to take a short rest and then explore a small, unoccupied sandy islet nearby for signs of nesting sea turtles and terns in that wonderful ocean...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Toshiba to build new chip plant

Toshiba Corp. plans to build a plant that will produce semiconductor chips used in digital cameras, advanced mobile phones and other items, it was announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Nippon Steel, Shanghai Baoshan eye plant tieup

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday it is negotiating with Shanghai Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. over the construction of a plant in China that would produce sheet steel for automobiles.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 14, 2002

Mammals get early warning on climate change

President George W. Bush and the U.S. government might not be in denial of climate change these days, but their position is little more responsible than the cowboy stance Bush assumed on first coming to power. Climate change is happening, but hell, there's nothing to be done about it, they say.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

FTC drafting legal revisions to fight false food-labeling

The Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday it is planning legal revisions that would help combat false labeling of food and other acts of misrepresentation in light of the recent labeling scandals that have undermined consumer confidence.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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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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