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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.
COMMENTARY
Apr 15, 2003

Koizumi still Japan's best hope

The publicity given to the quarreling between members of the Japanese Cabinet, including accusations of lying, the resignation of the minister of agriculture and the difficulty Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apparently had in finding a suitable successor suggest that his government cannot last much...
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Yahoo to heed personal data ruling

Yahoo Japan Corp. will not appeal a court ruling ordering it to identify a person who posted an allegedly slanderous message on a Yahoo Internet bulletin board, company sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Japan lauds North Korean olive branch on arms talks

Japan on Monday welcomed what appeared to be a softening in North Korea's stance toward multilateral talks on its suspected nuclear weapons program.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

Business groups seek a freeze on capital gains tax

The nation's three major business lobbies, hoping to bolster stock prices from their 20-year lows, called Monday for a freeze on the tax on capital gains from the sale of shares.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Privacy debate held in Diet despite opposition boycott

The ruling coalition defied an opposition boycott to hold on Monday a question-and-answer session over a new set of privacy-protection bills and a counterproposal lodged by the opposition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Party faithful and unaffiliated voters rally behind Tokyo incumbent: poll

Shintaro Ishihara, re-elected as Tokyo governor in a landslide in Sunday's election, was supported by nearly 70 percent of unaffiliated voters and 90 percent of supporters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, according to a Kyodo News exit poll.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Court upholds ruling on Nanjing defamation case

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a ruling ordering the author and publisher of a book on the Nanjing Massacre in China to compensate an 84-year-old Chinese woman who said it defamed her.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Japan lags behind in e-government programs: report

Japan still lags behind in terms of the maturity of e-government programs for the implementation of online services by state agencies, according to a recent survey by U.S. consulting firm Accenture.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2003

Tigers move into first after humbling Giants

Akihiro Yano singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth as the Hanshin Tigers pounded out 17 hits to beat the Yomiuri Giants 7-3 at Tokyo Dome on Sunday and claim first place in the Central League standings.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Kan voices concern over aiding Iraq via U.S. body

Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, expressed reserve Sunday about sending Japanese officials to the U.S. Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance to assist in the reconstruction of post-conflict Iraq.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Site of toxic gas find to be probed

The Environment Ministry will determine assessment methods by the summer and begin an examination of land where beer bottles containing toxic gas were found buried recently in Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Real test for Ishihara lies ahead

Despite his resounding re-election victory in Sunday's vote, Shintaro Ishihara's real test as Tokyo governor lies in the four years ahead, experts say.
COMMENTARY
Apr 14, 2003

Implications of the Iraq war

HONOLULU -- Why diplomacy failed in Iraq remains a subject of intense debate. Even Baghdad's supporters could not argue that Iraq had fully complied with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, which found Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime in material breach of numerous earlier resolutions and promised...
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Subways come up short of fire standards

Some 40 percent of subway stations in Japan fail to meet one or more fire-prevention safety standards, mainly because the stations are old, according to a transport ministry study released last week.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Confident Ishihara plots even more radical course

Emboldened by an easy win in Sunday's gubernatorial election, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara indicated he will pursue even more eyebrow-raising policies during his second four-year term.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 14, 2003

Still in Love woos filly first crown

TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo Pref. -- Still in Love braved a blistering pace in the Okasho on Sunday at Hanshin, and succeeded in putting sufficient distance between herself and slow-breaking race favorite Admire Groove to claim the first jewel in the fillies' triple crown series.

Longform

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