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BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2004

PC shipment volume up, value down

Shipments of personal computers in Japan in 2003 dropped for the third consecutive year in terms of value despite the first upturn in two years in volume, an industry association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2004

Kojima to be next Mitsubishi chief

Mitsubishi Corp. Vice President Yorihiko Kojima will become company president April 1, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2004

Science majors want to work at Toyota

Toyota Motor Corp. is for the first time the most popular place to work among male university students majoring in science and engineering, according to results of a 2003 survey released Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 21, 2004

Making a spectacle of man's inhumanity to man

"Bent" is one of the outstanding theatrical creations of the 20th century. Ostensibly about the persecution of homosexuals and Jews under Hitler's dictatorship, what the play really addresses is the power -- in even the most disempowered circumstances -- of the individual and of love.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004

GSDF team to build ties with Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq -- An advance Ground Self-Defense Force team vowed to cement ties with the Iraqi people after arriving at a Dutch base near here Monday evening.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Yamaguchi sends out an SOS over avian flu

Chicken farmers in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the prefectural government urged the national poultry association and other prefectures Monday to help stop sales losses caused by the outbreak of avian flu there.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Online symposium to address peace

The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention and The Japan Times will open the Fourth e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2004

Universities seek credit ratings as sign of quality

A small but growing number of universities are obtaining credit ratings from agencies such as Standard & Poor's Corp. as competition intensifies amid a decline in students.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2004

Farm ministry wary of more BSE cases in U.S.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry issued a report Monday stating there are no assurances that more cases of mad cow disease won't be discovered in the United States.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2004

LDP makes concession on 'citizen judge' plan

The Liberal Democratic Party, in a bid for consensus on proposed judicial reform, has proposed appointing six "citizen judges" to work alongside three professional judges at each trial, it was learned Sunday.
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Jan 19, 2004

Indian Embassy invites public to celebrate Republic Day

The Indian Embassy is inviting all Indians and friends of India in Japan to a celebration at the embassy's chancery in Tokyo to mark Indian Republic Day on Jan. 26.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2004

Six miss out on kidney transplants due to error in software

Six people who should have been higher on a recipient list for kidney transplants were not selected because of a computer programming error, the Japan Organ Transplant Network said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2004

Koizumi proposes new IT ministry to reduce red tape

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has instructed Cabinet ministers to consider integrating the various information technology sections of different ministries, possibly into a new ministry, to reduce red tape, sources familiar with the issue said Saturday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 16, 2004

Role of Ferguson's son in Howard transfer doesn't look good

LONDON -- The Football Association's bung-busters are in action again, this time investigating if an alleged £139,000 commission on goalkeeper Tim Howard's £2.3 million summer move from the New York MetroStars contravened any transfer regulations.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2004

Government may declare 'recovery'

The Cabinet Office has decided to revise upward its economic assessment for January and may declare the first "recovery" in three years, according to government sources.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

North Korea 'ready' to free returnees' kin by March 20

North Korea is reportedly offering to send family members of the five former Japanese abductees to Japan as early as March, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Chickens destroyed at flu-hit farm

Authorities were in the process Wednesday of destroying thousands of chickens at a Yamanashi Prefecture farm that is at the center of an avian flu outbreak.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2004

Canadian beef import ban intact

Yoshiyuki Kamei, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, on Tuesday rejected Canada's request that Japan lift its import ban on Canadian beef.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2004

Foreigners' support sought on abductions

The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it has started distributing an English-language brochure focusing on the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2004

Defense chief heads out on European swing

Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba departed Sunday on a six-day trip to Britain, the Netherlands and France to discuss international efforts to rebuild Iraq.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 11, 2004

Two Dakar Rally stages canceled

This weekend's 10th and 11th stages of the Dakar Rally were canceled on Friday amid security fears after reports of armed gangs awaiting drivers.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2004

SARS fears lead to rush for flu shots

About one-quarter of Japan's residents, some 30 million people, have had flu vaccinations this winter due to fears about SARS and concerns that the vaccine might run out, health ministry officials said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2004

Japan, U.S. plan to restore faith in beef

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman ended a meeting here Wednesday without discussing concrete steps toward lifting Japan's ban on imported American beef.

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