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JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

Mitsubishi hit by more truck defects

Seven more cases of cracked clutch housings have been found in large vehicles made by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and its spun-off maker, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., since a recall was announced in May, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

Struggling UFJ pursues merger deal with MTFG

Ailing UFJ Holdings Inc. on Wednesday asked rival Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. to merge with it in a deal that would create the world's biggest banking group, with 190 trillion yen in assets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

SDF aid mission mars Japan's peace image, Arab interviewees say in film

The deployment of Self-Defense Forces troops to Iraq on a humanitarian mission puzzles Arabs because it runs counter to their long-held image of a peaceful Japan, according to a documentary film based on eight interviews with people in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 14, 2004

A 'Steamboy' timeline

1995 After enjoying international success with his debut feature "Akira" (1988), Katsuhiro Otomo comes up with the idea for his second feature, "Steamboy," from an animated short, "Cannon Fodder." One of three segments in his 1995 animation omnibus "Memories," "Cannon Fodder" tells an Orwellian tale,...
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2004

FTC tells Microsoft to cut restrictive contract clause

The Fair Trade Commission slapped a warning against Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday, demanding that the U.S. software giant remove what it said was an unfair clause from contracts with Japanese personal computer makers.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2004

DoCoMo to invest in TI in quest for dual-mode chips

Japan's top mobile carrier said Tuesday it will invest about 5.5 billion yen in Texas Instruments Inc. of the United States to jointly develop a chip to enable cell phones to work in two different networks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2004

Poor LDP showing suggests Koizumi magic wearing thin

The setback suffered by the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's House of Councilors election indicates that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's magical voter appeal is ebbing.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 11, 2004

Hero Wilkinson aims to come back bigger, better, fitter, stronger

It's often said that professional athletes are the only people in the world who actually have to look for a job once they retire.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2004

Fuso admits mistakes in defect report

Scandal-tainted Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. said Friday that a vehicle-recall progress report released a day earlier contained incorrect information on the size of a truck defect.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2004

Skymark to use Zero's cash reserves

Skymark Airlines Co. said Friday it will merge with Internet service company Zero Inc. on Nov. 1 to boost the discount carrier's financial base.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jul 9, 2004

A tale of two Pichons

Our favorite scene in "Tampopo," Juzo Itami's 1985 cult film about gastronomic excess, begins with two bums finding an expensive-looking bottle behind a Shinjuku hotel with a bit of wine left in the bottom. They deliver it to a compatriot, a sommelier who'd apparently seen better days but still has sharp...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 9, 2004

Long season has stars worn out for international play

LONDON -- Euro 2004 needed big names rather than long names to shine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2004

Recovery shows benefits of letting foreigners in

Like many other Japanese investors, Hiroo Sato got burned a decade ago when the nation's speculative bubble burst. These days, he's finally getting some of his money back via a rebounding stock market.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 8, 2004

Renewable energy sources offer global chance to shed fossil fuels

As the leading national consumer of fossil fuels, the United States churns out almost a quarter of all the industrial carbon dioxide worldwide. Apologists say this is the price that must be paid in exchange for driving the global economy. Realists see such hubris as eventually undermining human viability...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 8, 2004

Voles suggest key to male monogamy

Everyone knows someone who is a compulsive womanizer; a man who simply can't remain faithful to one woman.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2004

Japan, China oil firms forge tieup

Nippon Oil Corp. said Monday it will refine crude oil for the Chinese oil firm PetroChina Co. through March.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2004

Discovery gives hope to cancer sufferers

A group led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has discovered a gene that creates enzymes, enhancing cell growth of colon, liver and other cancers, according to their research report published Sunday in a British science magazine.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2004

Links eyed in cost cuts, workplace accidents

The labor ministry plans to look into work-related accidents for possible links to cost-cutting and corporate restructuring efforts, it was learned Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 4, 2004

Spring Heel Jack: "The Sweetness of the Water"

Spring Heel Jack's followup to last year's near-masterpiece "Live" finds the duo of John Coxon and Ashley Wales again far from home in strange company for a brand-new CD of quirky experimentation, "The Sweetness of the Water."
COMMENTARY
Jul 3, 2004

Philippine election brings anxiety, not hope

HONG KONG -- The Philippines is lurching toward a crisis in which democracy is part of the problem instead of part of the solution. While, in theory, a long, arduous presidential election should leave a nation better aware of itself and eagerly awaiting a new beginning, in the Philippines it has left...

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