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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 25, 2003

What has your political party done for you lately?

The Nippon Keidanren is working on a set of guidelines aimed at encouraging member companies to donate to political parties and evaluate their policies. I would like to provide some background on the objectives of this ongoing effort.
COMMENTARY / World / GUEST FORUM
Aug 9, 2003

War on terror requires a stronger UNSC

In a world where groups of thugs can take over failed states and modern technology enables small groups of fanatics to kill millions of people, more intervention by the international community in the sovereignty of individual nations will be necessary. Such intervention cannot be left to the United States...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2003

Groups flouting highway discount system

Some 760 groups of businesses in different industries receive special heavy-user highway-toll discounts each year worth about 110 billion yen, a member of a panel discussing the privatization of highway-related public entities said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2003

Suzuki aide gets suspended term in Kunashiri bid-rigging case

A former aide to arrested Lower House member Muneo Suzuki was handed a suspended 16-month prison term Monday for interfering in the bidding for a state-funded project on Kunashiri Island and conspiring with Suzuki to hide 100 million yen in donations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2003

Bottom line for personal seals is they're obsolete, forgeable

Hideo Matsuzaki creates names that will last a lifetime, one deft knife stroke at a time.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2003

Keidanren to draft donation outline by end of September

OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) will draw up an outline by the end of September detailing how to proceed with its new system for promoting political donations, Chairman Hiroshi Okuda said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2003

DPJ, Liberal Party exec panels approve fall merger proposal

The executive councils of the Democratic Party of Japan and Liberal Party approved on Thursday a proposal to merge the two parties by the end of September.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2003

Diet members tour execution chamber

Nine members of the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee visited the Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika Ward on Wednesday morning for a rare view of its execution chamber.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Lawmakers to take rare look at prison gallows

Lawmakers won approval Tuesday to inspect one of the country's execution chambers in an extremely rare glimpse into a secretive system long criticized by international human rights groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2003

Dutch companies rethink corporate responsibility

AMSTERDAM -- In Europe, Dutch companies are widely considered to be the front runners along with British companies in addressing the need for corporate social responsibility.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 20, 2003

Life's a drag for all those 'guilty' parents

State Minister Yoshitada Konoike's comment July 11 that the parents of the 12-year-old boy accused of murdering a 4-year-old in Nagasaki should be "dragged through town" and "beheaded" shocked a lot of people. He later apologized, but added that he did believe in the "principle" behind what he said,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2003

Japan Highway on the road to ruin; 617.477 billion yen in debt: document

A set of secret documents allegedly compiled by Japan Highway Public Corp. suggest that the semigovernmental corporation is in a state of capital deficit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2003

Tsujimoto arrested over fraud

Tokyo police on Friday arrested former Diet member Kiyomi Tsujimoto on suspicion of committing fraud by skimming government salaries for her policy secretaries.
COMMENTARY
Jul 19, 2003

No assault on U.S. morality

WASHINGTON -- For more than a year American politics has focused on war in Iraq. But the Supreme Court's decision voiding state antisodomy laws has inflamed the culture war in America. Conservative religious groups prophesy a moral apocalypse; Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is calling for a federal...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2003

Lawmakers Sakurauchi, Hino leave long legacies

Yoshio Sakurauchi, a former speaker of the House of Representatives and senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, died of respiratory failure Saturday night at a Tokyo hospital, his family said Sunday. He was 91.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2003

An offer Yangon's generals can't refuse

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Two elements could become the basis of further efforts toward a Myanmar solution: an emerging uneasiness -- if not outright division -- among the generals in power over how to handle the growing following of the "the Lady" (democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi), and the long-awaited...
COMMUNITY
Jul 6, 2003

Hope for the future takes root in rice fields

ASUKA, Nara Pref. -- The mid-June drizzle had just let up when taiko drum beats marked the opening of the taue (rice-planting) festival.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2003

Mystery note preceded Aegis dispatch

The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Shirane was slated to be sent to support U.S.-led antiterrorism operations last November but the mission was scrubbed at the last minute when an anonymous letter was received warning of repair irregularities, leading the government to deploy an Aegis warship...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2003

BOJ heard dissent before taking latest easing step

Two Bank of Japan Policy Board members opposed pre-emptively raising the bank's liquidity target during a meeting in May, saying it could impair communications between the central bank and financial markets, according to minutes released Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Prosecutors get papers on three Pana Wave members

The Metropolitan Police Department turned over to prosecutors Wednesday their case against three men linked to the Pana Wave Laboratory group who are suspected of falsifying information on vehicle registration papers.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Prosecutors get papers on three Pana Wave members

The Metropolitan Police Department turned over to prosecutors Wednesday their case against three men linked to the Pana Wave Laboratory group who are suspected of falsifying information on vehicle registration papers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2003

Sex harassment case sinks JCP lawmaker

Hideyo Fudesaka, 55, the Japanese Communist Party's policy chief, tendered his resignation from the House of Councilors on Tuesday after admitting to sexually harassing a woman.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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