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BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2004

Almost 1 million graduates start work

Around 948,000 new graduates from colleges and other schools entered Japan's workforce Thursday, with companies and government agencies nationwide holding initiation ceremonies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2004

Nation gears up for tax-inclusive pricing

On Wednesday night, clerks at convenience and department stores nationwide will be busy ripping the price tags off their products and introducing new ones.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2004

Mori Building raided over boy's death

Police on Tuesday searched the offices of the operator of Tokyo's Roppongi Hills commercial complex, where a 6-year-old boy died last week after his head was crushed by an automatic revolving door, as well as the distributor of the door system.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 28, 2004

Fuji TV's "New New York Love Story" and more

The government is talking about reforming the ailing pension system and cutting benefits. A retired salaryman with a wife who is a full-time homemaker receives on average 230,000 yen a month as social security. Obviously, it is difficult to live on that amount of money without other forms of income....
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2004

Diet passes 82 trillion yen '04 budget

The Diet on Friday passed the fiscal 2004 budget, which totals 82.11 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2004

Iraq looking for aid in oil, gas production

Iraq wants Japan to provide financial and technical support aimed at rebuilding and developing its oil and gas production facilities, the head of Iraq's interim Governing Council said Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

IHI settles with unionists sidetracked for JCP ties

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has reached a negotiated settlement with labor union members over alleged discrimination targeting employees who are members of the Japanese Communist Party.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Troops in Iraq set to get down to business

The Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed to the city of Samawah in southern Iraq will commence their humanitarian aid mission later this month.
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2004

Farewell to 'Sesame Street'

There are some American icons we would not miss too much if they were to disappear tomorrow. Starbucks, McDonald's, Britney Spears: Despite their popularity here, they all have perfectly adequate local equivalents. Japanese would still be able to drink coffee, eat hamburgers and listen to annoying pop...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2004

S. Korean democracy will survive crisis

HONOLULU -- The North Koreans have been gloating over the political chaos in South Korea caused by the impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun. In the long run, however, the South Koreans will surely have the last word.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2004

Court halts weekly over story on Tanaka daughter

The latest issue of Shukan Bunshun was removed from newsstands Wednesday after the Tokyo District Court ordered a temporary injunction barring the sale of the Japanese-language weekly magazine.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso admits defect may send truck wheels flying

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. acknowledged Thursday that some of its large vehicles have design flaws that could cause the wheels to come off, as in an accident that killed a woman in 2002.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2004

Sato allegedly lent bogus aide's pay to boost local DPJ election war chest

Kanju Sato, a former home affairs minister who was arrested over the weekend on fraud charges, lent 20 million yen to the Aichi prefectural chapter of the Democratic Party of Japan in October to be used for the Nov. 9 general election of the House of Representatives, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2004

Baseball legend Nagashima suffers stroke; right side numb

Shigeo Nagashima, manager of Japan's national baseball team, was diagnosed at a Tokyo hospital Friday as having suffered a stroke the previous day.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 6, 2004

Baseball legend Nagashima suffers stroke; right side numb

Shigeo Nagashima, manager of Japan's national baseball team, was diagnosed at a Tokyo hospital Friday as having suffered a stroke the previous day.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Mar 6, 2004

Sun sets on Russian democrac

MOSCOW -- Relapses are always regrettable, particularly when the gains lost had been won at such a high cost.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2004

Tanba kids stay cool amid bird flu as parents, merchants fret

TANBA, Kyoto Pref. -- As the bell rings to end the day, students at Komono Junior High School file out.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2004

Tokyo stock indexes hit 21-month highs

Key Tokyo stock indexes rode optimism over the outlook for the Japanese economy to 21-month highs Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2004

Koizumi to woo foreign investors on TV

Hoping to boost foreign direct investment in Japan, the government has resorted to a weapon that has proved to be quite powerful at home: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2004

China draws the line in Hong Kong

When Hong Kong reverted to China, Beijing pledged that there would be "one country, two systems." The capitalist redoubt would be part of "one China," but it would also keep its separate political and administrative order to maintain both stability and the vitality that transformed the city into a regional...
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2004

Farm's reticence shocks officials

Health and animal experts expressed shock at the news Friday that a chicken farm in Tanba, Kyoto Prefecture, did not notify officials that thousands of its birds had died despite mounting bird flu fears.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004

ANA, Air China make code-sharing agreement

BEIJING -- All Nippon Airways Co. and Air China said here Thursday they have agreed to share flight codes starting March 28 to meet growing demand for passenger and cargo transportation between Japan and China.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2004

Defense Agency eyes media officers to handle deluge

The Defense Agency will create media officer posts in fiscal 2005 to handle increasing public interest in the agency and the Self-Defense Forces.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2004

Crown Prince turns 44, rues wife's woes

Crown Prince Naruhito said his wife has become exhausted from the pressures of royal life, motherhood and media scrutiny over the couple's lack of a male heir, and asks that she be left in peace.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear