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JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Obituary: Shumputei Ryusho

Popular "rakugo" storyteller Shumputei Ryusho died Monday of stomach cancer at a Tokyo hospital. He was 82.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Man held for selling lists of heavy debtors to loan sharks

The president of a data services firm was arrested Monday in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, for allegedly leaking lists of multiple debtors to loan sharks.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 17, 2003

Pensions, immigration and health

Hello again from Baghdad. It is definitely hot -- apparently 33 C the other day. Things here are settling down and the city is beginning to work again. What do you say about a 7,000-year-old-city? It just slowly gets on its way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 17, 2003

Kao cashes in on the golden elixir of weight loss

How can a soap-and-cosmetics maker succeed in selling a cooking oil at twice the price of its competitors in this time of economic belt-tightening?
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Obituary: Shumputei Ryusho

Popular "rakugo" storyteller Shumputei Ryusho died Monday of stomach cancer at a Tokyo hospital. He was 82.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Obituary: Shumputei Ryusho

Popular "rakugo" storyteller Shumputei Ryusho died Monday of stomach cancer at a Tokyo hospital. He was 82.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Irate armed Fuji TV viewer nabbed

A man armed with a crossbow and other weapons was arrested Monday after he entered the head office of Fuji Television Network Inc. in Tokyo to complain about program content.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Irate armed Fuji TV viewer nabbed

A man armed with a crossbow and other weapons was arrested Monday after he entered the head office of Fuji Television Network Inc. in Tokyo to complain about program content.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Irate armed Fuji TV viewer nabbed

A man armed with a crossbow and other weapons was arrested Monday after he entered the head office of Fuji Television Network Inc. in Tokyo to complain about program content.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2003

Clamp down on illegal exports

The Metropolitan Police Department last week arrested executives of a Japanese engineering company, Seishin Enterprise Co., on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran sensitive military-related equipment that could be used in the manufacture of solid fuel for missiles. Investigations have also revealed...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Briton rowing across Pacific rescued

Japan Coast Guard searchers plucked a British man from waters off Japan's northern coast early Sunday after his boat's rudder broke, forcing him to abandon an attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2003

Controversial bill reaches Diet floor

There is no question that Japan should do what it can to help bring stability and democracy to Iraq. Although the world remains divided over whether the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was justified, rebuilding the country is an international undertaking that should be supported by as many nations as possible...
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2003

They impeach murderers, don't they?

NEW YORK -- U.S. President George W. Bush told us that Iraq and al-Qaeda were working together. They weren't. He repeatedly implied that Iraq had had something to do with 9/11. It hadn't. He claimed to have proof that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed banned weapons of mass destruction....
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

The health ministry is trying to prevent damage to the fisheries industry after prices of broadbill swordfish and alfonsin, a sea bream-like species, plummeted following a ministry advisory to pregnant women to limit consumption of the fish due to their mercury content, according to ministry officials....
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

The health ministry is trying to prevent damage to the fisheries industry after prices of broadbill swordfish and alfonsin, a sea bream-like species, plummeted following a ministry advisory to pregnant women to limit consumption of the fish due to their mercury content, according to ministry officials....
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2003

Fish fingered for mercury content out of favor

The health ministry is trying to prevent damage to the fisheries industry after prices of broadbill swordfish and alfonsin, a sea bream-like species, plummeted following a ministry advisory to pregnant women to limit consumption of the fish due to their mercury content, according to ministry officials....
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jun 16, 2003

St. Petersburg may rule again

MOSCOW -- St. Petersburg, the former capital of Russia, has turned 300. Founded in a Baltic swamp at a frightening cost by the only outstanding Romanov reformer, Czar Peter the Great, it remains the architectural wonder of the nation. The "Venice of the North," as St. Petersburg was labeled in the 18th...
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2003

Averting a nuclear disaster

The international community is joining forces to prevent North Korea from escalating its nuclear threat. The Group of Eight summit (June 1-3) at Evian, France, adopted a declaration on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, criticizing North Korea and Iran for its development of WMDs.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 16, 2003

Stocks won't recover unless regulators get serious about oversight

Tokyo share prices are on shaky ground. While the Nikkei 225 Stock Average has managed to recover from the deep slump it was in from March to mid-May, spending the whole time below 8,000 but trading in the upper half of the 7,000 range -- the key index remains far below 14,000, the level it was at when...
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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