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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2006

CEOs give Koizumi mixed review

More than 40 percent of chief executive officers who responded to a Kyodo News poll think Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration should have done more to reform the social security system.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2006

Ishii, Liefer smack clutch hits in first-place Lions' victory over Fighters

TOKOROZAWA ( Kyodo) Yoshihito Ishii hit a tiebreaking double in the third inning and Jeff Liefer added a two-run homer in the sixth, leading the front-running Seibu Lions past the Nippon Ham Fighters 9-3 on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2006

Central League captures opener

Kyuji Fujikawa couldn't even get a save for his birthday.
JAPAN
May 17, 2006

Aso says change needed in war-dead system

Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday he sees problems in the current method of honoring the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and suggested that having a single religious institution in charge of the system needs changing.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2006

Abe ahead for top job but Fukuda gains ground

A majority of respondents to a recent Kyodo News survey say they want Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe to replace Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party elects a new leader in September.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2006

Nakada projected winner in race for Yokohama mayor

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Hiroshi Nakada, incumbent mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is set to win re-election to his second four-year term, according to a Kyodo News exit poll that showed him well ahead of his challengers in Sunday's election.
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Mar 26, 2006

Skating wasn't part of Mom's original plan for Mao, Mai

All parents have dreams for their children.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Unit 731 exhibit to grow into peace, protest park

BEIJING (Kyodo) A germ warfare exhibition in Harbin in northern China that showcases deadly medical experiments carried out by Japanese forces on live prisoners during the war will expand its area by three times and reopen as a peace park, the curator said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2006

Local hire pocketed visa overcharges at Indonesian Embassy

JAKARTA (Kyodo) A Japanese employee at the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo allegedly skimmed nearly $1.2 million from applications made to the mission's visa section in Japan, an Indonesian Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2006

Poll win projected for Tanimoto

KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. (Kyodo) Incumbent Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto appeared poised to win his fourth four-year term in the gubernatorial election Sunday, according to projections by Kyodo News.
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JAPAN
Mar 19, 2006

Chicken farm operator held over obstruction

MITO, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Police said Saturday they arrested the former owner of a chicken farm operation in Ibaraki Prefecture on suspicion he colluded with other veterinarians at the company to obstruct inspections for avian flu.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2006

Iwakuni voters reject realignment plan

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi Pref. -- A majority of Iwakuni residents voted "no" in a closely watched plebiscite Sunday, rejecting the central government's plan to move 57 U.S. warplanes and 1,600 additional marines to the area, according to partial vote counts and exit polls.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2006

Hostage beheaded in Iraq 'not tortured'

BAGHDAD (Kyodo) The Iraqi man who has confessed to executing a hostage Japanese backpacker in 2004 said Monday that Shosei Koda was not tortured during his captivity.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2006

Russian mayor confirms talks with Nissan on factory

NEW YORK (Kyodo) The mayor of St. Petersburg, Russia, Valentina Matvienko, said Monday in New York that her city is talking with major automakers, including Nissan Motor Co., to encourage them to locate factories there, confirming a recent Interfax report.

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