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JAPAN
Oct 22, 2008

Lower House passes MSDF antiterror bill

The Lower House approved a special antiterrorism bill Tuesday to enable the Maritime Self-Defense Force to continue refueling multinational warships engaged in counterterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean — a key goal of Prime Minister Taro Aso for this Diet session.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2008

Bank willingness to lend at eight-year low

The willingness of banks to extend loans to small and midsize companies stayed at its lowest level in at least eight years as lenders hoarded funds on signs that the economy is in a recession, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 22, 2008

Golden apple snail

Japanese name: Sukumiringogai
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2008

BOJ's free money may have had role in global turmoil: Yamaguchi

The Bank of Japan's low interest rates may have contributed to the global financial market turmoil, Hirohide Yamaguchi, the government's nominee for BOJ deputy governor, said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2008

Mandate to cope with crisis

The Diet has passed a ¥1.808 trillion supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 with the support of not only the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito but also of the Democratic Party of Japan and two other opposition groups. Japan, however, is about to face difficult times, as the financial crisis...
COMMENTARY
Oct 21, 2008

Deterioration of public health in Zimbabwe

NEW YORK — Zimbabwe is a problematic state. Once the breadbasket of Africa, the country's population is now suffering the consequences of government policies that have seriously harmed their health and quality of life.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2008

Addiction to the worst of worlds

COPENHAGEN — Have you noticed how environmental campaigners almost inevitably say that not only is global warming happening, but that what we are seeing is even worse than expected?
COMMENTARY
Oct 21, 2008

Obama swings and misses on trade issues

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "Americans are angry," said John McCain, while debating his opponent Barack Obama last Wednesday night in their final face-to-face televised debate, "and they have every reason to be angry."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2008

Late Woods homer gives Dragons win

OSAKA — Before the Chunichi Dragons' series finale against the Hanshin Tigers a fan asked Tyrone Woods for four home runs.
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2008

Law hinders press freedoms

A revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure enacted in 2004 prohibits lawyers and defendants from showing or handing copies of evidence they have received from the prosecution to third parties. It also prohibits posting such copies on the Internet. When the revision bill was submitted to the Diet, the...
COMMUNITY
Oct 21, 2008

I 'abducted' my daughters

Following is a reader's response to Michael Hassett's Aug. 26 "Zeit Gist" article on parental abduction to Japan (" Coming out of the shadows.")
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 21, 2008

Access all areas: camping trip offers no-holds-barred insight into disability

It is the early hours of the morning and I'm sat out in the open air. My eyes are closed and my hand is clutched tightly around a car of lukewarm beer. Frankly, I'm feeling a little disorientated.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 21, 2008

Barrett, Simons and Clemens in Tokyo

Fast flagships On Sept. 17, the new flagship store for designer Neil Barrett opened in Tokyo with the assistance of a heavyweight collaborator — none other than hot U.K. architect Zaha Hadid came on board for her first retail-venue project. Barrett, a 20-year design veteran of tailored cuts (pictured...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2008

Aussie whaling envoy to up Japan pressure

Australia has named a whaling envoy to coordinate diplomatic pressure to stop Japan's annual hunt, which may resume in the Southern Ocean later this year.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 21, 2008

Confessions of a not so eco-friendly woman

Contrary to the national effort to increase eco-awareness, encourage environmentally friendly behavior and promote domestically grown vegetables; contrary to the general trend to alienate smokers and lovers of nitrite-drenched hot-dogs — here I stand, alone, a veritable black smudge on the environmental...

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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