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JAPAN
Apr 1, 2008

20 teachers punished over 'Kimigayo' row

Twenty public school teachers were punished for disobeying an order to stand and face the flag during the singing of the national anthem in graduation ceremonies in March, the Tokyo board of education said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 1, 2008

New-look game

NEW YORK (AP) Joe Torre will be in Dodger blue. Joe Girardi will be the manager as Yankee Stadium hosts its final opener.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 1, 2008

BOJ finds itself in 'unpresidented' state

The divided Diet has left the Bank of Japan with a vacant seat at the top for the first time since the war. This came about after Toshihiko Fukui's five-year term ended in mid-March and the government's nominees to succeed him were vetoed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 1, 2008

Do you believe in UFOs and extraterrestrial life?

Mamiko Sato Japanese teacher, 31 I think it's difficult to believe that humans are the only species curious enough to visit other planets. There has to be other species intelligent and curious enough to have visited Earth.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 1, 2008

Public forums, spinning wheels

A friend sent me a Yomiuri article (Feb. 10) about a neighborhood forum in Kanazawa. Its title: "Citizens consider how to live together with foreigners."
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2008

Cost at pump to drop until April-end vote

Gasoline prices are set to fall by ¥25 per liter after the ruling bloc and opposition camp failed to agree Monday on extending provisional extra levies on gas and other auto-related taxes.
COMMENTARY
Apr 1, 2008

A respectful Russian bluff

LONDON — In February, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, and most of the NATO countries recognized it. Russia condemned this as an illegal and dangerous precedent, and hinted that it might recognize other breakaway states like Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

Toyota leads rise in auto production

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. led a rise in domestic vehicle production in February, helped by exports to emerging markets.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2008

The post-Kyoto high ground

The next Group of Eight summit, which Japan will host in Toyako, Hokkaido, is less than four months away. The fight against global warming will be at the top of the agenda. As the host nation responsible for getting participating nations to take concerted action, Japan needs as soon as possible to work...
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

Decline in housing starts shows signs of tapering off

Housing starts declined at the slowest pace in eight months in February, a sign that the economy is recovering from the building slump driven in part by a change in construction regulations.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

JR East forecasts profit rise of 19%

East Japan Railway Co. forecast on Monday an increase in operating profit of 19 percent over the next three fiscal years as it cuts debt and carries more passengers.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

February factory output off 1.2%

Manufacturers in Japan cut production in February for a second month in a row as the United States, the country's biggest export market, verged on a recession.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

MHI to double turbocharger output

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said it has prepared a ¥40 billion plan, including a new factory in Thailand, to almost double turbocharger production.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

Defiant Elpida plans to hike chip prices by 20%

Computer-memory maker Elpida Memory Inc. plans to raise prices 20 percent in April, Chief Executive Officer Yukio Sakamoto said, defying the glut that drove chip makers to record losses in the $31 billion market.

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