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JAPAN
Mar 20, 2006

UNSC reform drive stalling

Japan is leaning toward giving up on its plan to submit a new resolution on expanding the United Nations Security Council because it fears it won't be able to get enough support, government sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2006

Colonization obstructs peace

PLAINS, Georgia -- For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory has obstructed a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land, regardless of whether Palestinians had...
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2006

Unfinished business for women

Twenty years after the much heralded gender-equality law went into effect in Japan, women still face discrimination in the workplace -- in ways less apparent but just as effective in limiting their promotional opportunities and so also widening the wage gap with male colleagues.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 20, 2006

What the Merchant of Venice might think about BOJ policy

"The quality of mercy is not strained."
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.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2006

Obituary: Misoji Sakamoto

Misoji Sakamoto, a former chief Cabinet secretary in the government of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, died of stomach cancer Sunday at a hospital in Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was 83.
COMMENTARY
Mar 20, 2006

Iwakuni vote poses a risk

In a referendum March 12, a majority of residents in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, voted no on a government plan to host additional 57 carrier-based warplanes at the U.S. Marine Corps air station there. Under a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, the planes are to be transferred from the...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 19, 2006

Brown-Marbury clash was predictable

NEW YORK -- Guess it's safe to say Stephon Marbury no longer is interested in earning any Brownie points . . . or continuing his tainted NBA career in New York . . . or pretending he doesn't care what coaches, teammates and columnists say about him.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 19, 2006

LaRocca provides even more punch to lineup of Swallows

The Hanshin Tigers have their "JFK" pitching relay, but now the Tokyo Yakult Swallows can counter with their "LIRR" quartet of sluggers. No, it's not the Long Island Railroad, but second baseman Greg LaRocca, third sacker Akinori Iwamura, left fielder Alex Ramirez and first baseman Adam Riggs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2006

Japan players primed for semi with S. Korea

SAN DIEGO -- Team Japan's got the big smile down. All it needs now is the big win.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2006

Speaking clearly in the Diet

So, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has gone out on a limb and suggested that Japanese lawmakers engaging in debate in the Diet should speak in Japanese. Last week he reportedly chided an opposition member for asking a question sprinkled with English-language terms. On the one hand, that seems reasonable....
Japan Times
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.

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