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BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2004

Ultraeasy monetary policy to go unchanged

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday it would take more time for the central bank to start tightening its ultraeasy monetary policy, despite recent brisk economic growth.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2004

Opposition to wage fresh war on pension reforms

Opposition parties have renewed their offensive against the recently enacted pension reform legislation, demanding Thursday that the government correct the 40 typographical and other minor errors in the package when the extra Diet session convenes at month's end.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2004

The Philippines' choice

The government of Philippine President Gloria Magapagal-Arroyo has withdrawn its forces from Iraq to save the life of a kidnapped Filipino. The gamble worked. The hostage, Mr. Angelo de la Cruz, was released unharmed this week and the nation -- like much of the world -- has rejoiced in his freedom. Unfortunately,...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2004

Nine Japanese go to China for fetal cell transplants

Nine Japanese with damaged spinal cords underwent cell transplants in China with cells taken from aborted fetuses, Japan Spinal Cord Foundation officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 23, 2004

Do the Dogashima

Less than an hour by shinkansen from Tokyo, touristy Atami is no one's idea of a quiet little getaway. From there down to the tip, Shimoda -- of Black Ship Festival fame -- this eastern side of the Izu Peninsula is the busy, developed one. This is where you go to check out such cultural hot spots as...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2004

Japan to demand update on fate of 10 abductees

Japan will demand that North Korea issue an interim report next month regarding the fate of eight Japanese abductees Pyongyang says are dead and two others it says never entered the country, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Rabies regime to target import pets at source

Japan plans to require cats and dogs that are being brought from areas with rabies to undergo a new double-vaccination regime outside the country, according to farm officials, a move that will drastically cut the imports of such animals younger than 10 months.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jul 22, 2004

Carrion crow

* Japanese name: Hashibosogarasu * Scientific name: Corvus corone * Description: Crows are large birds, growing up to 50 cm long with a wingspan of 104 cm. They have entirely black plumage and black eyes. Two species are common in Japan, the carrion crow and the jungle crow, and it's difficult to tell...
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Jul 22, 2004

Forex trading is a popular but risky business

Once considered the exclusive realm of the wealthy and the reckless, foreign-exchange trading is now being touted as accessible to everyone even though it is still a high-risk game.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Anger builds over EEZ violations

The government is planning to lodge a stronger protest with Beijing over the repeated presence of Chinese survey ships in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2004

Toyota to hire some MMC workers

Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to hire some 400 workers at Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s assembly plant in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, MMC said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Kono hits Keidanren arms trade push

House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono on Wednesday blasted the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) over its suggestion that the government should lift its ban on arms exports.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2004

U.S. considering certifying safety of Japan-bound beef

The United States government might certify the safety of American beef bound for Japan, paving the way for early resumption of Japanese imports, Japanese sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Nago plan quickest if work starts

The United States was told last week that an offshore airport designed to be the relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa would take 9 1/2 years to build, not including land reclamation work, Japanese officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Boss to pay for abusing disabled staff

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court order that the former president of a cardboard manufacturer in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, pay 15 million yen in damages for abusing three mentally disabled women in his employ.
COMMENTARY
Jul 22, 2004

Myths of intelligence exposed

One reads with anger the conclusions of the U.S. Senate report and the British Butler report on the false intelligence reporting used to justify the U.S.-British attack on Iraq.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Ueno Zoo tries to impregnate panda again

Officials at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo said Wednesday that a female giant panda on loan from a zoo in Mexico City was artificially inseminated with sperm from an Ueno Zoo panda last week.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2004

GDP growth forecast revised sharply higher

The Cabinet Office on Wednesday revised upward its official economic growth forecast for fiscal 2004 to 3.5 percent in real terms from the initially projected 1.8 percent, citing strong private-sector demand and exports.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

Japan in 'no rush' to resume normalization talks with North

Japan is in "no rush" to resume normalization talks with North Korea, even though the conditions for returning to the negotiating table have been met, government sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2004

Justifying Israel's wall

Two recent court decisions have challenged Israel's attempts to build a wall to prevent terrorists from infiltrating the country and attacking its citizens. Both concluded that parts of the wall were illegal. The Israeli government has responded to one decision -- by the Israeli Supreme Court -- by rerouting...
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2004

48 hospitalized for heatstroke as summer takes toll

Heatstroke was exacting a toll as the nation continued to swelter Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 22, 2004

Science to aid of justice as 'cot death' gene is found

There can be few things more likely to provoke horrific fascination -- and guarantee massive media coverage -- than a mother who murders her babies.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
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