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JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Ruling OKs Aum residency bids

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions that say there is no legal basis for local governments to reject residency registration applications from Aum Shinrikyo members.
JAPAN / Q&A
Jun 27, 2003

Revised fund law good for graft?

The first hearing was held Thursday in the trial of Lower House member Takanori Sakai, who has been charged with violating the Political Funds Control Law by concealing political donations from companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2003

Tottori governor sees hope in recent reform plan

Tottori Gov. Yoshihiro Katayama is hoping that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plans to reform local finances will be the first step for local governments to stand on their own feet.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Ruling OKs Aum residency bids

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions that say there is no legal basis for local governments to reject residency registration applications from Aum Shinrikyo members.
JAPAN / Q&A
Jun 27, 2003

Revised fund law good for graft?

The first hearing was held Thursday in the trial of Lower House member Takanori Sakai, who has been charged with violating the Political Funds Control Law by concealing political donations from companies.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2003

Rengo may give up unified demands

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) proposed Thursday at a central committee meeting that next year's annual wage-increase demands be left up to its member industrial labor unions rather than setting a unified figure.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2003

Economic reform package unveiled to mixed reviews

The nation's key policy-setting panel on Thursday released an economic reform package for 2003, featuring local finance changes and deregulation in some sectors.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

High court eyed for intellectual property

Amid prolonged civil lawsuits over intellectual property such as patents, Japan is studying the creation of a high court devoted exclusively to dealing with such litigation more quickly.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 27, 2003

Real Madrid kept quiet on Queiroz during Beckham transfer

LONDON -- One of the hallmarks of any successful businessman is to plan ahead for all eventualities, to have a Plan B in place should a major decision have to be taken suddenly.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2003

Apologies the norm at shareholders' meetings

Top managers at several major firms apologized to shareholders Thursday over a variety of corporate scandals, including the arrests of former board members.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Mediator settles fight involving air pollution

Residents of Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture, the government and a public expressway corporation accepted a mediation proposal Thursday on their fight over air pollution.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Ruling OKs Aum residency bids

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions that say there is no legal basis for local governments to reject residency registration applications from Aum Shinrikyo members.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2003

Revival body chief claims applications are flooding in

More than 20 pairs of banks and borrower firms of varying sizes have applied for help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, IRCJ Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiko Toyama said Thursday.
JAPAN / Q&A
Jun 27, 2003

Revised fund law good for graft?

The first hearing was held Thursday in the trial of Lower House member Takanori Sakai, who has been charged with violating the Political Funds Control Law by concealing political donations from companies.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Mediator settles fight involving air pollution

Residents of Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture, the government and a public expressway corporation accepted a mediation proposal Thursday on their fight over air pollution.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Ruling parties threaten Lower House dissolution

The House of Representatives could be dissolved at the end of July if opposition parties boycott and disrupt Diet proceedings on a bill that would allow Self-Defense Forces personnel to be sent to Iraq, top ruling party executives warned Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Envoy seeks meeting with Suu Kyi

Ambassador to Myanmar Yuji Miyamoto is trying to confirm the whereabouts of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following revelations by a U.N. envoy that she was being held in a Yangon prison earlier this month, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Mediator settles fight involving air pollution

Residents of Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture, the government and a public expressway corporation accepted a mediation proposal Thursday on their fight over air pollution.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Ruling parties threaten Lower House dissolution

The House of Representatives could be dissolved at the end of July if opposition parties boycott and disrupt Diet proceedings on a bill that would allow Self-Defense Forces personnel to be sent to Iraq, top ruling party executives warned Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 27, 2003

Museum Cafe: On top of the world

It's one of those universal truths we hold self-evident. Fine food plus city lights from way up above, multiplied by one significant other, equals romance. And the great thing is, that equation always adds up, no matter what city, climate or time zone you're in -- even in Roppongi Hills.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Envoy seeks meeting with Suu Kyi

Ambassador to Myanmar Yuji Miyamoto is trying to confirm the whereabouts of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following revelations by a U.N. envoy that she was being held in a Yangon prison earlier this month, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Officials plan talks on North Korea

Senior officials from Japan, South Korea and the United States are planning to meet in Washington in early July to discuss strategies aimed at dealing with North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons program, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2003

Europe peeks at a new constitution

The European Union unveiled its draft constitution last weekend. The document overhauls the institutions and procedures of the union of 15 countries to better prepare it for the expansion scheduled for 2004 when 10 new members are added. The constitution navigates between two imperatives: safeguarding...

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