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JAPAN
Oct 10, 2003

Antiterrorism law extension OK'd

A House of Councilors committee endorsed a bill Thursday for extending a special law to allow the continued deployment of Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels to the Indian Ocean until 2005 to support the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 10, 2003

English football's problems make mockery of 'beautiful game'

LONDON -- Had the Turkish Football Federation hatched a plan to severely disrupt England's preparations for Saturday's decisive Euro 2004 qualifying tie they could not have done a better -- or worse, depending on your viewpoint -- job than the visitors have done themselves.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2003

LDP has last laugh as reform plan crumbles

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi compromised with his Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday and agreed to leave the timing of the privatization of the nation's postal services ambiguous in the party's campaign policy.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

BOJ policy panel to focus on impact of strong yen on nascent recovery

The Bank of Japan policy-setting panel began a two-day meeting Thursday that is expected to focus on how the yen's recent appreciation will affect the nation's budding economic recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Thunderbird forum offers keys to business success

Japanese and American business executives agreed on Thursday on the need to improve the education and training of employees to nurture next-generation leaders who can cope with fast-changing global markets.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2003

American dream, or nightmare?

Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder and movie star, is the new governor of California. Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, replaced Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, after 54.9 percent of voters Tuesday said "yes" to recalling the incumbent and 48.2 percent picked the Terminator to lead the historically...
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Toshiba forges bank note alliance

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will set up a joint venture with Oesterreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (OeBS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Austrian National Bank, to promote sales of its latest bank note inspection machine and currency sorting machine.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2003

Bali summit moves ASEAN toward sense of community

SINGAPORE -- At the Ninth ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, this week, the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed the Bali Concord II, an action plan aimed at realizing a more integrated ASEAN in terms of economy, culture and security.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Ito-Yokado profit plunges 71.2%

Ito-Yokado Co., Japan's largest retailer, on Thursday became the latest chain to report dismal first-half results due to the cool summer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 10, 2003

The cutting edge of Tokyo's fashionably tressed

Every morning at around 9 o'clock, Naoko Hayashi arrives at the Toni & Guy Japan hair salon in Tokyo's smart Minami-Aoyama district. The trainee, who joined the salon in April, sets to work on a wig, practicing how to curl hair. Just along the street at rival salon Kakimoto Arms, Noriko Yagi, a second-year...
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Japan Tobacco buys back shares

The government sold part of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc. to the tobacco manufacturer Thursday in response to the entity's offer to repurchase its shares, the Finance Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Sticky rice imports set to increase

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry might increase imports of sticky rice, used to make "mochi" rice cakes, to counteract an expected shortage this year, a senior ministry official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Current account surplus up 33.6% in August

Japan's current account surplus surged 33.6 percent in August from a year earlier to 1.44 trillion yen due to growth in exports and a drop in overseas tourism, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2003

Ex-sekiwake Kaneshiro dies at 49

Former sumo wrestler Kaneshiro died of a heart attack on Sunday, his family said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2003

Redress unlikely for residents poisoned by WWII arms

A senior Environment Ministry official indicated Thursday it is unlikely that Ibaraki Prefecture residents who fell ill after drinking well water apparently contaminated by chemical weapons abandoned at the end of World War II would receive any redress.

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