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JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Japan may halt funds to whaling commission

Japan may suspend its contributions to the International Whaling Commission to protest the adoption of a resolution to create a whale conservation committee, a government source said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

For new hires, recession means all work, no play

Almost 80 percent of new hires put work before romance, reflecting the grim situation young people are facing amid the tough job market, according to a survey by the Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development released Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2003

Tigers bite BayStars with rally in ninth

Akihiro Yano hit a bases-clearing triple off Denny Tomori with none out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 5-4 "sayonara" triumph over the slumping Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday night at Koshien Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 18, 2003

Eligibility for Japan free agency altered

Players who enter the Japanese pro baseball league as pre-draft acquisitions will only be required to play nine seasons before declaring themselves free agents, baseball officials decided at a board meeting Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Diet votes to continue session into summer

Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Ministry to replace dreaded prison device

The Justice Ministry announced Tuesday it will replace a controversial leather restraining device -- which has been criticized as an instrument of torture -- with leather manacles lined with felt on the inside.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Diet votes to continue session into summer

Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Red tape hinders Singapore Airlines campaign

Attempts by the SARS-battered Singapore Airlines to offer travelers bargain deals have been stalled here by domestic regulations, despite high hopes for mutual promotion of tourism under a bilateral free trade agreement signed recently.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Business leaders clash over panel's tax hike proposals

Leaders of two major business lobbies were at odds Tuesday over a tax hike proposal by an advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 18, 2003

Stark Reality: "Now"

It's a good thing the guardians of our children's tender morality are mainly obsessed with vexing lyrics and not intensely trippy jams. Otherwise, "Now" would have a big sticker across the front: WARNING -- The psychedelic children's music on this album will scramble your child's mind.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 18, 2003

Ted Nash: "Still Evolved"

It's not just anyone who can ask Wynton Marsalis to sit in. Ted Nash can, though, and more than that, he knows how to put Marsalis to work. On Nash's new release, "Still Evolved," he makes sure that Marsalis and other recruited luminaries from New York's post-bop scene don't waste a single note.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Japan no threat to Indonesia: envoy

Indonesia does not view Japan as a military threat, despite the mounting role of Self-Defense Forces personnel in international peacekeeping operations, Indonesian Ambassador Abdul Irsan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Entrepreneur coaches coeds

Being confident and able to gauge one's potential are key for a successful entrepreneur, traits Musashino University lecturer Atsuko Mayumi seems able to bring out in her female students as she coaches them on how to go into business for themselves.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Diet votes to continue session into summer

Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Economy revised down for June as exports remain flat

The government has revised downward its assessment of the domestic economy in June for the first time in five months due to shrinking exports following a slowdown in overseas economies.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Entrepreneur coaches coeds

Being confident and able to gauge one's potential are key for a successful entrepreneur, traits Musashino University lecturer Atsuko Mayumi seems able to bring out in her female students as she coaches them on how to go into business for themselves.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2003

Blair may be down but he's far from out

LONDON -- Since the European community of nations began to take shape 52 years ago, Britain has taken an ambivalent view of the Continent's moves toward greater unity. It did not join the coal and steel community that began the process in 1951, and, six years later, did not sign the Treaty of Rome that...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2003

Plain as blue and white

In the 16th and 17th centuries, China produced exquisite porcelain that remained a virtual secret to the outside world -- most of it was commissioned for the exclusive use of Japanese patrons. A new exhibition at the Seikado Bunko Art Museum, "Chinese Porcelains of the Late Ming to Early Qing Dynasties,"...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Japan no threat to Indonesia: envoy

Indonesia does not view Japan as a military threat, despite the mounting role of Self-Defense Forces personnel in international peacekeeping operations, Indonesian Ambassador Abdul Irsan said Tuesday.

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