Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from April 2001, page 3

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Focus on Koizumi: Diplomacy: Koizumi faces challenges in foreign, security policies.
April 26, 2001... Other nations will have to take a wait-and-see approach to Junichiro Koizumi, new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, because the foreign and security policies of Koizumi, who has no experience in those fields, are totally unknown....

[0] Koizumi to set up policy headquarters.
April 26, 2001... Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi has decided to set up a national strategy headquarters to discuss the nation's policy visions systematically, LDP sources said Wednesday. The body, to be directly supervised by Koizumi,...

[0] 3 coalition parties agree to maintain cooperation.
April 26, 2001... Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi and his counterparts in the other two ruling coalition parties agreed on Wednesday that they would maintain the current tripartite framework in the new government, and reached a nine-point...

[0] Search of Snow Brand launched.
April 26, 2001... Kyodo, OSAKA -- Osaka prosecutors and prefectural police on Wednesday searched the Sapporo head office of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in the death of one consumer and the illness of about 140...

[0] Nara Sagawa execs accused of bribing cops.
April 26, 2001... NARA -- In connection with the alleged bribery cases involving Nara Sagawa Express Co., several officers of the Nara prefectural police were asked by the firm's former president, who previously was a police officer, to dispose of speeding...

[0] Court denies Nakamura appeal.
April 26, 2001... The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by former Construction Minister Kishiro Nakamura against his conviction for taking 10 million yen in bribes from general contractor Kajima Corp. "Although integrity is essential for a...

[0] Harrison work gets new life.
April 26, 2001... Just over 30 years after one of his most popular solo albums, All Things Must Pass, hit recordstores, George Harrison has released a digitally remastered version of the original. Titled All Things Must Pass New Century Edition (Toshiba...

[0] New albums, old songs keep McCARTNEY GOING.
April 26, 2001... Paul McCartney is on a roll. Following the phenomenal success of The Beatles 1 collection, this May sees the release of a new Wings anthology, Wingspan: the Hits and History of Paul McCartney (Toshiba EMI). This retrospective of McCartney's...

[0] In your ear.
April 26, 2001... Since their 1994 debut vaulted G Love and Special Sauce onto the scene with a unique, streetwise mix of blues, folk and hip-hop, frontman G Love (Garrett Dutton) has alternated between tongue-in-cheek, guitar-trio hip-hop and well-crafted pop...

[0] Mogwai moves Tokyo fans to tears.
April 26, 2001... It seems no one can write a story about Scottish art-rock outfit Mogwai without mentioning that lo-fi rock god Stephen Malkmus of Pavement has said they are already the "best band of the 21st century," so I'm going to try to be the first. ...

[0] Kissin showcases prodigious musical talents.
April 26, 2001... EVGENY KISSIN PIANO RECITAL Suntory Hall, Tokyo, April 17 Tchaikovsky's Nocturne, Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee, Paraphrase on Die Fledermaus by Grunfeld, Scriabin's Etude and Paraphrase on Verdi's Quartetto (from...

[0] The epicures.
April 26, 2001... Welcome to a walk on the wild side of wine. Where nature, not technology, is the master. Where wines growl, smell of ruffled fur and nip at your taste buds rather than placate them with soft, easy drinking extracted fruit flavors and soothing...

[0] Is the H.K. film festival losing steam?
April 26, 2001... Maybe it's inevitable, what with Hong Kong's return to China and all, but the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) isn't what it used to be. The HKIFF once was the premier film event in Asia, outshining even the Tokyo...

[0] Teaching kids how to look at the media.
April 26, 2001... With the increasing interest in media literacy, TBS will broadcast a special program that chronicles a media literacy program offered at a primary school in Kochi Prefecture on April 30. The program, which began in December, will show how the...

[0] Waging a celluloid war.
April 26, 2001... CECIL B. DEMENTED (CECIL B. THE CINEMA WARS) HH1/2 Dir: John Waters Cast: Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith Alicia Witt, Patricia Hearst In "Dialectic of Enlightenment," published about a half century ago, German...

[0] Spotlight on Art Nouveau in its historical context.
April 26, 2001... At the turn of the 20th century, someone in the United States built a machine for mass-producing Art Nouveau. That anyone should have thought of doing such a thing represented an ironic reversal in an artistic style that had laid particular...

[0] Welcome to the inconvenience store.
April 26, 2001... Yasuko Fujiwara is a witty deceiver. In her current show at the Plus Minus Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, she displays a pile of tissue boxes, a vending machine filled with packets of cigarettes, a popular brand of tea bag, and a shelf of neatly...

[0] Shakespeare helps to revitalize kyogen farce.
April 26, 2001... MACHIGAI NO KYOGEN Setagaya Public Theater, Tokyo, April 22 Surely the success of Machigai no Kyogen (The Kyogen of Errors), a new kyogen piece based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, was easy to predict. Starring Nomura...

[0] Greenspan deserves credit for light touch.
April 26, 2001... The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has reduced interest rates several times since early 2001, but the New York stock market has continued its downward adjustment. With this in mind, has the so-called Greenspan myth faded away? Japan...

[0] Archeological find may tempt the foolhardy.
April 26, 2001... OSAKA -- Western Japan has recently been the scene of a number of archeological discoveries that have attested to the nation's ancient cultural heritage. News of the finds has excited both enthusiasts and the general public alike. The...

[0] JBA backs privatization of 3 key postal services.
April 26, 2001... Fuji Bank President Yoshiro Yamamoto, who was appointed chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) Tuesday, hopes to balance the conditions for competition between postal savings and private financial institutions, he said in an...

Koizumi named new LDP leader.
April 25, 2001... Koizumi named new LDP leader Yomiuri Pledging to drastically reform his Liberal Democratic Party and the nation, LDP maverick Junichiro Koizumi was named to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as the new party president on Tuesday. Koizumi is...

Waddle relieved of duty, set to retire.
April 25, 2001... Waddle relieved of duty, set to retire Kazuo Ishii and Jake Adelstein /Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents Yomiuri HONOLULU Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that hit and sank a Japanese high school fisheries...

Koizumi would revise Article 9.
April 25, 2001... Koizumi would revise Article 9 Yomiuri Newly elected LDP President Junichiro Koizumi said during a press conference held at party headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday that the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution "should be revised in the...

FTC searches elevator-maintenance firm.
April 25, 2001... FTC searches elevator-maintenance firm Yomiuri The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday searched the offices of a Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s subsidiary on suspicion that it obstructed fair trade concerning elevator parts, sources said. FTC...

Koizumi tested LDP; public to test Koizumi.
April 25, 2001... Koizumi tested LDP; public to test Koizumi Yoshimichi Hironaka /Political News EditorC The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri Junichiro Koizumi has just assumed the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a development that conventional...

Taiwan's Lee undergoes checkup.
April 25, 2001... Taiwan's Lee undergoes checkup Yomiuri OKAYAMA Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui underwent a medical checkup at Kurashiki Central Hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Lee, who suffers from a heart ailment, left the hotel...

New LDP president bucks convention.
April 25, 2001... New LDP president bucks convention Yomiuri Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi, who is often described as an eccentric or a heretic in Nagatacho, the political hub of the country, has been enmeshed in political intrigues over...

Families furious Waddle let off lightly.
April 25, 2001... Families furious Waddle let off lightly Yomiuri UWAJIMAC Ehime The families of those who were aboard the Ehime Maru fisheries training ship are angry with the "too lenient, unfair" disciplinary action taken against Cmdr. Scott Waddle, the...

Investigators to search Snow Brand offices.
April 25, 2001... Investigators to search Snow Brand offices Yomiuri OSAKA Prosecutors and police will search several locations, possibly as early as Wednesday, in connection with last summer's cases of mass food poisoning involving products made by Snow Brand...

Junichiro Koizumi: A Chronology.
April 25, 2001... Junichiro Koizumi: A Chronology Yomiuri January 1942: Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. March 1967: Graduates from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University. Studies at University of London. December 1969: Returns to Japan due to the...

Koizumi becomes icon for LDP revival / But flexibility fai.
April 25, 2001... Koizumi becomes icon for LDP revival / But flexibility fails to translate into specific measures Yomiuri Long known for his unpredictable nature and unusual personality, Junichiro Koizumi--the Liberal Democratic Party maverick who has...

Reformer wins poll with 58% of local votes.
April 25, 2001... Reformer wins poll with 58% of local votes Yomiuri Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi's sweeping victory in the prefectural preliminaries of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election has paved the way for his...

Panel: Reform classified fund system / Kono presented with.
April 25, 2001... Panel: Reform classified fund system / Kono presented with proposals on preventing misuse of govt money Yomiuri An advisory panel to Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Tuesday submitted to him a set of proposals calling for a reduction in the...

Editorial / Koizumi should spell out policies.
April 25, 2001... Editorial / Koizumi should spell out policies Yomiuri Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday. The Koizumi cabinet will be inaugurated Thursday. During the...

Farm import curbs blamed on trading house policy.
April 25, 2001... Farm import curbs blamed on trading house policy Takaashi Yamasaki Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The government's curbs on three farm imports, imposed Monday, may prove damaging to the very Japanese firms that can be said to be the...

Political Pulse / Mori self-destructed with series of gaff.
April 25, 2001... Political Pulse / Mori self-destructed with series of gaffes By Yoshimichi Hironaka Yomiuri After leading the nation for little more than a year, the Mori administration goes down in history as one of the shortest on record. Even judging from...

Minister: Food security 'threatened'.
April 25, 2001... Minister: Food security 'threatened' Yomiuri Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshio Yatsu told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday that the Japanese firms' development and import policy was a threat to food security. While criticizing...

Igawa beats Giants.
April 25, 2001... Igawa beats Giants Yomiuri Left-hander Kei Igawa tossed a five-hitter as the Hanshin Tigers defeated the Yomiuri Giants 6-1 on a rainy Tuesday night at Koshien Stadium. Igawa (3-1) threw his first career complete game and received ample...

FIFA in foam over World Cup beer sales.
April 25, 2001... FIFA in foam over World Cup beer sales Duncan Castles Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri World soccer's governing body, flying in the face of conventional wisdom on crowd control at soccer stadiums, is insisting that alcohol be sold at all...

Hattori emerges as true leader.
April 25, 2001... Hattori emerges as true leader Jeremy Walker Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri While South Korea's recently-installed Dutch head coach, Guus Hiddink, has had no trouble identifying a natural leader for the 2002 World Cup, his opposite...

Waddle case reflects U.S. leniency.
April 25, 2001... HONOLULU -- Monday's decision by Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, not to court-martial the former captain of a U.S. Navy submarine that sank the Ehime Maru highlighted an inherent leniency of the navy toward...

Koizumi becomes icon for LDP revival: But flexibility fails to translate into specific measures.
April 25, 2001... Long known for his unpredictable nature and unusual personality, Junichiro Koizumi--the Liberal Democratic Party maverick who has replaced unpopular Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as LDP president--has not yet made known to the public what kind...

Panel: Reform classified fund system: Kono presented with proposals on preventing misuse of govt money.
April 25, 2001... An advisory panel to Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Tuesday submitted to him a set of proposals calling for a reduction in the ministry's diplomatic classified fund and the introduction of a new inspection framework to monitor operations at...

Editorial: Koizumi should spell out policies.
April 25, 2001... Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday. The Koizumi cabinet will be inaugurated Thursday. During the presidential election campaign period, Koizumi...

Political Pulse: Mori self-destructed with series of gaffes.
April 25, 2001... After leading the nation for little more than a year, the Mori administration goes down in history as one of the shortest on record. Even judging from the short lifespan of recent administrations, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's has been...

Farm import curbs blamed on trading house policy.
April 25, 2001... The government's curbs on three farm imports, imposed Monday, may prove damaging to the very Japanese firms that can be said to be the creators of the Frankenstein's monster. The government invoked an emergency safeguard measure under...

Igawa beats Giants.
April 25, 2001... Left-hander Kei Igawa tossed a five-hitter as the Hanshin Tigers defeated the Yomiuri Giants 6-1 on a rainy Tuesday night at Koshien Stadium. Igawa (3-1) threw his first career complete game and received ample support in the form of a...

Junichiro Koizumi: A Chronology.
April 25, 2001... January 1942: Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. March 1967: Graduates from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University. Studies at University of London. December 1969: Returns to Japan due to the death of his father, Junya,...

[0] Koizumi named new LDP leader.
April 25, 2001... Pledging to drastically reform his Liberal Democratic Party and the nation, LDP maverick Junichiro Koizumi was named to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as the new party president on Tuesday. Koizumi is expected to be elected Mori's...

[0] Waddle relieved of duty, set to retire.
April 25, 2001... HONOLULU -- Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that hit and sank a Japanese high school fisheries training boat on Feb. 9 off Hawaii was handed a letter of reprimand Tuesday that will effectively end his...

[0] Koizumi tested LDP; public to test Koizumi.
April 25, 2001... Junichiro Koizumi has just assumed the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a development that conventional wisdom regards as being of epoch-making significance because he was long deemed a "heretic" within the LDP and dismissed...

[0] Koizumi would revise Article 9.
April 25, 2001... Newly elected LDP President Junichiro Koizumi said during a press conference held at party headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday that the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution "should be revised in the future." "An article whereby the...

[0] FTC searches elevator-maintenance firm.
April 25, 2001... The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday searched the offices of a Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s subsidiary on suspicion that it obstructed fair trade concerning elevator parts, sources said. FTC officials searched the Tokyo headquarters and...

Taiwan's Lee undergoes checkup.
April 25, 2001... OKAYAMA -- Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui underwent a medical checkup at Kurashiki Central Hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Lee, who suffers from a heart ailment, left the hotel in Osaka where he is staying at...

[0] New LDP president bucks convention.
April 25, 2001... Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi, who is often described as an eccentric or a heretic in Nagatacho, the political hub of the country, has been enmeshed in political intrigues over the issues of maintaining the current...

[0] Families furious Waddle let off lightly.
April 25, 2001... UWAJIMA, Ehime -- The families of those who were aboard the Ehime Maru fisheries training ship are angry with the "too lenient, unfair" disciplinary action taken against Cmdr. Scott Waddle, the former captain of the USS Greeneville submarine....

[0] Waddle case reflects U.S. leniency.
April 25, 2001... Waddle case reflects U.S. leniency Kazuo Ishii Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri HONOLULU Monday's decision by Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, not to court-martial the former captain of a U.S. Navy...

[0] Investigators to search Snow Brand offices.
April 25, 2001... OSAKA -- Prosecutors and police will search several locations, possibly as early as Wednesday, in connection with last summer's cases of mass food poisoning involving products made by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. About 15,000 people fell...

[0] Reformer wins poll with 58% of local votes.
April 25, 2001... Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi's sweeping victory in the prefectural preliminaries of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election has paved the way for his eventual victory in a ballot that included votes cast...

[0] Minister: Food security 'threatened'.
April 25, 2001... Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshio Yatsu told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday that the Japanese firms' development and import policy was a threat to food security. While criticizing the trading houses for threatening the...

[0] Hattori emerges as true leader.
April 25, 2001... While South Korea's recently-installed Dutch head coach, Guus Hiddink, has had no trouble identifying a natural leader for the 2002 World Cup, his opposite number in Japan is still searching for a captain...after 31 months at the helm. ...

Pingpong unites ethnic Koreans.
April 24, 2001... Pingpong unites ethnic Koreans Yomiuri OSAKA The 46th World Table Tennis Championships opened Monday in Osaka, with local ethnic South and North Korean residents cheering their teams and waving flags calling for Korean unification. More...

JCO officials plead guilty to charges.
April 24, 2001... JCO officials plead guilty to charges Yomiuri MITO All six JCO Co. employees indicted on charges of professional negligenceCopyright 2001 The Daily Yomiuri

Koizumi nets landslide win in primaries.
April 24, 2001... Koizumi nets landslide win in primaries Yomiuri Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi won a sweeping victory in party preliminaries, the final tally showed Monday. His election to the party's top post now seems a mere formality...

Koizumi shoo-in as LDP chief --Top three executives to be.
April 24, 2001... Koizumi shoo-in as LDP chief --Top three executives to be named after prime ministerial election Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party will elect former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi, an overwhelming winner in prefectural...

Poll: Koizumi said most fit for top job---75% of Minshuto.
April 24, 2001... Poll: Koizumi said most fit for top job---75% of Minshuto supporters back his election Yomiuri Fifty-six percent of respondents in a nationwide Yomiuri Shimbun survey considered former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has...

Hachijojima clerk made up armed assault tale.
April 24, 2001... Hachijojima clerk made up armed assault tale Yomiuri The first armed robbery in 10 years on Hachijojima island, south of Tokyo, reported Wednesday, has turned out to be a story fabricated by a female office clerk. Hachijojima police are...

Shigenobu linked to embassy seizure.
April 24, 2001... Shigenobu linked to embassy seizure Yomiuri Prosecutors have obtained evidence proving that Fusako Shigenobu, the founder of the Japanese Red Army, masterminded the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague, according to police sources....

Koizumi faces task of juggling obligations to party, coali.
April 24, 2001... Koizumi faces task of juggling obligations to party, coalition Yomiuri With Junichiro Koizumi's elevation to the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party and thus the premiership a virtual certainty, attention has shifted to the lineup of...

Disabled candidates to take assembly seats.
April 24, 2001... Disabled candidates to take assembly seats Yomiuri YOKOHAMA A quadriplegic man was elected to the Kamakura Municipal Assembly Sunday, becoming one of the nation's few local assembly members seriously enough disabled to require aid. Hajime...

Exchange program builds friendship, friction.
April 24, 2001... Exchange program builds friendship, friction Kohei Tsuchida and Tadashi Isozumi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the day when Japan and Russia agreed not to require visas for citizens of the two...

Editorial / Landslide opens door for reform.
April 24, 2001... Editorial / Landslide opens door for reform Yomiuri Junichiro Koizumi's overwhelming victory in prefectural preliminaries has set the stage for the former health and welfare minister as a shoo-in to become the next president of the Liberal...

7 JCO officials apologize for Tokaimura N-accident.
April 24, 2001... 7 JCO officials apologize for Tokaimura N-accident Yomiuri MITO The seven JCO Co. officials were all apologies at the first hearing of the trial on the nuclear accident at JCO's Tokaimura plant at the Mito District Court Monday. Six JCO...

Sharp growth seen in Net-based movies.
April 24, 2001... Sharp growth seen in Net-based movies Okihiro Kamiizawa Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Business opportunities in the distribution of moving images on the Internet have been quickly expanding with the growing diffusion in the nation of...

Does Hailstorm mean the end to privacy?
April 24, 2001... Does Hailstorm mean the end to privacy? John Jerney Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Imagine this situation. You use several computers as part of your life, each perhaps in a slightly different way. You use your home computer for personal...

Japanese scientists develop effective red blood cell subst.
April 24, 2001... Japanese scientists develop effective red blood cell substitute Toshiaki Sato Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Research into artificial red blood cells has been attracting more public attention in light of concern over potential blood...

Socks may be next safeguard target.
April 24, 2001... Socks may be next safeguard target Yomiuri OSAKA Sock makers plan to ask the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry to invoke a World Trade Organization textiles safeguard to counter the sharp increase in cheap imports of Chinese-made socks,...

BUSINESS UPDATE.
April 24, 2001... BUSINESS UPDATE Yomiuri Business Update is a weekly omnibus of business information based on news releases from companies in Japan and abroad, domestic and international organizations, diplomatic missions and other entities. AUTOMOBILES Honda...

Students wheel help to people in need.
April 24, 2001... Students wheel help to people in need Midori Matsuzawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri When Tochigi Technical High School student Kazuya Miyawaki first observed the work of members of his school's Welfare Instrument Manufacture Club--whose...

Japanese pro ball salaries rise again.
April 24, 2001... Japanese pro ball salaries rise again Yomiuri The average salary of the 734 players under contract to the 12 pro baseball clubs this season comes to a record 33.89 million yen, an increase of 1.05 million yen over last year, the Japanese...

Sharp-eared robot swims with whales.
April 24, 2001... Sharp-eared robot swims with whales Yomiuri Tokyo University's marine engineering research center Monday announced that it had successfully tested a self-guiding underwater robot that can distinguish the calls of humpback whales and track the...

Govt considering stricter control of banks' shareholdings/.
April 24, 2001... Govt considering stricter control of banks' shareholdings Junichi Yoshimi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri In step with the proposed establishment of a government-backed fund to absorb a sell-off of stock held by banks, a part of the...

JCO officials plead guilty to charges.
April 24, 2001... MITO: All six JCO Co. employees indicted on charges of professional negligence from an accident that killed two employees in 1999 pleaded guilty at the first hearing of the Mito District Court on Monday. At the hearing, JCO President,...