Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from April 2010

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from April 2010

Hatoyama wants Ozawa to stay on.
April 29, 2010... Hatoyama wants Ozawa to stay on Yomiuri Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is standing by Ichiro Ozawa, saying he wants the embattled Democratic Party of Japan secretary general to stay on despite a scandal that will not go away. "I want...

Govt may OK altered 2006 Henoko plan / Hatoyama to visit O.
April 29, 2010... Govt may OK altered 2006 Henoko plan / Hatoyama to visit Okinawa on Tuesday Yomiuri Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's administration may present a modified version of a 2006 agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in...

'Opinion No. 32' booklet giveaway.
April 29, 2010... 'Opinion No. 32' booklet giveaway Yomiuri The Yomiuri Shimbun is offering readers copies of "Opinion No. 32," a collection of editorials and essays taken from the paper's September-December issues, together with their English translations....

EDITORIAL / Panel wants truth about Ozawa uncovered.
April 29, 2010... EDITORIAL / Panel wants truth about Ozawa uncovered Yomiuri An independent judicial panel of citizens threw down the gauntlet in challenging prosecutors who had decided not to indict Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro...

Police on alert near Sky Tree in Golden Week.
April 29, 2010... Police on alert near Sky Tree in Golden Week Yomiuri With many people expected to flock to Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, during the Golden Week holiday period, ward officials and police officers will be on alert around the...

DPJ Has 'A Ton of Homework' / Panel's Decision on Ozawa In
April 29, 2010... DPJ has 'a ton of homework' / Panel's decision on Ozawa indictment surprises party members Yomiuri An inquest panel's decision that Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa merits indictment leaves the party with "a ton of...

Businesses may be obliged to ban smoking.
April 29, 2010... Businesses may be obliged to ban smoking Yomiuri The health ministry is expected to oblige business enterprises to enforce a total ban on smoking in workplaces, it was learned Wednesday. A Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry committee,...

Top model walks for White Ribbon.
April 29, 2010... Top model walks for White Ribbon Yomiuri Popular fashion model Ai Tominaga and others are participating in a series of charity events to raise awareness in this country of the White Ribbon Campaign, a global effort to improve health care...

Web site fuels athletes' hunger for success.
April 29, 2010... Web site fuels athletes' hunger for success Kazuhiko Makita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri An athlete's hunger for sporting success is often matched by their appetite at meal time, but not all have the skills to cook up dishes...

Ozawa's denials of involvement wearing thin.
April 29, 2010... Ozawa's denials of involvement wearing thin Keita Fujita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Ichiro Ozawa is once again in prosecutors' crosshairs. Tokyo prosecutors will have to decide whether to indict the Democratic Party of...

Prosecutors may re-grill Ozawa, but have little hope.
April 29, 2010... Prosecutors may re-grill Ozawa, but have little hope Yomiuri In response to an inquest panel's decision that Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa merits indictment over a political funding scandal, prosecutors may consider...

BOJ likely to hold key interest rates steady.
April 29, 2010... BOJ likely to hold key interest rates steady Yomiuri The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain current monetary policies and keep key interest rates at 0.1 percent when policymakers meet Friday. Central bank policymakers might also...

Mitsubishi to invest in French nuclear firm.
April 29, 2010... Mitsubishi to invest in French nuclear firm Yomiuri Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is finalizing preparations to invest in Areva, a major French nuclear energy company, to enhance their business partnership in the development of nuclear...

Firms push coal technology / Global power demand grows, em.
April 29, 2010... Firms push coal technology / Global power demand grows, emission-cutting methods sought Daisuke Segawa and Takanori Yamamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri With Japan's highly efficient coal-fired power generation technology...

ECONOMIC FORUM / Stiff domestic competition hinders Japan/.
April 29, 2010... ECONOMIC FORUM / Stiff domestic competition hinders Japan Naohisa Ishida Yomiuri Has the sense of urgency that enveloped the Japanese business world in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse disappeared? Recently, a series of...

EDUCATIONAL RENAISSANCE / Teachers of Japanese getting lit.
April 29, 2010... EDUCATIONAL RENAISSANCE / Teachers of Japanese getting little govt help Rie Kyogoku / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The following is excerpted from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Educational Renaissance series. This is the last...

Musings / April 25, 2010.
April 29, 2010... Musings / April 25, 2010 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's April 25 issue. * * * I recently read in our company's in-house magazine that a certain Mr. S had a heart attack...

NATURE IN SHORT / Digital cameras are handy technological.
April 29, 2010... NATURE IN SHORT / Digital cameras are handy technological marvels for nature photography Kevin Short / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri As regular readers of this column know all too well, I am an avid and hard-working, if not...

Toshiba vs Sanyo in opener.
April 29, 2010... Toshiba vs Sanyo in opener The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Toshiba Brave Lupus will launch the defense of their Top League crown on Sept. 3 against last season's runnerup Sanyo Wild Knights, according to the schedule for 2010-11 released...

Gentle giant Baruto hopes to keep on smiling.
April 29, 2010... Gentle giant Baruto hopes to keep on smiling Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Sumo is not a sport you generally associate with broad grins and gentleness. But the sport's newest ozeki, Baruto, has based his short but...

THE HOT CORNER: Lotte should put brakes on bunt.
April 29, 2010... THE HOT CORNER: Lotte should put brakes on bunt Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri We all get carried away sometimes. When you have a good thing, you exploit it--often beyond the point of utility. The Marines have a good...

Lions' Uemoto gradually catches on.
April 29, 2010... Lions' Uemoto gradually catches on Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri TOKOROZAWA, Saitama TOKOROZAWA, Saitama--The Seibu Lions have a history of turning catchers into power-hitting outfielders, and they are hoping...

Tokyo Univ. to crack down on plagiarism in theses.
April 28, 2010... Tokyo Univ. to crack down on plagiarism in theses Yomiuri The University of Tokyo will overhaul its thesis examination process and throw the book at anyone found to have plagiarized other people's work, according to the university...

Statute of Limitation for Murder Abolished
April 28, 2010... Statute of limitation for murder abolished Yomiuri The Diet on Tuesday passed bills into law abolishing the statute of limitation for murder cases and doubling the limits for other crimes that result in death. The government promulgated...

EDITORIAL / Hatoyama must answer inquest panel's questions.
April 28, 2010... EDITORIAL / Hatoyama must answer inquest panel's questions Yomiuri An inquest panel recently decided it was appropriate for prosecutors not to indict Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over false records of political donations compiled by his...

13,700 Nihon U. staffers have data leaked online.
April 28, 2010... 13,700 Nihon U. staffers have data leaked online Yomiuri Personal data on at least 13,700 Nihon University personnel has been leaked on the Internet, according to the university. The leak occurred when a school official brought the data...

'Academic' humiliated U. of Tokyo.
April 28, 2010... 'Academic' humiliated U. of Tokyo Yomiuri Turkish national Serkan Anilir, recently stripped of the doctorate he obtained from the University of Tokyo over plagiarism and falsifying his resume, used that powerful badge of authority to take...

China envoy complains about MSDF ships.
April 28, 2010... China envoy complains about MSDF ships Hiroko Ihara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua complained at a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday that Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels...

Malfunction of sodium leak detector at Monju.
April 28, 2010... Malfunction of sodium leak detector at Monju Yomiuri A sodium leak detector at the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, malfunctioned late Monday ahead of the planned resumption of operations in early May, the Japan...

Monju restart after 14 years fuels worry.
April 28, 2010... Monju restart after 14 years fuels worry Atsushi Miyazaki, Shigenobu Hata and Kentaro Takahashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The reactivation of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture, expected to take...

Eco-taxis zap CO2 emissions / Battery-switching demo proje.
April 28, 2010... Eco-taxis zap CO2 emissions / Battery-switching demo project rolled out in Roppongi Tomoko Echizenya and Makoto Fukumori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The government and companies, including automakers, are accelerating...

Govt to boost fashion exports to 800 bil. yen range.
April 28, 2010... Govt to boost fashion exports to 800 bil. yen range Yomiuri The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry aims to boost textile and fashion exports to the 800 billion yen range within three years, up from about 690 billion yen in 2009,...

Smaller firms emit 12.6% of total greenhouse gases.
April 28, 2010... Smaller firms emit 12.6% of total greenhouse gases Yomiuri Small and midsize companies accounted for about 12.6 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2007, according to a government white paper released Tuesday. For the...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / Reform English education now / Japan's E.
April 28, 2010... ENGLISH SPECIAL / Reform English education now / Japan's English skills lag behind those of China and South Korea Hiromu Namiki / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri We all know that English is important, but how good are Japanese at...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / Now is the time to 'globalize' the essen.
April 28, 2010... ENGLISH SPECIAL / Now is the time to 'globalize' the essence of Japan Hiromu Namiki / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri In an interview with The Daily Yomiuri (see main story), Eisuke Sakakibara, former vice finance minister for...

ENGLISH SPECIAL / English books from ROK find new market i.
April 28, 2010... ENGLISH SPECIAL / English books from ROK find new market in Japan Saori Kan / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri As interest in English as an essential communication tool grows in Asia, textbooks and other materials from South Korea...

RANTZ 'N' RAVES: Big sis back for shot at other rings.
April 28, 2010... RANTZ 'N' RAVES: Big sis back for shot at other rings Ken Marantz / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Looking back, Hitomi Sakamoto feels a little self-conscious about the fuss made over her at the 2008 world wrestling championships....

Frontale face Beijing test.
April 28, 2010... Frontale face Beijing test The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Kawasaki Frontale will look to join J.League rivals Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka in the Asian Champions League knockout phase with a win at Beijing Guoan in the last round of group...

Fossum getting his groove back.
April 28, 2010... Fossum getting his groove back Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Casey Fossum's journey to Japan had a curious head start last season. Long before the Hanshin Tigers expressed an interest in him, the lefty had already heard...

Fukui gov. OK's restarting Monju.
April 27, 2010... Fukui gov. OK's restarting Monju Yomiuri Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa gave his de-facto approval Monday to the resumption of operation of the prototype fast-breeder Monju reactor, paving the way for it to be reactivated for the first time in...

Panel OK's not charging Hatoyama / PM basically cleared o.
April 27, 2010... Panel OK's not charging Hatoyama / PM basically cleared over fund records Yomiuri An inquest panel has concluded it was appropriate for prosecutors not to indict Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for false records of political donations...

EDITORIAL / Foreign nurses deserve helping hand.
April 27, 2010... EDITORIAL / Foreign nurses deserve helping hand Yomiuri Given the serious shortage of medical and nursing care workers and nurses, lifting certain restrictions so qualified foreigners in these fields can apply their skills in this country...

Chile eyes Japan quake tech exchange.
April 27, 2010... Chile eyes Japan quake tech exchange Rieko Mohara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Visiting Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno said Monday that his quake-hit nation intends to make technological exchange with Japan a high...

Govt to invite survivors of Bataan Death March.
April 27, 2010... Govt to invite survivors of Bataan Death March Yomiuri The government plans to invite to this country former American prisoners of war who survived the Bataan Death March, Foreign Ministry sources have disclosed. The Bataan Death March...

Chinese chopper 'ignored orders' / Insubordination within.
April 27, 2010... Chinese chopper 'ignored orders' / Insubordination within navy could heighten possibility of accidents Yomiuri A Chinese Navy helicopter likely was ignoring orders from its own mother ship when it flew within 100 meters of a Maritime...

Japanese-owned tanker shot at in Arabian Sea.
April 27, 2010... Japanese-owned tanker shot at in Arabian Sea Yomiuri An oil tanker under the Panamanian flag and owned by a subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. of Tokyo was shot at by two alleged pirate boats while sailing in the Arabian Sea west of...

Security cameras to be put in all Tokyo Metro stations.
April 27, 2010... Security cameras to be put in all Tokyo Metro stations Yomiuri Tokyo Metro Co. will place cutting-edge security cameras in all subway stations within the current fiscal year to be used to solve disputes between passengers, monitor violence...

Alien crayfish found in Tonegawa river system.
April 27, 2010... Alien crayfish found in Tonegawa river system Yomiuri The signal crayfish, classified as an invasive species harmful to local ecosystems, has recently been found in the Tonegawa river water system in Chiba Prefecture. Environment...

Gifu companies recycle broken school dishes.
April 27, 2010... Gifu companies recycle broken school dishes Yomiuri TOKI, Gifu--Broken dishes are a fact of life where children are involved, so two companies in Gifu Prefecture have started collecting and recycling damaged ceramic dishes from schools. ...

Okinawa vents fury at govt over base.
April 27, 2010... Okinawa vents fury at govt over base Yoshifumi Sugita and Ryuhei Yoshimura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The confrontation between the central government and residents of Okinawa Prefecture over the issue of relocating the...

Subway cell-phone users may get 'one-seg' TV.
April 27, 2010... Subway cell-phone users may get 'one-seg' TV Yomiuri A new one-segment TV broadcasting station is expected to enable subway users to view news programs at stations and on trains, it has been learned. The service, which also will offer...

JAL recovery looks gloomy / Trustees seek further route cu.
April 27, 2010... JAL recovery looks gloomy / Trustees seek further route cuts as local govts protest Fukutaro Yamashita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Dark clouds loom over the ongoing rehabilitation efforts by Japan Airlines, which is...

ANALYSIS / Airport merger key litmus test.
April 27, 2010... ANALYSIS / Airport merger key litmus test Fukutaro Yamashita and Teruaki Yamamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri A general agreement between Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto and transport minister Seiji Maehara to unify and privatize...

BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Global citizens find identity in.
April 27, 2010... BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Global citizens find identity in multiple cultures Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri When people find out that I grew up in Japan, came to the United States as a college student, and am now a...

BULLETIN BOARD.
April 27, 2010... BULLETIN BOARD The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Workshops on classroom activities,working with picture dictionaries Communication and Language Associates, a provider of training programs for those teaching English to children, will hold...

Baruto to make ozeki debut.
April 27, 2010... Baruto to make ozeki debut The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri Five ozeki wrestlers will try to stop lone yokozuna Hakuho in the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, including Estonian Baruto, who will make his ozeki debut in the ring at...

Govt mulls modified Futenma relocation plan.
April 26, 2010... Govt mulls modified Futenma relocation plan Yomiuri Some government officials are considering an option to modify the existing relocation plan for a U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture, agreed upon between Japan and the United...

Study: Violence at home harms childrens' brains.
April 26, 2010... Study: Violence at home harms childrens' brains Yomiuri People who have witnessed domestic violence between their parents in childhood are likely to have a significantly smaller visual cortex later in life, according to research by...

EDITORIAL / Govt must avoid haste when trimming waste.(Editorial)
April 26, 2010... EDITORIAL / Govt must avoid haste when trimming waste Yomiuri It is crucial to thoroughly cut the wasteful use of taxpayer money by independent administrative institutions. However, medium- and long-term strategic perspectives are most...

Okada apologizes to mayor over N-deal.
April 26, 2010... Okada apologizes to mayor over N-deal Yomiuri Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada apologized Saturday to Mayor Norio Tomonaga of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, over a secret accord with the United States about bringing nuclear weapons into Japan....

Cheap inns set for high-end hot spring resort.
April 26, 2010... Cheap inns set for high-end hot spring resort Yomiuri NANAO, Ishikawa NANAO, Ishikawa--A chain of low-cost inns is scheduled to open a property on Wednesday in the Wakura Onsen hot spring resort in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, where a...

Panel warns of economic hit from quake.
April 26, 2010... Panel warns of economic hit from quake Yomiuri A Cabinet Office panel has warned that an inland quake striking the Tokyo metropolitan area will require massive fiscal spending and that the public may be asked to share in the financial...

Help wanted: Tokyo day care workers.
April 26, 2010... Help wanted: Tokyo day care workers Tomoko Koizumi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri "What are you making?" day care worker Mizuki Miura, who is from Fukushima Prefecture, asked a 2-year-old child playing at a day care center in...

Public schools switch to semesters.
April 26, 2010... Public schools switch to semesters Yomiuri An increasing number of public primary and middle schools are shifting to a semester system to secure more class hours ahead of the education ministry's new curriculum guidelines, which are...

73-year-old woman runs 250-km race.
April 26, 2010... 73-year-old woman runs 250-km race Yomiuri A 73-year-old woman of Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, became the oldest Japanese to ever finish the 250-kilometer Marathon des Sables in the Sahara earlier this month. In finishing the...

BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Tenacity 'key in urban redevelopment.(Interview)
April 26, 2010... BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Tenacity 'key in urban redevelopment' Yasuhiro Takizawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Minoru Mori, 75, president of Mori Building Co., has been behind many of Tokyo's most important modern developments,...

Single premium insurance catching on.
April 26, 2010... Single premium insurance catching on Ryosuke Yamauchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A certain type of insurance policy sold at bank counters is becoming increasingly popular as consumers use it for such additional purposes as...

MUSINGS / April 21, 2010.
April 26, 2010... MUSINGS / April 21, 2010 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's April 21 issue. * * * "I'm sorry to have been born," wrote author Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) in one of his short...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Repentance must precede leniency.
April 26, 2010... INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Repentance must precede leniency Tetsuo Yamaori / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri When we get up in the morning, we almost always are assailed by reports of someone who has killed a close relative,...

Japan Select B upset Rams to take 1st-ever Sevens Festival.
April 26, 2010... Japan Select B upset Rams to take 1st-ever Sevens Festival Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japan Select B upset Ricoh Black Rams 38-26 to win the inaugural Sevens Festival in Tokyo on Sunday at Chichibunomiya Stadium....

Tamada saves Grampus in nick of time.
April 26, 2010... Tamada saves Grampus in nick of time The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Japan striker Keiji Tamada scored in the 91st minute after a three-game absence to lead Nagoya Grampus to a 1-0 victory over Cerezo at Osaka on Sunday. Tamada, a strong...

EDITORIAL / Chinese Navy choppers' dangerous actions.
April 25, 2010... EDITORIAL / Chinese Navy choppers' dangerous actions Yomiuri Chinese People's Liberation Army helicopters launched from navy ships during recent training maneuvers have repeatedly taken the unusual action of approaching Maritime...

Cigarette lighter regulation eyed / Ministry mulls 'danger.
April 25, 2010... Cigarette lighter regulation eyed / Ministry mulls 'dangerous product' designation after fatal accidents Yomiuri The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is considering designating cigarette lighters as potentially dangerous products that...

Prosecutors widen access for press.
April 25, 2010... Prosecutors widen access for press Yomiuri The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has begun the process of opening its press conferences to a wider range of journalists, accepting applications from freelance and other reporters to...

Isahaya Bay issue could take new turn.
April 25, 2010... Isahaya Bay issue could take new turn Mikoto Hata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A protracted dispute over whether to open floodgates built in a 253 billion yen government-funded project in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, is...

Lehman Bros administrator sues Nomura.
April 25, 2010... Lehman Bros administrator sues Nomura Taro Koyano / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--A bankruptcy administrator at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed a lawsuit with a federal bankruptcy court Friday, calling...

2nd-largest art museum in U.S. has exhibits to both see an.
April 25, 2010... 2nd-largest art museum in U.S. has exhibits to both see and feel Yomiuri The Art Institute of Chicago is among the most prominent, worth-seeing buildings in Chicago, a city known for its architecture. Established in 1879, the...

Japan to open '11 Asian Cup against Jordan.
April 25, 2010... Japan to open '11 Asian Cup against Jordan Michael Church / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri DOHA DOHA--Japan's quest for a record-breaking fourth Asian Cup title will kick off with a re-run of one of the country's most bizarre...

Hawks' Ogura holds off Marines in rare start.
April 25, 2010... Hawks' Ogura holds off Marines in rare start Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri CHIBA CHIBA--If Shinsuke Ogura had forgotten what it felt like to start, he learned for the first time what it felt to start and win as a...

Bouncing back / Marquinhos returns from ban to help Antler.
April 25, 2010... Bouncing back / Marquinhos returns from ban to help Antlers end skid, upstage Marinos star Nakamura Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri YOKOHAMA YOKOHAMA--Most eyes in the crowd of 43,025 at Nissan Stadium were on...

Iwakuma outduels Darvish.
April 25, 2010... Iwakuma outduels Darvish The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri In a battle between two of the Pacific League's marquee pitchers, Hisashi Iwakuma threw himself into the spotlight on Saturday. Tohoku Rakuten's right-hander outdueled Hokkaido...

Japan firms may face U.S. sanctions over Iran.
April 25, 2010... Japan firms may face U.S. sanctions over Iran Keiichi Honma / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri WASHINGTON WASHINGTON--Two Japanese firms are on a list of 41 companies that could be subject to U.S. sanctions under new anti-Iran...

U.S. wants 'formal' plan on Futenma / Campbell: Tokunoshim.
April 24, 2010... U.S. wants 'formal' plan on Futenma / Campbell: Tokunoshima not 'proposal' Satoshi Ogawa and Michiro Okamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents Yomiuri WASHINGTON WASHINGTON--Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East...

2nd round of efforts to trim waste commences.
April 24, 2010... 2nd round of efforts to trim waste commences Yomiuri The Government Revitalization Unit kicked off its second round of efforts to trim wasteful government spending Friday, this time focusing on projects conducted by independent...