Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from August 2001

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from August 2001

Taiwan hot spot for legislators.
August 31, 2001... Taiwan hot spot for legislators Kohei Kawashima and Kohei Kobayashi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri A larger than usual number of Diet members will have visited Taiwan to hold talks with the island's political and business...

Editorial / Police need equalizer in line of fire.
August 31, 2001... Editorial / Police need equalizer in line of fire Yomiuri Recent years have seen an increasing number of police officers injured in the line of duty. The nation's police apparently remain unprepared for the changing times with the...

Speak Up / Nation needs teacher training.
August 31, 2001... Speak Up / Nation needs teacher training Clive Lovelock Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri In the important ongoing national debate about the need to reform the education system to make Japan more competitive with the rest of...

Book Review / Book gives introduction to K/H teaching meth.
August 31, 2001... Book Review / Book gives introduction to K/H teaching method Yomiuri Kyukyoku no Eigo Gakushuho (K/H System)--nyumonhen (for beginners) By Shinichi Kunii and Keiko Hashimoto ALC Press Inc., 288pp, 2,500 yen The book is...

Bulletin board.
August 31, 2001... Bulletin board Yomiuri Lectures on studying abroad for high schoolers Ayusa International will host a lecture on study abroad programs for high school students on Sept. 2Copyright 2001 The Daily Yomiuri

Petagine's HR lifts Swallows by Dragons.
August 31, 2001... Petagine's HR lifts Swallows by Dragons Yomiuri Roberto Petagine hit a tie-breaking two- run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting the Central League's front-running Yakult Swallows to a 4-2 victory over the Chunichi...

Kanagawa police officer arrested in bribery case.
August 31, 2001... YOKOHAMA: A 44-year-old sergeant with the Kanagawa prefectural police was arrested Thursday on suspicion of receiving a bribe from a gang member and another man in return for giving the gangster information about an investigation, police...

Rule change eyed for temp workers.
August 31, 2001... The government is considering extending the work period for temporarily employed workers from the current one year to three years, as part of regulatory reforms proposed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, it was learned Thursday. ...

Govt bodies request 85.7 tril. yen for FY02.
August 31, 2001... Requests from government ministries and agencies for the fiscal 2002 general account budget total about 85.7 trillion yen, up 3.7 percent from the initial fiscal 2001 budget, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. These requests include...

Ex-hospital head gets 1-yr suspended term.
August 31, 2001... The Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed down a one-year prison term, suspended for three years, to the former director of Tokyo's Hiroo Hospital for concealing a medical mistake that resulted in the death of a female patient in 1999. ...

NPA reviewing rules for police use of firearms.
August 31, 2001... The National Police Agency on Thursday started reviewing the regulations for police use of firearms with the aim of broadening the rules on the use of sidearms and simplifying reporting procedures after a weapon is fired at the scene of a...

Skint meat market to go private.
August 31, 2001... OSAKA: A debt-ridden meat market in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, financed by the prefectural government and other bodies is to be privatized, with the government footing a 6.8 billion yen settlement bill, it was learned Tuesday. The...

Govt announces sealed visas.
August 31, 2001... A government body chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda that deals with international organized crime, announced their decision Thursday to change the present stamped visa system, which is easily forged, to machine-read sealed visas...

New software gives PCs comic Osaka accent.
August 31, 2001... KYOTO: A communications researcher and Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., the comedy production company, have developed interactive computer software that uses snippets of Osaka dialect often heard in manzai (stand-up) comedy routines. Yoshimoto,...

Taiwan hot spot for legislators.
August 31, 2001... A larger than usual number of Diet members will have visited Taiwan to hold talks with the island's political and business leaders by the end of this month. The final tally of lawmaker visitors for the month is expected to top 40. A...

Editorial: Police need equalizer in line of fire.
August 31, 2001... Recent years have seen an increasing number of police officers injured in the line of duty. The nation's police apparently remain unprepared for the changing times with the accompanying rapid growth in the incidence of violent crimes. Steps...

Everyone should join reform drive.
August 31, 2001... Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has been granted a two-year term as president of the nation's largest party, the Liberal Democratic Party. This term was finalized at a meeting of LDP members from both chambers of the Diet in early...

Speak Up: Nation needs teacher training.
August 31, 2001... In the important ongoing national debate about the need to reform the education system to make Japan more competitive with the rest of the developed world, why is it that so little has been said about teacher training? I suspect that it...

Book Review: Book gives introduction to K/H teaching method.
August 31, 2001... Kyukyoku no Eigo Gakushuho (K/H System)--nyumonhen (for beginners) ALC Press Inc., 288pp, 2,500 yen The book is an introduction to the K/H System of studying English created by Shinichi Kunii and Keiko Hashimoto, both of whom are...

Lingua Frankly: Importance of critical evaluation of arguments.
August 31, 2001... What would you say if I said, "Our world is composed of arguments"? Some of you might respond, "No! Our world is composed of facts, information and people's feelings." Well, I want to point out that facts need to be verified, information...

Bulletin board.
August 31, 2001... Lectures on studying abroad for high schoolers Ayusa International will host a lecture on study abroad programs for high school students on Sept. 2 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho, Tokyo. The lecture will be...

Series of intl meetings to tackle woes in Sept.
August 31, 2001... The key Nikkei Stock Average's plunge below the 11,000 mark Wednesday is an indication that the dark clouds of an economic slowdown are spreading over the world. In September, a series of international finance meetings will be held...

A warning sign for govt.
August 31, 2001... The skid of the key Nikkei Stock Average to below the psychological barrier of 11,000 on Wednesday is a warning to the government over the absence of a sense of crisis on their part, analysts said. Thus far the government has failed to come...

New President Challenge 2001: Companies make the most of key departments.
August 31, 2001... This is the 29th and final installment of a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. Need to introduce new product "Deflation is currently a strengthening trend in hamburger and gyudon (rice topped...

Kyocera to cut workforce.
August 31, 2001... Kyocera Corp. plans to cut about 10,000 employees from its overseas affiliates, mainly in the United States, beginning as early as this year, according to the company. The current worldwide economic downturn and the slump in the...

Arabian Oil may sign Kuwait oil field contract.
August 31, 2001... Japan's government-backed Arabian Oil Co. and the Kuwaiti government will likely agree to sign a contract to renew the agreement the two countries have for drilling in the country's Khafji oil field, a source close to the firm said Thursday....

Petagine's HR lifts Swallows by Dragons.
August 31, 2001... Roberto Petagine hit a tie-breaking two- run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting the Central League's front-running Yakult Swallows to a 4-2 victory over the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Thursday night. The...

Japan, U.S. experts to discuss future on Net.
August 31, 2001... Japan, U.S. experts to discuss future on Net Yomiuri Marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of San Francisco Peace Treaty, experts from Japan and the United States will hold discussions on the future of Japan-U.S. relations, to...

Fighting unemployment-Prescriptions for recovery / Providi.
August 31, 2001... Fighting unemployment-Prescriptions for recovery / Providing for the jobless--the cost of reform Eiji Konno Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri This is the second installment of a three-part series focusing on the tasks the...

Budget request cuts fall short of target.
August 31, 2001... Budget request cuts fall short of target Yomiuri Requests from government ministries and agencies for subsidies to public corporations under the fiscal 2002 budget came to about 4.716 trillion yen, down 467.5 billion yen, or 9.1...

Official admits to netting 50 mil. yen from padded bills.
August 31, 2001... Official admits to netting 50 mil. yen from padded bills Yomiuri A Foreign Ministry official suspected of padding hotel bills for international congresses has told police that the money he embezzled may have amounted to about 50...

Nikkei plunges to new low.
August 31, 2001... Nikkei plunges to new low Yomiuri With both Japanese and U.S. economies showing signs of slowing down, market players are becoming increasingly worried. The stock price slumps in both countries are casting a large shadow over the...

Ogasawara airport plan likely to be shelved.
August 31, 2001... Ogasawara airport plan likely to be shelved Yomiuri The Tokyo metropolitan government is likely to cancel plans to build an airport in the Ogasawara island chain, after a draft report from a panel said the project would endanger rare...

Nakatani mulling SDF role in East Timor.
August 31, 2001... Nakatani mulling SDF role in East Timor Yomiuri Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani is to consider during his upcoming visit to East Timor whether to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to East Timor as part of a renewed U.N....

Group seeks aid for U.S. Good Samaritan.
August 31, 2001... Group seeks aid for U.S. Good Samaritan Katsuo Kokaji Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A local group has been working to come to the aid of a U.S. woman who has spent 15 years helping Japanese living in the United States but...

Payback demanded for gym bid-rigging.
August 31, 2001... Payback demanded for gym bid-rigging Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka Prefectural government has demanded that a former prefectural assembly member and nine construction companies return 103 million yen for allegedly rigging a bid to...

Koso supporter asked postal official for help.
August 31, 2001... Koso supporter asked postal official for help Yomiuri OSAKA The chairman of a group supporting Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kenji Koso asked a former senior post office official to help secure Koso's election in the July 29...

War not over for U.S. ex-POWs suing Japan firms.
August 31, 2001... War not over for U.S. ex-POWs suing Japan firms Mark Austin Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri On Feb. 23, 1942, American and Filipino troops hunkered at the tip of the Bataan Peninsula, which had been overrun by the Imperial...

LDP recruitment drive draws calls from young job hunters.
August 31, 2001... LDP recruitment drive draws calls from young job hunters Yomiuri More than 200 people who had indicated that they wanted to take part in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reforms contacted the Liberal Democratic Party to inquire...

Upstart Japanese brands making mark overseas.
August 31, 2001... Upstart Japanese brands making mark overseas Naomi Tajitsu Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The fact that Evisu's Millennium Jeans were snapped up last year faster than anyone could say "fashionista" is a simple indication of...

Branded- The Japanese fondness of big-name labels: Tempora.
August 31, 2001... Branded- The Japanese fondness of big-name labels: Temporary craze or lasting trend? Miki Takashima Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri One cool afternoon during the Obon holidays, a 29-year-old company employee from Nagoya...

Editorial / Put some heart into reform.
August 31, 2001... Editorial / Put some heart into reform Yomiuri As the Finance Ministry begins its work on the fiscal 2002 budget, all eyes will be on whether it will be able to adhere to the spirit of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's vows to...

Tax reforms call for economic recovery.
August 31, 2001... Tax reforms call for economic recovery Shinichi Murao Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Ministries and agencies submitted their tax-reform requests for fiscal 2002, that reflected economic stimulus policies in line with Prime...

FOMA fee to be basically fixed.
August 31, 2001... FOMA fee to be basically fixed Yomiuri NTT DoCoMo will launch its commercial th NTT DoCoMo has decided to introduce what will for all intents and purposes be a fixed price system for its next-generation cellular phone services,...

Edmonton feuds to spill over to Japan.
August 31, 2001... Edmonton feuds to spill over to Japan Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri For the first time in years, organizers of the annual late-season athletics meet in Japan can count local talent among the world medalists in...

Boom Boom back in town.
August 31, 2001... Boom Boom back in town Shintaro Kano Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Parma striker Patrick Mboma said his new teammate Hidetoshi Nakata has been an excellent addition to the northern Italian club, despite the Serie A side's...

Suzuki, Kawasaki plan tie-up in motorcycles.
August 30, 2001... Suzuki, Kawasaki plan tie-up in motorcycles Yomiuri Suzuki Motor Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. announced Wednesday they had reached a basic agreement to tie up on a broad range of motorcycle development and production...

Fighting unemployment / Supplementary budget needed to cre.
August 30, 2001... Fighting unemployment / Supplementary budget needed to create jobs Akinori Uchida Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri This is the first installment of a series focusing on the tasks the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro...

Hotel reportedly comped more than 10 Foreign Ministry offi.
August 30, 2001... Hotel reportedly comped more than 10 Foreign Ministry officials Yomiuri More than 10 Foreign Ministry officials who were subordinates of a senior ministry official suspected of defrauding the government by padding expenses in the...

Officials' kin 'canvassed for Koso'.
August 30, 2001... Officials' kin 'canvassed for Koso' Yomiuri OSAKA Relatives of senior post office officials in the Kinki region telephoned members of an organization that supports Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kenji Koso to remind them of...

TECOM president held over tax evasion.
August 30, 2001... TECOM president held over tax evasion Yomiuri Prosecutors on Wednesday arrested Masayuki Nakayama, the president of a group operating preparatory schools for those planning to take the National Examination for Medical Practitioners,...

Seed firms investigated for alleged price fixing Industry.
August 30, 2001... Seed firms investigated for alleged price fixing Industry body suspected of role in cartel Yomiuri The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday investigated the Japan Seed Trade Association and about 30 seed and sapling sales...

Lawmakers to visit South Korea, China.
August 30, 2001... Lawmakers to visit South Korea, China Yomiuri As part of moves to improve ties with South Korea and China after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's controversial visit to Yasukuni Shrine and the history textbook dispute, two prominent...

Coalition members demand 5 trillion yen extra budget.
August 30, 2001... Coalition members demand 5 trillion yen extra budget Yomiuri An increasing number of lawmakers in the ruling camp have called for a large-scale supplementary budget amounting to 5 trillion yen or more to combat record unemployment...

Kono breaks ranks, slams Cabinet policy.
August 30, 2001... Kono breaks ranks, slams Cabinet policy Yomiuri Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Wednesday harshly criticized the policy platform of the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, becoming the first faction leader...

Portraits of American heroism.
August 30, 2001... Portraits of American heroism Dave Hilson Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Images of prominent people and heroic deeds have always played an important part in the makeup of the American psyche. Perhaps in no other country are...

Abraham Lincoln, Tiger Woods and the Mississippi River.
August 30, 2001... Abraham Lincoln, Tiger Woods and the Mississippi River Nagayo Honma Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri With its short history and egalitarian psyche, how has the United States managed to embrace heroism? How has it even been...

Roxy Music back to say 'goodbye' again.
August 30, 2001... Roxy Music back to say 'goodbye' again Drew Gibson Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri In principle, there's no reason to get crabby about a Roxy Music reunion. Unlike so many bands whose reincarnation only serves to remind us...

Welshman brings unique musical vision to Tokyo.
August 30, 2001... Welshman brings unique musical vision to Tokyo Yomiuri Folk-jazz-classical hybrid group Adiemus will perform for the first time in Japan Sept. 14-16 at Bunkamura Hall in Tokyo. Welshman Karl Jenkins assembled the group to help...

Classical Selection.
August 30, 2001... Classical Selection Graham Dwyer Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Leif Ove Andsnes LISZT PIANO RECITAL EMI Classics. 73:52 minutes. 7243 5 57002 It is only now, about 115 years after his death, that the full...

'Love' puts A-list cast to shame.
August 30, 2001... 'Love' puts A-list cast to shame Naomi Tajitsu Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri LOVE, HONOUR & OBEY (LONDON DOGS) HH1/2 Dirs: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis Cast: Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee...

Even a miracle can't save 'Pieces' from falling apart.
August 30, 2001... Even a miracle can't save 'Pieces' from falling apart Naomi Tajitsu Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri PICKING UP THE PIECES (VIRGIN HAND) HH Dir: Alfonso Arau Cast: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia...

Exhibition gives insight into Eames philosophy.
August 30, 2001... Exhibition gives insight into Eames philosophy Shogo Hagiwara Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri When it comes to the subject of designer chairs, there is little difficulty reeling off the names of several renowned, trend-setting...

Netsuke's international popularity.
August 30, 2001... Netsuke's international popularity Asami Nagai Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri As essential fashion items, netsuke were as de rigeur to stylish people in the Edo period (1603-1868) as the charms or figures dangling from...

Benjamin, Ito plan dance collaboration.
August 30, 2001... Benjamin, Ito plan dance collaboration Yomiuri British choreographer Adam Benjamin will collaborate with Japanese dancer and choreographer Kim Ito in a dance program to be staged in Saitama and Fukuoka prefectures in September. ...

Blanche a dream role for actor Sasai.
August 30, 2001... Blanche a dream role for actor Sasai Yomiuri Eisuke Sasai, a modern onnagata (female role) actor will play Blanche, the heroine of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, from Sept. 7 to 24 at Aoyama Enkei Gekijo in Tokyo. ...

Japan needs to team up with Asian neighbors.
August 30, 2001... Japan needs to team up with Asian neighbors Ding Dou Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi recently reiterated his belief that the Japan-U.S. security treaty, which marks its 50th anniversary this...

Editorial / Stock tax system needs overhaul.
August 30, 2001... Editorial / Stock tax system needs overhaul Yomiuri The Nikkei Stock Average, which has plumbed postbubble record lows lately, closed below the 11,000 line Wednesday. It has shed more than 3,000 points since its most recent peak,...

Standard needed for libel compensation.
August 30, 2001... Standard needed for libel compensation Tsunekazu Momoi Yomiuri The number of libel lawsuits in which courts have ordered big compensation payments has been increasing in recent years. Until about 10 years ago, libel...

New President Challenge 2001 / Energy efficiency, Asia pro.
August 30, 2001... New President Challenge 2001 / Energy efficiency, Asia production signs of times Yomiuri This is the 28th installment in a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. === No resting on...

On BlackHoles and BayStars There is a dimension beyond tho.
August 30, 2001... On BlackHoles and BayStars There is a dimension beyond those known to baseball fans. It is a dimension as vast as space Yomiuri There is a dimension beyond those known to baseball fans. It is a dimension as vast as space and as...

F Marinos sail into Cup s'finals.
August 30, 2001... F Marinos sail into Cup s'finals Duncan Castles Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KAWASAKI Sebastiao Lazaroni's reborn Yokohama F Marinos cruised into the semifinals of the Nabisco Cup with a laid-back 2-0 win at Kawasaki...

Middle-aged jobless back reforms in survey.
August 30, 2001... Middle-aged jobless back reforms in survey Yomiuri A recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey of 111 job seekers aged in their 40s and 50s found that 63 of them supported Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reforms. The findings...

Fighting unemployment: Supplementary budget needed to create jobs.
August 30, 2001... This is the first installment of a series focusing on the tasks the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi needs to undertake to combat a record high unemployment rate as it also seeks to promote structural reform. The...

Hotel reportedly comped more than 10 Foreign Ministry officials.
August 30, 2001... More than 10 Foreign Ministry officials who were subordinates of a senior ministry official suspected of defrauding the government by padding expenses in the ministry account stayed at a hotel free of charge in 1995, The Yomiuri Shimbun...

Officials' kin 'canvassed for Koso'.
August 30, 2001... OSAKA--Relatives of senior post office officials in the Kinki region telephoned members of an organization that supports Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kenji Koso to remind them of Koso's candidacy in the July 29 House of Councillors...

[0] 16 bar patrons treated after inhaling noxious fumes.
August 30, 2001... KYOTO--Police suspect foul play after 16 people complained of sore throats after inhaling noxious fumes that filled the third floor of a building in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, early Wednesday. The victims, aged between 17 and 33, were taken to...

[0] Brothers found dead of starvation at home.
August 30, 2001... SENDAI--Two brothers in Kashimadaimachi, Miyagi Prefecture, were found dead on Aug. 7, about two months after they perished from starvation, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. According to Furukawa Police Station, they were found dead after...

Seed firms investigated for alleged price fixing: Industry body suspected of role in cartel.
August 30, 2001... The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday investigated the Japan Seed Trade Association and about 30 seed and sapling sales companies affiliated with the association on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Law by illegally fixing...

[0] Kono breaks ranks, slams Cabinet policy.
August 30, 2001... Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Wednesday harshly criticized the policy platform of the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, becoming the first faction leader within the Liberal Democratic Party to publicly speak out...

[0] Abraham Lincoln, Tiger Woods and the Mississippi River.
August 30, 2001... With its short history and egalitarian psyche, how has the United States managed to embrace heroism? How has it even been possible to depict American heroism--characterized by heroic deeds, unsurpassed grandiosity and excellence-- in...

Roxy Music back to say 'goodbye' again.
August 30, 2001... In principle, there's no reason to get crabby about a Roxy Music reunion. Unlike so many bands whose reincarnation only serves to remind us how intolerable they were the first time around, the return of the '70s glitter pop innovators should...

[0] In your ear.
August 30, 2001... JIMMY EAT WORLD Bleed American Toy's Factory, 2,520 yen Tom DeLonge, Blink-182 frontman and professional 9-year-old, doesn't hesitate when asked to name his favorite band; he even had Jimmy Eat World play at his recent wedding. But the...

[0] Welshman brings unique musical vision to Tokyo.
August 30, 2001... Folk-jazz-classical hybrid group Adiemus will perform for the first time in Japan Sept. 14-16 at Bunkamura Hall in Tokyo. Welshman Karl Jenkins assembled the group to help him realize his musical vision of fusing various genres over a...