Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from August 2009

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from August 2009

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Nation votes for change.
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Nation votes for change / DPJ to take over govt after crushing victory at polls Yomiuri The leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan swept to a landmark victory in Sunday's House of Representatives...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Former premier Kaifu los.
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Former premier Kaifu loses seat to DPJ rival Yomiuri Toshiki Kaifu, a former prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party, has lost his seat in the House of Representatives after being defeated in...

Murder suspected in death of woman, 84.
August 31, 2009... Murder suspected in death of woman, 84 Yomiuri A wealthy, 84-year-old woman was found dead with a twisted cloth wrapped around her neck in her home in Ota Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday morning, according to the police. Sue Uryu, who ran a...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Voter turnout reaches 69.
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Voter turnout reaches 69%, highest since '96 Yomiuri According to unofficial early election returns, voter turnout in Sunday's House of Representatives election was 69.13 percent, the highest level since...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP Has Long Road to Tra
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP has long road to travel after catastrophic defeat Yomiuri AMAGASAKI, Hyogo The Liberal Democratic Party lost two things in Sunday's House of Representatives election: its position as the leading...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Voters heed call for cha.
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Voters heed call for change Yomiuri OSAKA Democratic Party of Japan officials have viewed that the abrupt resignations of former prime ministers Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda and Prime Minister Taro Aso's...

IN THE NEWS / Prof chairs intl meeting on victimology.
August 31, 2009... IN THE NEWS / Prof chairs intl meeting on victimology Yasuaki Kobayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri MITO MITO--Tokiwa University Prof. Hidemichi Morosawa recently chaired the organizing committee for the World Society of...

Jikei University team use magnets to fight cancer.
August 31, 2009... Jikei University team use magnets to fight cancer Yomiuri A Jikei University School of Medicine group has developed a new method of silencing cancer genes that uses magnetic nanoparticles--a development expected to foster new therapies...

Panel to study support for accident victims.
August 31, 2009... Panel to study support for accident victims Yomiuri The Construction and Transport Ministry will set up a study panel next month to establish a systematic support program for victims of major transport accidents. The panel, which will...

Hyogo Pref. creating tastier beef through science.
August 31, 2009... Hyogo Pref. creating tastier beef through science Yomiuri KOBE KOBE--The Hyogo prefectural government will establish new standards for Tajima Beef, a high-quality brand from the prefecture, using scientific analysis of its umami...

Hokkaido's autumn salmon catch set to be worst ever.
August 31, 2009... Hokkaido's autumn salmon catch set to be worst ever Yomiuri SAPPORO SAPPORO--Hokkaido's salmon catch is tipped to fall to a record low this autumn, reducing availability of the fish considered to represent the taste of autumn. ...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / New strategy for growth.
August 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / New strategy for growth needed Toshihiko Yada / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri During the campaigning for Sunday's general election, both the ruling and opposition parties trumpeted various...

EDITORIAL / DPJ must be responsible, live up to expectatio.
August 31, 2009... EDITORIAL / DPJ must be responsible, live up to expectations Yomiuri People's dissatisfaction with the Liberal Democratic Party's politics and their expectation that a new administration led by the Democratic Party of Japan can bring...

Frontale fail to close gap on leaders Antlers.
August 31, 2009... Frontale fail to close gap on leaders Antlers Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KAWASAKI--The winner of Sunday's showdown between Kawasaki Frontale and Shimizu S-Pulse? Kashima Antlers. Second-place Frontale failed...

Bocachica's HR helps Lions snap skid.
August 31, 2009... Bocachica's HR helps Lions snap skid The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The Seibu Lions needed help to end a skid and Hiram Bocachica answered the call. The reserve outfielder, recently brought up from the farm club, belted a tie-breaking...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ would seek talks on.
August 30, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ would seek talks on 'power transfer' Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan, fully confident of taking power after Sunday's general election, is poised to propose that "power transfer consultations" be...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Decision time for Japan/.
August 30, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Decision time for Japan Yomiuri Polling stations across the country will open at 7 a.m. Sunday for a crucial general election that could see a shift in power from the ruling coalition of the Liberal...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Parties face uncharted w.
August 30, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Parties face uncharted waters Yoichi Shiraishi and Osamu Kawakami / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Already presuming the launch of an administration led by party leader Yukio Hatoyama, the...

27% of arrested juveniles see shoplifting as game.
August 30, 2009... 27% of arrested juveniles see shoplifting as game Yomiuri A quarter of juveniles arrested for shoplifting between April and June said they thought it was just a game and that being caught by police was little more than bad luck, according...

Cities worry about capacity to handle new flu.
August 30, 2009... Cities worry about capacity to handle new flu Yomiuri Municipalities across the nation are worried about whether they will have enough hospital beds and if medical systems can cope with the influx of people expected to be hospitalized with...

EDITORIAL / An election that will chart Japan's future cou.
August 30, 2009... EDITORIAL / An election that will chart Japan's future course Yomiuri Which political party and which candidates should be entrusted to take the helm of this nation? Today, Aug. 30, is the polling day for the 45th House of...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Just how quickly can vot.
August 30, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Just how quickly can votes be counted? Yomiuri Some voters planning to participate in today's House of Representatives election may wonder just how fast the vote counting process can be made and whether...

Mie / Matsuzaka beef gets its own song.
August 30, 2009... Mie / Matsuzaka beef gets its own song Yomiuri Love me tender--just like Matsuzaka beef? A singing and dancing troupe formed mainly by elderly people in Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture, will hold a concert in Taiwan next month at which they...

Miyagi / Bookmobile bound for South Africa.
August 30, 2009... Miyagi / Bookmobile bound for South Africa Yomiuri A 20-year-old bookmobile in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, is to start a new chapter in its story--by going to South Africa. The Society for Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy, an...

Ardija pull off season's shocker, stun 1st-place Antlers.
August 30, 2009... Ardija pull off season's shocker, stun 1st-place Antlers Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri SAITAMA SAITAMA--Every dog has his day. Omiya Ardija had theirs on Saturday, and produced the biggest upset of the 2009...

Watanabe settles for 3rd place.
August 30, 2009... Watanabe settles for 3rd place Yomiuri ROTTERDAM, Netherlands ROTTERDAM, Netherlands--Compared with how her teammates on the Japanese women's team have done so far, Mina Watanabe hardly stands out, having only won a bronze medal. The...

Eagles soar on Marines' miscues.
August 30, 2009... Eagles soar on Marines' miscues John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri CHIBA CHIBA--The Tohoku Rakuten Eagles continued to find good fortune, while the Chiba Lotte Marines endured more misfortune, on Saturday night at...

DPJ might exhaust proportional representation pool.
August 30, 2009... DPJ might exhaust proportional representation pool Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan has fielded considerably more candidates in proportional representation blocs for Sunday's House of Representatives election than it did in the last...

Hokkaido / New brand of rice ready to hit Hokkaido shelves.
August 30, 2009... Hokkaido / New brand of rice ready to hit Hokkaido shelves Yomiuri Foodies in Hokkaido are licking their lips in anticipation of the launch this autumn of Yumepirika, a new variety of rice grown in Hokkaido. The Yumepirika brand, which...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ support twice that o.
August 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ support twice that of LDP in PR section of poll Yomiuri Solid support for the Democratic Party of Japan remained unchanged in the latest Yomiuri Shimbun survey, with 42 percent of respondents saying...

Court reverses ruling on housing renewal fees.
August 29, 2009... Court reverses ruling on housing renewal fees Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--The Osaka High Court has ordered the landlord of an apartment building in Kyoto to return lease renewal fees paid by a former tenant, reversing a lower court decision....

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Too little, too late for.
August 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Too little, too late for last-minute LDP? Mieko Kawashima and Hiroshi Tajima / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri A survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun suggests that the Liberal Democratic Party has been...

DPJ may scale back achievement test.
August 29, 2009... DPJ may scale back achievement test Yomiuri The Education, Science and Technology Ministry is studying the policy outcomes that might result from the Democratic Party of Japan winning Sunday's House of Representatives election, as some in...

Standing-only bars prove hit amid recession.
August 29, 2009... Standing-only bars prove hit amid recession Takashi Yokomizo / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Tachinomi (standing-only bars) are mushrooming in central Tokyo and attracting customers keen to enjoy reasonably priced food and...

MUSINGS / Aug. 27, 2009.
August 29, 2009... MUSINGS / Aug. 27, 2009 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Aug. 27 issue. * * * "If a guy like you became a police officer, that would really be something, wouldn't it?" ...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Polling booths hard to a.
August 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Polling booths hard to access for some Masanao Umezaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Some physically challenged and elderly people who will head to polling stations for Sunday's House of...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Scant airing of abductio.
August 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Scant airing of abduction issue Yomiuri Standing in the shadows of the heated campaign for Sunday's House of Representatives election, the families of people abducted by North Korea are concerned that the...

Small, midsize companies seeking relief.
August 29, 2009... Small, midsize companies seeking relief Taku Iwaki and Tsuyoshi Ito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri A major wholesaler held a party Tuesday, but few champagne corks were flying. "We traders just moaned to each other that...

EDITORIAL / Deflationary pressures must be nipped in bud.
August 29, 2009... EDITORIAL / Deflationary pressures must be nipped in bud Yomiuri Utmost caution must be exercised to prevent falling prices and the worsening employment situation from allowing deflation to take a vicelike grip on the nation's economy. ...

FY10 debt-servicing costs expected to top 21.9 tril. yen.
August 29, 2009... FY10 debt-servicing costs expected to top 21.9 tril. yen Yomiuri The amount of debt-servicing costs is projected to total 21.92 trillion yen in budgetary requests for fiscal 2010, up 1.67 trillion yen from the initial fiscal 2009 budget,...

New norms for insurer solvency.
August 29, 2009... New norms for insurer solvency Yomiuri The Financial Services Agency is set to introduce stricter national standards for calculating the solvency margin ratios of insurance companies that are used to gauge their corporate health, the...

PHOTOSCAPE--SEASONAL TREATS / Gourd strips down for meals.
August 29, 2009... PHOTOSCAPE--SEASONAL TREATS / Gourd strips down for meals Yasushi Wada Daily Yomiuri Photographer Yomiuri MIBUMACHI, Tochigi Kampyo, dried strips of the fukube gourd, may never be the main attraction in any dish, but it still plays...

Ueno grabs Japan's 3rd world gold.
August 29, 2009... Ueno grabs Japan's 3rd world gold Yomiuri ROTTERDAM, Netherlands--Nobody welcomed the International Judo Federation's new ranking system more than Yoshie Ueno. Ueno, passed over for Japan's team to the Beijing Olympics, soared to the...

Catania's Morimoto set to make Japan debut.
August 29, 2009... Catania's Morimoto set to make Japan debut Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Takayuki Morimoto is set to make his Japan debut in the biggest test yet for Takeshi Okada's side. Morimoto on Friday received his first...

Dragons hold off Swallows.
August 29, 2009... Dragons hold off Swallows John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Still burning over a three-game sweep to the first-place Yomiuri Giants, the Chunichi Dragons endured a little more frustration before knocking off the Yakult...

People to get indemnity against flu jabs.
August 28, 2009... People to get indemnity against flu jabs Yomiuri Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe has revealed his intention to submit to the Diet after Sunday's general election a special measures law that will indemnify people against...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Poll: DPJ still on track.
August 28, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Poll: DPJ still on track for landslide win / LDP failing to slow rival's momentum Yomiuri As campaigning nears a climax in the runup to Sunday's House of Representatives election, the Democratic Party of...

'Near misses' at medical institutions at record high in '0.
August 28, 2009... 'Near misses' at medical institutions at record high in '08 Yomiuri The number of so-called near misses, in which mistakes were made that could have led to serious medical consequences, rose to a record 223,981 incidents at the nation's...

Teacher held on suspicion of using stimulant drugs.
August 28, 2009... Teacher held on suspicion of using stimulant drugs Yomiuri KUMAMOTO KUMAMOTO--The Kumamoto prefectural police on Thursday arrested a high school teacher on suspicion of using stimulant drugs. According to police, Kazuichi Satono, 33,...

Govt, rail firms aim to cut delays.
August 28, 2009... Govt, rail firms aim to cut delays Yomiuri The Construction and Transport Ministry and railway companies operating in Tokyo and neighboring areas are taking steps to minimize the frequent delays in services along some routes the firms...

Decision by lay judges finalized for 1st time.
August 28, 2009... Decision by lay judges finalized for 1st time Yomiuri SAITAMA SAITAMA--A recent decision reached at the Saitama District Court under the lay judge system was finalized Thursday, becoming the first sentence to be confirmed under the...

Nursing trainees getting help with Japanese.
August 28, 2009... Nursing trainees getting help with Japanese Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Indonesian nursing and caregiver recruits training at medical institutions or nursing care facilities in Japan are getting help learning Japanese from private...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ's 'equal alliance wi.
August 28, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ's 'equal alliance with U.S.' still unclear Hiroaki Matsunaga and Toshimitsu Miyai / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri In the upcoming House of Representatives election, the Democratic Party of...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / How Japan should treat.
August 28, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / How Japan should treat DPRK Yomiuri North Korea has long posed a serious threat to Japan's national security. The reclusive neighboring state has been behaving strangely of late--it ratcheted up tensions...

EDITORIAL / Vaccine isn't the only weapon against new flu/.
August 28, 2009... EDITORIAL / Vaccine isn't the only weapon against new flu Yomiuri Expectations are rising that infections of the H1N1 strain of influenza A and further outbreaks could be prevented once the vaccine for the new flu becomes available. ...

At Aveda, being green is being beautiful Aveda Corp.'s adh.
August 28, 2009... At Aveda, being green is being beautiful Aveda Corp.'s adherence to botanically based, sustainable beauty products has b Yomiuri Aveda Corp.'s adherence to botanically based, sustainable beauty products has been nurtured alongside its...

Superfly's Summer of love.
August 28, 2009... Superfly's Summer of love Stephen Taylor / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The oppressive heat may make August the cruelest month of the year in Tokyo, but try telling that to Shiho Ochi--better known as Superfly--whose summer has...

Comics Review / Life is but a dream within a dream in 'Clo.
August 28, 2009... Comics Review / Life is but a dream within a dream in 'Clover' Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Clover Story and art by Clamp Translated by Ray Yoshimoto 1 volume, complete Dark Horse Comics, 536 pp, 19.95...

Lock up your daughters: Here come the otaku.
August 28, 2009... Lock up your daughters: Here come the otaku Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The Otaku Encyclopedia By Patrick W. Galbraith Kodansha International, 248 pp, 2,000 yen An otaku is a person with an unusually strong,...

Soft Power, Hard Truths / Miyazaki, Horibuchi and the virt.
August 28, 2009... Soft Power, Hard Truths / Miyazaki, Horibuchi and the virtues of change Roland Kelts / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri When animation master Hayao Miyazaki observed that I was not wearing a necktie before our onstage conversation...

Event traces long history of animation.
August 28, 2009... Event traces long history of animation Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Musashi University Prof. Brigitte Koyama-Richard says the history of Japanese animation can be traced back to emakimono illuminated scrolls of...

Snikt! Wolverine gets his claws into Japan.
August 28, 2009... Snikt! Wolverine gets his claws into Japan Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Wolverine is a coarse, short-tempered tough guy from the backwoods of Canada, named after a wild animal that shares his hairy appearance, fearsome...

Wouter Hamel & Tokyo Jazz: An eclectic mix.
August 28, 2009... Wouter Hamel & Tokyo Jazz: An eclectic mix Stephen Taylor / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri When Wouter Hamel plays at Tokyo International Forum as part of Tokyo Jazz 2009 tonight, it's a fair bet most of the jazz cats in the...

Hot pink.
August 28, 2009... Hot pink Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The opening scenes of The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos will leave many viewers agasp as they watch the most incredible colors and patterns take shape before their...

TELEVIEWS / Kawaii not? Succumbing to 'cute' TV.
August 28, 2009... TELEVIEWS / Kawaii not? Succumbing to 'cute' TV Wm. Penn / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri When the reality of 21st-century life grows too grim, is it only natural to seek refuge in Japan's Kingdom of Kawaii? Is the cutesy, glitzy pink...

Surf road show hits Japan's screens, highways.
August 28, 2009... Surf road show hits Japan's screens, highways Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s, surf movies rarely, if ever, saw wide theatrical releases. Instead, the filmmaker would load the reels...

Todai museum explores life on iron planet.
August 28, 2009... Todai museum explores life on iron planet Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri "Earth is usually considered the planet of water. That's true if you only look at the surface of the planet. But if you look at the weight of the...

NATURE IN SHORT / A summer stroll through Tokyo's history.
August 28, 2009... NATURE IN SHORT / A summer stroll through Tokyo's history in Yanaka Kevin Short / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri If you're in Tokyo this coming weekend and interested in cooling off in traditional Japanese style, while at the same time...

Tanaka helps Eagles land big win.
August 28, 2009... Tanaka helps Eagles land big win Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri TOKOROZAWA, Saitama TOKOROZAWA, Saitama--Masahiro Tanaka pitched Japan's newest team a little closer to the postseason on Thursday. Tanaka struck out...

Battle for Brazilian railway contract gathers steam.
August 27, 2009... Battle for Brazilian railway contract gathers steam Yomiuri As Brazil gears up to host the FIFA soccer World Cup finals in 2014, many nations are hotly pursuing the contract to build a high-speed railway the Brazilian government plans to...

Afghan car bomb kills 43.
August 27, 2009... Afghan car bomb kills 43 Keigo Sakai / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri KABUL KABUL--A terrorist attack killed at least 43 people and wounded 45 in central Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening. The Japanese...

Ex-Nova boss gets 3 1/2 yrs for embezzlement.
August 27, 2009... Ex-Nova boss gets 3 1/2 yrs for embezzlement Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--The former president of failed language school chain Nova Corp. was sentenced Wednesday to 3-1/2 years in prison for professional embezzlement involving misuse of the...

ELECTION 2009--BATLLE FOR POWER / DPJ plans large rise in.
August 27, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATLLE FOR POWER / DPJ plans large rise in PM's aides / Enhancing of politicians' power targeted Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan is likely to dramatically increase the number of secretaries the prime minister has and...

Criminal code revision put off? / Political situation affe.
August 27, 2009... Criminal code revision put off? / Political situation affects decision on statute's abolition for murder Yomiuri The Justice Ministry is likely to shelve its planned submission in September of a draft revision of the Criminal Procedure...

2 Japanese indicted over smuggling drugs to China.
August 27, 2009... 2 Japanese indicted over smuggling drugs to China Toru Makinoda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri SHENYANG, China SHENYANG, China--Two Japanese men have been detained and indicted by the public security authorities of Yanbian...

Prosecutors to indict actress Sakai on Friday.
August 27, 2009... Prosecutors to indict actress Sakai on Friday Yomiuri The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is set to indict actress Noriko Sakai on Friday on charges of possessing stimulants in violation of the Stimulant Drugs Control Law, sources...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ plans 1 tax panel as.
August 27, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ plans 1 tax panel as sole decision body Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan will create a key government tax panel to replace the government's Tax Commission if it takes power in Sunday's House of...

Izumisano govt nearing bankruptcy.
August 27, 2009... Izumisano govt nearing bankruptcy Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--The municipal government of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, announced Tuesday that it is nearly bankrupt due to large consolidated losses in its fiscal 2008 account settlements. Its...

Hokkaido police examine site of July hiking tragedy.
August 27, 2009... Hokkaido police examine site of July hiking tragedy Yomiuri SAPPORO SAPPORO--Police on Wednesday inspected the site of a mountaineering tragedy in which eight people hiking the 2,141-meter Mt. Tomuraushi in Hokkaido lost their way and...

Subsidies for hospitals to be boosted in flu fight.
August 27, 2009... Subsidies for hospitals to be boosted in flu fight Yomiuri All medical institutions will be subsidized to help improve the treatment of patients with the new strain of influenza in preparation for a possible epidemic this autumn, the...

State workers' pay, bonuses to be trimmed.
August 27, 2009... State workers' pay, bonuses to be trimmed Yomiuri The government on Tuesday decided to fully implement the National Personnel Authority's recommendation for cuts in the salaries and bonuses of central government workers, resulting in a...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Vote-Match Web Site Offe
August 27, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Vote-match Web site offers help in picking party Yomiuri A Japanese version of the vote-match service, which lets people figure out which political party has policies that most match their ideas after...

Remote train stations drawing visitors.
August 27, 2009... Remote train stations drawing visitors Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Infrequently used train stations in isolated mountain and seaside regions are seeing an increasing number of visitors who enjoy their remoteness and natural surroundings. ...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP, DPJ split on how to.
August 27, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP, DPJ split on how to achieve growth Shigeki Kurokawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri How best to stimulate the flagging economy has emerged as a key issue separating the Liberal Democratic...