Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from December 2005

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from December 2005

Okinawa may get improved rail, air links.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Okinawa may get improved rail, air links Yomiuri FUKUOKA Seeking to win local support for the planned relocation of a U.S. military base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to Camp Schwab...

Abductees identify N. Korea agents.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abductees identify N. Korea agents Yomiuri Two North Korean agents have been identified as the perpetrators responsible for abducting two couples who have since been repatriated to Japan,...

TSE closes year over 16,000.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) TSE closes year over 16,000 Yomiuri The Tokyo Stock Exchange held a ceremony Friday to mark the end of trading for the year, with Dai Tamesue, the winner of bronze medal in the men's...

Weather agency to probe accident.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Weather agency to probe accident Yomiuri A government panel said Friday it had decided to appoint officials of the Meteorological Agency's Observation Department to investigate Sunday's...

Suicide suspected in teen's death plunge.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Suicide suspected in teen's death plunge Yomiuri A 19-year-old man died after falling from the top floor of a 50-story condominium in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, in an apparent suicide, police said...

Stagehand falls to death at Tokyo Dome.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Stagehand falls to death at Tokyo Dome Yomiuri A 36-year-old scaffolder of Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, fell to his deathCopyright 2005 The Daily Yomiuri

Govt to offer loans for antidisaster steps.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt to offer loans for antidisaster steps Yomiuri The government has decided to establish a system in fiscal 2006 under which it will extend loans to companies at a preferential interest...

Neighbors shocked by accident.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Neighbors shocked by accident Yomiuri AKITA Yasushi Matsui, one of the family of four that perished after apparently being poisoned by gas at a hot spring in Yuzawa, Akita...

U.S. military lets MPD question sailor.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) U.S. military lets MPD question sailor Yomiuri The U.S. military let the Metropolitan Police Department question a 23-year-old U.S. sailor who was arrested on Dec. 22 on suspicion of...

DPJ old guard has knives out for Maehara.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) DPJ old guard has knives out for Maehara Yomiuri Seiji Maehara snatched the leadership of Democratic Party of Japan from party veterans who were seeking to set the clock back in the wake...

IN THE NEWS / Zainichi tells Koreans of fight for Japan's.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) IN THE NEWS / Zainichi tells Koreans of fight for Japan's lepers Yumiko Horie / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Mamoru Kunimoto, former leprosy patient and poet and writer, has...

Horiuchi faction in limbo.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Horiuchi faction in limbo Yomiuri Although the Liberal Democratic Party's Hashimoto and Kamei factions have elected new chairmen, it seems unlikely that the Horiuchi faction will do so...

Komazawa under the gun / Tokai, Nihon look to stop powerho.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Komazawa under the gun / Tokai, Nihon look to stop powerhouse from winning 5th straight Tokyo-Hakone Ekiden Yomiuri Komazawa University has won the Tokyo-Hakone Collegiate Ekiden four...

TL playoffs puzzle clubs.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) TL playoffs puzzle clubs Rich Freeman Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri With the Top League deciding to expand to 14 teams from next season, the relegation/promotion playoffs have...

Musings.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musings Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Dec. 28 issue. * * * Some readers might remember reading a spine-chilling...

EDITORIAL / Exploit resources of Okinotorishima.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Exploit resources of Okinotorishima Yomiuri How should Japan use its coastal waters--the square area of which is equal to its landmass? This is a question to which Japan, as a...

Ishii has choice of 7 teams.
December 31, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ishii has choice of 7 teams Yomiuri Left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii, released this month by the New York Mets, said Friday about seven teams from both sides of the Pacific have shown interest...

Record-low birthrate worries govt.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Record-low birthrate worries govt Yomiuri The total fertility rate--the average number of babies born to a woman during her reproductive years--will decrease to about 1.26 in 2005, the...

Microburst may have derailed train.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Microburst may have derailed train Yomiuri A ministry panel will ask aviation weather experts to investigate weather conditions at the time of Sunday's fatal train derailment in...

1 killed in fire at Tokyo auto painting workshop.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 1 killed in fire at Tokyo auto painting workshop Yomiuri A fire broke out early Thursday morning at a building housing an automobile painting workshop, killing an employee who lived in the...

U.S. sailor released in hit-and-run that injured 3 boys.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) U.S. sailor released in hit-and-run that injured 3 boys Yomiuri The Metropolitan Police Department was forced to release a 23-year-old U.S. sailor on the day of her arrest last week, under...

Gusts ripped fence apart 6 km from train crash site.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Gusts ripped fence apart 6 km from train crash site Yomiuri YAMAGATA Five steel panels, each weighing 105 kilograms and built to withstand gusts of up to 144 kph, were wrenched off a...

Data OK for 152 bldgs made by scandal-hit firms.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Data OK for 152 bldgs made by scandal-hit firms Yomiuri The Construction and Transport Ministry has announced that engineering data or 152 of 301 buildings constructed by three companies...

Manned U.S. mission to Mars by 2030 eyed.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Manned U.S. mission to Mars by 2030 eyed Kyoichi Sasazawa Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri WASHINGTON The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to send...

LDP witch hunt hurting membership.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) LDP witch hunt hurting membership Yomiuri Nearly four months after a general election fought on postal services reform, the Liberal Democratic Party's purge of those who opposed the pet...

Chinese 'spy' sought info on isles policy.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chinese 'spy' sought info on isles policy Yomiuri A Chinese man who approached a staff member at the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai who later committed suicide was apparently an...

EDITORIAL / Are public interest bodies fulfilling their pu.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Are public interest bodies fulfilling their purpose? Yomiuri The system governing the designation of public interest corporations that has been in place since the Civil Code...

Wind speed near accident time at issue 2001 test showed cr.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Wind speed near accident time at issue 2001 test showed crosswind exceeding 126 kph needed to cause train to lift off tr Yomiuri YAMAGATA The results of an experiment conducted in...

Cinemas catering to moms, tots.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Cinemas catering to moms, tots Yomiuri A growing number of movie theaters are taking measures to attract mothers with very young children in the cinema to enjoy watching movies without...

How Koizumi privatized the post office.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) How Koizumi privatized the post office Yomiuri Seated in his office, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi mumbled, "This is a gamble, this is a gamble." It was the afternoon of Aug. 9, the...

2005 TOP 10 DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORIES / Disast.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2005 TOP 10 DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORIES / Disasters top this year's news Yomiuri This year, a train accident was selected by readers of The Yomiuri Shimbun as the top domestic...

Hasebe leads way to final--Reds to battle S-Pulse for Empe.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Hasebe leads way to final--Reds to battle S-Pulse for Emperor's Cup on New Year's Day Shintaro Kano/Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Makoto Hasebe celebrated his national team...

U.S. architect finds traditional inspiration.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) U.S. architect finds traditional inspiration Ayako Hirayama/ Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri KYOTO Geoffrey Moussas well remembers how excited he was when he saw an old...

THE HOT CORNER: Marines get their due, and then some.
December 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) THE HOT CORNER: Marines get their due, and then some Jim Allen/Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri A year after the players and fans rebelled against NPB's old guard, it was entirely...

Universities seek silence for test.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Universities seek silence for test Yomiuri With an English listening-comprehension test being added to the entrance examination for the first time by the National Center for University...

Lawyer: Fujimori likely to get bail.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Lawyer: Fujimori likely to get bail Shinichiro Nakajima Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri Santiago A Chilean lawyer for former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori said...

Govt retirement allowances to peak in FY09 at 1.4 tril. ye.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt retirement allowances to peak in FY09 at 1.4 tril. yen Yomiuri The total amount of retirement allowance paid by 47 prefectural and 14 major city governments is expected to reach more...

Govt's gas emissions up in 2004.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt's gas emissions up in 2004 Yomiuri The total amount of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide emitted by government offices in fiscal 2004 increased by 4.5 percent from the...

Juku reviewing security of students.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Juku reviewing security of students Yomiuri OSAKA In response to the recent murder of a 12-year-old girl at a juku cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, many cram schools have begun...

Train wreckage lifted in recovery operation.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Train wreckage lifted in recovery operation Yomiuri YAMAGATA Yamagata prefectural police concluded Wednesday that there were no more passengers left in the wreckage of the train that...

Nishimura indicted on 2nd charge.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nishimura indicted on 2nd charge Yomiuri OSAKA House of Representatives member Shingo Nishimura was indicted Wednesday on charges of violating the law against organized crime. ...

Trust in police questioned / Victim support plan concerns.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Trust in police questioned / Victim support plan concerns media over name disclosure Tsutomu Nanbara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A plan to support crime victims endorsed at...

Govt to set up sections to deal with falsified academic re.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt to set up sections to deal with falsified academic research Yomiuri The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has decided to punish researchers at universities and other...

Govt unveils snow disaster aid package.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt unveils snow disaster aid package Yomiuri In a response to the unusually heavy snowfall seen in parts of the nation this month, the government has compiled a package of emergency...

Families decry asbestos relief plan.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Families decry asbestos relief plan Yomiuri Do the government's relief measures, decided Tuesday, for patients and bereaved families of victims who suffered a disease caused by asbestos...

POLITICAL PULSE / Tax hike has ripple for LDP.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) POLITICAL PULSE / Tax hike has ripple for LDP Kazunori Ozaki Yomiuri Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stepped into the ring in the debate over consumption tax within the government...

Suspect in girl's murder at cram school indicted.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Suspect in girl's murder at cram school indicted Yomiuri KYOTO A 23-year-old former part-time cram school teacher was indicted Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 12-year-old...

Frosty ties belie Korean culture craze.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Frosty ties belie Korean culture craze Ichiro Ue / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The relationship between the governments of Japan and South Korea--alarmingly rocky this year,...

EDITORIAL / 2005--A year of natural violence.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / 2005--A year of natural violence Yomiuri In 2005, mankind was taught a number of harsh life lessons by natural disasters that struck with a force beyond human comprehension....

TV's digital future gets 1 year closer.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) TV's digital future gets 1 year closer Yomiuri What do legendary warriors and homicidal baseball stars have in common? They're both about to be beamed into your home via high-resolution...

Bag fee to be suggestion, not law.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bag fee to be suggestion, not law Yomiuri Retail shop operators will not be legally obliged to charge customers for plastic shopping bags, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry and the...

The Top 20 Japan Sports Stories of 2005.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) The Top 20 Japan Sports Stories of 2005 By Ken Marantz/Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri A decade after his first attempt to transform the Chiba Lotte Marines was ended abruptly,...

IN THE NEWS / Blue blood bridge for Red Cross.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) IN THE NEWS / Blue blood bridge for Red Cross Wataru Kurihara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri As one of the newly elected vice presidents of the International Federation of the...

Triple reform far from workable.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Triple reform far from workable Akihisa Aoyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The drama of the so-called triple reform of local government finances has come to an end after a...

Analysis / Govt, BOJ still at odds on money easing policy/.
December 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Analysis / Govt, BOJ still at odds on money easing policy Takashi Yamazaki and Akihiro Okada Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The composite consumer price index has turned...

Govt to establish conditions for level 4 bio-safety labs.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt to establish conditions for level 4 bio-safety labs Yomiuri The government will establish within three years conditions for the operation of a bio-safety level 4 (BSL4) facility that...

Govt. plans to encourage mothers to return to work.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt. plans to encourage mothers to return to work Yomiuri The government has announced a support plan for women who are seeking reemployment or who want to start their own businesses...

Dead consular official 'pushed to leak govt info'.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Dead consular official 'pushed to leak govt info' Yomiuri An official of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai who committed suicide in May left a note saying a Chinese man tried to...

JR West head to resign over crash.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) JR West head to resign over crash Yomiuri OSAKA West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi and Chairman Shojiro Nanya will resign on Feb. 1 to take responsibility for the...

Plan to improve gender equality OK'd.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Plan to improve gender equality OK'd Yomiuri Women should fill 30 percent of the leading positions in every field of society by 2020, according to the second basic plan for gender...

Musings / The Yomiuri Shimbun's Dec. 27 issue.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musings / The Yomiuri Shimbun's Dec. 27 issue Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Dec. 27 issue. * * * Writer Shuhei...

Renovation scams, Aneha scandal hit home.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Renovation scams, Aneha scandal hit home Ryoji Kanno / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri As society becomes progressively more stressful and competitive, about the only place where...

Contractor getting ready to demolish Tokyo condo.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Contractor getting ready to demolish Tokyo condo Yomiuri Preparation for demolition work started Tuesday at a condominium in Minato Ward, Tokyo, that was built using fudged...

Kobe's IT elderly monitoring system attracts interest.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kobe's IT elderly monitoring system attracts interest Yomiuri KOBE A Kobe municipal government system that uses information technology to signal possible emergencies in the homes of...

Tightening rules on reporting political funds.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tightening rules on reporting political funds Takafumi Tokumo / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri To ensure transparency, income and expenditure reports on political funds...

Child rearing, not producing babies, needs support.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Child rearing, not producing babies, needs support Noriko Sakakibara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Thursday's announcement by the government that Japan's population will...

Shift to small govt accelerates.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Shift to small govt accelerates Haruki Sasamori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The summer dissolution of the House of Representatives and the subsequent general election...

Merger of retail giants to test if size matters.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Merger of retail giants to test if size matters Yomiuri A distribution group unlike any other in the world will be formed, encompassing supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants and...

Good intentions thwarted by privacy red tape.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Good intentions thwarted by privacy red tape Yomiuri The Personal Information Protection Law that came into force in April is adversely affecting nursing care. Some nursing care...

EDITORIAL / Too soon for BOJ to lift ultra-loose money pol.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Too soon for BOJ to lift ultra-loose money policy Yomiuri Stock prices are rising and corporate profits are growing. Nonetheless, it may be premature to conclude that the...

Accuracy of wind gauge questioned in derailment.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Accuracy of wind gauge questioned in derailment Yomiuri YAMAGATA The anemometer placed near the bridge at the site of Sunday's fatal train derailment in Shonaimachi, Yamagata...

Classic case of rejection / Matsui picks club over country.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Classic case of rejection / Matsui picks club over country, opting not to play for Japan in WBC Yomiuri Japan took a big hit months before the start of the inaugural World Baseball...

Census shows 1st postwar population fall.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Census shows 1st postwar population fall Yomiuri In yet more evidence that Japan's population has started to decline, October's national census found the population totaled slightly more...

Gamba's Oguro says au revoir to Osaka.
December 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Gamba's Oguro says au revoir to Osaka Yomiuri Japan striker Masashi Oguro said Tuesday he looks forward to playing for Grenoble of the French second division after moving from J.League...

4 killed in train derailment.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 4 killed in train derailment Yomiuri YAMAGATA The death toll from Sunday's train derailment in Shonaimachi, Yamagata Prefecture, rose to four, police said Monday. A total of 32...

Spy cameras removed quickly to hide theft.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Spy cameras removed quickly to hide theft Yomiuri SAITAMA The group suspected of using spy cameras on automated teller machines to steal millions of yen from Saitama-ken Shinkin Bank...

Condo residents split over need for repairs.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Condo residents split over need for repairs Yomiuri Among the condominiums whose structural designs were falsified by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, one in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, has...

JATA to pay refunds for Travel You tickets.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) JATA to pay refunds for Travel You tickets Yomiuri The Japan Association of Travel Agents has started accepting applications for refunds of Travel You Inc. air tickets in the wake of the...

Poll: 60% fear data exposure, 57% say info 'overprotected'.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Poll: 60% fear data exposure, 57% say info 'overprotected' Yomiuri Nearly 60 percent of people fear that overprotection of personal information may make our society inconvenient and...

Survivors recount train's derailment / 300 police, firefig.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Survivors recount train's derailment / 300 police, firefighters conduct search-and-rescue operation in heavy snow Yomiuri YAMAGATA The derailed express train in Yamagata Prefecture...

Driver told police he wanted to 'hurt people'.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Driver told police he wanted to 'hurt people' Yomiuri SENDAI A 52-year-old man who injured seven people when he drove his car through a shopping arcade in Sendai on Sunday night,...

North Korea hopes Japan will become bridge to U.S.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) North Korea hopes Japan will become bridge to U.S. Yuichiro Nakamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri SEOUL North Korea's agreement Sunday on a new format for bilateral...

Acehnese publish picture book, poems on tsunami.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Acehnese publish picture book, poems on tsunami Yomiuri A picture book and a book of poems were released Monday in Japan and Indonesia by victims of the earthquake and tsunami off Sumatra...

Bioscience databases to be unified.
December 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bioscience databases to be unified Yomiuri The government has put forward a plan to construct a single database that brings together data collected separately by the nation's life science...