Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from February 2001, page 2

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Murakami saw resignation as unimaginable.
February 26, 2001... Murakami saw resignation as unimaginable Yomiuri "I can't bother you any more. Thank you for everything you've done for me," Masakuni Murakami said to former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at the office of the Eto-Kamei faction on Thursday....

Hashimoto faction targeted Murakami.
February 26, 2001... Hashimoto faction targeted Murakami Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party faction led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto played a leading role in forcing Masakuni Murakami to resign from the Diet before an official investigation by...

KSD's Nakamura fixed bribe amounts.
February 26, 2001... KSD's Nakamura fixed bribe amounts Yomiuri The amount of money former House of Councillors' member Takao Koyama received from a mutual aid association for small and medium-size business owners was decided by Katsuhiko Nakamura, former...

All that glitters: Gyarumama face up to realities of mothe.
February 26, 2001... All that glitters: Gyarumama face up to realities of motherhood By Naomi Tajitsu Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The walls of Chiharu Ito's living room are decorated with waxy hibiscus flowers and a picture of pop idol Ayumi Hamasaki...

Troubleshooter.
February 26, 2001... Troubleshooter Yomiuri Translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun Jinsei Annai column College-bound student has second thoughts Dear Troubleshooter: I am in the third year of high school and I also go to a college preparatory school. Before even...

Beware the ides of heavy drinking How to take care of your.
February 26, 2001... Beware the ides of heavy drinking How to take care of yourself during the 'drinking season' Yomiuri Spring is just around the corner, and with it will come innumerable partying and drinking opportunities. March marks the end of both the...

Getting Away / Enduring the chill to get a thrill.
February 26, 2001... Getting Away / Enduring the chill to get a thrill Asami Nagai Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Trekking across a frozen lake, looking for animal tracks in fresh snow, leaving your own footprints behind in the silverly white fields--these...

Daiei plans super-discount 90% off sale.
February 26, 2001... Daiei plans super-discount 90% off sale Yomiuri Daiei Inc., a supermarket operator chain currently under rehabilitation, is to launch a five-day discount sale from Saturday during which goods will be sold at only 10 percent of regular retail...

Ministers criticize S&P's lower rating.
February 26, 2001... Ministers criticize S&P's lower rating Yomiuri Economic ministers Friday criticized a decision by Standard & Poor's to lower the nation's long-term sovereign debt ratings. Speaking to reporters, they questioned the move taken by S&P on...

Ministry asks cell phone firms to cut rates.
February 26, 2001... Ministry asks cell phone firms to cut rates Yomiuri The Public Management Ministry on Friday requested the nation's cellular phone operators to lower the rates charged for calls made from fixed-line phones to cellular phones, which are more...

Troussier to meet Nakata.
February 26, 2001... Troussier to meet Nakata Yomiuri Japan's national coach Philippe Troussier will meet Hidetoshi Nakata in Rome next week to determine his star player's mental and physical condition. Nakata has been in and out of the AS Roma team all season,...

Machu Picchu in grave danger, Japanese researchers warn.
February 26, 2001... Machu Picchu in grave danger, Japanese researchers warn Yomiuri KYOTO The entire ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru--designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983--are in danger of collapse due to landslides, according to the findings of a...

Skipper Onishi back in Japan.
February 26, 2001... Skipper Onishi back in Japan Yomiuri Onishi, 58, was the last person to leave Hawaii among the crew members who were rescued and family members of the nine missing people who went to Hawaii after the accident. He was scheduled to arrive at...

Gynecological society plans to review guidelines on ova.
February 26, 2001... Gynecological society plans to review guidelines on ova Yomiuri The Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology will review its guidelines on the use of fertilized eggs produced for infertility treatments to allow such eggs to be used for research...

MMC expected to reduce workforce by 6,000 to 9,000.
February 26, 2001... MMC expected to reduce workforce by 6,000 to 9,000 Yomiuri Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) is expected to announce a reduction of 6,000 to 9,000 in its workforce, including its subsidiaries, in the next three years as part of a restructuring...

Official Murakami probe set for after Diet testimony.
February 26, 2001... Official Murakami probe set for after Diet testimony Yomiuri Prosecutors will start an official investigation of Masakuni Murakami, a member of the House of Councillors, on suspicion of taking a total of 72 million yen in bribes from KSD...

Former village official 'gave 200 mil. yen to women'.
February 26, 2001... Former village official 'gave 200 mil. yen to women' Yomiuri KOCHI Tadao Iwasaki, former receiver general of Tosayamamura, Kochi Prefecture, who is under arrest on suspicion of fraud and forgery of public documents, has admitted giving more...

KSD used names in petitions without consent.
February 26, 2001... KSD used names in petitions without consent Yomiuri The KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs, which is suspected of bribing Diet members, may have used the names of its members and nonmembers without approval in...

Orchid fest opens in Tokyo.
February 26, 2001... Orchid fest opens in Tokyo Yomiuri Visitors thronged to Tokyo Dome Saturday to see about 80,000 professionally grown orchids from 20 countries and territories on the opening day of the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2001. The...

School law revision would suspend pupils for bullying.
February 26, 2001... School law revision would suspend pupils for bullying Yomiuri A planned revision of the School Education Law would make "inflicting bodily or mental pain" on students or teachers grounds for suspension from primary or middle school, according...

Discount sale at Daiei draws bargain hunters.
February 26, 2001... Discount sale at Daiei draws bargain hunters Yomiuri OSAKA Daiei Inc. began a sale Saturday offering 90 percent discount on winter clothes at its 278 outlets nationwide. The company organized the stock-clearing sale as part of ongoing...

Editorial / Gov. Tanaka must clarify stance.
February 26, 2001... Editorial / Gov. Tanaka must clarify stance Yomiuri Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka has declared that his prefecture will pursue ways to realize flood control and efficient water use without relying on the construction of new dams. His declaration...

New Paperbacks.
February 26, 2001... New Paperbacks Colin Donald Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri WALKING IN THE SHADE By Doris Lessing Flamingo, 8.99 pounds Second part of Mrs. Lessing's autobiography follows her progress in 1950s London, where she arrives from Southern...

A little piece of cheese can spark a lot of motivation.
February 26, 2001... A little piece of cheese can spark a lot of motivation Miki Takashima Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The plot is very simple: two mice and two tiny people living in a maze looking for a piece of cheese. But its impact has been enormous....

Exploring kendo & the Japanese psyche.
February 26, 2001... Exploring kendo & the Japanese psyche Declan Hayes Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri LOOKING AT A FAR MOUNTAIN: A STUDY OF KENDO KATA By Paul Budden Tuttle, 128 pp 2,500 yen Kendo had its origins in the martial art techniques pioneered by...

Grim children's tales.
February 26, 2001... Grim children's tales Beverley Curran Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri TRAPLINES By Eden Robinson Vintage Canada, 215 pp 15.95 dollars Eden Robinson is a Haisla writer born in Kitimat, in northern British Columbia, and now living in...

Site urges attacks on govt home pages.
February 26, 2001... Site urges attacks on govt home pages Yomiuri A Chinese-language Web site that encourages visitors to attack the official Web sites of the Japanese government's agencies and business enterprises has appeared recently, it was learned Friday....

Nikkei briefly hits post-bubble low.
February 26, 2001... Reflecting growing anxieties over the future of the Japanese economy, the 225-issue Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange momentarily dipped below the 12,900 mark Thursday morning, lower than the post-bubble economy record for the...

Murakami quits Diet for ties to KSD scandal.
February 26, 2001... In another blow to embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masakuni Murakami submitted a letter of resignation to House of Councillor President Yutaka Inoue on Thursday, LDP officials said. Murakami made...

Prosecutors to question Murakami.
February 26, 2001... The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is to start questioning House of Councillors member Masakuni Murakami over bribe allegations involving KSD, possibly as early as Friday, sources said Thursday. Murakami has agreed to undergo...

KSD paid salaries of 2 aides for former foreign minister.
February 26, 2001... An affiliated company of the KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs paid 16 million yen to cover the salaries of two assistants for former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa, 67, according to sources close to KSD. ...

JMA seeks medics' views on child abuse cases.
February 26, 2001... The Japan Medical Association has embarked on a fact-finding survey on cases of child abuse reported to child guidance centers by medical institutions nationwide to determine how doctors identify such abuse cases, sources close to the...

New facility planned for illegal aliens.
February 26, 2001... The Justice Ministry plans to expand the capacity of detention facilities in Tokyo for foreigners who have overstayed their visas from 450 people to 800 as part of efforts to control illegal foreign residents, sources said Thursday. The...

New mayor under fire after discussion delayed.
February 26, 2001... Public anger was directed at Nishi Tokyo Mayor Kohan Hoya after he failed to hold a public discussion with a renowned violinist Wednesday as advertised before Sunday's mayoral election. Nishi Tokyo was created after the cities of Hoya and...

Ministry to set guidelines to reassign 'problematic' teachers.
February 26, 2001... The Education, Science and Technology Ministry will establish guidelines to facilitate the reassignment of "problematic" teachers who have insufficient teaching skills to provide students with appropriate lesson guidance, ministry officials...

Nonaka rebukes Mori.
February 26, 2001... Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka reproved Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday night for complaining about Diet criticism leveled at him for his initial reaction to the sinking of a Japanese fisheries training...

Anti-Mori motion timing causes chaos.
February 26, 2001... The four major opposition parties, though unified in seeking an "unconditional and immediate" resignation of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and his tripartite coalition Cabinet, remain in disarray over when to jointly submit a no-confidence...

Kamei lobbies factions to save Mori from ax.
February 26, 2001... Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Shizuka Kamei is defending Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori from attempts to unseat him in order to preserve his faction's influence, political sources said. However, according to sources, some members of...

Editorial / Resignation does not end scandal.
February 26, 2001... Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masakuni Murakami submitted a letter of resignation from the House of Councillors to the upper house president Thursday. The former chairman of the LDP upper house members' group also left the party. It...

Ramos sings Arroyo's praises.
February 26, 2001... OSAKA: Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos on Thursday offered a ringing endorsement of the newly installed President Gloria Arroyo, and derided her predecessor Joseph Estrada's insistence that he still holds the presidency. Estrada,...

Asahi Bank, Daido Life to cross-hold shares.
February 26, 2001... Asahi Bank, one of the nation's major commercial banks, and medium-size insurer Daido Life Insurance Co. have agreed to acquire each other's shares, sources said Thursday. Under the cross-shareholding scheme, Daido Life reportedly has...

U.S. may pressure Japan over deficit.
February 26, 2001... WASHINGTON: Calls for Japan to open its markets to U.S. exports have increased following the release of trade data showing a record U.S. trade deficit with Japan. "Japan, along with China, is a major cause of our trade deficit. The...

Shirakawa refuses newly created award.
February 26, 2001... Nobel Prize-winning chemist Hideki Shirakawa turned down a special award from the Chemical Society of Japan, one of the nation's largest academic societies, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Friday. The 37,000-member society, headed by Prof....

Govt asks railways to improve safety at stations.
February 26, 2001... The Construction and Transport Ministry has asked railway operators to take measures to reduce the danger of passengers at stations falling onto the tracks and being hit by trains. The ministry made the request in the wake of the fatal...

Daiei plans super-discount 90% off sale.
February 26, 2001... Daiei Inc., a supermarket operator chain currently under rehabilitation, is to launch a five-day discount sale from Saturday during which goods will be sold at only 10 percent of regular retail prices. About 270 Daiei group outlets...

Ministry asks cell phone firms to cut rates.
February 26, 2001... The Public Management Ministry on Friday requested the nation's cellular phone operators to lower the rates charged for calls made from fixed-line phones to cellular phones, which are more expensive than calls from cellular phones to...

KSD used names in petitions without consent.
February 26, 2001... The KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs, which is suspected of bribing Diet members, may have used the names of its members and nonmembers without approval in its 1994 petitions to the Diet, it was learned...

NTT plans to establish new fiber-optic subsidiary.
February 26, 2001... NTT plans to establish new fiber-optic subsidiary Yomiuri NTT Corp. plans to establish a new fiber-optic communications firm as early as autumn that may become one of the group's key businesses, company officials said Saturday. The officials...

Govt panel to release interim Constitution report.
February 26, 2001... Govt panel to release interim Constitution report Yomiuri A House of Representatives committee on the Constitution is planning to draw up, by the end of the summer, an interim report detailing the main issues addressed during the panel's...

KSD gave 1.76 billion yen to politicians since '91 / Murak.
February 26, 2001... KSD gave 1.76 billion yen to politicians since '91 / Murakami found to have received total of 725 mil. yen Yomiuri The KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs gave Diet members at least 1.76 billion yen, 40 percent...

Used mobile phone cards sold as new to Nagoya shop.
February 26, 2001... Used mobile phone cards sold as new to Nagoya shop Yomiuri NAGOYA A man suspected of selling used prepaid mobile-phone cards altered to look like new allegedly defrauded a Nagoya shop dealing in such cards and discount tickets earlier this...

Diet committee to probe Nukaga's KSD links.
February 26, 2001... Diet committee to probe Nukaga's KSD links Yomiuri A House of Representatives ethics committee on Monday is expected to examine former cabinet minister Fukushiro Nukaga's involvement in drafting a policy speech delivered by the late former...

KSD held tours to Murakami events.
February 26, 2001... KSD held tours to Murakami events Yomiuri The scandal-hit KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs reportedly organized cheap tours to Tokyo for its members that included stops at former Liberal Democratic Party...

The View From Monday / Japan embraces new variations of ol.
February 26, 2001... The View From Monday / Japan embraces new variations of old foods Shoichi Inoue Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Today it is not uncommon for Japanese people to eat tofu salad and tofu steak. In fact, I sometimes see these dishes on...

Newspeople / Adventurer plans to walk, row from N. Pole to.
February 26, 2001... Newspeople / Adventurer plans to walk, row from N. Pole to Ehime Masanori Fujita Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri MATSUYAMA Ten years ago, Hyoichi Kono, 42, decided to head home from the North Pole on foot and by boat. "I was traveling...

Vintage match to kick off J.League season.
February 26, 2001... Vintage match to kick off J.League season Yomiuri The two clubs that helped kick off soccer's popularity in Japan 130 years ago will play a friendly match in their teams' original strip at the Yokohama International Stadium--the venue for the...

Newspeople / U.S. lawyer says DV victims need unified syst.
February 26, 2001... Newspeople / U.S. lawyer says DV victims need unified system Harumi Ozawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri As one of the main figures who created Washington's Domestic Violence (DV) Court and the Domestic Violence Intake Center, lawyer...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Japan must be ready to use right.
February 26, 2001... INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Japan must be ready to use right of collective defense Hisahiko Okazaki Yomiuri A firm decision that Japan is prepared to exercise the right to collective defense is long overdue. If an enemy ship attacked a Maritime...

Bulletin Board.
February 26, 2001... Bulletin Board Yomiuri Forum on Japanese education and communication The Kanto chapter of the Communication Association of Japan will hold a forum on March 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tokai University's Yoyogi campus in Setagaya Ward,...

Team urges more focused goals for English education.
February 26, 2001... Team urges more focused goals for English education Shogo Hagiwara Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri With Japan eager to play a leading role in the era of globalization, the attention is focused on how best to improve Japanese people's...

2 Tutu goals lift Ono-less Reds over Galaxy.
February 26, 2001... 2 Tutu goals lift Ono-less Reds over Galaxy Shintaro Kano Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri URAWAC Saitama Often last year, the Urawa Reds were outclassed whenever they played without midfielder Shinji Ono. That may have all changed. The...

School to focus on developing human resources for NGOs.
February 26, 2001... School to focus on developing human resources for NGOs Shigefumi Takasuka Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Eikoh Inc., a Tokyo-based company that runs educational and cultural businesses including a preparatory school for entrance exams,...

Kobe Steel, Suntory share national title.
February 26, 2001... Kobe Steel, Suntory share national title Rich Freeman Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The 38th All Japan Championship will be shared by Kobe Steel's defending champs and Suntory following a pulsating 27-27 tie in the final at Tokyo's...

Russians rocket to record in Yokohama.
February 26, 2001... Russians rocket to record in Yokohama Jim Allen Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri People in Yokohama can be forgiven for doing double takes on Sunday. The stars streaking through the streets of the port city were not falling parts of the Mir...

KSD gave 1.76 billion yen to politicians since '91: Murakami found to have received total of 725 mil. yen.
February 26, 2001... The KSD Foundation for Promoting Welfare of Independent Entrepreneurs gave Diet members at least 1.76 billion yen, 40 percent of which went to outgoing lawmaker Masakuni Murakami, sources close to the foundation said Sunday. The...

The View From Monday: Japan embraces new variations of old foods.
February 26, 2001... Today it is not uncommon for Japanese people to eat tofu salad and tofu steak. In fact, I sometimes see these dishes on restaurant menus. However, such dishes only appeared relatively recently, not becoming popular until the first half of...

Newspeople: Adventurer plans to walk, row from N. Pole to Ehime.
February 26, 2001... MATSUYAMA: Ten years ago, Hyoichi Kono, 42, decided to head home from the North Pole on foot and by boat. "I was traveling across the Sahara Desert, pulling my old cart packed with supplies, when it occurred to me that I should go...

Newspeople: U.S. lawyer says DV victims need unified system.
February 26, 2001... As one of the main figures who created Washington's Domestic Violence (DV) Court and the Domestic Violence Intake Center, lawyer Deborah Epstein stresses that it takes not only civil protection, but also an integrated criminal justice system...

Political noose tightening around Mori's neck.
February 26, 2001... Faced with demands for his resignation from within the ruling coalition and the likelihood of the opposition bloc submitting a vote of no-confidence in the Cabinet against him, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is beset by foes on all sides. ...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD: Japan must be ready to use right of collective defense.
February 26, 2001... A firm decision that Japan is prepared to exercise the right to collective defense is long overdue. If an enemy ship attacked a Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel taking part in joint maneuvers with a U.S. warship in the Sea of Japan,...

Editorial: Impartiality vital to local taxes.
February 26, 2001... The Yokohama municipal government and the Public Management Ministry are approaching an important stage in their negotiations over a plan adopted by the local government to collect taxes on horse race betting tickets that are sold off-track....

Bulletin Board.
February 26, 2001... Forum on Japanese education and communication The Kanto chapter of the Communication Association of Japan will hold a forum on March 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tokai University's Yoyogi campus in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. The forum will...

Team urges more focused goals for English education.
February 26, 2001... With Japan eager to play a leading role in the era of globalization, the attention is focused on how best to improve Japanese people's command of English, which has become the dominant tool for international communication. A project team...

Kobe Steel, Suntory share national title.
February 26, 2001... The 38th All Japan Championship will be shared by Kobe Steel's defending champs and Suntory following a pulsating 27-27 tie in the final at Tokyo's National Stadium. In a nail-biting finish Suntory was awarded a penalty 40 meters out on...

Former truant completes 8,000-km African quest.
February 26, 2001... CAPE TOWN: Once a truant middle school student, Shuhei Ozaki, 28, completed an 8,000-kilometer bicycle journey from eastern to southern Africa when he reached the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, on Thursday. Ozaki, from Akashi, Hyogo...

All that glitters: Gyarumama face up to realities of motherhood.
February 26, 2001... The walls of Chiharu Ito's living room are decorated with waxy hibiscus flowers and a picture of pop idol Ayumi Hamasaki clipped from a magazine. Hung up in a corner above a clutter of magazines, accessories and assorted trinkets are a Louis...

Editorial / Impartiality vital to local taxes.
February 26, 2001... Editorial / Impartiality vital to local taxes Yomiuri The Yokohama municipal government and the Public Management Ministry are approaching an important stage in their negotiations over a plan adopted by the local government to collect taxes...

[0] Prosecutors begin questioning Murakami.
February 26, 2001... Prosecutors on Friday began questioning Masakuni Murakami, who tendered his resignation Thursday to the Diet and left the Liberal Democratic Party, over his alleged monetary ties with a scandal-tainted mutual aid organization. The...

[0] U.S. military to bar civilians from controls.
February 26, 2001... WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld shortly will order a moratorium on civilians being allowed at the controls of military vessels, aircraft or tanks, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley...

[0] Obara bought 30 bags after Blackman vanished.
February 26, 2001... Joji Obara, who has been indicted on several counts of rape, purchased 30 bags with wheels early last July--immediately after British woman Lucie Blackman disappeared, police said Friday. Special investigators from the Metropolitan Police...

[0] Isahaya Bay project's fate to depend on team.
February 26, 2001... The agriculture minister said Friday that a land-reclamation project at Isahaya Bay in Kyushu will be suspended if an independent team recommends that it is necessary to do so to determine whether the reclamation is responsible for this...

[0] Jottings.
February 26, 2001... I mentioned the words "the chain of events," when I wrote about a near-miss involving two Japan Airlines planes before in this column. The U.S. submarine's collision with a Japanese fisheries training ship also occurred as a result of the...

[0] Ministers criticize S&P's lower rating.
February 26, 2001... Economic ministers Friday criticized a decision by Standard & Poor's to lower the nation's long-term sovereign debt ratings. Speaking to reporters, they questioned the move taken by S&P on Thursday to lower the ratings to double-A-plus...

[0] Troussier to meet Nakata.
February 26, 2001... Japan's national coach Philippe Troussier will meet Hidetoshi Nakata in Rome next week to determine his star player's mental and physical condition. Nakata has been in and out of the AS Roma team all season, and, in another bizarre...