Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from February 2007, page 5

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Freestyle ski champs get ready to take to air.
February 16, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Freestyle ski champs get ready to take to air James Hardy / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri INAWASHIROC Fukushima The alpinists might be battling it out at the world...

Next-generation nanochip standard agreed.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Next-generation nanochip standard agreed Yomiuri The nation's four major semiconductor manufacturers have reached a basic agreement on specification standards for their most advanced...

Coalition parties seek Diet OK for distribution of manifes.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Coalition parties seek Diet OK for distribution of manifestos Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito plan to submit a bill to the Diet to revise the Public Offices Election...

Questions remain over 6-party agreement / Failed 1994 fram.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Questions remain over 6-party agreement / Failed 1994 framework casts doubt on whether Pyongyang will honor commitments Shinichi Hirano and Takashi Sakamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents...

Ex-Nikkan Gendai worker held over fraud.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-Nikkan Gendai worker held over fraud Yomiuri The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Wednesday a former accounting department chief of tabloid publisher Nikkan Gendai, on suspicion...

21 arrested as police break up car-theft ring.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 21 arrested as police break up car-theft ring Yomiuri YOKOHAMA Police arrested 21 people on suspicion of stealing a car, replacing its registration details, having it reinspected,...

Gas appliances caused 540 deaths between '81, '03.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Gas appliances caused 540 deaths between '81, '03 Yomiuri About 540 people died in about 400 accidents involving carbon monoxide poisoning caused by gas appliances, such as water heaters,...

3 held over defrauding hearing-impaired client.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 3 held over defrauding hearing-impaired client Yomiuri The president and two former employees of a Tokyo-based company selling equipment for disabled people were arrested Wednesday on...

Univ. student quizzed over murder of 2 neighbors.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Univ. student quizzed over murder of 2 neighbors Yomiuri A university student arrested on suspicion of attempting to illegally withdraw money using another man's credit card has hinted...

Osaka hotel shut down for failing to meet quake-resistance.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Osaka hotel shut down for failing to meet quake-resistance standards Yomiuri OSAKA The earthquake-resistance of two concrete beams securing the second floor of the Apa Hotel...

KEPCO, TEPCO falsified water data.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) KEPCO, TEPCO falsified water data Yomiuri Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Wednesday that they falsified water intake data by installing illicit programs...

ANALYSIS / Management resisting uniform pay hikes.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) ANALYSIS / Management resisting uniform pay hikes Masaki Sayama / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Most industrial labor organizations are demanding monthly pay rises as part of...

POLITICAL PULSE / Abe's defense strategy prudent.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) POLITICAL PULSE / Abe's defense strategy prudent Tadayuki Tamai Yomiuri Political scandals occur so often nowadays that the old Japanese proverb, "A rumor rarely lasts more than 75...

Osaka Pref. to run job center with private firm.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Osaka Pref. to run job center with private firm Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka prefectural government and Recruit Co., a Tokyo-based information service company, will from April jointly run...

EDITORIAL / Policies must be focus of elections.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Policies must be focus of elections Yomiuri An agreement reached between the ruling parties would enable candidates for gubernatorial and mayoral elections in April to...

Agenda for Japan-China ministerial talks.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Agenda for Japan-China ministerial talks Thomas H. Snitch Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri This week's meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and China reflects the...

Univ. mergers seen as a formula for survival.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Univ. mergers seen as a formula for survival Mina Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri This is an installment of The Yomiuri Shimbun's Education Renaissance series. This...

Adaptable junior college learns that change can be a beaut.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Adaptable junior college learns that change can be a beautiful thing Mina Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The number of junior colleges peaked in the 1996 academic...

BULLETIN BOARD / MPI to introduce workbook in nationwide t.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BULLETIN BOARD / MPI to introduce workbook in nationwide tour of 6 cities Yomiuri Matsuka Phonics Institute will hold a nationwide tour to introduce a new phonics workbook it has just...

Swiss hotelier fulfilling dream in Kyoto Lover of colorful.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Swiss hotelier fulfilling dream in Kyoto Lover of colorful markets and exotic foods aims for top leader of hotel restaur Kahori Sakane Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri KYOTO ...

Shiga donates textbooks to Brazilian school.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Shiga donates textbooks to Brazilian school Yomiuri Osaka OSAKA--The Shiga prefectural government donated 55 Portuguese books, including textbooks used at primary and middle schools...

Kawaguchi housing complex in Osaka to become low-cost arti.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kawaguchi housing complex in Osaka to become low-cost artists' studios Yomiuri Kawaguchi housing complex in Osaka to become low-cost artists' studiosThe Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Matsuzaka gets his bearings.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Matsuzaka gets his bearings Yomiuri FORT MYERSC Fla. With a light workout and a short tour of the facilities, Daisuke Matsuzaka became acquainted with the Boston Red Sox spring...

Nakazawa gets 1st call-up since World Cup.
February 15, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nakazawa gets 1st call-up since World Cup Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Ivica Osim had hinted at a few surprises within the squad announced on Wednesday for...

Police officer who rescued woman from tracks dies.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Police officer who rescued woman from tracks dies Yomiuri A police officer who was in critical condition after rescuing a woman who had stepped onto the tracks at Tokiwadai Station in...

Tokyo won't offer aid to Pyongyang as abduction issue unre.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo won't offer aid to Pyongyang as abduction issue unresolved Yomiuri The government intends to extend only "indirect cooperation" for the time being on energy assistance to North...

Agreement reached at 6-way talks / North Korea to receive.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Agreement reached at 6-way talks / North Korea to receive fuel oil in return for shutting nuclear facilities Toshikazu Seguchi and Shuhei Kuromi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri ...

Abduction issue left up in air.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abduction issue left up in air Shuhei Kuromi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri BEIJING Ahead of Tuesday's agreement by the participants in the six-party talks over North...

Nuclear talks end in compromise / Hill praises pact, but s.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nuclear talks end in compromise / Hill praises pact, but says it's only 1st step toward scrapping DPRK N-program Takashi Sakamoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri BEIJING ...

Japanese envoy to 6-way talks meets with DPRK counterpart/.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Japanese envoy to 6-way talks meets with DPRK counterpart Koichi Mochizuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri BEIJING Japan's envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's...

N. Korean nuclear threat still exists / Kim will neither g.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) N. Korean nuclear threat still exists / Kim will neither give up nukes nor abandon uranium-enrichment program Takuji Kawata / Yomiuri Shimbun China General Bureau Chief Yomiuri ...

Abductees lived in same place.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abductees lived in same place Yomiuri Yaeko Taguchi, abducted by North Korea in 1978, lived in the same compound around 1980 with two other Japanese men who are believed to have been...

China pressed for agreement.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) China pressed for agreement Tetsuya Suetsugu / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri BEIJING The six-nation talks, which entered their fifth day Monday, continued until the early...

Musing.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musing Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Feb. 10 issue. * * * It was around the end of the Showa era (1926-1989), I...

3 lost at sea rescued safe.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 3 lost at sea rescued safe Yomiuri MIYAZAKI Three men lost after the tuna fishing boat they were on went missing Saturday in the Pacific about 185 kilometers southeast of Cape Toi,...

61 dead after using gas heaters.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 61 dead after using gas heaters Yomiuri OSAKA Sixty-one people died and 30 others suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while using gas heaters between 1981 and 2004, it has been...

Suspect illegally detained due to police mistake.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Suspect illegally detained due to police mistake Yomiuri A 34-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of molestation in October was illegally detained for about eight hours at...

Chance to display know-how.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chance to display know-how Hiroshi Masumitsu / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri HOUSTON In the wake of being chosen to spend three months on the International Space Station...

Washington Japanwatch / Bold foreign policy lacks support.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Washington Japanwatch / Bold foreign policy lacks support at home Weston S. Konishi / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Even while his approval ratings drop at home, Prime Minister...

ECONOMIC FORUM / Serious attack on deficit needed.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) ECONOMIC FORUM / Serious attack on deficit needed Yoshikuni Sugiyama Yomiuri The U.S. government, saddled with huge deficits, has sped up its fiscal reconstruction. If Japan,...

EDITORIAL / No clear vision evident for DPRK's disarmament.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / No clear vision evident for DPRK's disarmament Yomiuri Will the agreement at the six-party talks pave the way for the scrapping of North Korea's nuclear programs? A big...

EMERGING INDIA / Young parliamentarian sees bright future.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EMERGING INDIA / Young parliamentarian sees bright future for India Kazuo Nagata / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW DELHI Milind Deora, 30, India's youngest...

Ricoh, IBM stay in Top League.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ricoh, IBM stay in Top League The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Ricoh Black Rams and IBM Big Blue retained their places in Japan's top-flight rugby competition following the final round of...

Kobayashi ready for swan song, stepping stone.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kobayashi ready for swan song, stepping stone Ken Marantz / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Like the sash she will be handing off to the next runner, Yuriko Kobayashi will be...

Osim keeps fans guessing with 'full-strength' plan for Per.
February 14, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Osim keeps fans guessing with 'full-strength' plan for Peru Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japan manager Ivica Osim made it clear on Tuesday he would put together...

Kobe Airport unpopular among local companies.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kobe Airport unpopular among local companies Yomiuri KOBE Less than 20 percent of businesses in the vicinity of Kobe Airport use the facility or think it has had a positive effect on...

Vice justice minister opposes govt court appeal.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Vice justice minister opposes govt court appeal Yomiuri Senior Vice Justice Minister Kenichi Mizuno has advocated the government drop appeal proceedings against an environmental group...

Chinese university may open Osaka branch.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chinese university may open Osaka branch Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka municipal government has started discussions with Tongji University, a prestigious national university in Shanghai, on...

Fireman hurt after car slams into ambulance.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fireman hurt after car slams into ambulance Yomiuri NIIGATA A firefighter, who apparently had been drinking, was injured early Sunday when his car collided with an ambulance on a...

Fishing boat found capsized; 3 missing.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fishing boat found capsized; 3 missing Yomiuri KAGOSHIMA Three crew members aboard a tuna fishing vessel went missing Saturday off Tanegashima island, in Kagoshima Prefecture. The...

Heaters reportedly killed 133.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Heaters reportedly killed 133 Yomiuri More than 130 people died across the nation between 1981 and 2004 due to unvented-type compact water heaters--including those made by Rinnai Corp.,...

Lab module unfinished due to NASA.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Lab module unfinished due to NASA Yomiuri TSUKUBAC Ibaraki A life-science laboratory module to be manufactured by Japan for the International Space Station is sitting unfinished at...

Cell phone TV bill planned.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Cell phone TV bill planned Naotake Katori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The outline of a bill to revise the Broadcast Law, to be submitted to the Diet during the current...

Mom names late son at bullying meet.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Mom names late son at bullying meet Yomiuri The mother of a middle school student who killed himself last year after being bullied made public her son's name and photograph for the first...

Education Council proposal upsets local authorities.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Education Council proposal upsets local authorities Yomiuri The Education Rebuilding Council's proposal to review the board of education system has caused a strong backlash from the...

Nanotubes made easier to mass produce.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nanotubes made easier to mass produce Yomiuri The Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, has developed an inexpensive method for mass-producing...

EDITORIAL / Strong economy will correct weak yen.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Strong economy will correct weak yen Yomiuri A recent meeting of financial ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven major nations did not directly refer to...

BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Film producer focused on showing Jap.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Film producer focused on showing Japan like it is By Mark Austin Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Much ink has been spilled by film critics on how Hollywood...

NATURE IN SHORT / Geographical gumshoe solves the case of.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) NATURE IN SHORT / Geographical gumshoe solves the case of the missing river Kevin Short / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri I am one of those people who can never feel comfortable...

Armed samurai to march again.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Armed samurai to march again Yomiuri About 50 people clad in armor and carrying matchlock muskets will walk two kilometers around Tokyo's bayside area in April in a re-creation of a march...

When in Rome (or Sendai) try this traditional vegetable.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) When in Rome (or Sendai) try this traditional vegetable Yomiuri About 60 people sampled salads, pasta and soups featuring puntarelle, a vegetable little known in Japan but often used in...

Old salt carving new career.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Old salt carving new career Yomiuri Three times the former Imperial Japanese Navy sailor cheated death when the warships he was aboard were attacked by Allied bombers in the early 1940s....

Inoue triumphant in international return.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Inoue triumphant in international return The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Former world and Olympic judo champion Kosei Inoue won his first international bout in nearly two years on Sunday,...

Mitsubishi routs Aisin, closes in on playoff spot.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Mitsubishi routs Aisin, closes in on playoff spot The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Ron Hale's 23 points led the Mistubishi Electric Melco Dolphins in an 87-71 rout of the Aisin Sea Horses on...

Mathathi sprints to 4-km victory.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Mathathi sprints to 4-km victory Ken Marantz / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri CHIBA Martin Mathathi may have failed his own test, but the world bronze medalist was still good...

Kanto Gakuin schooled / Yamaha hammers university champion.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kanto Gakuin schooled / Yamaha hammers university champion at All-Japan C'shipBy Rich Freeman Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri In the words of Bob Dylan, "You don't...

LDP to submit film piracy bill.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) LDP to submit film piracy bill Yomiuri Liberal Democratic Party legislators plan to submit to the Diet in March a bill for a law that would ban the videotaping of movies at screenings for...

Ozawa asks chapter to find own candidates.
February 12, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ozawa asks chapter to find own candidates Yomiuri TOTTORI Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa has requested the party's Tottori prefectural chapter not to support the same...

Rinnai water heaters tied to 3 CO deaths/ Lack of safety d.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Rinnai water heaters tied to 3 CO deaths/ Lack of safety devices also led to 12 injuries Yomiuri Three people have died and a dozen have been injured in five instances since 2000 due to...

Tokyo Univ. team's findings could help find diabetes cure/.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo Univ. team's findings could help find diabetes cure Yomiuri A group of researchers led by a Tokyo University Hospital professor has unraveled the mechanism behind visceral...

'Man with 10 faces' caught red-handed robbing bank.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Man with 10 faces' caught red-handed robbing bank Yomiuri NAGOYA NAGOYA--A man wanted for stealing 541 million yen from the defunct Fukutoku Bank in Kobe in 1994 was arrested on the...

Kofu man arrested over grave crimes.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kofu man arrested over grave crimes Yomiuri KOFU KOFU--Police on Saturday served a fresh arrest warrant on a 67-year-old man held for destruction of property on suspicion of toppling...

Fiery-tempered fireman moved after complaint.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fiery-tempered fireman moved after complaint Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--A rescue crew chief at the municipal fire department in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, has been transferred to another...

HBC director held over road rage attack on taxi.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) HBC director held over road rage attack on taxi Yomiuri SAPPORO SAPPORO--A director at Hokkaido Broadcasting Co. was arrested on the spot on suspicion of damaging property by kicking...

Car smashes into forklift on Yokohama Shindo.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Car smashes into forklift on Yokohama Shindo Yomiuri YOKOHAMA YOKOHAMA--The driver of a passenger car was slightly injured when his vehicle smashed into a forklift that came off a...

Govt to spin off SIA successor services.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt to spin off SIA successor services Yomiuri The government is considering separating out some pension-related services from a public corporation that is expected to be set up after...

Gun magazine found after highway shooting.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Gun magazine found after highway shooting Yomiuri NAGOYA NAGOYA--Police found a gun magazine in a passenger car abandoned on National Highway Route 1 in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya, early...

Rinnai: Heater use info inadequate.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Rinnai: Heater use info inadequate Yomiuri Rinnai Corp. admitted Saturday it had failed to provide consumers with enough information on how to use its water heaters, which were found to...

Abe tackles birthrate issue / Special panel meets for 1st.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abe tackles birthrate issue / Special panel meets for 1st time to work on practical solutions Yomiuri Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stressed that children are a national treasure and the...

Tokyo Marathon nears starting line / Local authorities pre.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo Marathon nears starting line / Local authorities prepare for crowds, delays Yomiuri The Tokyo Marathon, the capital's first large-scale event of its kind, is scheduled to take place...

Fugen reactor fails concrete strength test.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fugen reactor fails concrete strength test Yomiuri The concrete walls of a building housing the control room of Fugen, a converter reactor scheduled to be scrapped, in Tsuruga, Fukui...

Yokohama clinic to be punished over dubious insurance clai.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Yokohama clinic to be punished over dubious insurance claims Yomiuri The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Kanagawa Social Insurance Bureau have decided to strip a clinic in Izumi...

EDITORIAL / Cost of new power sources must be debated.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Cost of new power sources must be debated Yomiuri How can the emission of carbon dioxides from power generation be reduced? How should the increased cost of the reduction be...

EMERGING INDIA / Govt, society behind deteriorating public.
February 11, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EMERGING INDIA / Govt, society behind deteriorating public health Sheena Sanam Yomiuri Shimbun New Delhi Bureau Yomiuri NEW DELHI Despite an economic growth rate of 8 percent that...