Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from February 2007, page 7

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Society eyes 24-hour centers for obstetrics, gynecology.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Society eyes 24-hour centers for obstetrics, gynecology Yomiuri A Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology sub committee has proposed establishing around-the-clock regional obstetrics...

Historic ballpark site gets golden home plate.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Historic ballpark site gets golden home plate Yomiuri NAGOYA A gold-plated home plate has been placed at the site of the former Narumi Ballpark in Midori Ward, Nagoya, commemorating...

Govt targets dodgy sales firms Elderly to be given protect.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt targets dodgy sales firms Elderly to be given protection from doorstep, telephone sellers Yomiuri The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is considering legal revisions to tighten...

Bureau tells Takenaka to pay 6.1 bil. yen in back taxes.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bureau tells Takenaka to pay 6.1 bil. yen in back taxes Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau reportedly ordered Takenaka Corp., an Osaka-based major contractor, on Tuesday...

Exercising brain may ward off dementia.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Exercising brain may ward off dementia Yomiuri A two-day 'brain training' event attracted about 40 people young and old to Tateshina Highland, Nagano Prefecture, in November, in search of...

War orphan searches for kin in Japan.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) War orphan searches for kin in Japan Takanori Kato / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri SHANGHAI A 77-year-old man in Jiangyu, Sichuan Province, is searching for his Japanese...

EDITORIAL / No sense in striking easy bargain with DPRK.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / No sense in striking easy bargain with DPRK Yomiuri Will there be any significant development leading to the abandonment of North Korea's nuclear program? The six-party talks...

SELHi in action / Using English everywhere.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) SELHi in action / Using English everywhere By Kiyomi Arai Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri TORIDEC Ibaraki This is the 21st installment in a series on the government-designated...

Books on Language.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Books on Language Yomiuri Eigo de Tsutaeru Annaihyoji, Posuta, Menyu no Tsukurikata: How to Make Attractive Signs, Easy-to-understand Menus and All Kinds of Useful Communication Materials...

Bulletin Board.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bulletin Board Yomiuri Study in Australia Seminar to be held at Australian Embassy Australian Education International will host a Study in Australia Seminar on Feb. 12 from 1:30 p.m....

Behind the paper screen / Considering 'Winter Sonata'Part.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Behind the paper screen / Considering 'Winter Sonata'Part 1 of 2 Sawa Kurotani Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Belatedly, I've become hooked on Fuyu no Sonata (Winter Sonata),...

Koshino woos star guests at design anniversary party.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Koshino woos star guests at design anniversary party Yomiuri KYOTO A party to celebrate Osaka-born fashion designer Hiroko Koshino's 50th anniversary as a designer and her 70th...

Tiffany closure means station will lose name acclaim.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tiffany closure means station will lose name acclaim Yomiuri MATSUE The nation's longest station name, "Louis C. Tiffany Teien Bijutsukan (Garden Museum) Mae," in Matsue is likely to...

Canadian changing minds about Osaka.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Canadian changing minds about Osaka Yomiuri It's no longer unusual to find expatriates who seem to love Japan more than the locals. Take Canadian Paul Dupuis, who with his 15 years of...

THE HOT CORNER: Running of Carp lost in translation.
February 8, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) THE HOT CORNER: Running of Carp lost in translation Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri It is not always true one has to walk before one can run. Last Saturday, Hiroshima...

Diet OK's fiscal 2006 extra budget.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Diet OK's fiscal 2006 extra budget Yomiuri The 3.77 trillion yen fiscal 2006 supplementary budget cleared the Diet on Tuesday, passed by Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito lawmakers...

Court rules for victims of A-bomb.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Court rules for victims of A-bomb Yomiuri The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Hiroshima prefectural government against a high court decision ordering it to pay three...

Mitsubishi Fuso to punish top execs over recall.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Mitsubishi Fuso to punish top execs over recall Yomiuri Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. likely will cut the salaries of its president and chairman in connection with the company's...

Asahi managing editor replaced over photographer's plagiar.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Asahi managing editor replaced over photographer's plagiarism Yomiuri An Yomiuri Shimbun article has also plagiarized from another article in the Yomiuri and yet another from a local...

N. Korea's bonito exports may be from illegal hauls.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) N. Korea's bonito exports may be from illegal hauls Yomiuri Exports of frozen bonito from North Korea to Thailand surged 18-fold during the past year after Pyongyang's accounts with Banco...

MPD fears gunshots herald gang war in Tokyo.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) MPD fears gunshots herald gang war in Tokyo Yomiuri The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday detained two gang members who fled from a condominium where three bullets were found the...

New twist in 'espionage' case / Ex-Defense Agency officer.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New twist in 'espionage' case / Ex-Defense Agency officer met with suspected Chinese agent Yomiuri A former engineering officer of the Defense Ministry's Technical Research and...

'NHK could cut fee by 20%'.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'NHK could cut fee by 20%' Yomiuri NHK could reduce its subscription fee by about 20 percent, provided it pushes ahead with efforts to slash costs and improve its fee collection efforts,...

Tokyo dealer held over artfully dodging taxes.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo dealer held over artfully dodging taxes Yomiuri The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested Tuesday the president of a Tokyo art dealership on suspicion of evading 71...

Chongryon-linked man arrested over tax work.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chongryon-linked man arrested over tax work Yomiuri KOBE A 43-year-old employee of the Hyogo prefectural chapter of a commerce and industry organization under the General Association...

Ex-farm co-op boss held on suspicion of fraud.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-farm co-op boss held on suspicion of fraud Yomiuri The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested on Tuesday a former director of an agricultural cooperative corporation on...

Yamanashi newspaper plagiarized editorials of 2 other news.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Yamanashi newspaper plagiarized editorials of 2 other newspapers Yomiuri KOFU An editorial in a Kofu-based local newspaper was found to bear a close resemblance to editorials of two...

Tapping into a new water market.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tapping into a new water market Hiromi Kanekita and Ryotaro Maeda Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri An increasing number of local governments have started selling bottled tap...

Just 5% of residents have homes checked for quake resistan.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Just 5% of residents have homes checked for quake resistance Yomiuri Although about 80 percent of residents in two cities predicted to be hit by a major earthquake are worried about...

Musings.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musings Yomiuri Though I thought I had done a good job carefully picking up every last bean, I still heard the sound of beans being crushed by my foot. It happens every year at my house...

Author-illustrator takes an in-depth look at the way child.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Author-illustrator takes an in-depth look at the way children play Harumi Torii Yomiuri For more than 50 years, Satoshi Kako has been observing the way children play. The well-known...

China challenges U.S. hegemony.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) China challenges U.S. hegemony Hidemichi Katsumata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri China's recent success in testing its ability to destroy a man-made satellite signifies a...

POLITICAL PULSE / Ozawa's methods backfiring.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) POLITICAL PULSE / Ozawa's methods backfiring Takashi Oda Yomiuri I wonder if Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa is a bringer of bad luck. Every time he comes to the...

Hospitals still trying to solve midwife problems.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Hospitals still trying to solve midwife problems Naoko Moriya and Hiroaki Mori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Even though the indictments against the staff of the Hori...

EDITORIAL / A-bomb survivors living abroad need help fast/.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / A-bomb survivors living abroad need help fast Yomiuri The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down a ruling criticizing the attitudes of administrative organs, both central and...

Sumo bosses inch toward defamation suit.
February 7, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Sumo bosses inch toward defamation suit The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The Japan Sumo Association's slow march toward legal action over match-fixing allegations reached another milestone...

New subsidies eyed over realignment.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New subsidies eyed over realignment Yomiuri The government plans to provide subsidies to local governments set to shoulder new burdens due to the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan,...

Recycling company boss arrested over 440 mil. yen fraud.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Recycling company boss arrested over 440 mil. yen fraud Yomiuri The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Monday arrested the president of a recycling company on suspicion of...

JBIC courted bureaucrats / Documents show bank wined and d.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) JBIC courted bureaucrats / Documents show bank wined and dined at taxpayers' expense Yomiuri The Japan Bank for International Cooperation's main office in Tokyo spent more than 10 million...

Australian skiers keen to get on the piste.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Australian skiers keen to get on the piste Yomiuri NAGANO Attracted by the high quality of the snow, more and more Australian skiers have been visiting the ski slopes of Hakubamura,...

Police inspector held over hit-and-run.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Police inspector held over hit-and-run Yomiuri AMAGASAKIC Hyogo A Hyogo prefectural police inspector was arrested Monday on suspicion of a hit-and-run while driving off-duty and...

Osaka removes homeless from park.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Osaka removes homeless from park Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka municipal government Monday removed 13 tents occupied by homeless people at Nagai Park in Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka. ...

Senior gang member shot dead in Roppongi.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Senior gang member shot dead in Roppongi Yomiuri A senior member of an organized crime group was shot dead in a car parked on a road in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Monday morning, the police...

LDP panel calls for major revision of conspiracy bill.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) LDP panel calls for major revision of conspiracy bill Yomiuri A Liberal Democratic Party panel studying a law to revise criminal laws in accordance with a U.N. treaty has drafted a...

Prof. plagiarized report on Copyright.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Prof. plagiarized report on Copyright Yomiuri A former assistant professor of Meiji University's School of Information and Communication plagiarized 96 percent of a report on Copyright...

LDP, New Komeito finding swing shift hard work.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) LDP, New Komeito finding swing shift hard work Takayuki MaedaC Shinya Kannari and Kuniaki Kozen / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The candidate backed by the Liberal Democratic...

Electric companies' power structure in disarray.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Electric companies' power structure in disarray Kenichi Tsuruoka / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Editor Yomiuri The spate of irregularities uncovered at electric power companies since last...

Tokushima Pref., ministries hold influenza outbreak drill/.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokushima Pref., ministries hold influenza outbreak drill Yomiuri TOKUSHIMA Ministries and agencies together with the Tokushima prefectural government held a major exercise Monday to...

ECONOMIC FORUM / Keeping local govts out of red / Strict r.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) ECONOMIC FORUM / Keeping local govts out of red / Strict rules to ensure financial stability eyed after Yubari fiasco Junichi Abe Yomiuri It is not unusual for a company or a...

EDITORIAL / Ruling parties must rethink poll strategy.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Ruling parties must rethink poll strategy Yomiuri Sunday's Aichi gubernatorial election was a fierce battle because the Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party of Japan...

Insurance firms raise guaranteed yields.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Insurance firms raise guaranteed yields Kazumichi Shono / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Leading life insurance companies are competing to provide higher guaranteed yields to...

BUSINESS SHOWROOM.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BUSINESS SHOWROOM Yomiuri Historical maps of Tokyo Yahoo Japan Corp. has included on its Yahoo.co.jp map site historical maps of Tokyo from the Edo period (1603-1867) and Meiji era...

Business Update.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Business Update Yomiuri Business Update is a weekly omnibus of business information based on news releases from companies in Japan and abroad, domestic and international organizations,...

Blowing out the candles in Paris.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Blowing out the candles in Paris Izumi Miyachi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Anniversaries turned out to be the unintended theme of this year's haute couture show in Paris,...

Brave Blossoms spring surprises.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Brave Blossoms spring surprises By Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri There was a stunned silence at Japan Rugby Football Union headquarters in Tokyo on Monday as Brave...

Coping with stress of success.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Coping with stress of success Yomiuri The following is the sixth and final installment in a series of articles reporting on new developments in India, which celebrates the 60th...

Panel passes extra budget.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Panel passes extra budget Yomiuri The House of Councillors Budget Committee on Monday passed the fiscal 2006 supplementary budget with majority approval by the ruling Liberal Democratic...

2 Osaka Pref. bodies pooled 5.14 million yen.
February 6, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2 Osaka Pref. bodies pooled 5.14 million yen Yomiuri OSAKA Two livestock hygiene service centers misused 11.54 million yen in public funds and pooled 5.14 million yen of this money...

Chinese may OK property rights law.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chinese may OK property rights law Hiroyuki Sugiyama Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri BEIJING Chinese lawmakers are expected to pass and enact in March a property rights law...

Govt: More surprise checks for building sites.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt: More surprise checks for building sites Yomiuri In a bid to stamp out irregularities in construction work by the private sector, the construction ministry will perform surprise...

Kanda reelected Aichi gov.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kanda reelected Aichi gov. Yomiuri NAGOYA A candidate backed by the ruling camp narrowly won the Aichi gubernatorial election Sunday, but the candidate supported by the opposition...

North Korea may offer trade-off at 6-party talks.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) North Korea may offer trade-off at 6-party talks Yomiuri Pyongyang has offered to freeze operations at its nuclear facilities, including the one in Yongbyon, in exchange for more than...

Canada to close consulates / Plan sparks protests from exp.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Canada to close consulates / Plan sparks protests from expatriates in Kansai region Hiroyuki Ueba / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri OSAKA The Canadian government's decision to...

'Osaka mayor OK'd 10 bil. yen loan write-off'.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Osaka mayor OK'd 10 bil. yen loan write-off' Yomiuri OSAKA An outside inspectors group for the Osaka municipal government recently found a memo signed by Osaka Mayor Junichi Seki...

Girl, 3, found drowned in irrigation ditch.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Girl, 3, found drowned in irrigation ditch Yomiuri FUKUSHIMA A 3-year-old girl died Saturday after she was found floating in an irrigation channel about 10 meters from her home in...

Paloma heater suspected after 10 poisoned by CO.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Paloma heater suspected after 10 poisoned by CO Yomiuri NIIGATA Ten employees at a confectionary factory in Niigata were taken to hospitals Saturday due to carbon monoxide poisoning...

Workers at Fujiya plant not properly trained.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Workers at Fujiya plant not properly trained Yomiuri Workers at Fujiya Co.'s plant in Saitama Prefecture at which expired milk was used to make products had been given almost no training,...

Tax breaks eyed for telecommuting firms.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tax breaks eyed for telecommuting firms Yomiuri In an effort to promote the telecommuting system, which enables people to work at home by using an electronic linkup with the office, the...

Chinese research ship sighted near Senkaku Isles.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chinese research ship sighted near Senkaku Isles Yomiuri The Japan Coast Guard reported it spotted a Chinese research vessel inside Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku...

Govt torn over boosting ODA, cutting costs.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt torn over boosting ODA, cutting costs Yomiuri The government's policy to cut official development assistance would undercut former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's promise in 2005...

Co-op execs allegedly embezzled 50 million yen.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Co-op execs allegedly embezzled 50 million yen Yomiuri AOMORI Five executives of a fisheries cooperative in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, embezzled 50 million yen in 2002 by borrowing the...

Discord threatens to hurt LDP.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Discord threatens to hurt LDP Yomiuri A sense of discord is growing between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and leaders of Liberal Democratic Party members in the House of Councillors over the...

Testing times for education reform bills.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Testing times for education reform bills Yomiuri Discussion of three education reform-related bills, a highlight of the current Diet session, is to start in earnest Monday, though it seems...

EDITORIAL / TSE, NYSE tie-up aims to globalize markets.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / TSE, NYSE tie-up aims to globalize markets Yomiuri Leveraged by its alliance with New York Stock Exchange Group Inc., Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. should work to create a...

Reformed recluse speaks through photos.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Reformed recluse speaks through photos Yomiuri A teenager who used to be too scared to go to school will hold an exhibition of 30 of his photographs in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture,...

Chopsticks made easy for kids Craftsman invents gadget to.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chopsticks made easy for kids Craftsman invents gadget to help children learn ohashi skills Yomiuri It is the same scene every day at every primary and middle school in the...

Eco-friendly woodstoves combat rising kerosene prices.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Eco-friendly woodstoves combat rising kerosene prices Yomiuri A maker of electric heaters has replaced kerosene heaters in its workshop in Mihamacho, Fukui Prefecture, with woodstoves to...

NATURE IN SHORT / It walks like a duck and quacks like a d.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) NATURE IN SHORT / It walks like a duck and quacks like a duck--but what kind of duck? Kevin Short / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Around Tokyo, this time of year is perfect for...

Samurai gives Toshiba last laugh.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Samurai gives Toshiba last laugh Rich Freeman Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri To adapt an operatic phrase, "It ain't over till the big man crosses the line." And there is no...

High 5: Hingis reclaims Toray crown.
February 5, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) High 5: Hingis reclaims Toray crown Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri A year ago, Martina Hingis was content with being back on the court, playing the game from which...

EMERGING INDIA/Social change started with on-screen kiss.
February 3, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EMERGING INDIA/Social change started with on-screen kiss Yomiuri The following is the fourth installment in a series of articles reporting on new developments in India, which celebrates...

Lower house OK's extra budget; opposition absent.
February 3, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Lower house OK's extra budget; opposition absent Yomiuri The House of Representatives approved the government's fiscal 2006 supplementary budget at the plenary session Friday and sent it...

Govt redefines corporal punishment by teachers.
February 3, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt redefines corporal punishment by teachers Yomiuri The Education, Science and Technology Ministry on Friday released a set of redefined standards for determining what constitutes an...

Man gets life in prison for robbery-murder.
February 3, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man gets life in prison for robbery-murder Yomiuri MITO The Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on Friday sentenced an unemployed man to life imprisonment for robbing and murdering...