Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from July 2001

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from July 2001

LDP 1st with 65 seats; Minshuto 2nd with 26.
July 31, 2001... LDP 1st with 65 seats; Minshuto 2nd with 26 Yomiuri The number of seats held by the Liberal Democratic Party headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi increased to 64, and then 65, as the tabulation of votes cast in Sunday's House...

Govt to unveil 3-step reform plan.
July 31, 2001... Govt to unveil 3-step reform plan Yomiuri Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday said the government will present a three-stage scenario next month to implement his pet policy of "structural reform without sacred cows," for which...

Minshuto stronger in wake of election.
July 31, 2001... Minshuto stronger in wake of election Yomiuri Among the opposition parties, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) and Jiyuto (Liberal Party) fared well in Sunday's House of Councillors election, in which structural reforms envisioned...

JCP, SDP decline, Jiyuto doubles seats.
July 31, 2001... JCP, SDP decline, Jiyuto doubles seats Yomiuri Although the Japanese Communist Party had hoped to retain the eight seats it previously held, it failed to do so in Sunday's House of Councillors election. The party failed to perform...

Aoshima's election dreams left in tatters.
July 31, 2001... Aoshima's election dreams left in tatters Yomiuri Former Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima, 69, could not be reached at his condominium in Nakano, Tokyo, Monday morning after he suffered a humiliating defeat in Sunday's House of Councillors...

Tanaka campaign remark angers LDP members.
July 31, 2001... Tanaka campaign remark angers LDP members Yomiuri Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka has drawn fire from her colleagues in the Liberal Democratic Party for her behavior during a speaking tour in Gunma Prefecture to support LDP candidates...

Priest wins election seat as 'Koizumi of the LDP'.
July 31, 2001... Priest wins election seat as 'Koizumi of the LDP' Yomiuri Akio Koizumi, formerly a little-known priest in Kyoto Prefecture, won a Liberal Democratic Party seat in Sunday's House of Councillors election, apparently on the basis that...

Japan, U.S. govts eye joint research on recycling next-gen.
July 31, 2001... Japan, U.S. govts eye joint research on recycling next-generation N-fuels Yomiuri The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering joint research into recycling next-generation nuclear fuels, officials in Tokyo said Monday. ...

Koizumi sees win as reform mandate.
July 31, 2001... Koizumi sees win as reform mandate Yomiuri Emerging victorious in Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apparently believes the landslide triumph is tantamount to public endorsement for his...

Koizumi's honeymoon ends with election win.
July 31, 2001... Koizumi's honeymoon ends with election win Yoshimichi Hironaka Yomiuri Shimbun Political Editor Yomiuri Sunday's House of Councillors election vividly showed us the strength of the Koizumi effect. The ruling coalition...

Editorial / Economic recovery top priority.
July 31, 2001... Editorial / Economic recovery top priority Yomiuri The furor is over with the end of the House of Councillors election. The administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a green light to tackle "structural reform...

Economic Forum / Public trust needed to privatize postal s.
July 31, 2001... Economic Forum / Public trust needed to privatize postal savings Yoshikuni Sugiyama Yomiuri Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami may use vague terms when he talks about financial policy, but he is crystal clear when he refers to the...

Japan Perspective / Green economy key to future success.
July 31, 2001... Japan Perspective / Green economy key to future success Shigeo Masui Yomiuri It has been quite some time since the 1990s were first called Japan's "lost decade." But the aftereffects of the collapse of the asset-inflated bubble...

JET expanding from rural to urban areas.
July 31, 2001... JET expanding from rural to urban areas Yomiuri Beginning in rural areas and gradually spreading to urban centers, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program has slowly extended its reach over the past decade. "Usually, when the...

ALTs keep English alive outside the classroom.
July 31, 2001... ALTs keep English alive outside the classroom Yomiuri Most of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program participants work as assistant language teachers (ALTs) in the nation's public schools. Inside Japan's education system, they...

Business Showroom.
July 31, 2001... Business Showroom Yomiuri Suzuki Motor Corp. has released a new five-door version of its Alto model, which is equipped with three gears, air-conditioning and power windows. The chassis has been made stronger to better absorb...

Lone wild stork may herald return of species.
July 31, 2001... Lone wild stork may herald return of species Yasuo Shinomiya Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Regional News Editor Yomiuri It is a very different kind of feeling to see rare and wonderful creatures in their natural habitat instead of in a...

Thorpe, de Bruijn lead rush for Fukuoka gold.
July 31, 2001... Thorpe, de Bruijn lead rush for Fukuoka gold By Paul Murray Yomiuri FUKUOKA The ninth FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka wound up on Sunday and the contingent of 1,495 participating athletes packed up their...

New President Challenge 2001 / Product development vital t.
July 31, 2001... New President Challenge 2001 / Product development vital to fortunes of 2 firms Yomiuri This is the 13th installment of a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. === 'Back to basics'...

Mentally disabled students to study controversial text.
July 31, 2001... The Tokyo metropolitan board of education has unofficially decided to use history and ethics textbooks written by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform and published by Fuso Publishing Co. in middle schools for chronically ill and...

[0] Priest wins election seat as 'Koizumi of the LDP'.
July 31, 2001... Akio Koizumi, formerly a little-known priest in Kyoto Prefecture, won a Liberal Democratic Party seat in Sunday's House of Councillors election, apparently on the basis that his family name is the same as the prime minister's. Having...

Koizumi's honeymoon ends with election win.
July 31, 2001... Sunday's House of Councillors election vividly showed us the strength of the Koizumi effect. The ruling coalition parties maintained their parliamentary majority, with the Liberal Democratic Party succeeding in restoring some of its...

Economic Forum: Public trust needed to privatize postal savings.
July 31, 2001... Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami may use vague terms when he talks about financial policy, but he is crystal clear when he refers to the controversial issue of privatization of postal services. Hayami told a meeting of managers from the...

Japan Perspective: Green economy key to future success.
July 31, 2001... It has been quite some time since the 1990s were first called Japan's "lost decade." But the aftereffects of the collapse of the asset-inflated bubble economy still undermines the nation's economic structure. It is for this reason that...

Editorial: Economic recovery top priority.
July 31, 2001... The furor is over with the end of the House of Councillors election. The administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a green light to tackle "structural reform without sacred cows," now faces a critical time. When...

3,000 new JETs launch program's 15th year.
July 31, 2001... About 3,000 young people in their 20s and 30s--some freshly graduated from universities, some looking for something new in a new land--will join this year's Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, which, according to the government, is the...

Univ. offers unique combination of IT, English.
July 31, 2001... AIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima--In an auditorium of the University of Aizu in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, students carefully took notes as they listened to a lecture by Prof. Subhash Bhalla, an expert on computer databases from India--a...

New President Challenge 2001: Product development vital to fortunes of 2 firms.
July 31, 2001... This is the 13th installment of a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. 'Back to basics' pledge on quality Takashi Matsuura, 58, who was recently appointed to head Toyota Gosei Co., urged the...

Buffaloes' pop keeps them in PL top spot.
July 31, 2001... The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes continued to show their long ball prowess on Monday as they outslugged the Chiba Lotte Marines 6-5 at Osaka Dome. The Pacific League-leading Buffaloes outhomered the Marines 3-2 and maintained their slender...

Computer virus strikes FBI, spreads worldwide.
July 30, 2001... Computer virus strikes FBI, spreads worldwide Yomiuri A virus recently infected a computer at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and sent out at least eight internal documents by e-mail before it was removed, it was learned...

Visually impaired seek more information.
July 30, 2001... Visually impaired seek more information Yomiuri Visually impaired voters have been disappointed by the lack of reference materials printed in Braille about the campaign promises of candidates for Sunday's House of Councillors...

Envoy to U.S. offers to resign over scandal.
July 30, 2001... Envoy to U.S. offers to resign over scandal Yomiuri Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai has conveyed his intention to resign to high-ranking government officials, government sources said Friday. Kunihiko Saito, the...

Girl changed shirt before being killed.
July 30, 2001... Girl changed shirt before being killed Yomiuri KOBE A 12-year-old Osaka girl who died early Wednesday after police believe she was thrown from a moving car along a highway in Kobe was wearing different T-shirts before and after...

Freeze urged on Japan Highway construction plans.
July 30, 2001... Freeze urged on Japan Highway construction plans Yomiuri A draft plan has been submitted to the Construction and Transport Ministry recommending cuts in projects under construction by the Japan Highway Public Corporation (JH),...

In The News / Robotic-science professor puts theory into p.
July 30, 2001... In The News / Robotic-science professor puts theory into practice Noriyuki Yoshida Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri How similar to humans will robots become? Will humans and robots one day live side by side? These were...

Universities to accept Net applications.
July 30, 2001... Universities to accept Net applications Yomiuri An association of about 120 private universities plans to introduce an online application system on an experimental basis for next academic year's student intake. The online system...

China steps up efforts to stop Yasukuni visit.
July 30, 2001... China steps up efforts to stop Yasukuni visit Hiroyuki Sugiyama Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri BEIJING The Chinese government, which strongly opposes Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's planned visit to Yasukuni Shrine...

Pressure mounts on textbook choice.
July 30, 2001... Pressure mounts on textbook choice Yomiuri A textbook-selection panel in Tochigi Prefecture was exposed to such strong pressure when it adopted a controversial history textbook for use in middle schools that it later reversed the...

Ministry pins hopes on schools rejecting textbook.
July 30, 2001... Ministry pins hopes on schools rejecting textbook Yomiuri The government is currently in a deadlock with South Korea and China over a controversial school history textbook and has been hard-pressed finding a breakthrough. The...

Tanaka returns from Hanoi facing twin challenges.
July 30, 2001... Tanaka returns from Hanoi facing twin challenges Yomiuri Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka returned home Friday night from her trip to Vietnam with a promise to her counterparts in China and South Korea that she will persuade Prime...

Good, clean fun.
July 30, 2001... Good, clean fun Midori Matsuzawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Most people probably have fond childhood memories of playing with dirt, be it making mud pies, jumping into muddy pools or even eating the stuff. Such...

Director determined to complete Japanese-Myanmar film.
July 30, 2001... Director determined to complete Japanese-Myanmar film Asami Nagai Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri For a decade, film director Koji Chino has worked hard to fulfill his dream of making a movie of the best-selling Myanmar novel,...

Mobile phone story / Cell-phone use among young kids soars.
July 30, 2001... Mobile phone story / Cell-phone use among young kids soars Takehiro Ito and Chisako Nishimoto Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri "What are you doing now?" One day, around 10 o'clock in the morning, Mariko (not her real name)...

Correction.
July 30, 2001... Correction Yomiuri Thursday's editorial inadvertently referred to U.N. peacekeeping forces and operations as U.S. peacekeepong forces and operations. We regret the error. Copyright 2001 The Daily Yomiuri

Editorial / Who profits from nonprofit corps?
July 30, 2001... Editorial / Who profits from nonprofit corps? Yomiuri The central government's administrative reform promotion headquarters has drawn up a set of principles for revamping nonprofit corporations that provide services at the...

Death sentences always a difficult decision.
July 30, 2001... Death sentences always a difficult decision By Tsunekazu Momoi Yomiuri The final report of the government's Judicial Reform Council, compiled last month, set a goal of establishing "a judicial system that is easy to understand...

Mitsubishi Trust sells securitized bad loans.
July 30, 2001... Mitsubishi Trust sells securitized bad loans Yomiuri Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corp. recently began selling investors securitized bad loans in small units that are entrusted to it jointly with Goldman Sachs Group, Mitsubishi Trust...

Unused funds reach 9.3 tril. yen in FY 2000.
July 30, 2001... Unused funds reach 9.3 tril. yen in FY 2000 Yomiuri The amount of unused funds for government investment and loan programs reached 9.36 trillion yen, the second highest level ever, in fiscal 2000, the Finance Ministry said Friday....

New President Challenge 2001 / New heads switching to navi.
July 30, 2001... New President Challenge 2001 / New heads switching to navigation, cleaner fuel Yomiuri This is the 12th installment of a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. === Focusing on...

FIFA stops Japan, Korea from gobbling up tickets.
July 30, 2001... FIFA stops Japan, Korea from gobbling up tickets Shintaro Kano Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Residents of World Cup cohosts Japan and South Korea have been excludedCopyright 2001 The Daily Yomiuri

Thorpe lags in 100, comes back in relay.
July 30, 2001... Thorpe lags in 100, comes back in relay Paul Murray Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri FUKUOKA The Australian swimmers were in world-record form Friday night at the Marine Messe pool in Fukuoka--amicable Aussie Geoff Huegill...

Voters to judge Koizumi today.
July 30, 2001... Voters to judge Koizumi today Yomiuri Votes will be cast today in the 19th House of Councillors election, the first national poll in which "structural reforms without sacred cows," as touted by the Cabinet, formed in April under the...

Slain girl said forced to make bogus call.
July 30, 2001... Slain girl said forced to make bogus call Yomiuri KOBE Police believe that the 12-year-old girl who died early Wednesday after being found handcuffed and bleeding on the Chugoku Expressway in Kita Ward, Kobe, was forced by her...

Student loan reform proposed.
July 30, 2001... Student loan reform proposed Yomiuri The government's administrative reform promotion secretariat proposed Friday that the student loan division of the Japan Scholarship Foundation, a public corporation, should deal only with...

Cancer spur for photo collection.
July 30, 2001... Cancer spur for photo collection Yomiuri YOKOHAMA A freelance photographer with cancer will publish next month a collection of photographs of indigenous women in Mexico taken over 30 years. Yoshiaki Mitsui, a 59-year-old...

South Korean fishing boats thought heading for waters arou.
July 30, 2001... South Korean fishing boats thought heading for waters around Etorofu Yomiuri The Fisheries Agency said Saturday that 19 South Korean fishing boats had entered Russian waters and are apparently heading for waters around the...

Election 2001 / Political parties expect close battle.
July 30, 2001... Election 2001 / Political parties expect close battle Yomiuri Political parties vowed to increase their seats, but predicted harsh battles in Sunday's House of Councillors election after wrapping up their 17-day campaigns. The...

Same-name candidates seen causing headaches.
July 30, 2001... Same-name candidates seen causing headaches Yomiuri Local election commissions are dreading possible confusion on election night because 118 candidates in the proportional representation category of Sunday's House of Councillors...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Koizumi need not think twice abo.
July 30, 2001... INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Koizumi need not think twice about Yasukuni visit Hisahiko Okazaki Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he will pay his respects at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug....

New Paperbacks.
July 30, 2001... New Paperbacks Colin Donald Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The amazingly prolific Paul Theroux enjoys cranking out books and articles without any nonsense about writer's block or elusive inspiration. His professionalism is...

'Blue House' paints vivid portrait of 20th-century lives.
July 30, 2001... 'Blue House' paints vivid portrait of 20th-century lives Beverley Curran Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Don't let the first 40 pages of "In the Blue House" fool you: The rather slow pace and poetic density lay the...

Tarzan, Thorpedo and the 'Flying Fish from Fujiyama'.
July 30, 2001... Tarzan, Thorpedo and the 'Flying Fish from Fujiyama' Paul Murray PC3 FUKUOKA FUKUOKA--Australian swim ace Ian Thorpe is currently the talk of the swimming world; he broke three freestyle world records at the Marine Messe...

EV Energy Vitz car 1st.
July 30, 2001... EV Energy Vitz car 1st Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri SUZUKAC Mie SUZUKA, Mie--EV Energy Vitz raced to victory in the fourth round of the FIA Electro-Solar Car series for electric cars on the F-1 course at Suzuka circuit on...

Editorial / From frying pan into fire.
July 30, 2001... Editorial / From frying pan into fire Yomiuri Although the election fever that gripped Japan may have faded with Sunday's House of Councillors poll, residents of mainly the Kanto region should brace themselves for a new heat wave of...

Referendum to decide fate of Ageo.
July 30, 2001... Referendum to decide fate of Ageo Hiroyuki Yokota Yomiuri The residents of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, face a double election today. Not only will the city's voters turn out to cast ballots in the House of Councillors election,...

'Tokyo Confidential' titillates with bizarre tales.
July 30, 2001... 'Tokyo Confidential' titillates with bizarre tales Tom Westin Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Rented wedding guests, babies on crash diets, grown men in diapers with a hankering for mother's milk--you just can't make this...

Envoy to U.S. offers to resign over scandal.
July 30, 2001... Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai has conveyed his intention to resign to high-ranking government officials, government sources said Friday. Kunihiko Saito, the former administrative vice foreign minister who was succeeded by...

[0] Girl changed shirt before being killed.
July 30, 2001... KOBE -- A 12-year-old Osaka girl who died early Wednesday after police believe she was thrown from a moving car along a highway in Kobe was wearing different T-shirts before and after the incident, police said Friday. Noriko Kamiie, a...

Universities to accept Net applications.
July 30, 2001... An association of about 120 private universities plans to introduce an online application system on an experimental basis for next academic year's student intake. The online system will allow applications for university entrance to be...

[0] China steps up efforts to stop Yasukuni visit.
July 30, 2001... BEIJING -- The Chinese government, which strongly opposes Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's planned visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, is urging the government to ask the prime minister to refrain from doing so. According to Chinese...

Mobile phone story: Cell-phone use among young kids soars.
July 30, 2001... "What are you doing now?" One day, around 10 o'clock in the morning, Mariko (not her real name) received this e-mail message on her cellular phone. The 35-year-old Osaka housewife noticed that the e-mail was addressed to her 13-year-old son...

[0] Correction.
July 30, 2001... Thursday's editorial inadvertently referred to U.N. peacekeeping forces and operations as U.S. peacekeepong forces and operations. We regret the error. Copyright 2001 The Daily Yomiuri

Editorial: Who profits from nonprofit corps?
July 30, 2001... The central government's administrative reform promotion headquarters has drawn up a set of principles for revamping nonprofit corporations that provide services at the government's request. The government bodies involved have launched...

[0] Unused funds reach 9.3 tril. yen in FY 2000.
July 30, 2001... The amount of unused funds for government investment and loan programs reached 9.36 trillion yen, the second highest level ever, in fiscal 2000, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The amount of unused funds is the difference in the planned...

New President Challenge 2001: New heads switching to navigation, cleaner fuel.
July 30, 2001... This is the 12th installment of a series of interviews with company presidents who have recently taken office. Focusing on navigation After suffering from plummeting prices in the car audio equipment market, Clarion Co.'s new...

FIFA stops Japan, Korea from gobbling up tickets.
July 30, 2001... Residents of World Cup cohosts Japan and South Korea have been excluded from purchasing tickets to the 2002 event in the second phase of international ticket sales, FIFA on Friday announced in Tokyo. David Will, vice president of world...

Voters to judge Koizumi today.
July 30, 2001... Votes will be cast today in the 19th House of Councillors election, the first national poll in which "structural reforms without sacred cows," as touted by the Cabinet, formed in April under the leadership of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,...

Slain girl said forced to make bogus call.
July 30, 2001... KOBE -- Police believe that the 12-year-old girl who died early Wednesday after being found handcuffed and bleeding on the Chugoku Expressway in Kita Ward, Kobe, was forced by her assailant to lie about where she was in her last call to her...

[0] Cancer spur for photo collection.
July 30, 2001... YOKOHAMA -- A freelance photographer with cancer will publish next month a collection of photographs of indigenous women in Mexico taken over 30 years. Yoshiaki Mitsui, a 59-year-old photographer from Yokohama, compiled the collection,...

Election 2001: Political parties expect close battle.
July 30, 2001... Political parties vowed to increase their seats, but predicted harsh battles in Sunday's House of Councillors election after wrapping up their 17-day campaigns. The ruling parties showed confidence but remember their unpredicted setback...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD: Koizumi need not think twice about Yasukuni visit.
July 30, 2001... Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he will pay his respects at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II. Considering his strong-willed behavior, Koizumi is certain to make the visit. The reason...

Editorial: From frying pan into fire.
July 30, 2001... Although the election fever that gripped Japan may have faded with Sunday's House of Councillors poll, residents of mainly the Kanto region should brace themselves for a new heat wave of the literal kind, after the recent short breather. ...

Japan Perspective: Don't abandon literary patronage.
July 30, 2001... People normally outside the literary field, including a Buddhist priest, a movie director, a musician and a cartoonist, have been embarking upon careers as novelists. This year's Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious gateways to...

'Tokyo Confidential' titillates with bizarre tales.
July 30, 2001... Rented wedding guests, babies on crash diets, grown men in diapers with a hankering for mother's milk--you just can't make this stuff up. Neither did the writers of the Mainichi Daily News' Waiwai page, who trolled the scandalous waters of...