Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from July 2008

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from July 2008

Transportation companies desperate to save on fuel.
July 24, 2008... Transportation companies desperate to save on fuel Hideo Kamata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri In light of surging fuel costs, airline companies and other transportation firms have started taking various measures to save...

DS software used to back English text.
July 24, 2008... DS software used to back English text Midori Matsuzawa / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri There was nothing particularly unusual about an English lesson for about 30 first-year students late last month at Tokyo Joshi Gakuen...

Bulletin Board.
July 24, 2008... Bulletin Board Yomiuri Seminar in Osaka to focus on media English education The Japan Association of Current English Studies will hold a summer seminar on Aug. 2 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. at Osaka Sangyo University's Umeda...

The devil's not in the details.
July 24, 2008... The devil's not in the details By Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri In the last column (June 26), we looked at the TOEFL test. This week, we turn to the TOEIC test. We will look at Part III of the exam,...

Stories of conflict show family court's role.
July 24, 2008... Stories of conflict show family court's role Takayuki Nakagawa and Jiro Ikeguchi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Japan's family court system in January will mark 60 years of handling such domestic issues as marital strife,...

NPO to help tell Sadako's story.
July 24, 2008... NPO to help tell Sadako's story Yomiuri HIROSHIMA HIROSHIMA--The older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia at age 12 after living through the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima, will establish a nonprofit organization...

Japanophiles strut their stuff in quiz bowl.
July 24, 2008... Japanophiles strut their stuff in quiz bowl Yomiuri KOBE KOBE--Recent American high school graduates demonstrated their achievements in Japanese language study and knowledge of traditional and modern Japan at the Japan Bowl...

On cruise control / Hakuho stops Ama, goes 3 clear with 4.
July 24, 2008... On cruise control / Hakuho stops Ama, goes 3 clear with 4 to play James Hardy / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Hakuho put the greatest threat to winning his seventh Emperor's Cup in the front row on Wednesday, sending...

Blogger Nishikawa gets reprieve.
July 24, 2008... Blogger Nishikawa gets reprieve Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KOBE KOBE--Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa's status on the Japan Olympic team will not be affected by the Oita Trinita player's controversial...

THE HOT CORNER: Breaking the ignorance barrier.
July 24, 2008... THE HOT CORNER: Breaking the ignorance barrier Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Hideo Nomo changed Japanese baseball more than any player of his generation. Since he announced his retirement a week ago today, he has...

Greisinger pitches Giants past Tigers.
July 24, 2008... Greisinger pitches Giants past Tigers Yomiuri Seth Greisinger outdueled fellow right-hander Ryan Vogelsong on Wednesday, and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hanshin Tigers for the second straight night. Greisinger pitched into the...

Erring SIA staff 'won't work' on pensions / No jobs for ce.
July 24, 2008... Erring SIA staff 'won't work' on pensions / No jobs for censured officials at new body Yomiuri The government and the Liberal Democratic Party agreed Wednesday that the government will not rehire any of the 867 Social Insurance...

Man 'bought knife shortly before attack'.
July 24, 2008... Man 'bought knife shortly before attack' Yomiuri A man alleged to have stabbed to death a 22-year-old woman in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Tuesday night told investigators he had bought a kitchen knife used in the attack shortly...

Assembly OK's Hashimoto budget plan.
July 24, 2008... Assembly OK's Hashimoto budget plan Yomiuri OSAKA--The Osaka Prefectural Assembly on Wednesday approved the budget draft for fiscal 2008 drawn up by Gov. Toru Hashimoto. The draft is a revised version that scaled back cuts in...

Teacher exam reviews eyed by 37 boards.
July 24, 2008... Teacher exam reviews eyed by 37 boards Yomiuri Fifty-eight prefectural and municipal governments said they allowed only board of education officials to take part in screenings for public schoolteachers, but 37 of them expressed hope...

Osaka to sell Ogimachi Kids Park.
July 24, 2008... Osaka to sell Ogimachi Kids Park Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka municipal government will sell its Ogimachi Kids Park in Kita Ward, Osaka, to Kansai Telecasting Corp., which is headquartered in the complex, for about 21 billion yen,...

2 trading firm execs held over padded expenses.
July 24, 2008... 2 trading firm execs held over padded expenses Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Two executives of a trading firm in Kita Ward, Osaka, were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of concealing 160 million yen in income and evading about 47 million...

Boy arrested over 15-year-old's beating death.
July 24, 2008... Boy arrested over 15-year-old's beating death Yomiuri MAEBASHI--A 15-year-old boy of Maebashi was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fatally beating a high school student who was found collapsed Tuesday in front of a train station in...

Ryoma letter from 1866 on show in Kyoto.
July 24, 2008... Ryoma letter from 1866 on show in Kyoto Yomiuri KYOTO KYOTO--The Kyoto National Museum is displaying for the first time a letter believed to have been written by Sakamoto Ryoma, a key player in the developments leading up to the...

Man may be linked to ROK revenue stamp forgeries.
July 24, 2008... Man may be linked to ROK revenue stamp forgeries Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--A 60-year-old man indicted on suspicion of selling forged revenue stamps has told police he purchased 50,000 of the stamps from a South Korean acquaintance,...

Kin, friends aghast at woman's death / Random murder of st.
July 24, 2008... Kin, friends aghast at woman's death / Random murder of student 'with bright future' outrages teachers, acquaintances Yomiuri Another innocent individual was randomly robbed of life Tuesday in Hachioji, Tokyo, a mere 1-1/2 months...

IN THE NEWS / Veteran actress takes new role as fund-raise.
July 24, 2008... IN THE NEWS / Veteran actress takes new role as fund-raiser Junichiro Shiozaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri At the age of 74, actress Meiko Nakamura had business cards printed for the first time in her life after being...

Patronage on Diet agenda / Ruling parties eye issue of pol.
July 24, 2008... Patronage on Diet agenda / Ruling parties eye issue of political appointments for next session Yomiuri The ruling coalition parties and chairmen of steering committees of both houses of the Diet are showing a willingness to try to...

Fukuda silence on reshuffle stirs ruling camp.
July 24, 2008... Fukuda silence on reshuffle stirs ruling camp Yomiuri Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has stayed silent since returning from a summer vacation Tuesday over whether he will soon reshuffle his Cabinet, prompting many in the ruling parties...

Shizuoka high school eels prove a best seller.
July 24, 2008... Shizuoka high school eels prove a best seller Yomiuri SHIZUOKA SHIZUOKA--Eel farmed by Shizuoka Prefectural Yaizu Fisheries High School students are on sale at a major department store in Shizuoka for Thursday's Doyo no Ushi...

Govt urged to set fair minimum wage levels.
July 24, 2008... Govt urged to set fair minimum wage levels Masaki Sayama / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer Yomiuri Though the government is set to raise minimum wage figures for workers, employers are wary of the move in the face of surging prices...

High-tech homes assist health care.
July 24, 2008... High-tech homes assist health care Yomiuri In Japan, quantity used to trump quality when it came to housing. However, with high-tech devices available for the home, the situation has changed. Mikio Matsuzaki, 60, of Kasukabe,...

POLITICAL PULSE / Politicians fighting for survival.
July 24, 2008... POLITICAL PULSE / Politicians fighting for survival Koichi Akaza Yomiuri Politicians are struggling for political survival. Recently, many lawmakers went back to their constituencies to drum up support in preparation for the...

EDITORIAL / No excuses for uptick in nation's murder rate/.
July 24, 2008... EDITORIAL / No excuses for uptick in nation's murder rate Yomiuri Yet another indiscriminate fatal stabbing has taken place. On Tuesday night, a 33-year-old company employee stabbed two women at a bookstore located in a shopping...

A STUDY OF BRANDS / Cartier builds on tradition, looks to.
July 24, 2008... A STUDY OF BRANDS / Cartier builds on tradition, looks to future Yomiuri Patronized by the world's wealthiest, Cartier reigns in the upscale segment of the jewelry market. The long-established brand has continuously developed new...

Kyoto U. centers to provide ES-derived cells.
July 23, 2008... Kyoto U. centers to provide ES-derived cells Yomiuri Kyoto University and some research centers will launch a project this year to provide institutions with nerve cells grown from human embryo-stem (ES) cells, The Yomiuri Shimbun has...