Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from July 2009

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from July 2009

Will political donations via Internet take off?
July 31, 2009... Will political donations via Internet take off? Yomiuri Online donations were a powerful force behind Barack Obama's victory in last year's U.S. presidential election. Offering convenience similar to online shopping, Web donations allow...

Tohoku Univ. in Iran body security scare / Tehran student.
July 31, 2009... Tohoku Univ. in Iran body security scare / Tehran student studied N-tech at Sendai school Yomiuri Tohoku University allowed a former student of an Iranian research institute on a government list of entities that could contribute to the...

OBITUARY / Taido Matsubara / Buddhist priest.
July 31, 2009... OBITUARY / Taido Matsubara / Buddhist priest Yomiuri Revered Buddhist priest Taido Matsubara died of pneumonia Wednesday. He was 101. Matsubara, formerly the chief priest of the Ryugenji temple in Minato Ward, Tokyo, authored more than...

Hashimoto proposes decentralization council.
July 31, 2009... Hashimoto proposes decentralization council Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto announced Wednesday a tentative plan to establish an advisory council on decentralization reform and a home affairs board. Hashimoto has asked...

Tougher laws needed on chemicals / Recent arrests of teens.
July 31, 2009... Tougher laws needed on chemicals / Recent arrests of teens over bomb making exposes ease of material acquisition Toshiyuki Yoshida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The recent arrest of a 19-year-old man suspected of illegally...

Fire shuts down Keiyo Line; 500 passengers trapped for 1 h.
July 31, 2009... Fire shuts down Keiyo Line; 500 passengers trapped for 1 hr Yomiuri About 500 passengers were trapped inside a train for an hour and had to walk to the nearest station after a fire cut power to East Japan Railway Co.'s Keiyo Line on...

Marriage ages should be same.
July 31, 2009... Marriage ages should be same Yomiuri A report released Wednesday by a subpanel of the Legislative Council says that the minimum age at which men and women can marry should be 18 for both genders. Currently, the minimum age is 18 for males...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Hatoyama clarifies stanc.
July 31, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Hatoyama clarifies stance: 'No extension of refueling' Yomiuri Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama apparently has tried to contain opposition from the Social Democratic Party by saying...

New law would have big impact / 191 other laws could be af.
July 31, 2009... New law would have big impact / 191 other laws could be affected by lowering age of majority to 18 Kaoru Yokoyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The Legislative Council's final report recommending that the age of majority be...

Good taste measured by science.
July 31, 2009... Good taste measured by science Kyo Torigoe / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Projects and research are under way to create standards indicating how good agricultural and livestock products taste. Participants are working to...

Govt lackluster on boundaries / Overlap, disputes with Tai.
July 31, 2009... Govt lackluster on boundaries / Overlap, disputes with Taiwan, China raise questions about defense Hidemichi Katsumata / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer Yomiuri The Defense Ministry has begun looking into the possibility of deploying...

EDITORIAL / DPJ's troubling stand on refueling mission.
July 31, 2009... EDITORIAL / DPJ's troubling stand on refueling mission Yomiuri How should the nation deal with the threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles as well as acts of international terrorism? How can Japan's national interests...

Selling toys & shifting paradigms: 'Gundam' creator Yoshiy.
July 31, 2009... Selling toys & shifting paradigms: 'Gundam' creator Yoshiyuki Tomino and the birth of a cultural icon Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri It has inspired roboticists and environmentalists. It's responsible for 45...

TROUBLESHOOTER / I still grieve for my great-grandmother.
July 31, 2009... TROUBLESHOOTER / I still grieve for my great-grandmother Yomiuri Dear Troubleshooter: I'm an unemployed 19-year-old man. I cannot stop thinking about my great-grandmother, who died when I was small. I have been unable to find closure....

TROUBLESHOOTER / Husband confessed affair with my sister.
July 31, 2009... TROUBLESHOOTER / Husband confessed affair with my sister Yomiuri Dear Troubleshooter: I'm a woman in my late 60s. I'm an old-fashioned person. I married my husband for love. It has been 50 years since we first met. Until six months ago,...

Play with your food: Kitchen gear star of Tokyo Toy Show.
July 31, 2009... Play with your food: Kitchen gear star of Tokyo Toy Show Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri "Cooking toys are very trendy now, and girls and their mothers cook together using them," Mei Kudo, a corporate communications...

TASTE OF HOME #70 / Memories of Massachusetts summer bloss.
July 31, 2009... TASTE OF HOME #70 / Memories of Massachusetts summer blossom with zucchini bread Tamako Sakamoto / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri When I was 16 years old, I spent my summer vacation in Massachusetts. I stayed in a small town...

Innovative 'true' questions reality.
July 31, 2009... Innovative 'true' questions reality Mieko Sasaki / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri What kind of dance performance can one expect when the show at hand combines brain waves with sound, light, projections and a host of equipment? ...

Entertainment for gods delights Kanze.
July 31, 2009... Entertainment for gods delights Kanze Amy Vaillancourt Matsuoka / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri "Japanese song and dance can be traced back to people entertaining the gods while enjoying themselves," explains noh actor Kanze...

Rebirths at Summer Sonic.
July 31, 2009... Rebirths at Summer Sonic Stephen Taylor / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri There will be two artists at next weekend's Summer Sonic in Chiba and Osaka who will have undergone major changes since the last time they played gigs in...

TELEVIEWS / Not all gloom: TV's mental pick-me-ups.
July 31, 2009... TELEVIEWS / Not all gloom: TV's mental pick-me-ups Wm. Penn / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri Famed 20th-century film director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) will be the subject of the Japan All-Stars two-hour special (Friday, Aug. 7, TV...

'Bolt' has Hollywood magic.
July 31, 2009... 'Bolt' has Hollywood magic Ikuko Kitagawa / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Bolt 4 stars out of five Dirs: Chris Williams, Byron Howard Voice Cast: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton Yes, the titular...

NATURE IN SHORT / If you go down to the woods today, look.
July 31, 2009... NATURE IN SHORT / If you go down to the woods today, look out for oaks and hornbeams Kevin Short / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri Yikes! How the seasons fly. Already the days are shortening! Since the summer solstice we've already lost...

SCRUM DOWN: JRFU's real work starts now.
July 31, 2009... SCRUM DOWN: JRFU's real work starts now Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri The Japan Rugby Football Union's success in winning the right to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup was as good a reason as any to sing Bob Dylan's...

Kawai ties record as Dragons win.
July 31, 2009... Kawai ties record as Dragons win Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Yudai Kawai remained unstoppable on Thursday. The 29-year-old Chunichi lefty ran his record to 11-0 as the Dragons beat the Giants 5-3 at Tokyo Dome to...

Panel eyes adulthood at age 18.
July 30, 2009... Panel eyes adulthood at age 18 Yomiuri An advisory subpanel to the justice minister on Wednesday proposed lowering the age of majority to 18 from the current age of 20, on condition that the voting age for national elections also be...

Coast guard worker held over drunk driving.
July 30, 2009... Coast guard worker held over drunk driving Yomiuri KAGOSHIMA KAGOSHIMA--A Kagoshima Coast Guard Office employee has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Kagoshima, police said. According to the police Tuesday,...

Nursing care eligibility criteria set for review.
July 30, 2009... Nursing care eligibility criteria set for review Yomiuri The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry likely will review the criteria for determining what level of nursing care services each elderly person is eligible for under the nursing care...

Doubts surround gold investment scheme.
July 30, 2009... Doubts surround gold investment scheme Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--An organization that claims to be based in the British Virgin Islands has been inviting people in Japan to invest in a dubious gold mining project in Papua Province, Indonesia,...

Shops chew over price cuts / Convenience store franchises.
July 30, 2009... Shops chew over price cuts / Convenience store franchises throwing away up to 12 kg of food daily Yomiuri Major convenience store chain operators do not openly encourage their franchise stores to cut the prices of boxed meals, rice balls...

CPA tied to tax evasion got 2 bil. yen severance pay.
July 30, 2009... CPA tied to tax evasion got 2 bil. yen severance pay Yomiuri A certified public accountant linked to a tax evasion case involving a fund-management company that brokered the former Goodwill Group Inc.'s acquisition of another company...

IN THE NEWS / Activist devoted to helping refugees.
July 30, 2009... IN THE NEWS / Activist devoted to helping refugees Eita Hagiwara / Yomiuri Shimun Staff Writer Yomiuri Eri Ishikawa, 33, pursued volunteer activities after learning about the living conditions of refugees from Rwanda at a...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP manifesto takes aggr.
July 30, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP manifesto takes aggressive stance Shinichi Murao / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party's yet-to-be-unveiled manifesto for the upcoming House of Representatives...

Nation's 1st camera museum to be shuttered.
July 30, 2009... Nation's 1st camera museum to be shuttered Yomiuri UTSUNOMIYA UTSUNOMIYA--The nation's first camera museum, Pentax Camera Museum in Mashikomachi, Tochigi Prefecture, will close at the end of this month. Camera manufacturer Pentax...

Gender equality long overdue / U.N. set to rap govt stance.
July 30, 2009... Gender equality long overdue / U.N. set to rap govt stance on women's rights, marriage law, education Mihoko Tsukino / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The U.N. watchdog panel on gender equality is poised to issue recommendations to...

Tokyo bookshop a classroom for U.S. intern.
July 30, 2009... Tokyo bookshop a classroom for U.S. intern Yomiuri An American university student this summer became the first to begin an internship at a venerable secondhand bookstore in the Kanda-Jimbocho district in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, an area that...

EDITORIAL / U.S.-China dialogue exposes responsibilities.
July 30, 2009... EDITORIAL / U.S.-China dialogue exposes responsibilities Yomiuri The first round of the ministerial-level U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue ended in Washington on Tuesday with the issuing of a joint statement. The dialogue was...

KANSAI&WEST / Many hands help temple come full circle / Sh.
July 30, 2009... KANSAI&WEST / Many hands help temple come full circle / Shiga Prefecture temple recovers from devastating fire with effo Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Junno Okamura, the elder of Kannonshoji temple in Azuchicho, Shiga Prefecture, recites...

KANSAI & WEST / Violinist Goto renowned for skill, heart.
July 30, 2009... KANSAI & WEST / Violinist Goto renowned for skill, heart Yomiuri OSAKA--Violinist Midori Goto is internationally renowned for her musical prowess, but has also attained a reputation for her generous social contributions, such as the...

Colleges offer help on students' disorders.
July 30, 2009... Colleges offer help on students' disorders Yuko Iida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri FUKUOKA The nation's institutions of higher education are becoming more determined to support students with developmental...

BULLETIN BOARD.
July 30, 2009... BULLETIN BOARD Yomiuri ICC offering courses for teachers of English ICC, Inc., which offers various English training programs for students, teachers and businesspeople, is now offering a program called Academy for Professional English...

THE HOT CORNER / Hara's good at what matters most.
July 30, 2009... THE HOT CORNER / Hara's good at what matters most Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Although the Giants hit a skid just before the All-Star Break, Tatsunori Hara is having another good season at the Yomiuri helm because of...

Frontale leave it very, very late to get past Antlers.
July 30, 2009... Frontale leave it very, very late to get past Antlers Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KAWASAKI The four minutes of injury time seemed long--too long for Kashima Antlers' liking. Juninho struck on the last touch...

Japan, Asia celebrate IRB decision.
July 30, 2009... Japan, Asia celebrate IRB decision Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri The International Rugby Board's decision to award Japan the 2019 Rugby World Cup on Tuesday was greeted with joy around Asia. "It was one small vote...

Giants slay Dragons.
July 30, 2009... Giants slay Dragons John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Chunichi's season-best nine-game winning streak went up in smoke in a hurry on Wednesday. Shigeyuki Furuki socked a three-run homer that capped a six-run,...

Sumptuous sight.
July 29, 2009... Sumptuous sight Yomiuri Visitors pass through the State Guesthouse, known as Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, on Tuesday in the first public tour of the palace in four years. The neo-baroque building, built in 1909 as the crown prince's palace,...

Japan wins Rugby Cup for 2019.
July 29, 2009... Japan wins Rugby Cup for 2019 Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japan was named the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on Tuesday following a meeting in Dublin of the 26-man Council of the International Rugby Board. By...

LDP vows to make preschool free.
July 29, 2009... LDP vows to make preschool free Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party will introduce free education for preschool children aged between 3 and 5 over the next four years and take quick steps to support people's livelihoods if it forms the...

1st in-hospital new-flu infections confirmed.
July 29, 2009... 1st in-hospital new-flu infections confirmed Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Two inpatients at Mizuma Hospital in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, were confirmed as having been infected with the new strain of influenza at the facility, the hospital...

Suicides climb in 1st half of '09.
July 29, 2009... Suicides climb in 1st half of '09 Yomiuri The number of people who committed suicide nationwide in the first half of the year rose to 17,076, an increase of 768 on the same period last year, according to provisional figures released by the...

Memorial held 1 year after flood tragedy.
July 29, 2009... Memorial held 1 year after flood tragedy Yomiuri KOBE KOBE--A memorial ceremony was held Tuesday for five people who drowned in a flash flood in the Togagawa river in Nada Ward, Kobe, last year. On the first anniversary of the flood,...

ANALYSIS / Time on death row falls to 2-3 years.
July 29, 2009... ANALYSIS / Time on death row falls to 2-3 years Aki Nakamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Death row inmates are currently being executed about two to three years after their sentences are finalized, a significant decline from...

Late model's necklace design to aid children.
July 29, 2009... Late model's necklace design to aid children Yomiuri One of the last wishes of a beautiful young model came true recently, when a necklace she designed went on sale with all the profits to be donated to a foundation for children suffering...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ shift to pragmatic a.
July 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / DPJ shift to pragmatic approach causes stir Takeo Azuma / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan, in its manifesto, has shifted to a pragmatic approach in its foreign policy,...

MUSINGS / July 28, 2009.
July 29, 2009... MUSINGS / July 28, 2009 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's July 28 issue. * * * Celebrating in advance as a way of praying that something will eventually happen is known as...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP guard up over Aso ga.
July 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / LDP guard up over Aso gaffe fears Yomiuri Liberal Democratic Party officials are growing anxious over what Prime Minister Taro Aso might say in the run-up to the House of Representatives election after he...

Group aims to help cut vote value disparities.
July 29, 2009... Group aims to help cut vote value disparities Yomiuri Lawyers and business leaders on Tuesday established a group to raise public awareness about the current discrepancies in vote values among Diet members' constituencies in rural and...

ECONOMIC FORUM / New rules may hurt Japan banks.
July 29, 2009... ECONOMIC FORUM / New rules may hurt Japan banks Masaki Masuda Yomiuri The nation's financial institutions are anxious about the fate of expected revisions to financial regulations relating to banks' capital adequacy ratios and...

EDITORIAL / Parties must show how to deal with deficit.
July 29, 2009... EDITORIAL / Parties must show how to deal with deficit Yomiuri How can Japan, which has the largest deficit among developed countries, rebuild its finances? This is a vital issue to be contested during the House of Representatives election...

Govt 'plans firm to sell water overseas'.
July 29, 2009... Govt 'plans firm to sell water overseas' Yomiuri The government has drafted a plan to create a corporation to sell clean water to other countries using technologies drawn from both the public and private sectors, according to government...

ELECTION 2009-BATTLE FOR POWER / Economists rap DPJ manife.
July 29, 2009... ELECTION 2009-BATTLE FOR POWER / Economists rap DPJ manifesto Kensuke Nakazawa and Tadashi Isozumi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The economic measures unveiled Monday in the Democratic Party of Japan's election manifesto are...

Hallelujah: Kennedy answering Nagoya's prayers.
July 29, 2009... Hallelujah: Kennedy answering Nagoya's prayers Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri He is quickly being endeared by Grampus fans as "Jesus." While Josh Kennedy modestly laughs off any suggestion that he is Nagoya's...

Dragons fly out of Tokyo Dome.
July 29, 2009... Dragons fly out of Tokyo Dome John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri The All-Star break did nothing to stamp out the Chunichi Dragons' fire. The Central League's second-place team put the heat on the first-place Yomiuri...

Zushi to OK U.S. military housing plan.
July 28, 2009... Zushi to OK U.S. military housing plan Yomiuri YOKOHAMA--Zushi Mayor Ryuichi Hirai officially announced Monday that the city will start negotiations with the central government over a national plan to build 700 additional housing units for...

Mitsubishi, Mitsui Set for Sakhalin-3 Stake
July 28, 2009... Mitsubishi, Mitsui set for Sakhalin-3 stake Yomiuri Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. likely will obtain business rights in the Sakhalin-3 site, which is believed to have the largest reserves of oil and natural gas among energy...

LDP to pledge 1 million yen rise in incomes by 2020.
July 28, 2009... LDP to pledge 1 million yen rise in incomes by 2020 Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party is likely to make the main policy of its manifesto a pledge to increase average disposable household incomes by more than 1 million yen by 2020, LDP...

Man, prosecutors appeal '07 double murder ruling.
July 28, 2009... Man, prosecutors appeal '07 double murder ruling Yomiuri Both prosecutors and a defendant in the trial of the murder of an 86-year-old woman and her son appealed a recent lower court ruling on the case to the Tokyo High Court on Monday. ...

Metabolic syndrome tied to T cell activity in fat.
July 28, 2009... Metabolic syndrome tied to T cell activity in fat Yomiuri A team of scientists at Tokyo University has found that a kind of T lymphocyte cell can accumulate, causing body fat tissue to become inflamed, possibly resulting in the onset of...

FTC: Qualcomm engaged in anticompetitive practices.
July 28, 2009... FTC: Qualcomm engaged in anticompetitive practices Yomiuri The Fair Trade Commission has decided that contracts concluded by a major U.S. communication technology company with Japanese cell phone makers violate the Antimonopoly Law because...

Over-60s face premium hikes / Car insurers set to revamp f.
July 28, 2009... Over-60s face premium hikes / Car insurers set to revamp fee structure with new age categories Yomiuri Nonlife insurance companies are considering significant increases in the car insurance premiums paid by elderly drivers from next...

Man held over murder of woman in Niigata.
July 28, 2009... Man held over murder of woman in Niigata Yomiuri NIIGATA NIIGATA--A company executive was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing an employee at a finance company whose clients included the suspect, in Chuo Ward, Niigata, in June,...

21 hurt as 'tornado' hits Gunma Pref.
July 28, 2009... 21 hurt as 'tornado' hits Gunma Pref. Yomiuri MAEBASHI MAEBASHI--A suspected tornado hit Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, at about 2 p.m. Monday, injuring 21 people, one of them seriously, police said. The roofs of 166 houses in the...

ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Bureaucrats wary over po.
July 28, 2009... ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Bureaucrats wary over possible power change Hirohide Hayashi, Yasuhiro Takizawa and Takeshi Kobayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Senior central government bureaucrats are in a quandary--how...

3rd parties to be given role in student suicide probes.
July 28, 2009... 3rd parties to be given role in student suicide probes Yomiuri The Education, Science and Technology Ministry plans to allow third parties to conduct investigations into the causes of suicides committed by children and students that are...

Kyushu volcanic deposits bring green splash to streets.
July 28, 2009... Kyushu volcanic deposits bring green splash to streets Yomiuri KAGOSGHIMA KAGOSGHIMA--In the heart of Kagoshima, "operation green" has been adding a splash of color to the city's streetcar tracks. But the lush carpet of green shoots is...

1 man's 50 supernova finds out of this world.
July 28, 2009... 1 man's 50 supernova finds out of this world Miyuki Yoshioka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri YAMAGATA YAMAGATA--Though the solar eclipse, dubbed the astronomy show of the century, enthralled the nation last Wednesday, a man in...

Medical fee debate a rocky road.
July 28, 2009... Medical fee debate a rocky road Katsumi Takahashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has started discussions for revising for fiscal 2010 medical treatment fee standards with which remuneration...

EDITORIAL / DPJ's newfound realism fails to convince.
July 28, 2009... EDITORIAL / DPJ's newfound realism fails to convince Yomiuri The Democratic Party of Japan on Monday announced its manifesto for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Though it is commendable that the DPJ has adopted a pragmatic...

Shizuoka Airport, the new gateway to Mt. Fuji.
July 28, 2009... Shizuoka Airport, the new gateway to Mt. Fuji Hiroshi Sugihara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri In June, Shizuoka Airport, the nation's 98th airport, was opened near the center of Shizuoka Prefecture, which stretches from east to...

Natural wonder of Mt. Fuji trails.
July 28, 2009... Natural wonder of Mt. Fuji trails Yuki Sudo / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri SHIZUOKA SHIZUOKA--To climb Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side, there are three mountain trail stations--Gotemba, Subashiri and...

Mt. Fuji: Glorious at the summit.
July 28, 2009... Mt. Fuji: Glorious at the summit Masanori Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri MT. FUJI, Yamanashi MT. FUJI, Yamanashi--With its grandeur and beauty, Mt. Fuji symbolizes all of the richness of the country's nature,...

North of Mt. Fuji full of sightseeing spots.
July 28, 2009... North of Mt. Fuji full of sightseeing spots Ryotaro Maeda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The foot of Mt. Fuji stretching northwest from the iconic volcano's eastern side is known for its five famous lakes--Lake Yamanaka, Lake...

For a safe and comfortable climb up Mt. Fuji.
July 28, 2009... For a safe and comfortable climb up Mt. Fuji Yomiuri Novice climbers can ascend Mt. Fuji during the summer, when the weather is predictable even at elevations well above 3,000 meters. The difference in temperature is great, and even if the...

INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Test students; don't trick them.
July 28, 2009... INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Test students; don't trick them Mike Guest Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri I'm sitting in the office of Val Lidnot, the worst test maker and evaluator in the entire EFL (English as a foreign language) teaching...