Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from March 2007

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from March 2007

KTV president to resign over false data scandal.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) KTV president to resign over false data scandal Yomiuri OSAKA The president of Kansai Telecasting Corp. (KTV) in Osaka, the producer of a TV program that used fabricated data, will...

Sapporo defense plan approved/New measures aim to block ho.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Sapporo defense plan approved/New measures aim to block hostile bids Yomiuri At the annual shareholders meeting of Sapporo Holdings Ltd. held Thursday, a package of new defense measures...

SIA shorted pensioners 220,000 times in past 6 years.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) SIA shorted pensioners 220,000 times in past 6 years Yomiuri The Social Insurance Agency paid out less in corporate employee and basic pension system benefits to elderly subscribers than...

2 companies probed over imports from North Korea.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2 companies probed over imports from North Korea Yomiuri KOBE The Hyogo prefectural police and Kobe Customs on Thursday searched the offices of two companies and other locations as...

Canada consular services to be moved to Tokyo.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Canada consular services to be moved to Tokyo Yomiuri OSAKA The Canadian Embassy is reminding Canadians living and traveling in the Kansai and Kyushu regions of the April 2 transfer...

Net defamation hits record high in '06 / NPA concerned abo.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Net defamation hits record high in '06 / NPA concerned about rising number of online youth bullying cases Yomiuri The number of defamation cases on the Internet reported to police across...

Respirators' removal tied to deaths.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Respirators' removal tied to deaths Yomiuri Medical experts have linked the deaths of some terminal cancer patients at Imizu City Hospital in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, to the intentional...

DPRK 'jammed' Shiokaze broadcast.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) DPRK 'jammed' Shiokaze broadcast Yomiuri Shiokaze, a radio program carrying the names of Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korea, was the victim of apparent jamming, the...

EAST ASIA SENIOR LEADERS' FORUM INTERVIEW / Ramos: Japan,.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EAST ASIA SENIOR LEADERS' FORUM INTERVIEW / Ramos: Japan, China, S. Korea must cooperate Yomiuri The following is the fifth installment of a series of interviews with former East Asian...

Man held over assigning work to overworked truck driver.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man held over assigning work to overworked truck driver Yomiuri A 27-year-old trucking firm employee was arrested Thursday on suspicion of instructing a truck driver, whose driving while...

Govt shrugs off Yasukuni flap / But war criminals revelati.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt shrugs off Yasukuni flap / But war criminals revelation could prove politically awkward Yomiuri The government reacted calmly to the revelation Wednesday that the former Health and...

Able-bodied using car spaces for disabled.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Able-bodied using car spaces for disabled Nao Yako Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Parking spaces for physically-handicapped people, indicated by a wheelchair logo, are being...

Acquittal set for Saga murder case.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Acquittal set for Saga murder case Yomiuri SAGA The Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office has decided not to file a final appeal in the case of the serial murders of three women in...

Accident info must be shared / Suppressing details of reac.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Accident info must be shared / Suppressing details of reactor mishaps imperils workers, facilities Kyoichi Sasazawa Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Following the revelation of a...

Japan seen as market for molecular target drugs.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Japan seen as market for molecular target drugs Yasushi Kouchi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Foreign-affiliated pharmaceutical makers are targeting the Japanese cancer...

Shuttle buses used to ferry volunteers to quake-hit area.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Shuttle buses used to ferry volunteers to quake-hit area Yomiuri KANAZAWA Shuttle buses started ferrying volunteers from across the country Thursday to areas hit by the Noto Peninsula...

EDITORIAL / Sapporo shareholders valued long-term growth.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Sapporo shareholders valued long-term growth Yomiuri At its general shareholders meeting Thursday, Sapporo Holdings Ltd. won the approval of its shareholders for a package of...

Comfort station originated in govt-regulated 'civilian pro.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Comfort station originated in govt-regulated 'civilian prostitution' Yomiuri Controversy over the so-called comfort women has been inflamed again. The U.S. House of Representatives has...

Indirectly Speaking / Taking essay writing beyond formulas.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Indirectly Speaking / Taking essay writing beyond formulas Mike Guest Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri "How are you?" "Fine, thank you. And you?" Along with "This is a pen," there...

CL starts drive toward Climax.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) CL starts drive toward Climax The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri For the first time in Central League history, a top-three finish at the end of the regular season means a place in the...

Injuries, lack of fitness give Kirwan cause for concern.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Injuries, lack of fitness give Kirwan cause for concern Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japan may have a professional rugby league but as Brave Blossoms coach John...

Tanaka KO'd early; Hawks win in 9th.
March 30, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tanaka KO'd early; Hawks win in 9th The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Masahiro Tanaka's debut start for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles didn't last long. Hopefully for the rookie, the...

132 million in Asia 'face starvation'.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 132 million in Asia 'face starvation' Yomiuri Grain harvests in the Asian region will drop by as much as 30 percent, leading to skyrocketing food prices and the starvation of 132 million...

Court: Classmates' bullying was cause of student's suicide.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Court: Classmates' bullying was cause of student's suicide Yomiuri The Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that a third-year student at a middle school in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture,...

Pro ball scraps free selection.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Pro ball scraps free selection Yomiuri Pro baseball bowed to pressure on Wednesday, when executives of Nippon Professional Baseball agreed to immediately scrap a controversial section of...

Magnitude-4.9 aftershock rattles Ishikawa Pref.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Magnitude-4.9 aftershock rattles Ishikawa Pref. Yomiuri KANAZAWA An aftershock measuring an estimated magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale hit Ishikawa Prefecture on Wednesday...

Triple killer gets death rap / Man met victims on Net suic.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Triple killer gets death rap / Man met victims on Net suicide sites, suffocated them Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old man to death for...

Osaka government to revoke 2,100 residence registrations.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Osaka government to revoke 2,100 residence registrations Yomiuri OSAKA The Osaka municipal government announced Wednesday it would revoke on Thursday about 2,100 laborers' residence...

9 firms hit by 1.1 bil. yen tax dodge claim.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 9 firms hit by 1.1 bil. yen tax dodge claim Yomiuri Nine shipping companies failed to declare a total of more than 1.1 billion yen in taxable income, the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau...

Govt launches Web site in Chinese about Japan.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt launches Web site in Chinese about Japan Yomiuri In a bid to boost online information about Japan in Chinese, the Foreign Ministry launched Friday a Chinese-language Web site called...

IN THE NEWS / Hit video game creator keeps family ties at.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) IN THE NEWS / Hit video game creator keeps family ties at heart Makoto Fukuda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Hiroshi Uemura, as the head of a development team at a major game...

Tokyo clinic extends hours for HIV/AIDS sufferers.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo clinic extends hours for HIV/AIDS sufferers Yomiuri The Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention is launching a clinic at its Tokyo office that will be open evenings and Saturdays,...

Researchers use umbilical cord cells to produce cartilage,.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Researchers use umbilical cord cells to produce cartilage, bone Yomiuri Researchers at Tokyo University's Institute of Medical Science have had high levels of success in using stem cells...

Civil service facing change / Human resources bank system.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Civil service facing change / Human resources bank system a double-edged sword Hirohide Hayashi and Kensuke Nakazawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Although the plan to...

EAST ASIA SENIOR LEADERS' FORUM INTERVIEW / 'A unified Asi.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EAST ASIA SENIOR LEADERS' FORUM INTERVIEW / 'A unified Asia must respect varying cultures' Yomiuri The following is the fourth installment of a series of interviews with former East Asian...

POLITICAL PULSE / Will Abe stay on after July poll? / Some.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) POLITICAL PULSE / Will Abe stay on after July poll? / Some in LDP say he will stay even with defeat Tadayuki Tamai Yomiuri Apparently in anticipation of turbulence in the political...

Swedish FM sees self-ruling Kosovo.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Swedish FM sees self-ruling Kosovo Mikio Ikuma / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The European Union could persuade Serbia to accept an independent Kosovo by offering the former...

EDITORIAL / Teachers, classmates also offenders in bullyin.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Teachers, classmates also offenders in bullying case Yomiuri In 1999, a male third-year middle school student who had been bullied so mercilessly that he became isolated and...

City offers teachers network of resources.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) City offers teachers network of resources Midori Matsuzawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri OMUTAC Fukuoka During an English lesson earlier this month for her class of...

Bulletin board.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bulletin board Yomiuri 'Let's Enjoy English Jokes' Club to hold inaugural meeting Saturday The first study meeting of the newly launched "Let's Enjoy English Jokes" Club will be held...

Cultural Conundrums / Say something nice or...
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Cultural Conundrums / Say something nice or... Kate Elwood Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" is advice bestowed upon...

Hikone Castle focus of festival.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Hikone Castle focus of festival Yomiuri OSAKA A festival featuring various events to mark the 400th anniversary of Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, is continuing until Nov....

Kobe-based NPO fights cat overpopulation Animal Rescue Sys.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kobe-based NPO fights cat overpopulation Animal Rescue System Fund reducing unwanted pets with spaying and neutering cam Hiroyuki Ueba Yomiuri Kobe The Animal Rescue System Fund...

Rodin exhibition in Kobe begins Tuesday.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Rodin exhibition in Kobe begins Tuesday Yomiuri OSAKA The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka is sponsoring an exhibition featuring French sculptor Auguste Rodin's works from Tuesday to May 13 at...

THE HOT CORNER: No taking team spirit for granted.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) THE HOT CORNER: No taking team spirit for granted Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri No one said it was easy. Winning takes more than talent, which is why clubs loaded...

Japan trounces Syria.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Japan trounces Syria Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Tokyo tower Sota Hirayama struck twice and Akihiro Ienaga provided the third as the under-22 Japan national...

Marines step up, tame Lions for 1st win of season.
March 29, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Marines step up, tame Lions for 1st win of season Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri TOKOROZAWAC Saitama Yoshihisa Naruse gave the Marines exactly what they needed a...

Part of famous cliff collapses.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Part of famous cliff collapses Yomiuri A cliff known for being the location of the final scene of a movie based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto, in Sikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture, has...

KTV to be ousted from association.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) KTV to be ousted from association Yomiuri OSAKA A committee of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan announced its decision to expel Kansai Telecasting Corp....

80 temporary houses eyed for Ishikawa.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 80 temporary houses eyed for Ishikawa Yomiuri KANAZAWA KANAZAWA--The Ishikawa prefectural government likely will build 80 temporary homes for residents who lost their houses in the...

Top court rules China, not Taiwan, owns dorm.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Top court rules China, not Taiwan, owns dorm Yomiuri The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent back to the Kyoto District Court a case in which the Taiwan authorities demanded eight residents of...

Abe eyeing amakudari fix in FY11.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abe eyeing amakudari fix in FY11 Yomiuri Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that new human resources banks should begin operating within three years of being established, government...

Firms fret over mass retirement / But many companies stand.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Firms fret over mass retirement / But many companies stand ready to benefit from aging boomers Yomiuri Nearly 40 percent of leading companies said they are concerned they could suffer...

Ex-JSF head convicted of embezzlement.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-JSF head convicted of embezzlement Yomiuri The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday convicted a former president of the scandal-tainted Japan Skating Federation of embezzlement and breach...

Noto quake rocks businesses.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Noto quake rocks businesses Yomiuri WAJIMAC Ishikawa Sunday's Noto Peninsula Earthquake shook up the tourism industry in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, as a popular morning street...

Govt drafts antisuicide guidelines.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt drafts antisuicide guidelines Yomiuri An Education, Science and Technology Ministry panel has produced a set of guidelines to be followed by teachers to help prevent students from...

Waseda prof to head cultural agency.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Waseda prof to head cultural agency Yomiuri The government on Tuesday named Tamotsu Aoki, visiting professor at Waseda University's Organization for Asian Studies, as head of the Cultural...

Panel reaffirms plan to stockpile Tamiflu to prevent flu o.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Panel reaffirms plan to stockpile Tamiflu to prevent flu outbreak Yomiuri A Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry panel on Monday reaffirmed a plan to store the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu to...

Musings.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musings Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's March 27 issue. * * * The Japanese archipelago will soon begin to be dyed...

Political gender equality takes a turn / Election campaign.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Political gender equality takes a turn / Election campaigners call for more pro-women's rights female candidates Yomiuri Political activities aimed at introducing more women into the...

5 recyclers cleared over removal of old newspapers.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 5 recyclers cleared over removal of old newspapers Yomiuri The Tokyo Summary Court on Monday found five used-paper recyclers not guilty of illegally taking old newspapers away from...

Asbestos relief measures lacking.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Asbestos relief measures lacking Mamoru Kishibe and Yoshiaki Takeuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Although a year has passed since the enforcement of the law for the...

EDITORIAL / Govt shouldn't act hastily in reforming amakud.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Govt shouldn't act hastily in reforming amakudari Yomiuri It is certainly necessary to reform the practice of amakudari, in which former bureaucrats land postretirement jobs at...

Sanyo president to quit; Sano to take post.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Sanyo president to quit; Sano to take post Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Toshimasa Iue, president of Sanyo Electric Co. and a member of its founding family, is to resign Sunday with his...

Classic All Blacks ready to run riot in Japan.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Classic All Blacks ready to run riot in Japan Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Like many professional coaches, John Kirwan will call on whatever resources are...

Syria gives Sorimachi's boys biggest test yet.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Syria gives Sorimachi's boys biggest test yet Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Despite taking maximum points in the first two qualifiers for next year's Beijing...

Miyakonojo Izumigaoka edges Kiryu Daiichi.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Miyakonojo Izumigaoka edges Kiryu Daiichi Yomiuri Nikko Suwa, mixing his fastball with slow breaking balls, tossed a two-hitter and Miyakonojo Izumigaoka scored on two squeeze bunts as the...

Giants feature: Bench beckons for Kamei.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Giants feature: Bench beckons for Kamei John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri When the Tokyo Dome roof seemed to be collapsing on Yomiuri last season, words of...

Everest Olympic torch plans trimmed.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Everest Olympic torch plans trimmed Seiichiro Takeuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri BEIJING Plans to have the Olympic torch relay go over Mt. Everest from the Chinese...

Wakui sinks Marines.
March 28, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Wakui sinks Marines Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri TOKOROZAWAC Saitama The Seibu Lions' future looked strong on Tuesday as Hideaki Wakui had complete command of...

Ishikawa starts repair work / Airport, expwy reopen amid a.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ishikawa starts repair work / Airport, expwy reopen amid aftershocks; many still evacuated Yomiuri KANAZAWA Recovery work started Monday on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture...

Poll: Few taking advantage of preventive care for aged.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Poll: Few taking advantage of preventive care for aged Yomiuri About 60 percent of all local governments are expected to have dispensed less than half their respective budgets for...

Man gets 16 years for hit-and-run.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man gets 16 years for hit-and-run Yomiuri CHIBA A 43-year-old construction worker was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday for causing a hit-and-run while under the influence of...

Woman given 14 years for starving, abusing boy.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Woman given 14 years for starving, abusing boy Yomiuri OSAKA A 41-year-old woman of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison by the Sakai branch of the...

Shelters overcrowded as aftershocks continue.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Shelters overcrowded as aftershocks continue Yomiuri KANAZAWA Many evacuees spent a sleepless night at shelters in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, and other areas due to continuing...

Swedish queen pushes aid for dementia.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Swedish queen pushes aid for dementia Yomiuri Sweden's Queen Silvia emphasized the need to give broader support to those suffering from dementia and their families and to educate...

Poll monitors to be sent to East Timor.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Poll monitors to be sent to East Timor Yomiuri The government has decided to dispatch an election monitoring team to East Timor for its presidential election scheduled for April 9. The...

Tsunami could have struck quake shelter.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tsunami could have struck quake shelter Yomiuri KANAZAWA One of the shelters in Monzenmachi, Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, where a tremor registered an upper 6 on the Japanese...

1 year on, elderly abuse law having effect on detecting ab.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 1 year on, elderly abuse law having effect on detecting abuse cases Manami Hayashi and Soko Nakadate / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri According to municipal government...

ECONOMIC FORUM / Local pledges must be realistic / Politic.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) ECONOMIC FORUM / Local pledges must be realistic / Politicians should not shy away from debating tough tax choices Junichi Abe Yomiuri With campaigning for unified local elections now...

Getting a handle on plastic bag consumption.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Getting a handle on plastic bag consumption Yasuji Muro Yomiuri The revised Containers and Packaging Recycling Law due to come into effect in April, aims to reduce the use of plastic...

EDITORIAL / New targets for fiscal reconstruction needed.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / New targets for fiscal reconstruction needed Yomiuri The central government's fiscal 2007 budget passed through the Diet on Monday. The budget signifies the first step...

New measure to tackle insurance confusion.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New measure to tackle insurance confusion Yomiuri Both life and nonlife insurance companies will introduce next month a new measure to make insurance policies more transparent and easier...

BUSINESS SHOWROOM.
March 27, 2007... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BUSINESS SHOWROOM Yomiuri Mood seats On Monday, Inax Corp. will begin selling its 2007 line of Satis and Satis Asteo toilet seats, featuring music that plays automatically when...