Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from November 2005

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from November 2005

Kin of asbestos victims to get millions of yen.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kin of asbestos victims to get millions of yen Yomiuri The Environment Ministry and the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Tuesday decided to pay 2.6 million yen in lump-sum benefits...

Rakuten, TBS to start tie-up talks.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Rakuten, TBS to start tie-up talks Yomiuri Rakuten Inc. and Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. have reached a basic agreement to enter into negotiations for business tie-ups shy of management...

Data falsification found in '04.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Data falsification found in '04 Yomiuri A designated private inspection firm in Tokyo learned more than a year ago that architect Hidetsugu Aneha had falsified building...

Unqualified Nishimura aide reaped 300 mil. yen.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Unqualified Nishimura aide reaped 300 mil. yen Yomiuri OSAKA Koji Suzuki, who has been arrested on suspicion of illegally performing lawyers' duties using Shingo Nishimura's name,...

Arrest warrant issued in Hiroshima girl's killing.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Arrest warrant issued in Hiroshima girl's killing Yomiuri HIROSHIMA Police investigating the murder of 7-year-old Airi Kinoshita in Aki Ward, Hiroshima, have obtained a warrant to...

'Derailment victim' arrested over fraud.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Derailment victim' arrested over fraud Yomiuri KOBE A 58-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of defrauding West Japan Railway Co. of about 100,000 yen by falsely claiming to be...

Matsushita Electric heater emissions kill Nagano woman.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Matsushita Electric heater emissions kill Nagano woman Yomiuri OSAKA Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced Tuesday that a woman in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, was killed and her...

Former unknown wins recognition for tech creation.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Former unknown wins recognition for tech creation Masashi Yoshida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Having your cell phone battery go flat can be a nuisance, but it would be much...

Monkeys, too, have dialects.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Monkeys, too, have dialects Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Regional dialects have long been common among people, but a group of Japanese researchers has found that other mammals talk...

Fake data headache for local govts / Drastic changes sough.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fake data headache for local govts / Drastic changes sought in screening of building plans to detect sham figures Yomiuri Stung by a string of falsifications of building...

Disharmony bedevils Cabinet.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Disharmony bedevils Cabinet Yomiuri A month after the latest Cabinet reshuffle, friction within the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has become more evident over structural...

Musings.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Musings Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Nov. 27 issue. * * * A sign was recently put up at the playground of an...

Older homes need quake help.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Older homes need quake help Hideki Tsujita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri An earthquake experiment on wooden houses using a simulated intensity similar to the power of the...

ECONOMIC FORUM / BOJ faces challenge to independence.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) ECONOMIC FORUM / BOJ faces challenge to independence Masaichi Nosaka Yomiuri At a time when an end to deflation is in sight, the Bank of Japan faces growing political pressure from...

EDITORIAL / Public lenders must be thoroughly streamlined/.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Public lenders must be thoroughly streamlined Yomiuri Although the government-affiliated financial institutions' role of complementing the functions of private banks has...

Miyazato begins final qualifying.
November 30, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Miyazato begins final qualifying Yomiuri Japanese youngster Ai Miyazato opens her final quest to get a berth on the U.S. LPGA Tour next season by playing in the LPGA Final Qualifying...

TBS board rejects Rakuten tie-up proposal.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) TBS board rejects Rakuten tie-up proposal Yomiuri Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. decided at its board meeting Monday to reject Rakuten Inc.'s management integration proposal because it...

Task force to check inspection firms.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Task force to check inspection firms Yomiuri The construction ministry will soon establish a 100-man task force to conduct emergency checks of 48 designated inspection companies this year...

eHomes may lose govt license.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) eHomes may lose govt license Yomiuri The Construction and Transport Ministry has decided to revoke scandal-ridden eHomes Inc.'s designation as a ministry-approved certifier for confirming...

Man held over fake Chinese invasion story.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man held over fake Chinese invasion story Yomiuri A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of Copyright infringement after posting a fake news article with a false Kyodo News...

Ex-bureaucrat arrested over smutty celeb pics.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-bureaucrat arrested over smutty celeb pics Yomiuri A former senior Construction and Transport Ministry official was arrested along with three others on suspicion of defamation after...

Fallen Nishimura radical but naive.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fallen Nishimura radical but naive Yomiuri OSAKA Shingo Nishimura, a House of Representatives member arrested Monday on suspicion of violating the Lawyers Law, is known for his...

2nd Dietman linked to condo scandal.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2nd Dietman linked to condo scandal Yomiuri House of Councillors member Natsuo Yamaguchi asked a Construction and Transport Ministry official to meet the president of Huser Management...

Tokyo man held after PC fraud nets 560 mil. yen.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Tokyo man held after PC fraud nets 560 mil. yen Yomiuri The former acting manager of a trading company subsidiary specializing in gas has been arrested on suspicion of computer-related...

New police antiterrorist powers eyed.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New police antiterrorist powers eyed Yomiuri Police officers who guard important facilities such as the Prime Minister's Office and nuclear power plants will be able to conduct vehicle...

Record 4% cut planned in medical treatment fees.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Record 4% cut planned in medical treatment fees Yomiuri The government is planning a record 4 percent reduction in medical treatment fees to put the lid on burgeoning social security...

New health plan for seniors seen for FY08.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New health plan for seniors seen for FY08 Yomiuri The government and ruling coalition will propose the introduction of a separate public health insurance system for senior citizens aged 75...

Parole board surveys bus hijacking victims.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Parole board surveys bus hijacking victims Yomiuri FUKUOKA Victims of a May 2000 bus hijacking and their families have been sent a questionnaire by the Kinki Regional Parole Board...

Nishimura held over legal scam.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nishimura held over legal scam Yomiuri OSAKA House of Representatives member Shingo Nishimura, 57, was arrested Monday on suspicion of knowingly allowing an unqualified employee of...

Ultrathin braille device unveiled.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ultrathin braille device unveiled Yomiuri An electric braille device only one millimeter thick has been developed by researchers at Tokyo University. The unit runs off of less than...

Antiterror drill not foolproof.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Antiterror drill not foolproof Satoshi Ogawa and Kenji Fujito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri An exercise conducted in Fukui Prefecture on Sunday simulating a terrorist attack...

EDITORIAL / Nishimura's acts taint lawyers, politicians.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Nishimura's acts taint lawyers, politicians Yomiuri House of Representatives lawmaker and lawyer Shingo Nishimura allegedly reaped huge rewards for allowing an unqualified...

Music on the move brings innovation to the ears.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Music on the move brings innovation to the ears Wakako Takeuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The growth in portable digital music players and home theaters offering high...

Sony BMG, please keep off my PC.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Sony BMG, please keep off my PC David Strom Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri We all have a hard time these days keeping our personal computers free of viruses, spyware, and those...

NATURE IN SHORT / Get your pencils outautumn colors, dead.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) NATURE IN SHORT / Get your pencils outautumn colors, dead insects beckon Kevin Short Yomiuri Slowly but inexorably turns the wheel of the seasons. The new moon this Thursday marks...

Bulletin Board.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Bulletin Board Yomiuri U.S. consular official to talkon visas, international students Tokyo American Center will hold a talk by Maura Harty, assistant secretary of the Bureau of...

BUSINESS UPDATE.
November 29, 2005... (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,...

The genesis of general studies@$: This is an excerpt from.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) The genesis of general studies@$: This is an excerpt from an installment of The Yomiuri Shimbun's Educational Renaissanc Yuka Matsumoto and Seiji Umezawa Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers ...

OUP-DY ENGLISH SEMINAR SPECIAL / Noted scholars speak at E.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) OUP-DY ENGLISH SEMINAR SPECIAL / Noted scholars speak at English seminars Yomiuri A series of English seminars organized by Oxford University Press and The Daily Yomiuri was held in...

Fujikawa balks at Hanshin's 70 mil. yen offer.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Fujikawa balks at Hanshin's 70 mil. yen offer Yomiuri Right-hander Kyuji Fujikawa, who pitched in a record 80 games for the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers, on Monday rejected a 70...

Cultural Conundrums / People will say we're in love.
November 29, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Cultural Conundrums / People will say we're in love Kate Elwood Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri When I was about 8 years old, my grandmother passed on to me some old LPs of...

FTC to act against SMBC for swap deals.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) FTC to act against SMBC for swap deals Yomiuri Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is set to face a desist order from the Fair Trade Commission over its alleged practice of forcing corporate...

'Incumbent mayor' Seki reelected in Osaka.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Incumbent mayor' Seki reelected in Osaka Yomiuri OSAKA Former Osaka Mayor Junichi Seki, who resigned amid controversy stemmingCopyright 2005 The Daily Yomiuri

Condo owners to get loan deferment.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Condo owners to get loan deferment Yomiuri Residents of housing blocks built on falsified structural integrity data who took out loans with the government's Housing Loan Corporation to...

No cutbacks seen as deal nears on 2-yr extension of base b.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) No cutbacks seen as deal nears on 2-yr extension of base budget Yomiuri The Japanese and U.S. governments have entered the final stage of negotiations to extend for two years the agreement...

'Development firms at fault'.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Development firms at fault' Yomiuri Hidenao Nakagawa, chairman of the the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, said Sunday that housing development firms bear full...

90% of eHomes data checks improper.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 90% of eHomes data checks improper Yomiuri Scandal-struck eHomes Inc. is believed to have failed to follow legal procedures in examining quake-resistance data for 90 percent of the...

Ex-boxer's Tokyo home robbed of watches, cash.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-boxer's Tokyo home robbed of watches, cash Yomiuri The house of professional boxer-turned-actor Hidekazu Akai in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, was robbed early Wednesday morning, according to...

Hayabusa's success must just be 1st step.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Hayabusa's success must just be 1st step Kyoko Takita and Koichi Yasuda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The era when space probes can explore other planets and return to Earth...

Chiba craftsman finishing rare order for soy sauce tub.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Chiba craftsman finishing rare order for soy sauce tub Yomiuri NODAC Chiba A huge wooden tub 2.7 meters tall for brewing soy sauce--about 9,000 liters of it--is nearing completion at...

Suzuki still seeking revenge.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Suzuki still seeking revenge Yomiuri Disgraced former Liberal Democratic Party bigwig Muneo Suzuki--jailed for bribery and now the only lower house member of his New Party Daichi--has...

Services aid elderly living alone.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Services aid elderly living alone Yomiuri A growing number of services are being provided to help people check on their elderly parents living alone and far away. In some cases,...

Rugby decision not all black / N.Z.'s hosting of 2011 Worl.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Rugby decision not all black / N.Z.'s hosting of 2011 World Cup welcomed by some...even in Japan Cameron McLauchlan / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The disappointment vented by...

EDITORIAL / Let elderly pay medical bills based on means.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Let elderly pay medical bills based on means Yomiuri Senior citizens' financial circumstances should not be assumed to be uniform when discussing social security policy for...

BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Record label chief appeals to people.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BUSINESS FRONT LINE / Record label chief appeals to people's hearts Koichi Uetake / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Move people's hearts, and your sales will move up. It is...

'Nishimura reported salary of fake worker'.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Nishimura reported salary of fake worker' Yomiuri OSAKA House of Representatives member Shingo Nishimura is suspected of fictitiously reporting to tax authorities the salary of a...

BRAND NAMES / Kangol knows no bounds.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) BRAND NAMES / Kangol knows no bounds Yomiuri Kangol is a brand of caps and hats known for their cute kangaroo logo, although the native Australian marsupial is not the original source of...

Futures brokerages under scrutiny after run of failures.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Futures brokerages under scrutiny after run of failures Yomiuri Alarmed by a recent spate of bankruptcies of brokerages specializing in foreign exchange margin trading, the Financial...

Finding their way / Young Japanese discover Zen in unlikel.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Finding their way / Young Japanese discover Zen in unlikely corners Hiroko Ihara / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri KAMEOKAC Kyoto A recent surge in the popularity of Zen among...

Batting cage quarrel leaves Ibaraki man dead.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Batting cage quarrel leaves Ibaraki man dead Yomiuri TSUCHIURAC Ibaraki A 54-year-old man died after being stabbed by another man at a batting cage in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture,...

New encephalitis strains reported by researchers.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) New encephalitis strains reported by researchers Yomiuri Despite a decline in the number of Japanese encephalitis cases in the country, new strains of the virus with low proliferation...

Sen no Rikyu tearoom to be rebuilt after 420 years.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Sen no Rikyu tearoom to be rebuilt after 420 years Yomiuri KYOTO A replica of an Osaka tearoom used by Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591), who raised the tea ceremony to an art form, will be...

Museum receives list of WWII internees.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Museum receives list of WWII internees Yomiuri A document listing the names of 5,333 people descended from immigrantsCopyright 2005 The Daily Yomiuri

Internet radio station delivers local news direct to your.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Internet radio station delivers local news direct to your iPod Yomiuri A Yokohama-based Internet radio station has gained popularity among residents since going online in June. Port...

Dettori rides to 3rd Japan Cup.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Dettori rides to 3rd Japan Cup Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Frankie Dettori stole the show once again. The superstar jockey, aboard third favorite Alkaased,...

Robotic vehicle gives obstacles wide berth.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Robotic vehicle gives obstacles wide berth Yomiuri KYOTO An experiment was recently carried out on a compact robot vehicle equipped with an infrared ray sensor that "sees" obstacles...

Toyoda joins Giants.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Toyoda joins Giants Yomiuri Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara got the closer he has longed for on Sunday, when free agent right-hander Kiyoshi Toyoda signed with Yomiuri. The 34-year-old, who...

Koshihikari prize organizers to form NPO.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Koshihikari prize organizers to form NPO Yomiuri A nonprofit organization will be established shortly to foster knowledge of and disseminate information on growing fine-quality rice...

Asashoryu closes out record year on winning note.
November 28, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Asashoryu closes out record year on winning note By James Hardy / Daily Yomiuri Sumo Writer Yomiuri One man who'll look back on 2005 as the year he beat all comers met another on...

Residents banned from building.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Residents banned from building Yomiuri YOKOHAMA Yokohama city government officials told residents of a condominium building at a meeting Saturday that they would have to vacate the...

Space probe seen successful in sample haul/Hayabusa on way.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Space probe seen successful in sample haul/Hayabusa on way home from asteroid Yomiuri The space probe Hayabusa was thought to have successfully retrieved samples from the surface of...

Japan, U.S. eye joint U.N. reform plan.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Japan, U.S. eye joint U.N. reform plan Yomiuri The government has entered into discussions with U.S. officials on a joint draft plan to reform the U.N. Secretariat, government sources...

Govt to tighten bldg checks.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt to tighten bldg checks Yomiuri Checks will be tightened on construction authorization procedures in the wake of a scandal that has uncovered dozens of apartment blocks and large...

Periodic requalification considered for architects.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Periodic requalification considered for architects Yomiuri The Construction and Transport Ministry on Friday began discussions on requiring architects to periodically renew their licenses,...

More dodgy bldg data found.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) More dodgy bldg data found Yomiuri The number of buildings constructed based on structural strength data falsified by architect Hidetsugu Aneha has increased to 32 after 11 more such...

Kanagawa Pref. student wins English contest.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kanagawa Pref. student wins English contest Yomiuri Ai Noguchi, a third-year student of Kumon Kokusai Gakuen Middle School in Kanagawa Prefecture, won the 57th All Japan Inter-Middle...

Panel to study readiness to fight H5N1 bird flu.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Panel to study readiness to fight H5N1 bird flu Yomiuri The Council for Science and Technology Policy has agreed to study the nation's ability and capacity to produce vaccines to protect...

Huser considering bankruptcy.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Huser considering bankruptcy Yomiuri The president of Huser Management Ltd., the owner of 12 buildings whose structural strength data were found to have been falsified, told the...

Prosecutors say Nonaka lied.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Prosecutors say Nonaka lied Yomiuri Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka perjured himself in court testimony given in October in the trial of a former party...

Performers, experts elated at kabuki gong.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Performers, experts elated at kabuki gong Yomiuri Kabuki actors and its admirers were ecstatic about UNESCO's designation of the traditional theater as a Masterpiece of the Oral and...

Kabuki--the world's a stage / Traditional theater can go g.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Kabuki--the world's a stage / Traditional theater can go global on back of UNESCO award Satoshi Tanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri UNESCO's decision Friday to designate...

Nishimura to be probed over Lawyers Law violation.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nishimura to be probed over Lawyers Law violation Yomiuri OSAKA Prosecutors will open a criminal investigation on House of Representatives member Shingo Nishimura this week on...

2.25 meter habu in Okinawa world's longest.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2.25 meter habu in Okinawa world's longest Yomiuri The world's longest habu snake, measuring 225 centimeters, was unveiled to the public at Okinawa World's Habu Park in Tamagusukuson on...

EDITORIAL / Close watch needed to achieve govt job cuts.
November 27, 2005... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Close watch needed to achieve govt job cuts Yomiuri The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy has called for a more than 5 percent reduction in the number of central government...