Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from November 2009

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from November 2009

Tax revenue 'below 40 tril. yen'.
November 30, 2009... Tax revenue 'below 40 tril. yen' Yomiuri The nation's tax revenue for fiscal 2010 will "undoubtedly" be below 40 trillion yen, Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said, indicating the current dire financial situation will linger...

Funding for primary school English booklet at risk.
November 30, 2009... Funding for primary school English booklet at risk Yomiuri The budget for English-learning materials for primary schoolers, which the Education, Science and Technology Ministry has provided for free, may be scrapped following a decision by...

Tatami bases going green.
November 30, 2009... Tatami bases going green Yomiuri Now even tatami mats are joining the move to go green. Tatami bases have mostly been made of wooden fiber boards in recent years instead of straw. But recent technological innovations have made tatami...

Ichihashi to be arrested over Hawker's death.
November 30, 2009... Ichihashi to be arrested over Hawker's death Yomiuri CHIBA CHIBA--Tatsuya Ichihashi, under arrest for allegedly abandoning the body of Lindsay Hawker in 2007, is set to be rearrested soon on suspicion of murdering the British woman,...

Yamaoka: Diet session likely to be extended.
November 30, 2009... Yamaoka: Diet session likely to be extended Yomiuri Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, said Sunday that the extraordinary Diet session would likely be extended from Monday, the scheduled...

Nursing homes to be out of reach for many elderly.
November 30, 2009... Nursing homes to be out of reach for many elderly Yomiuri The number of elderly people needing to enter senior care facilities is expected to increase by about 1.36 million by 2035, but about 40 percent of them will not be able to afford...

Futenma relocation prompts mixed feelings.
November 30, 2009... Futenma relocation prompts mixed feelings Yoshifumi Sugita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri NAGO, Okinawa NAGO, Okinawa--Nago, the city designated by a Japan-U.S. agreement to accommodate an alternative facility to replace the...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Climate change pragmatism.
November 30, 2009... INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Climate change pragmatism Richard N. Haass Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--"Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen," a popular song from the 1952 film musical "Hans Christian Andersen," will probably be played many...

EDITORIAL / New growth strategy needed to protect jobs.
November 30, 2009... EDITORIAL / New growth strategy needed to protect jobs Yomiuri At the end of last year, a large number of manufacturers across the nation fired temporary workers even before their work contracts expired. To help those who lost jobs, a...

Sungoliath mangle misfiring Rockets.
November 30, 2009... Sungoliath mangle misfiring Rockets Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KASHIWA, Chiba--NEC Green Rockets' miserable start to the season continued on Sunday when they were thrashed 41-15 by Suntory Sungoliath at...

Vodka's Cup runneth over.
November 30, 2009... Vodka's Cup runneth over Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Sunday's Japan Cup was the farewell race for Conduit, winner of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and two-time defending champion of the Breeders'...

Kameda takes WBC title from Naito.
November 30, 2009... Kameda takes WBC title from Naito John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri SAITAMA--One of boxing's bad boys had a really good night on Sunday. Koki Kameda used a steady left jab to build up points and walked away with a...

Yokomine rallies to capture 1st money title.
November 30, 2009... Yokomine rallies to capture 1st money title The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Sakura Yokomine captured her first money title by edging archrival Shinobu Moromizato by one stroke to win the season-ending Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup on...

Satellite launched to watch N. Korea.
November 29, 2009... Satellite launched to watch N. Korea Yomiuri MINAMI-TANECHO, Kagoshima MINAMI-TANECHO, Kagoshima--An H-2A rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering satellite intended to inspect military facilities and other locations in North Korea was...

Government considering April start for green tax.
November 29, 2009... Government considering April start for green tax Yomiuri The government is examining the feasibility of abolishing in April the provisional tax rates on fossil fuels, including gasoline and diesel, and introducing an environmental tax to...

10th Japanese dies after S. Korea gun range fire.
November 29, 2009... 10th Japanese dies after S. Korea gun range fire Yomiuri NAGASAKI NAGASAKI--A Japanese man badly burned in a fire on Nov. 14 at an indoor shooting range in Busan, South Korea, died Friday night at a local hospital, the Nagasaki...

Hiroshima middle school girl wins English speech contest.
November 29, 2009... Hiroshima middle school girl wins English speech contest The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Aya Murakami, a third-year student at Hiroshima Jogakuin Middle School in Hiroshima Prefecture, was awarded the H.I.H. Prince Takamado Trophy on Saturday...

Govt to study effects of wind farms on health.
November 29, 2009... Govt to study effects of wind farms on health Yomiuri The Environment Ministry will launch its first major study into the influence of wind turbines on people's health next year, it has been learned. Much is expected of wind power as a...

Govt Revitalization Unit 'falls short'/ Cost-cutting panel.
November 29, 2009... Govt Revitalization Unit 'falls short'/ Cost-cutting panel got attention, but lacked on attacking record budget requests Motoki Matsubara and Koichiro Ashikaga / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The just-concluded first attempt by...

PM discusses Futenma with Okinawa govenor.
November 29, 2009... PM discusses Futenma with Okinawa govenor Yomiuri Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima met Friday morning at the prime minister's official residence to discuss the issue of relocating Futenma Air Station in...

IN THE NEWS / Machiya houses spur drive to save hometown.
November 29, 2009... IN THE NEWS / Machiya houses spur drive to save hometown Yukiko Komori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri NIIGATA NIIGATA--Shinji Kikkawa has been taking full advantage of machiya traditional merchant houses as he strives to...

Tonga honors abacus teacher / King awards Japanese prof fo.
November 29, 2009... Tonga honors abacus teacher / King awards Japanese prof for 3 decades of helping math education Yomiuri Toshio Nakano, an 88-year-old professor emeritus of Daito Bunka University, recently was honored by Tongan King Tupou V for...

Japan tops 11-nation anxiety index.
November 29, 2009... Japan tops 11-nation anxiety index The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Is Japan such a hideous and unstable place to live, surrounded by dangers and fears? The answer seems to be yes, according to the result of an anxiety index survey by the...

'Lazy' ants found to play important role in colonies.
November 29, 2009... 'Lazy' ants found to play important role in colonies Yomiuri In a colony of ants, even "lazy" workers play an important role in providing stable labor power to maintain the colony, according to a study by a group led by associate Prof....

EDITORIAL / U.S., China could lead way to post-Kyoto deal/.
November 29, 2009... EDITORIAL / U.S., China could lead way to post-Kyoto deal Yomiuri The United States and China, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gas, have recently announced their medium-term targets for CO2 emission reductions. We hope their...

Gunma / Youngsters find love of farming.
November 29, 2009... Gunma / Youngsters find love of farming Yomiuri When Kenji Bizenjima quit his job at a company in Saitama Prefecture, because of health problems, he quickly took up a new career much closer to home. He now works on the farm run by his...

Iwate / Town woos women with turtle hot pot.
November 29, 2009... Iwate / Town woos women with turtle hot pot Yomiuri Women in Nishi-Wagamachi are waxing lyrical over a newly created nabe hot pot dish that they claim helps keep them trim while also having antiaging benefits. The new dish, yukihada...

Ishikawa / Chinese students enjoy Japan life at machiya do.
November 29, 2009... Ishikawa / Chinese students enjoy Japan life at machiya dorm Yomiuri An 80-year-old machiya town house in Kanazawa has regained its homey atmosphere with young new residents from China, providing them with a chance to experience an...

Conduit to take on favorite Vodka.
November 29, 2009... Conduit to take on favorite Vodka Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Conduit, the two-time defending champion of the Breeders' Cup Turf, will try to close out a stellar career with victory in the Japan Cup today, but the...

Trians knock off Sea Horses.
November 29, 2009... Trians knock off Sea Horses The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Hiroyuki Kinoshita scored a game-high 32 points and Adrian Custis had 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Panasonic Trians knocked off the Japan Basketball League's front-running Aisin...

Sanyo picks up where it left off, crushes Kobe.
November 29, 2009... Sanyo picks up where it left off, crushes Kobe Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri The Top League may have been on hold for four weeks but Sanyo Wild Knights carried on exactly where they left off when action resumed...

Yabuta inks Lotte deal.
November 29, 2009... Yabuta inks Lotte deal Yomiuri Right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta finalized his one-year deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday at Chiba Marine Stadium. The 36-year-old, who was with the Marines from 1996 to 2007 before becoming a free...

Ryo closes in on Japan money title.
November 29, 2009... Ryo closes in on Japan money title The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Teen sensation Ryo Ishikawa moved a step closer to making more history. Hoping to become the youngest money king ever on the Japan pro circuit, Ishikawa fired a 4-under 68...

Antlers crush Gamba, but party still on hold.
November 29, 2009... Antlers crush Gamba, but party still on hold Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KASHIMA, Ibaraki--After a result neither manager expected, Kashima Antlers are a victory away from winning an unprecedented third straight...

A vintage year / Hakuho clinches 12th Emperor's Cup with r.
November 29, 2009... A vintage year / Hakuho clinches 12th Emperor's Cup with record 85th win of 2009 The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Yokozuna Hakuho reached a couple of milestones Saturday--including clinching a 12th Emperor's Cup--but the Mongolian grand...

JAL slapped with 10% rate on loans.
November 27, 2009... JAL slapped with 10% rate on loans Yomiuri An unusually high interest rate of 10 percent per annum was set in the contract struggling Japan Airlines inked with the state-owned Development Bank of Japan to receive a maximum of 100 billion...

Double-dip recession feared The Yomiuri Shimbun.
November 27, 2009... Double-dip recession feared The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri The yen's abrupt rise against the dollar Thursday on the Tokyo foreign exchange market stems from the dollar's continuing decline against major currencies, amid persistent speculation...

Panel leaves 'sympathy budget' untouched.
November 27, 2009... Panel leaves 'sympathy budget' untouched Yomiuri The Government Revitalization Unit on Thursday left a sensitive wage-related part of the so-called sympathy budget untouched, but called for a "review" of labor costs totaling 123.33 billion...

Top Prudential salesman nabbed over insider trading.
November 27, 2009... Top Prudential salesman nabbed over insider trading Yomiuri An employee of Prudential Life Insurance Co. and a former executive of another firm were arrested Thursday on suspicion of making 40 million yen through insider trading. One of...

Bodies found in drums in Osaka Pref. garage.
November 27, 2009... Bodies found in drums in Osaka Pref. garage Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Bodies believed to be those of a man and a woman have been found in two drums in a parking garage in Hannan, Osaka Prefecture, police said. The manager of the 28-car...

Tolls to remain on Tomei, Meishin expwys.
November 27, 2009... Tolls to remain on Tomei, Meishin expwys Yomiuri Major expressways linking major cities, including the Tomei and Meishin expressways, will be excluded from the government's plan to make expressways toll-free beginning in fiscal 2010,...

Koizumi: 'I killed evil demons' / Alleged murderer of ex-b.
November 27, 2009... Koizumi: 'I killed evil demons' / Alleged murderer of ex-bureaucrat, wife denies some charges at trial Yomiuri SAITAMA SAITAMA--A man accused of killing a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife last year denied some of the...

Hatoyama seen willing to up payouts to local govts.
November 27, 2009... Hatoyama seen willing to up payouts to local govts Yomiuri Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has indicated he is willing to increase the amount of tax revenue allocated to local governments in fiscal 2010. However, his remarks provoked...

Hyogo Pref. fossils 'Triceratops ancestor'.
November 27, 2009... Hyogo Pref. fossils 'Triceratops ancestor' Yomiuri SASAYAMA, Hyogo SASAYAMA, Hyogo--Three fossil pieces believed to be from parts of the head of a ceratops dinosaur have been excavated from the Sasayama Strata, which date back 120...

Old complexes to get new elevators.
November 27, 2009... Old complexes to get new elevators Yomiuri Out of concern for aging residents, the Urban Renaissance Agency is proceeding with a plan to install external elevators in about 12 housing complexes in Tokyo and seven other prefectures that...

Education budget screening surprises all.
November 27, 2009... Education budget screening surprises all Yoshitaka Ikegami and Junya Hashimoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The Government Revitalization Unit demanded a review of the central government's share of costs for mandatory...

Fishermen, U.K. to share antipiracy information.
November 27, 2009... Fishermen, U.K. to share antipiracy information Yomiuri A Japanese cooperative of open-sea tuna fishermen will soon begin sharing information with a British intelligence unit to help fight piracy in the waters off Somalia, it has been...

Parents, social workers at odds / Law revision boosting of.
November 27, 2009... Parents, social workers at odds / Law revision boosting officials' power to guard kids sparks conflict Masanao Umezaki and Keiko Kosaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Following a law revision last year that expanded the powers...

EDITORIAL / Yen's surge doesn't deserve appreciation.
November 27, 2009... EDITORIAL / Yen's surge doesn't deserve appreciation Yomiuri The yen's value has surged as selling pressure on the U.S. dollar has accelerated on foreign exchange markets. This situation could deal a devastating blow to the tottering...

A STUDY OF BRANDS / Ritz-Carlton staying in style.
November 27, 2009... A STUDY OF BRANDS / Ritz-Carlton staying in style Yomiuri Not many hotel chains can claim that their standards of excellence have given rise to an adjective named after it expressing such quality--but the Ritz-Carlton chain can. Think...

ANALYSIS / Skies still cloudy for JAL's reconstruction.
November 27, 2009... ANALYSIS / Skies still cloudy for JAL's reconstruction Fukutaro Yamashita and Takeshi Kurihara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Cash-strapped Japan Airlines has managed to secure 100 billion yen in emergency bridge loans to keep...

'Women are art': Jeffrey Fulvimari on his not-so-secret lo.
November 27, 2009... 'Women are art': Jeffrey Fulvimari on his not-so-secret love of the feminine mystique Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri As scores of people look on, a man puts on a pair of headphones, takes up a paintbrush and begins...

it's oyster time.
November 27, 2009... it's oyster time Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Cold weather may make you feel like staying in your bed, but it makes oysters likelier to get pulled out of theirs, thanks to the folk wisdom that one should only eat...

See luxury changing with times.
November 27, 2009... See luxury changing with times Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri "The idea of luxury is not only about mere extravagance. It is something reflecting values changing along with the times. We thought it would be...

Gather ginkgo nuts--carefully.
November 27, 2009... Gather ginkgo nuts--carefully Tamako Sakamoto / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Huge ginkgo trees grow around my daughter's middle school, littering the ground with ginnan (ginkgo nuts). My daughter says they stink. However, when I...

TROUBLESHOOTER / 2-and-half-yr-old cannot stop biting othe.
November 27, 2009... TROUBLESHOOTER / 2-and-half-yr-old cannot stop biting others Yomiuri Dear Troubleshooter: I'm a man in my 60s. I'm worried about my 2-1/2-year-old grandson, as he has been biting people recently. My grandson lives with his parents,...

TROUBLESHOOTER / How can I deal with my nosy teacher?
November 27, 2009... TROUBLESHOOTER / How can I deal with my nosy teacher? Yomiuri Dear Troubleshooter: I'm a housewife in my 30s. I like learning things, so I take a variety of classes. But I'm now faced with a problem with my flower arrangement teacher....

Love in the time of anemia.
November 27, 2009... Love in the time of anemia Ikuko Kitagawa / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri For Edward the vampire, it takes a tremendous amount of self-control to be around his girlfriend, a human named Bella who stirs within his soul feelings both...

Feds, lysine and videotape.
November 27, 2009... Feds, lysine and videotape Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri The Informant! 3.5 stars out of five Dir: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey If whistle-blower Mark...

TELEVIEWS / White Family daughter gets married.
November 27, 2009... TELEVIEWS / White Family daughter gets married Wm. Penn / Daily Yomiuri Columnist Yomiuri a 2009 buzzword and is one of the top candidates at this year's catchy phrases grand prix. But what happens when an only child finds that...

Yomiuri International Forum / New govt a chance to develop.
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri International Forum / New govt a chance to develop Japan-U.S. relations Yomiuri By Steven Vogel In the United States, top people who know Japan well have welcomed the recent change of government in Japan. Both the Japanese...

A testament to Salgado's 'Africa'.
November 27, 2009... A testament to Salgado's 'Africa' Robert Reed / Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri For all its popularity, the word "apocalypse" has little more than a distant and abstract meaning for most of us. That is not true for the pioneer of...

Show traces Lautrec's influences.
November 27, 2009... Show traces Lautrec's influences Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Anybody who knows the name Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec likely is aware of the enduring effect he has had on the art world. To this day, his work is...

Shrikes! Look out for this bull-headed bird when walking.
November 27, 2009... Shrikes! Look out for this bull-headed bird when walking Yomiuri Old Man Winter is finally about to reach the southern Kanto region. The 10th moon of the year in the traditional reckoning is waxing into a fat gibbous. Over the next few...

Yomiuri International Forum / DJP lawmakers should be mini.
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri International Forum / DJP lawmakers should be ministers' eyes and ears Yomiuri By Goshi Hosono After taking the reins of government in the August's lower house election, the DPJ has based its policy decisions on its election...

Yomiuri International Forum / DPJ must show projections fo.
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri International Forum / DPJ must show projections for future within the year Yomiuri By Takashi Mikuriya The difficulty now facing the Hatoyama administration is simultaneously tackling long-term tasks, such as establishing a...

Yomiuri International Forum / Continuity Vital in Internat
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri International Forum / Continuity vital in international relations Yomiuri By Kozo Watanabe Voters gave us a landslide victory at the House of Representatives election last summer. We are keenly aware of our responsibility to...

Yomiuri International Forum / Hopes high for Japan to chan.
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri International Forum / Hopes high for Japan to change radically Yomiuri The Yomiuri Shimbun and the Yomiuri International Economic Society cosponsored the autumn forum of the Yomiuri International Forum 2009 at a Tokyo hotel on Nov....

Yomiuri Monthly Photo Awards / Unexpected sights captured/.
November 27, 2009... Yomiuri Monthly Photo Awards / Unexpected sights captured Masakazu Ikeda Yomiuri From swimming boars to a ship collision, readers once again submitted a wide variety of photographs for the Yomiuri Monthly Photo Awards. Every day,...

Sakamoto gets pay hike.
November 27, 2009... Sakamoto gets pay hike The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri The Daily Yomiuri Hayato Sakamoto, the Yomiuri Giants' 20-year-old shortstop, earned a reported 46 million yen raise after a season in which he batted over .300. Sakamoto, who hit...

Yokomine takes 1st-day lead in season-ending Ricoh Cup.
November 27, 2009... Yokomine takes 1st-day lead in season-ending Ricoh Cup The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Displaying her consistent performance that well reflected her golf of this season, Sakura Yokomine shot a 3-under 69 Thursday to share the first-round lead...

61% back sales tax hike to support welfare.
November 26, 2009... 61% back sales tax hike to support welfare Yomiuri Sixty-one percent of respondents believe the consumption tax rate will have to be raised to maintain the social security system, compared with the 37 percent of respondents who disagreed,...

Many hands make light work.
November 26, 2009... Many hands make light work Yomiuri Three humanoid Nextage robots perform joint assembly work at the International Robot Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo on Wednesday. One of the world's biggest trade fairs showcasing the newest domestic and...

Group tied to Hatoyama 'hid 6 mil. yen in donations'.
November 26, 2009... Group tied to Hatoyama 'hid 6 mil. yen in donations' Yomiuri A political organization tied to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama failed to declare 6 million yen in donations from his mother and sister in its income and expenditure reports on...

Govt unit scrutinizes intl programs / U.N., other institut.
November 26, 2009... Govt unit scrutinizes intl programs / U.N., other institutions under spotlight Yomiuri The Government Revitalization Unit on Wednesday reviewed budget allocations for the Foreign Ministry's support of the U.N. Development Program, U.N....

Osaka Pref. WTC relocation set to start in fiscal 2010.
November 26, 2009... Osaka Pref. WTC relocation set to start in fiscal 2010 Yomiuri OSAKA OSAKA--Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto plans to start relocating some of the prefectural government's departments to the Osaka World Trade Center Building in Suminoe Ward,...

Man held over copy-enabling software sale.
November 26, 2009... Man held over copy-enabling software sale Yomiuri MATSUYAMA MATSUYAMA--A 39-year-old company employee was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of selling illegal software to deactivate the "dubbing 10" function that restricts the copying of...

44% of special nursing homes gave terminal care in last ye.
November 26, 2009... 44% of special nursing homes gave terminal care in last year Yomiuri About 40 percent of assisted-living fee-charging nursing homes provided end-of-life palliative care for at least one resident who died at the facility within the past...

LDP to mull name change.
November 26, 2009... LDP to mull name change Yomiuri The Liberal Democratic Party is close to establishing three basic principles it should employ to help it snatch power back from the current Democratic Party of Japan-led government, party sources said...

Science budget cuts slammed.
November 26, 2009... Science budget cuts slammed Yomiuri The country's five leading scientists, including four Nobel Prize-winners, on Wednesday strongly criticized the Government Revitalization Unit's budget reductions for science and technology projects. ...

CGI shows Fuji as seen from Edo Castle.
November 26, 2009... CGI shows Fuji as seen from Edo Castle Yomiuri A computer graphic image of Mt. Fuji as seen from a tower of Edo Castle in the Edo period (1603-1867) has been created by a group led by Prof. Eihan Shimizu of Tokyo University. Though many...

Preparation key in providing terminal care.
November 26, 2009... Preparation key in providing terminal care Yoko Harihara, Yuko Iida and Soko Nakadate / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The quality of care offered by nursing homes for the elderly where residents draw their last breath depends on...

POLITICAL PULSE / 3 pitfalls await govt in Dec.
November 26, 2009... POLITICAL PULSE / 3 pitfalls await govt in Dec. Akitoshi Muraoka Yomiuri The government will have to grapple with three knotty problems in December. The first is the issue of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in...

Local handling of consumer affairs deteriorating.
November 26, 2009... Local handling of consumer affairs deteriorating Tomonori Takenouchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A major task facing the Consumer Affairs Agency is the need to establish unified standards for the number of counselors each...