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JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 2, 2006.
TOKYO, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
NIKKEI NET:
- Manufacturers of consumer electronics are preparing to expand production of flat-panel television sets for sale in foreign markets, industry sources say.
- The premiums that people aged 65 and older pay for public nursing care insurance are likely to rise to an average 4,300 yen (US$36.5) a month nationwide in the year starting April 2006, up about 1,000 yen, or 30 per cent, from the current 3,293 yen, a government survey shows.
- Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) plans to release its LocationFree TV system in Europe in spring 2006 at the earliest.
- The total balance of assets at the foreign branches of Japanese banks rose above 46 trillion yen at the end of October, the highest level in two years and four months.
- Sumitomo Mitsui ...
- BALI RECEIVES US$8,200 DONATION FROM OKINAWA PREFECTURE.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News February 13, 2003 700+ words
...DENPASAR, Bali, Feb 13 Asia Pulse - The Bali provincial administration...government of Japan's Okinawa prefecture to help its economy recover...from the government of Okinawa prefecture was expected to help accelerate...years been cooperating with Okinawa prefecture ...
- Washington set up a potential showdown between Tokyo and Okinawa Governor...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 9, 2005 700+ words
...likely face a stumbling block in Okinawa Prefecture in its efforts to compile a final...headquartered at Camp Courtney in Okinawa Prefecture and other units to Guam and other...the total Marine Corps presence in Okinawa Prefecture is intended to ease the burden of...
- 3 killed in ship collision in Okinawa Prefecture.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri October 25, 2008 700+ words
3 killed in ship collision in Okinawa Prefecture Yomiuri NAHA NAHA--A fishing boat and a cargo ship...8 kilometers south of Minna Island in Motobucho, Okinawa Prefecture, at 4:50 a.m. Thursday, leaving three people...
- ISHIGAKIJIMA ISLAND, Okinawa Prefecture--Once again, there is.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 12, 2005 700+ words
...the region's distinctive red soil exposed to heavy rains In fiscal 2001, conventional development projects in Okinawa Prefecture led to the washing away of 46,000 tons of red soil, while farms lost as much as 220,000 tons Many of the...
- DINING OUT / Curcuma (Chinenson, Okinawa Prefecture).
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 21, 2002 700+ words
(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) DINING OUT / Curcuma (Chinenson, Okinawa Prefecture) Asami Nagai Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri No matter where you start, the drive to Curcuma is a treat in itself. Perched...
- Okinawa Amerasians fight educational, social isolation: The United States'...
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri August 17, 2000 700+ words
...English?' or 'Where is your father?' They don't like it. "On the other hand, those who graduate (from Okinawa Prefecture's one international school and on-base American schools) can speak Japanese, but they cannot read or write...
- The government is considering paying for part of the construction of new U.S....
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 7, 2005 700+ words
...facilities outside of the country Japan and the United States agreed in late October to move 7,000 Marines out of Okinawa Prefecture, about 6,000 of whom would be sent to Guam Other nations that have seen a drastic reduction in U.S. troops...
- DINING OUT : Curcuma (Chinenson, Okinawa Prefecture).
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 21, 2002 700+ words
(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) No matter where you start, the drive to Curcuma is a treat in itself. Perched on a hilltop on the Chinen Peninsula and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it's worth the trek to this isolated restaurant-cafe just for a view that goes on forever. Just make sure
- WASHINGTON--U.S. President George W. Bush emphasized Tuesday that the planned...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 10, 2005 700+ words
(From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi)) "It's an agreement that was not easy to bring to conclusion, but yet, nevertheless, because our relationship is strong and vital, we're able to do so Bush said in an interview at the White House with The Asahi Shimbun, Chosun Ilbo of South Korea
- Naha, Okinawa Pref., Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--A district court on Thursday ordered...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 17, 2005 700+ words
(From Jiji) The Okinawa branch of Naha District Court, however, rejected a request from the plaintiffs, totaling 5,541, for the Japanese government to ban night-time flights, and turned down their request for damages for their future suffering. Presiding Judge Kyoji Iida noted that fierce noise
Source: HighBeam Research, JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 2, 2006.