The Japan Times 2009: Index

2009·30.3 MB·English

JAPAN TIMES INDEX (April. 2009)
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IEA International Energy Agency
ABM anti-ballistic missile
IFC International Finance Corp.
ACCJ American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
ISS International Institute for Strategic Studies
ADB Asian Development Bank
ILO International Labor Organization
ADRs american depositary receipts
IMF International Monetary Fund
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
ANC African National Congress
IOC International Olympic Committe
AP Associated Press
IPI International Press Institute
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
IRA Irush Republic Army
ASDF Air Self-Defense Force
IWC International Whaling Commission
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
IVANS International Value-Added Networks
AWACS Airbome Warming and Control System
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JAA Japan Artistis’ Association
BIS Bank of International Settlements
JAAF Japan Amateur Athletic Federation
BOJ Bank of Japan
JAIA Japan Automobile Importers’ Association
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
JAIDO Japan International Development Organization
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JAMA Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
CAPTAIN Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information JAMSTEC Japan Maritime Science and Technology Center
Network JANCPEC Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic
CATV community antenna television Cooperation
CB covertible bond JASA Japan Amateur Sports Association
CCD charge-coupled device JATA Japan Association of Travel Agents
CD certificate of deposit JCCI Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CEO chief executive officer JCP Japan Communist Pary
CFCs chlorofluorocarbons
JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
CHONGRYUN General Association of Korean Residents |i n Japan
JETRO Japan External Trade Organizaition
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
CIS Commonwealth of Independent —
JICHIRO (ZENNIHON JICHIDANTAI RODOKUMIAI) ALL Japan Pre-
CP commercial paper
fectural and Municipal Workers’ Union
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
JOC Japan Olympic Committee
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CWAJ College Women’s Association in Japan
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KANKEIREN (KANSAI KEIZAI RENGOKAI) Kansai Economic Federa-
DAT digital audio tape
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DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
DPJ Democratic Party of Japan
KEIZAI DOYUKAI Japan Association of Corporate Executives
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DVD Digital Versatile Disc
LBO leveraged buyout
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
EBRD European Banks for Reconstruction and Development
LSI large-scale integration
EC European Communities
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ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
M&A merger and acquisition
EDTV extended-definition television
METI Ministy of Economy, Trade and Industry
EFTA European Free Trade Association
MIA missing in action :
EMS European Monetary System
MIPRO Manufactured Imports Promotion Organization
EPA Economic Planning Agency
MOSS Market-Oriented, Sector-Selective
ERM European Exchange Rate Mechanism
MPD Metropolitan Police Department
ESA European Space Agency
MSDF Martime Self-Defense Force
ESCAP U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific —
EU European Union
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
FAQ frequently asked questions
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quotations
FCCJ Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FRB Federal Reserve Board
JAPAN TIMES INDEX (April 2009)
USTR U.S. Trade Representative
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UV-B ultraviolet-B
NGO nongovernmental organization
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NHK (NIHON HOSO KYOKAI) Japan Broadcasting Corp.
VAT Value-Added Tax
NICHIBENREN (NIHON BENGOSHI RENMEI) Japan Federation of
VCRs videocassette recorders
Bar Associations
VOA Voice of America
NIEs Newly Industrializing Economies
VTRs videotape recorders
NIKKYOSO (NIHON KYOSHOKUIN KUMIAI) Japan Teachers’ Union
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NIPPON KEIDANREN (NIPPON KEIZAI DANTAI RENGOKAI) Japan
WHO World Health Organization
Business Federation
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
NPA National Police Agency
WTO World Trade Organization
NPO nonprofit organization
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
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NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange
ZENCHU (ZENKOKU NOGYO KUMIAI CHUOKAI) Central Union of
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
san ss Agricultural Co-operatives
ZENGINKYO (ZENKOKU GINKO KYOKAIl) Japanese Bankers Asso-
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
ciation
OAS Organization of American States
ZEN-NO (ZENKOKU NOGYO KYODO KUMIAI RENGOKAI) National
OAU Organization of African Unity
Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations
OCCI Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSI open systems’ interconnection
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PCBs polychlorinated bipheny!
PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference
PEN Poets and playwrights, Essayists and editors, and Novelists
PKF Peace Keeping Forces
PKO Peace Keeping Operation
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
POWs prisoners of war
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R&D research and development
RENGO (NIHON RODOKUMIAI SORENGO-KAI) Japanese Trade
Union Confederation
ROK Republic of Korea
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines System
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SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
SDP Social Democratic party
SESC Securities and Exchanges Surveillance Commission
SHITETSU-SOREN (NIHON SHITETSU RODOKUMIAI
SORENGO-KAI) General Federation of Private Railway
Workers’ Unions of Japan
SNF Short-Range Nuclear Force
SOR synchrotron orbit radiation
STA Science and Technology Agency
START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
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TCCI Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
TOPIX Tokyo stock price index
TRISTAN transposable ring-intersecting storage accelerator in Nippon
TRON the realtime operating system nucleus
TSE Tokyo Stock Exchange
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UAE United Arab Emirates
U.K. United Kingdom
U.N. United Nations
UFO unidentified flying object
ULSis ultra-large-scale integrated circuit chips
UNC United Nations Command
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
tion
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Com-
mission
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UPI United Press International
News of April 2009 Satellite or missile test: What’s the difference?
Domestic News
April 1 (Wednesday) -Passive-smoking suit nets record damages (p2)
Front Page News 20 politicians worried by lay judge system form
Aso orders new stimulus, extra budget nonpartisan group to delay it (p2)
Mind over matter: Brain waves control Asimo North launch would be ‘act of provocation’ (p2)
N. Korea has nuke warheads: analyst Tokyo ‘koban’ finally get female cops (p2)
Jobless rate climbs to 4.4%; worst since 2006 Seibu to pay ¥24 billion in redress (p2)
Idled nonregulars to top 190,000 Foreign News
Lost and now found at the Imperial proves a celeb Beijing rips notion of covert hacker army (p4)
trove Sensitive Aussies caught out over MCG prank (p4)
Domestic News Obama admired, but U.K. wants results (p5)
Deal inked to buy Czech CO: credits (p2) U.S. changes policy, seeks seat on U.N. human rights
Hashimoto’s photo fee irks retiring Osaka staff (p2) panel (p5)
Diet passes resolution demanding N. Korea halt Democrats unveil climate plan (p5)
launch (p2) Washington, Tehran break diplomatic ice at Afghan
Shiga to hire non-Japanese as part-time interpreters conference (p6)
(p2) U.S. moves toward lifting ban on Cuba travel (p6)
JR bans smoking at Tokyo-area stations (p3) Canada hit man admits 27 killings (p6)
Yearend ban planned for ‘amakudari,’ “watari’ Business News
Foreign News K-Line cuts number of car carriers (p7)
Khmer Rouge prison chief admits crimes (p4) New domestic car sales sink to 38-year low (p7)
Local Taliban says it struck police academy (p4) U.S. urges Japan to fulfill ‘minimum access’ rice
Troops advance toward Philippine militant base (p4) obligation (p7)
U.S. opens new war on Afghan drug trade (p5) Sports News
No charges in Gaza probe: Israel (p5) Australia homes in on World Cup berth (p16)
300 African migrants feared dead off Libya (p5) Editorial
Obama signs conservation law (p6) Shutting out a past truth (p12)
Obama team drops ‘war on terror’ (p6) Right time for dissolution (p12)
Dissidents burn cars, block Belfast roads (p7)
Cote d’Ivoire soccer fans blame cops for stampede April 3 (Friday)
(p7) Front Page News
Business News G-20 leaders craft crisis response
Geithner prodding Japan to do its part at G-20 meet N. Korea starts to fuel rocket
(p8) Public will be alerted quickly after launch
Rakuten seeks TBS buyback (p8) Obama, Medvedev set course for massive cuts to
Hatoyama presses Japan Post for plan to put Kampo nuclear arsenals
inns in black (p8) Speed limits face first revision since ’89
Sports News Obama may visit later this year
Serena, Venus move into Sony quarterfinals (p18) Domestic News
Kawakami, Matsuzaka duel in spring training battle Launch plan sets off surveillance frenzy (p2)
(p18) North to be hit with yearlong sanctions (p2)
Editorial Suicides eased in ’08 but stay above 30,000 (p2)
Make pregnancy exams truly free (p14) Kanasashi cancels job offers day before welcome
Poor economy impacts land prices (p14) ceremony (p2)
Female golfer drowns in Hokkaido after stepping into
April 2 (Thursday) narrow fairway sinkhole (p2)
Front Page News
Foreign News
*Tankan’ results worst on record Obama takes steps to expand China ties (p4)
Axed Brazilians, Peruvians to be paid to leave Japan New South Wales gets tough on bike gangs (p4)
G-20 rifts intensify ahead of summit Climate change to bring more whale beachings:
Rocket’s tip bolsters North satellite claim experts
Selling ‘Nemo’ to save him Obama pops up everywhere in London (p5)
Lieberman distances Israel from ‘road map’ (p6) April 5 (Sunday)
Ukraine 1n turmoil as Parliament calls for snap Front Page News
election (p6) Jittery Japan jumps gun on blastoff
Tehran plays down ‘talks’ with U.S. (p6) Obama pledges to halt spread of nukes
Business News First ladies of fashion square off at summit
Nonbank giant Orix seeking state loans (p7) NATO spat undermines unity push
Aeon to open 200 Ministop stores in China (p7) Berlusconi leaves Merkel hanging on
Citigroup taking bids for Nikko Asset; Mizuho Video of woman flogged shakes Pakistan peace accord
interested: sources (p7) Domestic News
Sports News MSDF shoos away suspected pirates (p2)
Seiho claims high school honors for Nagasaki (p11) Two false alarms leave Japan egg-faced (p2)
Editorial Megabank trio face 2008 losses (p2)
Moment of truth for Afghanistan (p13) Don Quijote LDP funds said illicit (p2)
Foreign News
April 4 (Saturday) Congress to set Pakistan aid terms (p3)
Front Page News Hun Sen downplays border shooting (p3)
Japan Post reprimanded over Kampo Fujimori hits Peru’s ex-leaders in defense (p4)
G-20 plan to aid both rich, poor U.K. woman sets free-diving record (p4)
Key points of G-20 talks Obama to open Cuba travel: report (p4)
Rocket launch will test international law Gunman kills 13 at U.S. citizenship center (p5)
Keidanren to book ¥2 billion loss Enlightenment through darkness in Pyrenees
Agency begins sending out public pension plan info mountains (p5)
Domestic News Gene-engineered viruses help to build a more efficient
Tohoku wary of both rocket, hype (p2) battery (p5)
Japan to keep pursuing North on nukes, abductions: Business News
Blue Book (p2) Google in talks to buy Twitter (p6)
Ministry extends ETC subsidies by 400,000 units (p2) Swiss bankers irked by G-20 move (p6)
Police to investigate golf course drowning (p2) Anticapitalist Chavez opens bank with Iran (p6)
Foreign News
Sports News
__N. Korea may launch rocket Saturday: Lee (p4)
Uchishiba captures national title (p17)
Seoul urges workers to cancel trips to North ahead of Mariners put Ichiro on disabled list with bleeding
launch (p4) ulcer (p18)
Finalists chosen for Australian island dream job (p4) Editorial
Laws passed against Aussie gangs (p4) G-20 stands up to crisis (p14)
Robot scientists unveiled in major breakthrough for Al
(p5) April 6 (Monday)
Blagojevich indicted in racketeering case (p6) Front Page News
Palestinian slays teen settler, hurts boy (p6) North Korea fires rocket over Tohoku
Afghan law that ‘legalizes rape’ hit (p7) UNSC to hold emergency talks
Most Arctic sea ice could be gone in 30 years (p7) Leaders ponder next move
Wind alone can power U.S.: study (p7) Satellite transmitting revolutionary songs: North
Business News NATO praises Obama plan for Afghanistan
G-20 backs Japan’s spending plan (p8) U.S. launches effort to rid world of nukes
MMC ready to ramp up output of 1 MiEV (p8) Domestic News
Venezuela’s Chavez angling for oil project investment North said in driver’s seat after ‘triumph’ (p2)
(p8) U.S., Seoul to back Japan at UNSC (p2)
U.S. unemployment rate rises to 8.5% (p9) Major events leading to launch (p2)
Sports News Yokohama launches high school devoted to science,
Seabol, Carp beat Giants in opener (p20) technology (p2)
Fencer Ota keen to compete in France, raise interest in Djibouti’s Dileita pledges antipiracy support (p2)
sport (p20) Foreign News
Editorial Thailand, Cambodia start talks over clash (p3)
Recognize the A-bomb victims (p17) As North Korea launched, 8.7 million went hungry
(p3) Brother of Nikai quizzed on funds
Ex-Beatles reunite for meditation (p4) Hopes fade in hunt for Italian quake survivors
London in contact with Hezbollah (p4) Kampo value doubled in ministry appraisal
Satellite images show huge Antarctic ice shelf dis- Domestic News
appearing (p6) North’s launch spurs Lower House censure (p2)
Immigrant gunman ‘hated’ U.S., felt others made fun Inmate served warrant for slaying of Kyoto teen (p2)
of his English (p6) Comedian’s TB spreads disease fear (p2)
Sports News Chavez hails U.S. antinuke stance (p2)
Ailing Williams upset by Azarenka in final at Sony Foreign News
Ericsson Open (p16) China wary of ‘G-2’ partnership with U.S. (p4)
Editorial Abhisit vows to prevent ‘civil war’ (p4)
Step toward destabilization (p12) Man predicted Italy earthquake (p5)
Worsening economic picture (p12) Obama urges Turkey to fix Armenia ties (p5) _
Chavez cracks down on dissent (p6)
April 7 (Tuesday) Somali pirates seize ships on hijacking spree (p6)
Front Page News Docs perform hands, face transplant (p6)
Aso orders ¥10 trillion in stimulus 2008 deadliest year for aid workers (p6)
Obama visits Turkey to boost Muslim ties Business News
U.N. fails to agree on response to rocket launch Sony PS3 sales topped Nintendo Wii in March (p7)
Japan to unveil new sanctions Public funds for firms approved (p7)
Nuclear fears mute China’s test response Ford cuts $9.9 billion in debt; stock surges (p8)
Stolen truck used in ¥10 million jewelry store Sports News
smash-and-grab Jordan, Stockton, Robinson voted into Hall of Fame
U.S. aid terms put Pakistan on defense (p16)
Domestic News Editorial
Tokyo’s mood mixed over rocket launch (p2) ‘A world without unclear weapons’ (p12)
Japan loses No. 2 spot to Spain in solar photovoltaic
capacity: study (p2) April 9 (Thursday)
Aso, Chavez agree on oil, LNG exploration (p2) Front Page News
Morita takes office as new Chiba governor (p2) Fujimori gets 25 years for role in massacres
Foreign News Extra ’09 budget may cost ¥15 trillion
Missile launch not a total failure, analysts say (p4) China looks to veto U.N. sanctions
Top Chechen accused in killing (p5) Tepco Niigata reactor said safe
South Africa lawyers drop Zuma charges (p5) Comedian Minowa’s TB prompts hundreds of
At least 70 die as powerful earthquake hits Italy (p6) inquiries
Experts use high tech to decode inscriptions at Domestic News
Alhambra palace (p6) Japan, China vie for Asia influence (p2)
Business News Fujimori’s wife blasts ruling as ‘witch trail’ (p2)
Fast Retailing chief urges tax cuts to boost spending Upper House condemns launch, seeks sanctions (p2)
(p7) Calderon resumes classes as parents prep for
First Sakhalin LNG shipment arrives (p7) deportation (p2)
Imported car sales dive 26% (p7) Hatakeyama surprises lawyers, appeals life term (p2)
Wagonk ranked No. | in ’08 sales (p7) Newfound Miyazawa poem to be published (p2)
Sports News Foreign News
Fencer Ota rebounds in France (p15) 100,000 ‘red shirts’ protest in Bangkok (p4)
Editorial By-elections signal rebuff of new Malaysia premier:
Making the Internet safer (p10) Anwar (p4)
Municipalities for the people (p10) U.K. women face skin cancer risk (p5)
Twenty Americans held by pirates (p6)
April 8 (Wednesday) Clip shows cops shoved G-20 victim (p6)
Front Page News Moldova violence puts new twist on old tensions (p6)
Gates calls for shift in defense spending Business News
Project demise would nix F-22 option for ASDF DPJ pushes ¥21 trillion two-year stimulus plan (p7)
Corporate failures climbed 12% in ’08 (p7) coalition (p2)
Sharp expects losses to rise to ¥130 billion (p7) Ozawa tells McCain he opposes Obama’s Afghanistan
Net users top 90 million in Japan (p7) troop surge (p2)
GM in bankruptcy preparations: source (p8) State to fund third of hep C relief (p2)
Sports News Hashimoto fan donates ¥100 million (p2)
Hometown gives Aaron belated birthday bash (p16) Lay judge odds: One in 5,590 voters (p2)
Editorial Foreign News
The Conficker bug fizzles (p12) Protesters retreat from summit site (p4)
Kim anoints brother-in-law as new No. 2: analysts
April 10 (Friday) (p4)
Front Page News ‘Major plot’ linked to al-Qaida (p5)
Pyongyang to escape launch sanctions Arrests show U.K. still top terror target (p5)
Rocket’s third, second stages split in flight Obama seeks extra troops funds, pushing wars’ cost
Kim back in public after winning third term near $1 trillion (p5)
SMFG to log group net loss for 2008 Moldovan president relents, calls for recount (p6)
Aso reveals new plan to create 2 million jobs Business News
U.S. drops opposition to direct talks with Iran Nissan to promote electric cars in China (p8)
DPJ would ban corporate funds in political arena Ad revenue suffers steepest drop (p8)
Domestic News Sports News
State to up funds for J-ALERT warning system (p2) Campbell’s 65 leads Masters (p18)
Nationalists’ history text clears school screening (p2) Editorial
NPA issues standards for double-kid bikes (p2) Restricting online drug sales (p11)
Doctor admits lacing tea with sleeping powder (p2)
Shukan Shincho admits it was had (p2) April 12 (Sunday)
Ishigaki mayor eyes Senkaku visit (p2) Front Page News
Imperial Couple happy on 50th anniversary (p3) Asia summit canceled by Thai protests
Foreign News Japan will accept U.N. rocket statement: Aso
China reforms to give every village a clinic (p4) Japan eyes $1 billion aid pledge to Pakistan
Taliban believed to be closing in on Islamabad (p4) Hostage dies as French free yacht from pirates
Somali pirates seize U.S. ship, captain (p5) China forex reserve growth slows
Berlusconi tries to see bright side (p5) Domestic News
Top U.K. ‘terror’ cop quits over blunder (p6) American termites infesting Japan, exterminators
Daughter eyes political gain in Fujimori verdict (p6)
warn (p2)
Business News Tally of life-term inmates at 1,710 (p2)
JAL may seek DBJ funding as bond redemptions loom First ‘Japanese’ international school debuts (p2)
(p7) Aeon faces first red ink since ’01 (p2)
Moody’s cuts Mizuho’s ratings (p7) Foreign News
Sports News | Fiji back in hands of military chief (p3)
Uehara beats Yankees 1n debut (p10) Gender imbalance staring China in eye (p3)
Editorial Rights group calls Sri Lankan ban on media in war
Happy golden anniversary (p13) zone a ‘disgrace’ (p3)
Wanted: campaign platforms (p13) Truck bomb hits Mosul police station (p4)
Saakashvili defies Tbilisi protests (p4)
April 11 (Saturday) Alleged ETA leader held in France (p4)
Front Page News Taliban, other militant groups using U.S. firms to host
Aso unveils record stimulus — Web sites (p5)
Nikkei touches 9,000 for first time in three months Business News
North only faces UNSC wrist slap for latest launch Bailouts push U.S. deficit to $1 trillion (p15)
Cyberspying threat growing Sports News
Somali pirates challenge Obama to high-seas test of Perry halfway home at Masters (p20)
will, weaponry Editorial
Domestic News Breathing easier at JR stations (p10)
Nakasone predicts formation of LDP-DPJ grand Managers and overtime (p10)
April 13 (Monday) 12 missing after fishing boat sinks (p2)
No paper was issued due to press holiday Lower House OKs pact on marines (p2)
Foreign News
April 14 (Tuesday) Thai demonstrators halt bloody protests (p4)
Front Page News Zardari signs off on Islamic law (p4)
Deflation feared as wholesale prices dip Tamil rebels want permanent truce (p4)
Mortars fired at jet of U.S. lawmaker (p5)
Toyota looking to log operating loss for a second
straight year Precision volley by SEALs ended ordeal (p5)
Thai troops tussle with ‘red shirts’ Mexico debates legalizing marijuana (p6)
LDP claims Akita poll victory validation of Aso’s Business News
08 electricity slump worst in five years (p6)
stimulus
UNSC to adopt statement on North Korea Mizuho may need extra trillion: UBS (p7)
Calderon couple exit Japan Touch-screen Walkman debuts (p7)
Three pirates killed during night rescue of American Sports News
ship captain Baltimore’s Uehara raises record to 2-0 (p16)
Domestic News Editorial
Tepco chided on fire at Kashiwazaki plant (p2) Humiliation in Thailand (p12)
Whalers return; didn’t meet targets (p2)
MSDF ship off Somalia aided Malta vessel (p2) April 16 (Thursday)
University of Tokyo welcomes 3,154 freshmen (p2) Front Page News
Foreign News Psychiatrist guilty in leak on teen killer
Thai military’s role in politics unclear (p4) Condo starts in Tokyo dive 31%
Beijing releases human rights plan (p4) Pyongyang expels nuke inspectors
Obama passes first security test (p5) ANA pilot strike hits 163 flights; airline to realign
Promised first dog arrives to join Obama girls at
group
White House (p5) Battle of the ages brews in race to become India’s
Research may let women get new eggs (p6) prime minister
Egypt says Hezbollah cell plotted against Israeli Domestic News
tourists (p6) Grimmer pension forecast released (p2)
U.K. refused Obama brother entry (p6) Weekly deems Asahi murder memoir false, sets
Business News apology (p2)
Lawson registers record profits (p8) ¥10 billion Disneyland Monster ride debuts (p2)
Now Nikko Citigroup to be sold (p8) Manjiro museum set to open (p2)
Sports News Hokkaido town auctions elementary schools on Net
Cabrera braves two-hole playoff for Masters title (p16) (p2)
Charismatic Katayama steals show at Matsers (p16) Top court issues groping acquittal (p3)
Editorial Foreign News
Record-breaking stimulus (p11) Appeals court tried to force elections: Fiji ruler (p4)
Recession and suicides (p11) Thailand revokes Thaksin’s passport (p4)
Accused Nazi guard gets stay of deportation (p5)
April 15 (Wednesday) U.S. freighter escapes after coming under fire from
Front Page News pirates (p6)
North Korea to quit six-party nuke talks Medvedev to critics: We have democracy (p9)
Debate starts on bill to free up MSDF Iran begins U.S. journalist’s trial (p9)
Obama opens crack in Cuba embargo Business News
Bluefin tuna have three years left Confabs show off latest in display technologies (p10)
Producer Spector guilty of murder Mitsui eyes raw materials projects overseas (p10)
Domestic News Renown board to step down en masse (p10)
Seven years urged for stablemaster (p2) Sports News
_ Data faked on Hitachi-built atomic plants (p2) ‘Golden Boy’ De La Hoya hangs up gloves (p20)
IOC inspectors in Tokyo to check venues (p2) Editorial
Pile driver injures six in plunge onto busy Tokyo A message for North Korea (p14)
thoroughfare (p2) Panel proposals fall short (p14)
April 17 (Friday) Amateur singer becomes Internet sensation (p8)
Front Page News Business News
Best, Wellco execs held in postal scam Toshiba to ax 3,900 more temps (p9)
DPJ slams strict bills on foreign residents BOJ downgrades economies in seven regions as
Chinese growth slows to 6.1% spending stalls (p9)
NEC Electronics, Renesas in talks to merge in 2010 Takashimaya store built in 1933 to be protected (p9)
Japan sets $1 billion aside for Pakistan Sports News
U.S. to target Somali pirate assets Ichiro sets new record (p18)
Domestic News Koga, Takakuwa set national swim records (p18)
Nakasone seeks China nuke cuts (p2) Editorial
‘Departures’ passes ¥6 billion mark but Takita A strong start for Mr. Obama (p15)
disappointed by pace (p2)
Japan, U.S. list North-linked entities for sanctions (p2) April 19 (Sunday)
Kanji body hands in business improvement plan (p2) Front Page News
Aso welcomes IOC evaluation team (p2) North ‘missile factory’ used Japan parts
Foreign News CO:, five other gases endanger public, U.S. says
Maoist rebels kill 18 as India goes to polls (p4) Obama vows ‘partnership’ with Americas —
Web came to fore in 2008 vote (p7) U.S. to fund stem-cell work on excess embryos
Colombia drug king seized in jungle raid (p7) Toshiba needs ¥500 billion boost
Obama imposes drug gang sanctions (p5) Domestic News
Top cause of deaths in Iraq: executions (p8) MUFJ Securities data leak grows to 80 companies (p2)
Russia eases Chechnya control (p8) World Sand Sculpture Festival opens in Tottori (p2)
Ahmadinejad hints at fresh ties with West (p8) ¥10.8 trillion in JGBs to be issued in 2009 (p2)
Business News Ancient Jomon Sugi, Tane Mahuta to enter ‘sister tree’
¥17 trillion in additional bonds eyed (p9) relationship (p2)
Shinsei to swing ax at ex-GE financing unit (p9) Foreign News
Sports News Red Cross hostage freed (p3)
Ichiro returns to tie Japan record (p13) Actor Chan says Chinese ‘need to be controlled’ (p3)
Editorial Suicide rates higher in spring, study says (p4)
Pakistan’s struggle (p15) Iran convicts U.S. journalist of spying (p4)
Cop questioned over G-20 death (p4)
April 18 (Saturday) West Africa may face century-long drought: study (p5)
Front Page News King family blasted for memorial ‘profiteering’ (p5)
Donors line up $5 billion for Pakistan Archaeologists close in on possible tomb of Cleopatra,
Top Thai activist shot by gunmen Antony (p5)
Bush-era memos lay bare harsh interrogation tactics Sports News
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Obama says engaging enemies bolsters U.S. (p5) April 23 (Thursday)
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