The Japan Times 2010: Index

2010·33.4 MB·English

JAPAN TIMES INDEX
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categories (Front Page News, Foreign News, Domes-
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tic News, Business News, and Sports News). Editorial
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headline and the page number. GNP Gross national product
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IOCT Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
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IDU International Democrat Union
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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 ————
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 chiorofluorocarbons
JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
CHONGRYUN General Association of Korean Residents in Japan
JETRO Japan External Trade Organizaition
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
- CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
JICHIRO (ZENNIHON JICHIDANTAI RODOKUMIAI) ALL Japan Pre-
CP commercial paper
fectural and Municipal Workers’ Union
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
JOC Japan Olympic Committee
CWAJ College Women's Association in Japan
ceils
oa Dats
KANKEIREN (KANSAI KEIZAI RENGOKAI) Kansai Economic Federa-
DAT digital audio tape
tion
_ DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
DPJ Democratic Party of Japan
KEIZAI DOYUKAI Japan Association of Corporate Executives
DRAMs dynamic random-access memories
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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 ee
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
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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
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ZENGINKYO (ZENKOKU GINKO KYOKAI) Japanese Bankers Asso-
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
ciation
OASO rganization 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 napety
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
OTC over-the-counter
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PCBs polychlorinated biphenyl
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
SDF Self-Defense Forces
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 March 2010 Fix residency rules: Chinese papers (p4) .
S. Korea cracks down on abortions (p4)
March 1 (Monday) Bomber says in new video he lured CIA, Jordanians
Front Page News with misleading info (p5)
Tsunami rips across Pacific, pats Japan Bosnian Serb leader defends ‘holy’ cause (p5)
Chile counts cost of deadly quake Chile towns engulfed by tsunami; no warning issued
Massive earthquake among most powerful on record (p6)
Toyoda to give next damage-control speech in China At least 53 die as storms lash Western Europe (p6)
Germany denies Japan speedskating team gold Best-preserved sculpture of King Tut’s grandfather
Domestic News found in Egypt (p6)
Japan ready to help if Santiago asks: Hatoyama (p2) Business News
Six-way denuclearization talks could resume by April, Kan ‘wishes’ deflation’s at end by 2011 (p7)
Retailing giant Daimaru Matsuzakaya opens doors
Yonhap says (p2)
Plan eyed to ease farm tariffs to promote FTAs (p2) (p7)
Kamei threatens exit over block’s bills (p2) Sports News
Norway’s Northug sprints to victory (p15)
Old diplomatic records to be aired (p2)
- Foreign News | Vancouver Olympics end with festive finale (p15)
Bin Laden parodied in Sydney Gay Mardi Gras (p3) Crosby delivers gold (p16)
_ Tension high after Bangkok bank blasts (p3) Japan chief pleased with showing (p16)
Aussie surfers to Chile tsunami: ‘We’re waiting, Editorial
where are you?’ (p3) Security for dispatch workers (p10)
Forecasting tsunami risk across the Pacific still A promise the DPJ should forget (p10)
difficult (p4)
Top ETA chief ‘arrested in France’ (p4) March 3 (Wednesday)
Fujimori’s daughter marries at his jail (p5) Front Page News
Ailing Hawaii looks to casinost o hike revenue (p8) DPJ-led bloc’s vote passes 2010 budget
SeaWorld resumes orca shows amid tears (p8)
Chile struggles to contain looting
Longtime use of cannabis linked to ‘nonaffective °63 huddle linked to secret nuke pact
psychosis’: study (p8) Temblor likely shifted Earth’s axis
Sports News Mental ills seen afflicting third of Tokyo homeless
Miyazato wins again (p16) January jobless rate dips to 4.9%
Tomba pupil wins slalom (p18) Domestic News
_. Ishida fifth in cross country event (p18) Second ‘pluthermal’ reactor goes critical in Ehime
Canada sweeps aside Norway in curling final (p18) (p2)
Editorial Tottori double-killer gets life, lay judges agree (p2)
Stepping up to devolution (p14) ’ Spring, fall five-day holidays eyed (p2)
Dispatch of medical team to Chile called off (p2)
March 2 (Tuesday) Japan judo gym opens in Nanjing (p2)
Front Page News Foreign News
_ Chile quake toll tops 700; search goes on China wealth gap widened in ’09: report (p4)
Hatoyama plans SDF medic dispatch North Korea curtailed drug trafficking in 2009, U.S.
Unionists held over DPJ-linked illicit funds says (p4)
Ehime reactor second to start MOX operation Venezuela accused of ties to rebels (p6)
China hears Toyoda recall apology, quality vow Bosnian ex-leader Ganic held in London (p7)
France arrests widow of ex-Rwandan leader (p7)
Domestic News
Masuzoe issues reform ultimatum to ailing LDP (p2) Pollen seasons ‘lasting longer’ (p8)
Third of DPJ freshmen say they have difficulty airing Business News
views: poll (p2) Astellas sues over rejected takeover (p9)
Tsunami alert erred way on side of caution (p2) JAL to drop Nippon Yusen tieup talks, may exit air
Depp tops best actor poll for seventh year (p2) freight business (p9)
Foreign News Philip Morris, British American Tabacco plan price
Beijing elevates Panchen Lama to top communist hikes (p9)
advisory body (p3) South Korea-built bullet trains debut (p10)
Sports News U.S. backs bluefin tuna trade ban
Medvedev orders officials to quit (p17) China unveils 7.5% jump in defense spending
Vancouver Games receive high praise from IOC execs Chinese big buyers of luxury goods
(p18)
Domestic News
Editorial Japan 98th in terms of female lawmakers (p2)
A toast to Canada (p14) Reporters show at assembly, so mayor no-shows (p2)
Signs of tsunami complacency (p14) Okinawa reversion secret pact eludes (p2)
Five-day rotating national holidays eyed for launch
_ March 4 (Thursday) in *12 (p2)
Front Page News Internet access crimes hit record (p2)
IBM searched in probe into NIWS (p2)
U.S. wants gas pedal override for new cars
No Peugeot-MMC tieup Foreign News 3
Foreignergset nod to skip social insurance India temple stampede kills 63 (p4)
Postquake chaos dents Chile’s self-confidence Napoleon’s hair found in Sydney (p4)
Ozawa met Soka Gakkai ex-boss; Komeito rumors Polygamy scandal mars Zuma U.K. visit (p5)
Swirl Chilean military launches aid convoys but helps troops
Hidden local government debt in China may trigger first (p5)
crisis in 2012 Iran moves to influence pivotal Iraq vote (p7)
Domestic News ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ pilot retiring (p7)
Marine base will remain in Okinawa: vice minister - Business News
i Toyota offers cash to NUMMI (p8)
Tardy Cabinet trio delay start of budget panel meeting Half of firms not to hire full-timers (p8)
(p2) $170 billion eyed for Asia projects (p8)
‘Unfair’ ’87 dismissal of JNR unionists slammed (p2) Sports News
Tottori ex-bar hostess dealt warrant for a second Tough-luck Nakano set to retire (p12)
slaying (p2) Editorial
Kamei gives suffrage bill ultimatum (p2) Funding scandals keep coming (p15)
Foreign News Passed budget a respite for DPJ (p15)
Myanmar-N. Korea ties cause U.S. alarm (p4)
Pakistani Army wraps up operations in Bajur (p4) March 6 (Saturday)
Justices have Chicago gun ban in their sights (p5) Front Page News
Kabul bans live coverage of attacks (p6) Toyota secretive on “black box’ data
300 missing after Uganda landslide (p6) Okinawa reversion account at Fed found
Greece OKs pay cuts, tax hikes in bid for EU support U.S. wants China off hook for Iran sanctions
(p6) Pyongyang’s shopper in chief goes public
Business News Postal savings limit to be raised
U.S. poll: 60% think Toyota cars safe (p7) Domestic News
Government may back domestic consortium in Brazil Okada, Steinberg discuss Iran nukes (p2)
high-speed rail project (p7) WHO designates Ikeda elementary ‘safe school’ (p2)
OT fuels first pay rise in 20 months (p7) Deal eludes bitter whaling foes (p2)
EU approves first GM crop in 12 years (p8) Aiko skips school after boys rile her (p2)
Sports News Japan, U.S. veterans join memorial on Iwo Jima (p3)
Organizers: S. Africa nearly ready (p15) Foreign News
Wen vows China military buildup (p4)
Japan eases past Bahrain (p16)
Editorial Police investigate deadly Indian temple stampede (p4)
Decision time looms for Iran (p12) Turkey recalls U.S. ambassador to protest genocide
vote (p5)
March 5 (Friday) Gunman at Pentagon shot dead (p5)
Front Page News Four convicted in German plot (p5)
Futenma relocation off White Beach proposed Free land, weapons, gas nail down votes in Iraq
Drivers complain to U.S. officials that Toyota’s fixes election (p7)
did not work U.S. sees ‘explosion’ of extremists (p7)
Prius is tops here despite brake ills Arctic methane may spur warming (p8)
_ Asteroid did in dinosaurs: research review (p8) Domestic News
Business News Lenders to cut off homemakers (p2) —
“No evidence of failure’ (p9) Ozawa unhappy with plans to keep Futenma in
Experts back Atlantic, Mediterranean bluefin ban (p9) Okinawa (p2)
Nozoe wants back as Fujitsu chief (p9) Tokyo gets third airport (p2)
Sports News N.Z. antiwhaling activist faces arrest (p2)
Antlers primed for run at fourth straight J. League title Foreign News
(p18) Thailand’s ‘red shirts’ gear up for decisive week (p3)
‘Editorial ‘Beast of a storm’ hits Melbourne (p3)
_ The chasm in Thai politics (p15) Pyongyang airs rare footage of Kim at plant reopening
rally (p3)
March 7 (Sunday) Son of dictator again wins Togo election (p4)
Front Page News Gitmo alumni leads Taliban fight (p4)
_ Obama vows to stick to guns on nuke pact ‘Hobbits’ gaining ground as new species (p5)
Discriminatory laws still hinder women: report Global glacial melt is accelerating (p6)
U.S. debt, deficit to exceed forecasts Sports News
Iran launch site has N. Korean links: Jane’s | Tsegay wins Lake Biwa Marathon (p15)
Australia searches Sea Shepherd ships on Japan’s Vodka retires before Dubai finale (p15)
‘referral’ Uemura rebounds with World Cup moguls victory
Domestic News (p16)
Two options left for moving Futenma (p2) Editorial
Base delay could harm ties, Campbell warns (p2) A ‘first step’ in South Asia (p13)
House demands more info from Toyota (p2)
Ex-Fujitsu chief Nozoe axed as adviser (p2) March 9 (Tuesday)
Seven lawmakers found not to have registered funds Front Page News
bodies (p2) Yosano faults Tanigaki rule, eyes LDP exit
$10 visa charge by U.S. irks Japan (p2) Hatoyama not mulling change to his Cabinet
Foreign News
Female filmmaker blows rivals away with ‘Hurt
Chinese city mulls carbon market (p3) Locker’
_. Rights experts to advise U.N.’s Ban on Sri Lanka (p3) ‘Cove’ Oscar is Taiji’s chagrin
Dutch anti-Islam politician riles U.K. (p4) Mystery surrounds detention of U.S. al-Qaida member
_ Pentagon shooting: Anger at government turns violent in Pakistan :
(p4) Apply now for Housirig Eco-points
Bacteria in intestines linked to obesity: study (p5) Domestic News
1,000 species live in our guts (p5) Minimum guarantee pension eyed (p2)
Business News Government climate bill may favor businesses (p2)
/ Steady U.S. payrolls bolster hopes of job creation (p6) Crown Prince begins Ghana visit (p2)
Europe leaders see no need to bail out Greece (p6) Miyagi governor gives green light to pluthermal
~Sports News generation plan (p2)
Yoshida mulls move to U.S. league (p17) Princess Aiko returns to school (p2)
_ Putin lashes out at sports officials (p17) Foreign News
Editorial Malaysia’s Anwar loses final bid to nix *98 sacking by
A marathon to take pride in (p14) Mahathir (p4)
Too few humanitarian permits (p14) India, China ‘missing’ 85 million women: U.N.
equality report (p4)
March 8 (Monday) Myanmar enacts election laws (p4)
_ Front Page News Brown fails to quell storm over army funding (p5)
Iran-linked firms get U.S. money: NYT Nigeria hunts suspects in fatal clashes (p5)
U.S. leaves election in Iraqi hands Austrian far-right candidate raises specter of Nazism
13th sarin fatality listed via new law (p6)
_ Foreigners rally over job security Pope’s brother willing to testify in alleged choir sex
_ Cabinet polling at record-low 36.3%
abuse case in Germany (p6)
Seoul’s bid for ‘nuclear sovereignty’ hinges on U.S. Iraqi voters defy insurgents despite violence that
leaves 36 dead (p6) March 11 (Thursday)
Iran making its own cruise missiles (p6) Front Page News
Religious icon ‘sheds tears’ in Paris (p6) U.S. eyes WTO case on China Net curbs
Business News Microblogs give peek into Chinese politics
Toyota set to test technology in public (p7) Allowance may cover children in institutions
Toyoda meets Hatoyama, vows better quality control Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to be barred from party, polls
(p7) U.S. investigates runaway Prius
Aeon to rename Carrefour outlets (p7) Kitano awarded French arts honor
Sports News Domestic News
Okinawa second at World Cup meet (p15) U.S. attack subs no longer nuke concern: Okada (p2)
_ Japan picks over bones of Vancouver medal tally (p16) Kaifu aware of secret pacts; others mum (p2)
Editorial Eight Sado center crested ibises killed; weasel
Cluster bomb ban moves forward (p10) suspected (p2)
Longer arm of justice (p10) Nakaima to Hirano: Schwab, White Beach both bad
options (p2)
March 10 (Wednesday) Kochi blossoms signal start of spring (p2)
Front Page News Foreign News
Secret pacts existed; denials ‘dishonest’ Women’s bill clears India Upper House (p4)
Admitting worst-kept secrets all about timing? U.S., EU eye Asia trade pacts to shore up clout (p4)
Toyota experts challenge faulty electronics claim Australian scientists extract extinct birds’ DNA from
Highway patrol saves driver in runaway Prius;
fossilized eggshells (p4) |
carmaker to probe Oscar film gets reality check from specialists (p5)
North Korea ‘creates midrange missile unit’ U.S. slams Israeli settlement plan (p5)
Domestic News Hussein eyed nuclear ‘package’ deal with Khan in
—*Cove’ Oscar won’t end Taiji dolphin kill (p2) 1990: report (p5)
Honor man’s civil war exhumations, Spain told (p2) Seven held over death threat on Swedish artist (p6)
Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from U.K. (p2) Belfast lawmakers OK police, justice transfer (p6)
Maehara: Ozawa clouding DPJ’s ‘historic mission’ Man pleads guilty to air port breach (p6)
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Business News
Pop vocalist Nakamura in stimulant bust (p2) Investors unconvinced by Fujitsu claims, TSE prove
Japanese game show takes the world by storm (p3) (p7)
Foreign News Toyota out of top 10 firms for grads (p7)
Top JI militant killed: report (p4) Sports News
Myanmar election changes stir hopes (p4) Oh Museum to open in Fukuoka (p15)
More earthquakes? No, just more people (p5) Matsui makes Angels debut in victory over Padres
Temblor moved Chile city 3 meters (p5) (p16)
Details of brutality emerge in Nigeria killings (p5) Editorial
Two of oldest in U.S. die same day (p5) Secret agreements to get along (p12)
Northern Ireland deal unlikely as Bush’s plea fails (p7) —
A tipple a day keeps obesity at bay, study of women March 12 (Friday)
Front Page News
finds (p7)
Business News 70 immigration detainees on hunger strike
U.S. House wants Toyota to hand over safety fear
Prada accused of maltreatment
memo (p8) Hatoyama flip-flopped on air base: sources
Sony to launch 3-D Bravia TVs (p8) Ibaraki Airport opens with single daily flight
_ JAL taking applications for early retirements (p8) Mexico’s Slim is world’s richest person: Forbes
Insurance industry shifts balance in wake of AIG asset Big business given free rein in U.S. warming war
sale (p9) Domestic News
Sports News Aum victim tally revised to 6,252 (p2)
Ohka set to play for Mexican club (p17) DPJ begins new round of waste-cutting (p2)
Endo propels Antlers to triumph (p18) Marten the culprit in Sado’s ibis deaths (p2)
Editorial Tokyo ward mayor sets example by taking paternity
A blueprint for China (p14) leave (p2)
California eatery, chef accused of serving whale (p2) March 14 (Sunday)
Reporters try to pin down Miyagi mountain town’s Front Page News
kangaroo sightings (p3) New Futenma facility could be shared
Foreign News EU denies Greece bailout report
- Myanmar tightens screws on Suu Kyi (p4) Al-Qaida may shift to lone attackers
Australia goes from ‘best job’ to ‘best taxi ride’ (p4) North to rejoin stalled nuclear talks: report
Ukraine president forms coalition (p5) U.S.-Europe feud risks expansive financial reform
Italy law would let Berlusconi off (p5) Clinton takes Netanyahu to task over housing
World’s top scientists to review climate panel (p6) Domestic News
_ Parents pass on fewer bad genes than thought (p6) Toyota sued in California for hiding defects (p2)
- Business News
Prada, manager fail to come to settlement in
Panasonic launches 3-D TV sales at Best Buy (p7) harassment case (p2)
Seven die in nursing home fire in Sapporo (p2)
_ GDP growth for quarter downgraded (p7)
Prius gripes may be psychological: experts (p7) Japan’s first Spelling Bee winner bound for U.S. finals
Sports News (p2)
a Disgraced Jones turns to basketball (p11) Billions spent on flu shot oversupply (p2)
Editorial DPJ’s Kobayashi grilled over funds (p2) |
Exposure to tobacco smoke (p13) Foreign News
New Delhi tests air purifier (p3)
March 13 (Saturday) Oldest Aboriginal site uncovered (p3)
Front Page News Russia sells India reactors, billions in arms (p4)
Kan: Okinawa costs topped official claim Al-Maliki up in Baghdad vote count (p4)
Sea Shepherd activist arrested U.S. goes to daylight-saving time (p4)
Hatoyama eyes cut in corporate tax rate New allegations on pedophile priest target pope (p5)
China’s infrastructure push could prove boon or | Skeletons in English mass grave were Vikings (p5)
burden Business News
Domestic News “World’s oldest’ whisky unveiled (p7)
F-35 price tag may force fighter review (p2) Sports News
- Bill OK’d to end capital-crime statute of limitations Ticket sales sluggish with Asashoryu gone (p17)
(p2) Nakamura relishes win in long-awaited return to
Marinos (p18)
Two in three students see grim future (p2)
Emissions bill, urging ’11 carbon tax, gets nod (p2) Editorial
Child-allowance, tuition-waiver bills clear panel (p2) Don’t exclude “Chosen’ schools (p14)
Foreign News Back to the fast-breeder path (p14)
Thaksin supporters converge on Bangkok (p4)
Pakistan tests missiles, torpedoes (p4) March 15 (Monday)
Mexico drug cartel buys news blackout (p5) Front Page News
Early results put al-Maliki, Allawi in tight race (p7) Suspect Prius eludes Fed, Toyota testers
U.S. report slams China, North, Iran (p7) Iran tried to buy the bomb: Khan
Gay couples wed in Mexico City (p8) Obama education revamp aims to raise bar
Birth control pill poses no added health risk, may Proposed bluefin trade ban tops CITES Doha
increase life span: study (p8) conference agenda
Business News
Hatoyama brother to leave LDP
ETIC to aid Willcom but not with investment (p9) Domestic News
Graduate job seekers feel the pain (p9) Film reflects on Aum attack (p2)
Runaway had brake override (p9) Okada plans panel to promote disclosure of diplomatic
U.K. unveils high-speed rail plan (p10) papers (p2)
Sports News Antiwhaling activist face charge (p2)
Tiger likely to return for Masters (p18) Sydney Japanese school lauded (p2)
Hanyu rallies to world junior title (p18) Foreign News
Editorial Australia defends Web filter (p3)
Uphold defense principles (p15) Protesters flood Bangkok (p3)
Political funding reforms (p15) Indonesia Muslims hit Obama trip (p3)
Punish Muhammad artists: Malaysia (p3) Scholar: U.S. kept nukes at Iwakuni in *66
Obama nominates Asian to appeals court (p4) ~ Domestic News
Fake invasion report panics Georgia (p4) Futenma scuttles visit by Campbell (p2)
Rescuing coral may doom Italian jewelers (p4) Cartoonists oppose metro move to curb ‘manga’ child
Rio’s mountaintop statue of Jesus getting $4 million sex images (p2)
makeover (p4) Hospital almost duped by illicit organ broker (p2)
Sports News ‘Lobbying’ for bluefin allies blasted at CITES (p2)
Murakami wins world junior title (p16 Foreign News
Hakuho off to flying start in Osaka (p16) Thai protesters spill own blood in capital (p4)
Editorial U.N. hits North farm stranglehold (p4)
Yubari set on reconstruction (p13) Somali government, militia ink pact (p5)
Iran bans biggest reformist party (p5)
March 16 (Tuesday) Labour proposes elected ‘Senate’ (p6)
Front Page News Unique bacterial DNA trails could trip up future
Hatoyama’s brother quits ‘ousted’ LDP criminals (p6)
Minamata settlement urged for unqualified Business News
Lawyer backs client’s Prius runaway claim Kan to BOJ: work with us to curb deflation (p7)
Skymark safety lapses prompt ministry checks California Prius runaway a mystery: regulators (p7)
Rising arms imports threaten Southeast Asia Jackson estate seals recording deal (p8)
Domestic News Sports News
_ White Beach base site said credible (p2) Beckham out six months (p16)
Ishikawa governor is re-elected (p2) Rochette makes controversial withdraw from worlds
Nurse, dentist visa-easing eyed (p2)
(p16)
China memo seeks copyright protections (p2) Editorial
Teacher indicted for child porn (p2) From hope to disenchantment (p12)
Foreign News
Abhisit nixes call to dissolve Thai Parliament (p4) March 18 (Thursday)
Randy cows risk Cambodian traffic (p4) Front Page News
Experts detail opium poppy’s genetic code (p5) BOJ doubles loan program to ¥20 trillion
Russian ruling party suffers poll setbacks (p5) China scrambles to secure water
U.S. official set up private unit to kill militants: NYT Renault reported in Daimler tieup talks
(p5) In-country nukes a crisis option: Okada
U.S. rower youngest to cross Atlantic (p6) Residency requirement eyed for child allowance
Standard heart care sufficient for diabetics (p6) Domestic News
Business News Include pro-North schools in tuition waiver: U.N.
Asian execs in push for more regional integration (p7) panel (p2)
Assessment gets first rise since July (p7) LDP defector finds little support (p2)
Mos Food plans 200 stores in China (p7) Kid hurt in navy-linked hit-and-run (p2)
Sports News Clinton, Okada to meet this month (p2)
Alonso wins in Bahrain in first race for Ferrari (p15) Seoul looks to delay Lee visit (p2)
Injured Beckham to miss World Cup (p16) Foreign News
Editorial ‘Red shirts’ dump blood at Abhisit home (p4)
First step for serious emission cuts (p10) N. Korea said to have 1,000 missiles (p4)
Reforming rich-friendly tax laws (p10) Death squads haunt Colombia political process (p5)
Israel’s U.S. snubs tend to backfire (p5)
March 17 (Wednesday) Karzai ‘very angry’ at arrest of Taliban boss (p6)
Front Page News _ Slaying of French police officer may mark grim first
DPJ member to quit over fund scandal for ETA (p6)
Lower House passes tuition, allowance bills Business News
Google’s pullout from China would create ‘a lose-lose Panasonic’s 3-D gamble pays off in U.S. (p7)
scenario’ Major manufacturers to resume pay hikes (p7)
U.S., EU clash on finance reform Auditors hit Japan Post’s Kampo fire-sales bid (p7)
NHTSA probed half of all deaths Honda brake recall targets 412,000 U.S. vehicles (p7)
Sports News ‘manga,’ ‘anime’ shelved (p2)
Woods to return at Augusta (p16) Fired Prada manager files suit (p2)
Baruto remains unbeaten (p16) Aiko’s woes ‘distress’ her parents (p2)
Editorial Axed DPJ exec calls again for Ozawa to go (p2)
Israel’s unproductive ‘insult’ (p12) Foreign News ,
Activist freed due to ‘friendly U.S. ties’ (p4)
March 19 (Friday) Pakistan arrests halt U.N.’s contacts with Taliban (p4)
Front Page News Attacks cast pall on Moscow Mideast meet (p5)
Unqualified Minamata cases to be settle U.S. man pleads guilty over role in Mumbai attack,
N. Korean killed over revaluation newspaper plot (p5) :
IBM Japan disputes ¥30 billion back tax France seeks sub patrols with U.K. (p5)
Land prices fell nearly everywhere in ’09 as downturn Ex-U.K. detective jailed for coke plot (p7)
hit demand U.S. Catholics split on health care reform bill (p7)
FBI taps social networking sites to catch crooks Business News
Domestic News Temp ban aims to aid workers (p8)
L.A. jailers cleared in Miura death: DA (p2) _ Seven & I kicks off spring greeting season with 736
_ L&G ‘enten’ fraudster who hatched ¥55 billion scam new employees (p8)
gets 18-year term (p2) | Toyota seeks retraction, apology from ABC News (p8)
¥23 billion deal pitched for JNR unionists (p2) Official declare Prius brakes weren’t applied; N.Y.
Shogunate ship’s U.S. arrival feted (p2) cops irked (p8)
U.S. to hand over to Japan most Okinawa air control Sports News
on March 31 (p2) Sekiwake Baruto on target for promotion (p16)
Ozawa to can detracting deputy (p2) After realizing dream, Jordan ready to get to work
Foreign News (p18)
- Prochoice South Korean women protest Seoul’s Editorial
antiabortion move (p4) Little in the way of a wage boost (p14)
_ ‘Hobbit’ human ancestors colonized Indonesia island New leader for bar federation (p14)
million years ago (p4)
Nigerian leader dissolves Cabinet (p5) March 21 (Sunday)
Would U.S. forces kill or capture bin Laden? (p5) Front Page News
Human egg lottery at U.K. clinic causes flap (p6) Tokyo marks subway sarin attack
Science wins key battles but could cancer win the Timeline of events related to subway gas attack
war? (p6) Struggle over health care tilts Obama’s way
Business News
14 nuke plants planned by 2030
Japan leads fight against bluefin ban (p7) Changes planned in health care reconciliation bill
2010 auto sales to hit 33-year low (p7)
Anniversary of Iraq war lost on many Americans
_ Sports News DNA data entry snafu fingers innocent man
Washington admits drug use (p10) Domestic News
Editorial Toyota kept 2007 recall to minimum (p2)
Growing disarray in the LDP (p13) Three perish in GSDF field blaze (p2)
Budding economic recovery (p13) Wind power health worries to be probed (p2)
POW’s memories get Death March caption altered
March 20 (Saturday) (p2)
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_ Nuke pact files may have been chucked Tribal leaders plan anti-Taliban strategy session (p3)
CITES bluefin trade ban shot down ‘Class war’ launched by Thaksin backers (p3)
Ban rebuff prompts relief, concern Large sandstorm swipes Beijing (p3)
Google ‘to exit China April 10’ Yemen leader Saleh says six-year war with northern
Chiba cops vexed by Prius brake woes in July rebels over (p4)
Domestic News Obama renews Iran dialogue offer (p4)
Nago protests hit-and-run to U.S. ambassador (p2) Dogs originated from Middle East wolves: study (p5)
Colonel Sanders statue back at KFC 25 years on (p2) Malcolm X assassin to be paroled after four decades in
Metro vote on bill against child-sex imagery in prison system (p5)
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U.S. court orders Fed to disclose bailout documents Hong Kong smog index hits record (p4)
(p6) N. Korea to try U.S. citizen for illegal entry (p4)
Sale of YouTube a boon for creators (p6) Despite aversion, reform may be industry boon (p5)
Sports News Nigeria to charge 164 over massacre (p6)
JBA opens door for bj-league (p17) CITES rejects proposal to regulate trade of red, pink
Editorial corals (p7)
Trouble in the workers’ paradise (p14) Business News
Scientists use isotopes to test authenticity of wine
March 22 (Monday) vintages (p9)
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Immigration detainees end hunger strike Paralympian Endo awarded medal (p15)
House smells victory on health care Tiger admits to ‘living a lie’ (p16)
Google exit to reboot China’s dark era Editorial
U.S. firms look to cash in on cutting CO2 at home When airports eat each other. (p10)
Gusty winds hurt 40, whip property, transport New foundations for contract law (p10)
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Okada visits Haiti, hints at more aid (p2) March 24 (Wednesday)
Let foreign docs work without license: Sengoku (p2) Front Page News
California eatery announces closure, apologizes for Google moves China searches to H.K. site
illegal whale sushi (p2) Toshiba, Bill Gates seek small reactor .
New Komeito bigwig Kanzaki expected to retire from Obama, allies zero in on climate after health vote
politics (p2). Ozawa now lets detractor stay
Foreign News Japan, S. Korea researchers at odds over forced labor,
Thailand is locked in political stalemate (p3) ‘comfort women’
Tribal leaders want Taliban annihilated (p3)
N.Y. cops pin Prius crash on driver
EU turf war erupts over diplomatic positions, aid (p4) Domestic News
Berlusconi hits foes via huge rally in Rome (p4) DPJ to punish Kobayashi for inaction on scandal (p2)
Ban backs Palestinian state in bid to restart Middle Most Taiwanese prefer Japan over China, survey finds
East peace talks (p5) (p2)
Violent U.S. criminals targeting medical pot (p6) Police boxes go mobile to boost security (p2)
Papal letter little comfort to abused Irish Catholics LDP poll support not mandatory: farm body (p2)
(p7) Single female workers want spouse who shares values:
Sports News poll (p2)
Baruto keeps bid for promotion on track (p15) Foreign News
Editorial Suu Kyi against NLD registering for polls (p4)
Pledge torments Mr. Hatoyama (p12) Eight kids killed in China stabbings (p4)
Those aging overpasses (p12) Sarkozy, smarting from polls, reshuffles Cabinet (p6)
Nanotech robots created to turn off cancer gene (p6)
March 23 (Tuesday) Business News
Front Page News Nissan eyes procuring V-8s from Daimler (p7)
U.S. passes historic health care overhaul China’s IT certification not a threat: Naoshima (p7)
U.S. firms’ health costs jump 7.3% Sports News
House backs sweeping student loan revamp Kawasaki routs Melbourne in ACL (p15)
Major firms to limit hiring of new grads Baruto, Hakuho still have flawless records (p16)
Sarkozy reviews options after French poll defeat Editorial
Four Rio employees plead guilty on China bribes Scars of the sarin attack (p12)
Domestic News Japan must change tune on tuna (p12)
Strings put on base move (p2)
Princesses finish junior, high school (p2) March 25 (Thursday)
Shareholders sue, claiming Toyota misled (p2) Front Page News
Embattled lawmaker from DPJ to stay on (p2)
Kamei pitches postal privatization retreat
Kobe killer sends letter of apology (p2) _ Focus of bill set to roll back postal system reform