The Japan Times 2013: Index

2013·49.1 MB·English

JAPAN TIMES INDEX
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FCCJ Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
FDA Food and Drug Administration
Fed Federal Reserve Board
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GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
number.
GDP gross domestic product
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ABBREVIATIONS
HFCs hydrofiuorocarbons
i A ee HIV human immunodeficiency virus
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ABM antiballistic missile
IAA International Association of Art
ACCJ American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
ADB Asian Development Bank IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IATA International Air Transport Association
ADRs American depositary receipts
ICOT Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
ICPR International Commission on Radiological Protection
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IDU International Democrat Union
ANC African National Congress
IEA International Energy Agency
AP Associated Press
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation IFC international Finance Corp.
liSS International Institute for Strategic Studies
ASDF Air Self-Defense Force
ILO International Labor Organization
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
IMF International Monetary Fund
AU African Union
ITSO International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
_ AWACS Airbome Warning and Control System
—-B— interpol International Criminal Police Organization
1OC International Olympic Committee
BIS Bank for International Settlements
BOJ Bank of Japan IPI International Press Institute
IRA Irish Republican Army
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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IWC International Whaling Commission
CAPTAIN Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information IVANS International Value-Added Network Service
a Pe
Network
CATV community antenna television (cable television) JAA Japan Artists Association
CCD charge-coupled device JAAF Japan Association of Athletics Federations
CD certificate of deposit JAIA Japan Automobile Importers Association
CEO chief executive officer JAMA Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
_ CFCs chiorofiuorocarbons
Chongryun General Association of Korean Residents in Japan JANCPEC Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic
CIA Central Intelligence Agency Cooperation
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States JASA Japan Sports Association
JATA Japan Association of Travel Agents
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CWAJ College Women’s Association of Japan JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
om JCCI Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
DAT digital audio tape JCP Japanese Communist Party
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
DPJ Democratic Party of Japan JETRO Japan External Trade Organization
DRAM dynamic random access memory JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
DVD digital versatile disc Jichiro All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Worker’s Cooperative
<a Society
JOC Japanese Olympic Committee _
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC European Community JST Japan Science and Technology Agency
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
EDTV enhanced definition television Kankeiren Kansai Economic Federation
EFTA European Free Trade Association KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
EMS European Monetary System Keidanren Japan Business Federation
ERM exchange rate mechanism Keizai Doyukai Japan Association of Corporate Executives
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ESA European Space Agency
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
ESCAP U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
— oa
EU European Union M&A mergers and acquisitions
ae METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
MIA missing in action
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAQ frequaeskend tquelstyion s MIPRO Manufactured Imports and Investment Promotion
FBI Federal Bureau ofI nvestigation Organization
JAPAN TIMES INDEX
MPD Metropolitan Police Department UNSC United Nations Security Council
MSDF Maritime Self-Defense Force UPI United Press International __
; —N— USTR U.S. Trade Representative
_ NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement UV ultraviolet
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration ae ee
NGO nongovernmental organization VCR videocassette recorder
_ NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp. VOA Voice of America
_ Nichibenren Japan Federation of Bar Associations VTR videotape recorder
Nikkyoso Japan Teachers’ Union oo
NPA National Police Agency WHO World Health Organization
_ NPO nonprofit organization WIPO World intellectual Property Organization
_NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. WTO World Trade Organization
NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
NYSE New York Stock Exchange ials u
v= Zenchu Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
- OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries Zenginkyo Japanese Bankers Association
OAS Organization of American States Zen-Noh National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative
OAU Organization of African Unity (now called African Union) Associations
-OCCI Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ODA official development assistance
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and parerprnenst
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund —
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSi Open Systems Interconnection
OTC over-the-counter
on
PCB polychlorinated bipheny
PECC Pacific Economic CooperatCiouonnci l
PEN International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors,
| Essayists, and Novelists
PKF Peacekeeping Force
PKO Peacekeeping Operation |
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
POW prisoner of war
PRU General Federation of Private Railway Workers’ Unions of Japan
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R&D research and Monitenieians
Rengo Japanese Trade Union Confederation
TCCI Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
: Topix Tokyo stock price index
TRISTAN Transposable Ring-intersecting Storage Accelerator in
Nippon
en Nucleus
UNCT) ‘United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNESCO United NationsE ducational Scientanid fCuiltucra l
News of February 2013 Domestic News
Women’s judo coach resigns over abuse of athletes
February | (Friday) (p2)
Front Page News — NRA safety rules may keep reactors offline for years
Judo coach to resign over alleged beatings (p2) |
Corporal punishment practices hit and miss Hostage-takers targeted Japanese (p2)
Out of the blue, U.S. economy dips Hagel vows to address Okinawa base concerns (p2)
Japan chef wins medal at top culinary contest Ministry officially classifies Japanese eel as species at
-‘Furikome’ fraud up for a third year risk of extinction (p2)
Curtailed access to China’s diplomatic archives fuels Foreign News
Senkaku conjecture Iran to install hundreds of new centrifuges (p4)
Domestic News Cambodians turn out by thousands to mourn late King
Abe says he feels war sex slaves’ pain (p2) Sihanouk (p4)
LDP backs online campaigning (p2) GOP hawks batter defense candidate Hagel (p5)
New LDP ‘nonfaction’ holds first meeting (p2) Ancient sacrificial mounds stacked with skulls found
NRA to mull screening nuke workers (p2) in Mexico (p5)
Russia ready to resolve territorial row (p2) N. Y.’s Grand Central Terminal marks century (p6)
New mite-linked viral bug claimed first fatality in fall Icelandic girl wins fight to use name (p6)
(p2) Beyonce admits lip-syncing to national anthem
¥11 billion to stabilize Sahel area in Africa (p3) recording at inauguration (p6)
Foreign News Business News
South Korean satellite beaming home data (p4) Production workforce at 51-year low (p7)
Vietnam frees U.S. activist (p4) Panasonic scores surprise profits thanks to weakening
Taliban mark Malala to get skull plate (p4) yen, cost cuts (p7)
Timbuktu manuscripts found to be mostly safe (p5) Softbank logs record operating profit (p7)
Israel pounds target in Syria (p5) Microsoft puts new Office in the cloud (p8)
Russia ends anticrime deal with U.S. (p5) _ Despite bloc’s financial woes, Latvia to seek OK to
African billionaire Motsepe to join Giving Pledge (p7) join euro zone (p8)
_ Teen who performed for Obama shot dead (p8) Sports News
Business News Japan lands 2015, ’19 FIVB World Cups (p15)
Lexus recall in China tied to tougher laws (p9) Editorial
Monthly pay hit record low in 2012 as part-timer End the abuse of athletes (p13)
ranks grew (p9) Not the way to reform education (p13)
ANA group April-December net profit rose 54.6%
(p9) gee February 3 (Sunday)
Noodle chain set to open in Russia (p9) Front Page News
Industrial output slump ends, said bottoming out (p9) __ Senior NRA official axed over data leak
Sports News _ JOC to extend probe to all sports
Kagawa picked for Latvia friendly (p12) Bomber targets U.S. Embassy in Turkey
_ Racism forces Nakamura out of club (p12) U.S. to Abe: Collective self-defense off agenda
Editorial Report reflects surprisingly strong U.S. job market
Budget shows old LDP stripes (p13) Dow, S&P seen headed for new all-time highs
Give a little on wages (p13) | Domestic News
| Somali pirate trial lay judges felt global duty (p2)
February 2 (Saturday) Aussies blast whalers’ EEZ incursion (p2)
Front Page News Sasago Tunnel bolts fatally flawed (p2)
Court hands Somali pirates 10-year term New umbrella body gets to work on Fukushima’s
Judo champ jailed for raping student postdisaster recovery (p2)
_Eased limits now allow sale of U.S. beef below 30 Abe to tell Obama of intent to join Hague treaty (p2)
months Foreign News
China blamed for hacking U.S. media _ H.K. to clamp down on China baby food trade (p3)
‘Bad to the bone: AKB48 idol begs for fans’ mercy Gillard reshuffles Cabinet members (p3)
after breaking dating ban China to take over control of key Pakistan port (p3)
New Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’ (p3) Abe loses transport official Tokuda to ‘personal
Iran, Russia step up support for Syria: U.S. (p4) reasons’ (p2)
Pemex blast death toll at 33; cause still uncertain (p5) 10% of pregnant under-25s smoke (p2)
Sports News Berlin film fest helping out with Sendai eventt (p3)
Takanashi struggles at World Cup (p15) Foreign News ©
Editorial —
Thousands gather for the cremation of King Sihanouk
(ps)
Entrance exam change needed (p6)
Japan’s competitiveness (p6) Taiwanese admiral may be a China spy (p4)
Australia’s Labor faces defeat: polls (p4)
February 4 (Monday) France drives Mali Islamists from last city (p5)
Front Page News. Composting food waste growing trend in America (p6)
Tokyo to turn up heat on North at U.N. Boy Scouts should admit gays: Obama (p6)
Russia marks Stalingrad anniversary Business News
Prosecutors grill NISA chief over Fukushima METI to set price targets for EVs (p7)
Photograph of monkey sent to space shows wrong ‘Abenomics’ buoys stocks but fuels wariness (p7)
primate: Iranian official U.K. bank law to end ‘too big to fail’ dodge (p8)
Britain shapes good citizens with a gentle ‘nudge’ Berlusconi vows to refund money of property tax (p8)
Domestic News Sports News |
Keidanren set to make splash in Myanmar (p2) Kagawa sees Latvia as springboard (p15)
Teen comes in third at Swiss ballet competition (p2) Editorial
More firms cut outlooks despite exchange rate boost: Suicide rate in dectine (p11)
poll (p2)
_ China trawler captain caught in EEZ (p2) February 6 (Wednesday)
Magnitude 6.5 quake injures dozen in Hokkaido but Front Page News
3/11 link unclear (p2) Judo exec who hired abusive coach resigns
Diet library offers free online access (p2) Remains of King Richard III found
ForeignN ews Crime gang in Asia tied to soccer game-fixing
Stronger alliances but no new bases in Asia: U.S. China’s thick smog raising alarm bells in Japan
admiral (p3) Missteps bedevil U.S. counterterrorism efforts in
Yangon hosts its first literary festival (p3) Africa
January Australia’s hottest month (p3) Domestic News
Russia opens ties to Syrian opposition (p6) Bullying caused boy’s suicide, Otsu admits (p2)
Notre Dame bells restore history (p8) Hashimoto backs antibullying rules (p2)
? French lawmakers vote in favor of gay marriage (p8) Foreign Ministry to boost intel-gathering in Africa
Sports News (p2)
Kawauchi wins Beppu-Oita race (p19) Snow festival begins in Sapporo (p2)
Parcells, Sapp among new members of Hall (p20) Reconstruction Agency under reform a year on (p2)
Editorial Foreign News
The DPJ’s obligation (p14) Malala releases first public statement (p5)
Civil court reform (p14) North may detonate multiple nukes in test (p5)
Chinese sentenced over ‘black jails’ (p5)
Sil 5 (Tuesday) Alabama cops rescue boy, 5, held in bunker; abductor
Front Page News | dead (p6)
_ Parts for F-35 would evade export ban Parisian belles can wear pants (p6)
_U.S. OKs pre-emptive cyber-attacks Iran nabs official over prison deaths (p6)
Israel strike hit Syrian ‘chemical arms site’ Business News
Kabuki patriarch Danjuro dies at 66 Toyota lifts projected profit to ¥1.15 trillion (p7)
Navy SEAL author of ‘American Sniper’ shot dead 787 battery had ‘thermal runaway’ (p7)
Tepco exec’s interview records seized in probe
Airport concession sale in Osaka to tap advisers (p7)
Domestic News Canada begins phasing out its ‘nuisance coin’ (p8)
. Somali, 18, denies being lead hijacker (p2) U.S. to sue S&P over precrisis ratings (p8)
_ Akimoto wins Annie for lyrics in ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Sports News
§ (p2) Man Utd, Marinos to stage friendly (p15)
Editorial February 8 (Friday)
Don’t gut nuclear safety standards (p12) Front Page News
Reform of rare-disease subsidies (p12) China provocation slammed
Panetta urges restraint by Beijing on territory rows
Lawson to hike pay to boost consumption
February 7 (Thursday) Britain’s new space-age Antarctic base can slide
Front Page News across ice
Chinese target-locked MSDF ship, chopper Rubella outbreak spreading quickly
Diet to get Hague treaty bills in March Syria opens big offensive
Stocks soar on news of Shirakawa’s early exit Solomons tsunami kills nine people
Leak fuels row over U.S. targeted killings Domestic News
Land parliamentary secretary resigned over sex Japanese eel fry haul hurting this season (p2)
scandal involving a minor Oi reactor had brief power loss (p2)
- Domestic News Judoka pressed to reveal themselves (p2)
NRA to boost transparency after nuke industry Slain JGC exec asked envoy to block raid (p2)
contacts (p2) ‘Anjin’ play launches fete of 400 years of U.K. ties
Snow falls over wide areas, disrupts transport; Tokyo (p2)
trains get crowded (p2) Public workers quitting to get full retirement benefits
NGO uses unsent postcards for S. Asia education (p2)
before cuts (p3)
Taiji champions heritage to defend endangered
Foreign News
tradition (p2) Pakistan to build theme park in bin Laden town (p4)
Reconstruction Agency ‘needs more budget power’ U.S. to stop Saturday mailt o trim costs (p6)
(p3) Tunisian assassination sparks protests, government
Foreign News change (p6)
8.0 quake spurs Pacific tsunami fears (p4) Outdoor exec to head U.S. Interior (p6)
Iran leader’s Cairo reception mixed (p4) Work begins on Pompeii’s $142 million makeover
Obama plans Israel visit in spring (p4)
(7)
U.K. lawmakers OK gay marriage (p5) 1865 baseball card fetches $92,000 in Maine (p8)
France close to securing Mali, eyes March pullout (p5) Closest Earthlike planet ‘next door’ (p8)
More than 50 nations aided CIA’s harsh detention Business News
effort: study (p5) Sony pares losses, on track for yearly profit (p9)
Study suggests Neanderthals died out earlier (p6) Machinery orders up third straight month (p9)
Ireland tolerated system of harsh Catholic-run LDP ranks, like-minded lobbies rally against TPP (p9)
~-workhouses for 70 years (p6)
Micron chief upbeat on Elpida (p9)
Stress levels may be passed down to next generation Sports News
(p6) Okazaki scores pair as Japan dominates Latvia in
World’s longest cat dies in Nevada (p6) friendly (p11)
Business News Editorial
BOJ policymaker stresses difficulty of achieving 2% Mr. Kerry’s challenges (p13)
inflation (p7)
Battery maker sticks to output plan amid probes; 787 February 9 (Saturday)
test flights urged (p7) Front Page News
Toyota Aqua remains best-selling car for fourth month Evacuee suits target Tepco, government
(p7) Squids in fright take flight, really bolt
Obama urges deal to avoid ‘sequester’ (p8) Beijing denies MSDF target-lock
— Dell unveils $24.4 billion private equity buyout (p8) U.S. may restore North to list of terrorist states
Sports News DPJ snubs ruling bloc’s list of picks for key posts
United to host youth camps in Japan (p15) Domestic News
_ Fujikawa gets started with Cubs (p15) Jets roar as Japan, U.S., Australia hold drill (p2)
- Baltimore hails Ravens (p16) China smog spurs push for alerts (p2)
Editorial ee
Abe told of radar lock six days later (p2)
Smaller pieces of the pie (p10) Bottle of water falls off Osprey (p2)
Delay in electoral reform (p10) Tepco misled Diet nuke crisis panel: member (p2)
Russia fighter jets intrude off Hokkaido (p2) Editorial
Police arrested 39 via wiretaps in 2012 (p2) Nuclear power and press freedom (p6)
Foreign News
‘Witch’ burning shocks Papuans (p4) February 11 (Monday)
_ Vietnam frees U.S.-trained dissident lawyer (p4) Front Page News
U.S. plans rapid-reaction teams (p5) Suspect held in mysterious cyberthreats
Paper sealing Soviet demise missing (p5) Tax rules called bane of U.S. expats
_ “Warning shot’: 50-meter asteroid is about to buzz Violent coaching rooted in militarism
Earth (p6)
Iranians die in attack on Iraq camp
California seeks stiffest gun laws (p6) - Curiosity rover successfully drills into Martian rock
Business News Domestic News :
U.S. should reconsider 787 battery safety approval: Abe tours disaster-hit areas in Iwate (p2) _
NTSB (p7) Japan offers help building Saudi nuclear power plants
Kansai biz forum hails LDP, frets over nuke plants (p2)
(97) Yen fall might pad 2012 profits 3.4% (p2)
EU to lift Japanese beef import ban (p7) Ex-NRA official broke solo meeting rule with utility
execs over 30 times (p2)
EU’s leaders wage tough battle over budget (p8)
Ireland seals deal to lighten debt load (p8) Foreign News
Sports News Filipino Islamic extremists face new foe: fellow rebels
Firebrand Okubo targeting title at new home Frontale (p3)
— (p16) Beijing Lunar New Year fireworks quiet (p3)
Editorial Khmer Rouge court suffers cash crunch (p3)
_China’s dangerous conduct (p13) Merkel takes another hit as minister quits in poll year
(p4)
February 10 (Sunday) Syria troops, rebels clash in capital (p4)
Front Page News Brazil dams Amazon to feed energy-hungry economy
Chinese navy weapons-lock proof in offing (p5)
Egyptians protest Morsi; Tunisian unrest grows First legal suits are filed over horse-meat fraud (p6)
Sports News
U.S. mulls Algerian militant for ‘kill’ list
Judo coach abuse scandal taints Tokyo Olympics bid Japanese judoka victorious in Paris (p15)
Hacker leaks Bush emails, photos Reynolds surges past Hanyu to claim gold (p16)
Recruit founder, ’80s bribe-giver Ezoe dies at age 76 Takanashi moves closer to World Cup triumph (p16)
Domestic News Editorial
METI panel wants utilities monopolies to end by 2020 An American risk to the world (p10)
(p2) Cues from Germany and France (p10)
Tohoku Electric eyes 11% household electricity rate
hike (p2) February 12 (Tuesday)
Article 9 panel revived in collective defense bid (p2) No paper was issued due to press holiday.
Lawmakers huddle to revise BOJ Law (p2)
_ Nagasaki nursing home blaze kills four (p2) February 13 (Wednesday)
No new BlackBerry phones for Japan (p2) Front Page News
Foreign News North Korea nuclear test sparks alarm
Chinese hope to shed feaas rYea r of the Snake starts Japan presses for tougher sanctions
(p3) Church scrambles after pope’s exit bombshell
China world’s largest trader in 2012 (p3) Surprise papal resignation opens door to myriad
India hangs plotter from 2001 Parliament attack (p3) contenders worldwide
N.Z. to ease Aussie refugee population (p3) Nikkei climbs nearly 2% as yen keeps tumbling |
Cameron calls EU cuts a win (p4) Suspect in online threats may have used PCs at client
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Venezuela devalues currency by 32% (p4)
- NATO rejects death of Afghan children (p4) Domestic News
Sports News U.S. agrees: Chinese frigates locked their weapons
Hanyu steals spotlight during short program (p16) radar on MSDF units (p2)
IOC to drop one sport from Olympic program (p16) Kyushu areas releasing China pollution readings (p2)
Iwate, Miyagi hold coastal search for 3/11 remains Sports News
(p2) Banner-waving Korean to get medal (p15)
Nippon Ishin to start hunt for July candidates (p2) Okajima signs minor league contract with A’s (p16)
Okinawa-based U.S. airman held over DUI crash (p3) Editorial
Foreign News Tepco’s investigation obstruction (p10)
Resignation sparks are disbelief, grief (p4) Judo culture needs to change (p10)
Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden breaks his silence
(p6) February 15 (Friday)
Syrian rebels capture country’s largest dam (p7) Front Page News
Myanmar denies hacking reporters’ email accounts U.S. report to deny Agent Orange in Okinawa
@7) Economy off 0.4% as recession continues
37 die in stampede at Hindu festival (p7) AA, US Airways to merge: sources
- 16 nations warned over horse meat (p7) Third victim in Guam attack dies in the hospital
Business News Anonymous donor gives ¥10 million in gold ingots to
‘Abenomics’ gets backing of ADB chief (p8) Miyagi fish market
G-20 help sought on ‘manipulation’ (p8)
Domestic News
U.S. looks for microscopic flaws in 787 batteries (p8) LDP gets behind the Hague Convention (p2)
Tocom trades farm futures as grains bourse iss ett o Bill targets reckless cyclists, unlicensed drivers (p2)
dissolve (p8) Fallout probe finds third case of thyroid cancer (p2)
Sports News Abe, Obama agree to get tougher on N. Korea (p2)
Mao captures Four Continents title (p15)
Pro-Pyongyang schools lose subsidy after nuke test
(p2)
North Korea’s reckless test (p12) Researchers close in on iPS trials (p2)
Securing Japanese safety abroad (p12) Diet approves NRA commissioners (p2)
Coach axed over bullying suicide (p2)
February 14 (Thursday) Original Iwojima monument goes up for auction (p3)
Front Page News Foreign News
Two Japanese die in Guam stabbing spree India’s doctors using illegal sex-selection in own
Wrestling faces up to Olympic snub families (p4)
North touts nukes for peace talks Horse-meat scandal exposes flaws in Europe’ s food
G-7 vows to avoid manipulation of forex rates chain (p5)
mestic News Israel admits jailing suspected Aussie spy (p6)
Mass stabbing shocks tourist haven Guam (p2) SARS-related virus alarm spreads (p6)
Truck driver held over train wreck (p2) Roof of Chernobyl plant caves in (p6)
Parties come together to lift ban on Net election
Journalists arrested in hacking probe (p6)
Campaigning (p2) Business News
Budget cuts to hurt U.S. Pacific ‘pivot’ (p2) Lower House OKs massive extra budget (p7)
Abe, Lee vow unity against North threat (p2) LDP ranks firm on TPP stance: No joining if all tariffs
Athletes, coaches get JOC abuse surveys (p2) are to be eliminated (p7)
Massive 3/11 painting goes to Kobe (p3) Thomson Reuters to cut 2,500 jobs (p7)
Foreign News Sports News
-North’s nuclear belligerence angers sole patron Chins Indians offer Matsuzaka fresh start with minor league
(p4) deal (p9)
Tibetan in Nepal 100th. to-set self onf ire since "09 (p4) Editorial
_ Pope had secret heart operation (p5) An export ban worth keeping (p11)
Kyrgyz ex-president faces jail term (p5) Improve reconstruction efforts (p11)
ama stakes second term on ambitious reforms (p6)
_ Russia approves public smoking ban (p6) February 16 (Saturday)
French MPs pass gay — bill (p6) Front Page News
Business News North upgrading rocket site; features point to Iranian
Top unions submit request for pay hikes (p7) help
Wholesale prices fall for 10th month (p7) Diplomat confirms Iran has upgraded its enrichment
ist acquires rest of NBC parent in early sale (p8) tech
Killer of one had no rap sheet, sentenced to hang Foreign News
Meteor shower hurts hundreds in central Russia H.K. activist deletes website ID info (p3)
_. Tojo’s granddaughter, Yuko, dies at 73 Legion of Christ seized $60 million from woman (p4)
Domestic News U.S. nuclear tank leaking liquids (p4)
_. U.S. firm joins power project on Kunashiri (p2) U.S. plans to fix forensic science (p4)
- Toshiba decontamination bot to scrub No. 1 plant (p2) EU to test food for horse DNA (p5)
Alliance-boosting Obama summit set for next Friday Facebook hit by ‘sophisticated’ strike (p5)
(p2) Sports News
Probe details coach’s abuses against boy who killed Wrestling body ousts president (p15)
himself (p2) Uemura third in Sochi test run (p15)
_ Abe vows again to amend Article 9 (p2) Serena regains No.1 ranking (p16)
_ Net threat suspect denies being perp (p2) Pistorius denies girlfriend’s murder ‘in strongest
ForeignN ews terms’ (p16)
Aussie gene patent challenge fails (p4) _ Editorial
Workaholic South Koreans begin to get more free time AKB48 and sexual politics (p6)
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Al-Qaida blueprint for North Africa unearthed in February 18 (Monday)
Timbuktu (p5) Front Page News >
Astronomers trace cosmic rays to supernovae (p6) Obama plans to give illegals residency visa
Obama pushes preschool expansion, sidesteps cost Upper House poll Abe’s guiding star
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‘Abenomics’ turn Aso into celebrity
_Tranian commander killed in Syria (p6) Karzai plans ban on foreign airstrikes
Business News Sectarian strife roils Pakistan after bomb kills 81
Tamagotchi returns as app (p7) Domestic News
Sharp, Panasonic boost air purifier sales in smogey Guam suspect’s kin voice remorse, shame (p2)
_.. China (p7) Mass offered for rampage victims (p2)
Tohoku Electric —— 11.4% household rate hike WWIl-era shells readied for disposal (p2)
(p7) North’s nuclear test to top Abe-Obama agenda (p2)
Toveda to settle suit in U.S. with $29 million payment Film chronicling Tohoku man’s ordeal honored (p2)
Foreign News
U.S. begins planning domestic drone sites (p8) Sri Lankan journalist attacked (p3)
Buffett, 3G buy Heinz for $23 billion (p8) Singaporeans call for ‘change’ (p3)
_ Sports News Russian meteor damage claims soar (p4)
~ Government to honor late yokozuna (p15) Americans face massive retirement funds shortfall
Pistorius charged in slaying (p16) (p6)
Editorial Romanian drama nets top prize at Berlin film festival
-Aking rediscovered iii (p6)
Sports News
‘February 17 (S cadey) Takanashi moves step closer to title (p15)
Front Page News Editorial
Abe lays path for national security council Mr. Obama’s first principles (p12)
G-20 keen to avoid currency carnage
China digs in history to bolster isle claims February 19 (Tuesday)
Asteroid passes close on heels of Russia strike Front Page News
Firearm-shy at home, Japanese get to turn ‘gun ho’ on Faults may be active under Aomori plant
Guam China hindering Japanese M&As
c News ”11 arms market declined for first time since 1994
North’ s drive for mini nukes raises alarm (p2) 42 injured as bus plunges onto train tracks in Oita;
Seven & I selling 30-month U.S. beef (p2) driver blames brakes
Suu Kyi visit to Japan in works for mid-April (p2) Seven foreigners kidnapped in sativa Nigeria
U.S. top court upholds Sea Shepherd injunction (p2) Domestic News
Guam establishes memorial fund for victims ofc ar, Takeshima ceremony to draw 18 lawmakers (p2)
stabbing rampage (p2) 1927 serialized novel by Nobelist Kawabata identified
_(p2) BOJ members troubled by 2% target: minutes (p7)
Hindi-speaking ‘cat’ pulled off air (p2) Horse DNA in beef products prompts Nestle recall
Rare Okinawa plants transplanted due to helipad (p8)
projects perish: papers (p2) Sports News
Okinawans monitoring noise from Ospreys (p3) Torre ready to manage U.S. at WBC, calls Japan team
Foreign News to beat (p16)
Shiites strike for protection in Pakistan (p4) Editorial
Assange sees legal defense in politics (p4) Making senior facilities safer (p12)
NATO to follow order to halt Afghan airstrikes (p5) Stopping the economy’s slide (p12)
Re-elected Ecuadorean president eyes deeper reform
(p5) February 21 (Thursday)
Russians find meteorite fragments (p6) Front Page News
_ Business News Ex-cop off hook for Akashi ’01 fatal crush
G-20 backs stimulus policy but not talking down yen Government links printing staff’s cancer to work
(p7) Nation posts largest-ever monthly trade deficit
U.S. budget cut warnings may prove harsher than Hotels, theme parks hope to attract tourists benefiting
reality (p8) from yen’s slide
Sports News Muto, Iwata likely on shortlist for BOJ chief
Azarenka tops Serena in final (p16) Pro-Pyongyang schools barred from tuition waiver
Takanashi becomes youngest to claim overall World Domestic News
Cup title (p16) Abe praised for pragmatism, warned on ‘comfort
Editorial women’ (p2)
NRA secretariat must halt collusion (p11) Abe sending mixed signals to Seoul with official visits
Save Olympic wrestling (p11) (p2)
Kabuki actor given top French arts award (p2)
_ February 20 (Wednesday) Japan cellphone pioneer awarded Draper Prize (p2)
Front Page News © Lunar New Year behind 2.4% drop in January foreign
Ministry plans China smog threat alerts visitors to Japan (p2)
Chinese struggle in ‘airpocalypse’ Foreign News
Army unit is linked to hacking of U.S. sites Alarming scope of Chinese military cyberspying
Breakthrough in pig pancreas regeneration detailed (p4)
Eased Civil Code debt-guarantor rules planned China ‘linked to’ hacking of Apple (p4)
With LDP nod, Hague bills face May Diet OK Israel denies ‘Prisoner X’ contact (p4)
Writer Donald Richie dies at 88 Cameron faces up to ‘shameful’ era (p4)
Domestic News Three Indian sisters raped, killed (p4)
Tiny Hakone tremors trigger fear, not eruption (p2) Rebels may bring war to Lebanon (p5)
75% of schoolchildren against use, possession of Colorado House approves gun-control bills in wake of
quasi-legal drugs: poll (p2) deadly shootings (p6)
Japan won’t disclose radar evidence (p2) Business News
Investors sue DPJ chief Kaieda over bum advice (p2) TV firms’ hopes ride on 4K shift to ‘bigger, smarter’
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Kurosawa, collaborators receive Hollywood honor
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Sent abroad, weaker yen propels growth (p7)
Foreign News — Outlook.com aims to topple Gmail (p8)
Spy held after ‘leaking Mossad work’ (p4)
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Lee slams North in farewell speech (p4) Blackhawks tie record (p16)
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela (p5) Editorial
J shoots down bid to arm Syrian rebels (p5) Avoiding a currency war (p10)
Armenian president wins disputed re-election (p5) Disclosure of nuclear crisis data (p10)
Future will see less snow, more blizzards (p6)
U.K. ‘GoodL ife’ sitcom star Briers dies at 79 (p6)
February 22 (Friday)
— claim pipe kidnapping (P6) Front Page News
Three murderers sent to the gallows
to buy foreign bonds: Aso( p7)
Japan Atomic sells back uranium
Sony unveils PS4 gaming console exhibit in Japan (p3)
Abe: China stirs up rows to build support at home Foreign News
Senkaku clash could draw in U.S.: think tank Warnings preceded India bombing (p4)
U.S. takes steps against cybertheft Foreigners in North to get Net on phones (p4)
New activity detected at North Korean nuclear site Three British Muslims convicted in bomb plot (p5)
Domestic News ‘Rotten egg gas’ hydrogen sulfide may allow us to live
Sex offenders among youths up 23%: NPA (p2) longer (p5)
Sea Shepherd claims it was rammed (p2) U.S. groups agree on immigration (p5)
New prize awards Yamanaka $3 million (p2) NATO mulls larger Afghan force (p5) __
Tokyo firm to begin controversial prenatal genetic Lead investigator replaced in Pistorius case (p7)
testing via U.S. (p2) NASA rover finds Mars is only red on surface (p8)
¥7 million income limit eyed for free tuition system 25% of U.S. teens harassed online by partner (p8)
(p3) : U.S. inks plan for Alaska reserve (p8)
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European horse-meat scandal hits Asia (p4) Economic woes provide opening for White House (p9)
China ‘honey-laundering’ firms fined (p4) Obama to push entry of U.S. automakers (p9)
Saudi women join Shura Council (p4) Women’s pay hit record high in ’12 (p9)
Senator says 4,700 killed by drones (p5)
Google adds new touch to laptops (p10)
Case against Pistorius beginning to unravel (p5) HP vows innovation as profits it (p10)
Mexican police, soldiers tied to disappearances (p5) Sports News
Iran starts upgrade of nuclear enrichment (p5) _ Recuperating Pele aims to take it easy (p17)
Jackson Jr. guilty over funding (p6) Editorial
Scientists spot the smallest planet yet found outside Reform prosecution inquest system (p15)
our solar system (p6) Campaigning, 21st-century style (p15)
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Already a huge hit, Line aims for SNS market (p7) February 24 (Sunday)
Now Abe says there’s no need for foreign bond buys Front Page News
(p7) Abe-Obama talks set stage for TPP entry
METI to trim requested power rate hikes in Kansai, Opposition bolts from Friends of Syria talks
Kyushu (p7) ADB’s Kuroda emerges as possible BOJ chief
Boeing to offer redesigned batteries to get 787s flying, American teacher’s spin on Japan racism angers
U.S. federally funded research to be freely available
N.Y. Times reports (P7)
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IOA head at odds with wrestling vote (p10) Hague pledge fails to appease U.S. lobbyists (p2)
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Sharp to drop Hon Hai tieup talks (p2)
The cybercrime challenge (p11) Tokyo, Beijing to cooperate over air pollution menace
Reform panel pulls its punches (p11) (p2)
IMF says concerns on yen’s fall ‘overstated’ (p2)
February 23 (Saturday) Crown Prince turns 53; tapping Emperor’s views (p2)
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Global team must dismantlNeo . 1: IAEA Jakarta opens transgender care home (p3)
FukushimNao. 1 water cleaner to be tested Court extends jail term for Chen, wife (p3)
U.S. border security is better. Is ite nough? (p4)
ne, ‘abnormal’: Putin
ssad party HQ may be deadliest yet in U.S. troops to set up Niger drone base (p4)
Britain loses Moody’s AAA rating (p4)
U.S. grounds new F-25 fighter jets (p4)
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Metro government’s Senkaku donations gathering dust Sports News
Chicago sets record in win (p14)
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