Recently added articles from Yomiuri Shimbun:
Kyoto pact flaws must not be repeated.
Oct 02, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Sunday, Sept. 30: X X X Negotiations on an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol are getting into full swing. As host of next year's summit meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations ...
Can new deal lead to non-nuclear N. Korea?
Oct 02, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday, Oct. 1: X X X The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program entered a recess for two days and negotiators from six countries plan to make public a document drafted at the talks as soon as it is ...
Roh meets Kim in North Korea.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Masahiko Takekoshi SEOUL _ In a historic step, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the North-South demarcation line on foot Tuesday morning and arrived in Pyongyang around noon for the first inter-Korean summit meeting in more than seven years. North ...
Kim report may reignite old dispute between Japan, South Korea.
Oct 25, 2007 ... Byline: Shinichi Hirano, Yuichiro Nakamura and Shoji Minami TOKYO _ The South Korean government's revelation that the August 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung from Tokyo was conducted by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency may undo the longstanding political settlement of the ...
Perry voiced anger with Dutch in 1853 letter.
Oct 25, 2007 ... TOKYO _ A recently rediscovered letter written by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry to the head of the U.S. Navy a month after Perry made port in Japan in 1853 shows Perry's irritation with the Dutch during negotiations with the shogunate government. The letter also shows Perry's own ...
80,000 bikes exported to North Korea.
Oct 25, 2007 ... Oct. 25--TOKYO -- Despite the government's economic sanctions on North Korea, there is steady growth in exports of some goods to the country--especially of bicycles, shipments of which jumped more than fivefold this year. Though Japan has banned all North Korean ships from ...
Alpinist makes Himalayan glacier appeal.
Oct 27, 2007 ... Byline: Hiroko Kono TOKYO _ Alpinist Ken Noguchi has been travelling around the world trying to raise awareness of the melting glaciers in the Himalayas caused by global warming. Noguchi has visited Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan to meet face-to-face with prime ...
Japan's new North Korea line: More carrots, less stick.
Oct 27, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Reflecting Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's intentions, the government increasingly has been focusing on dialogue in its diplomatic relations with North Korea, revealing a shift in the foreign policy line from that taken by the Abe administration, which favored pressuring the country ....
Japan shuns Seoul `regret' over Kim's abduction case.
Oct 27, 2007 ... TOKYO _ South Korea's ambassador to Japan intended to express regret to the Japanese government Friday for the involvement of Seoul's intelligence agency in the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung in Tokyo, but the Foreign Ministry refused his visit, a ministry official said. ...
Scramble to hire graduates bad for all.
Oct 30, 2007 ... Byline: Yoshimitsu Ohashi Oct. 30--TOKYO -- Intensifying competition between companies to attract the best new graduates has seen many firms launch recruiting activities that target third-year undergraduate university students, whom the firms hope to hire in April 2009 after ...
Japan's lunar exploration mission lacks perspective.
Oct 30, 2007 ... Byline: Keiko Chino Oct. 30--TOKYO -- The launch of Japan's lunar orbit explorer Kaguya in September was quickly followed by a Chinese lunar orbiter the following month, exemplifying the fact that exploring the moon is at the forefront of space development. Under ...
Studies clarify how Tamiflu affects brain.
Oct 31, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Two groups of Japanese researchers have discovered how the prescription flu drug Tamiflu reaches the brain through animal testing, they said on Wednesday. A large number of people are reported to have behaved abnormally after taking Tamiflu, with some cases resulting in ...
Greenhouse gas emissions 'to soar in "7".
Oct 31, 2007 ... Oct. 31--TOKYO -- Suspending the operation of a nuclear power station in the aftermath of the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake in July and the extraordinarily hot summer are likely to dramatically increase greenhouse gas emissions in the current fiscal year, Environment ...
Policy on fiscal reconstruction will be true test of prime minister's abilities.
Oct 31, 2007 ... Byline: Koichi Akaza Oct. 31--TOKYO -- One month after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda took office, a bill for a new antiterrorism law is under deliberation at the extraordinary Diet session, marking the first major hurdle for the administration to clear. But prospects ...
