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Mie fish farm admits using hormone disrupter

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Japan Times - Oct. 04 (News Report) - A fishery cooperative in Owase, Mie Prefecture, halted virtually all shipments of its farmed fish after learning that a farm in the region used a banned hormone disrupter as a parasite repellent, the cooperative said Saturday.

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Why China will continue to back Pyongyang

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Japan Times - By Jonathan Holslag - Apr. 26 (News Analysis) - In another move to raise the stakes, the dictator of Pyongyang has just decided to restart his nuclear program. And who is going to stop him, now that his long-range rocket can hit parts of the American West Coast? At least in theory. During the recent test, it took him days to prepare the vehicle on its launch pad. During the takeoff there were once more problems with the liquid fuel system and the guidance configuration. If this were for real, it would not have the least chance to survive a pre-emptive strike by America or Japan, which saw the launch as a dreamed opportunity to test some of their new military hardware and joint command facilities. North Korea might have its rocket, but it is still a decade away from the kind of nuclear deterrence that would frighten its rivals.

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Rethinking a global post-Kyoto solution

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Japan Times - By Takashi Kitazume - Feb. 10 (News Report) - "The United States under President Obama would no more sign the Kyoto Protocol than it would have done under President George W. Bush," Prins said. However, you can expect an aggressive set of actions from the Obama administration on the supply side, on research and development of new energy, and renovation of the country's power-generation infrastructure, he added. Japan should be encouraged by this "because all that you are hearing from the Obama administration fits" the sectoral approach to reducing energy intensity advocated by Tokyo, Prins said.

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Growing challenges to Asian stability

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Japan Times - By Brahma Chellaney - Jan. 01 (News Analysis) - During the Bill Clinton presidency, Washington went out of its way to befriend China, even if such courtship slighted Japan. As Condoleezza Rice put it before joining President George W. Bush's administration, "Never again should an American president go to Beijing for nine days and refuse to stop in Tokyo or Seoul." Yet Bush is leaving the White House with a solid China-friendly legacy, best illustrated by the manner he ignored the bloody suppression of last March's Tibetan uprising and showed up at the Beijing Olympics. Obama is sure to continue the 36-year record of U.S. presidents being China-friendly — a certainty underscored by America's greater need, in the midst of a financial meltdown, for capital from a foreign power already holding 10 percent of its public debt.

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'Clean' diesels set to take on hybrid cars

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Japan Times - By Mutsuo Fukushima - Jan. 05 (Special Report) - A diesel-powered vehicle generally gets 20 percent to 30 percent better mileage than a gasoline car with a similar body and engine size. Diesel fuel also costs about 15 percent less than gasoline in Japan. Industry analyst Mitsuhiro Kunisawa said that taking these two points into account, fuel costs for the owner of a diesel car are roughly 40 percent less than those for the owner of a gasoline car. Proponents of hybrid technology also plan to continue expanding production of gas-electric vehicles.

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Smoother trade in East Asia

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Japan Times - Jul. 16 (Editorial) - The trade ministry's fiscal 2007 white paper calls for creation of an "open and seamless" economic system in East Asia where Japanese companies have already established strong business networks. Behind the call is recognition that a dynamic East Asian economy is indispensable for Japan's economic growth.

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100,000 Numbers: Japanese Man's Search Of Meaning Of Life By Memorizing PI

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:05:00 -0800

Japan Times - By Tomoko Otake - Dec. 22 (News Report) - "Unless you're a mathematician or an engineer, pi probably ranks high on the list of things that are of little or absolutely no use in your life." World record holder Akira Haraguchi who recited 100,000 digits of pi in Oct. "says his interest in pi has a lot to do with his lifelong quest for eternal truth."

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