POLITICS
July 11~20, 2000

"KOIZUMI FEVER" AND UPPER HOUSE ELECTION
  • PM Koizumi souvenirs are snapped up
    (Reuters/Japan Today. July 11)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=42450

  • "Koizumi Fever" Hits Japanese Campaign
    (By Doug Struck and Kathryn Tolbert. The Washington Post. July 13)

  • Promoters rush to sign Koizumi's son
    (Shukan Post/Japan Today. July 13)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=shukan&id=69

  • Upper House race starts
    (Asahi. July 14)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071200901.html

  • 2001 Election: Parties play campaign name game
    (By Masato Tanaka, Taro Karasaki, Asahi. July 14)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071200907.html

  • Gov't plan will cost 200,000 jobs, 20,000 businesses
    (Mainichi. July 14)
    www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/830107/gov27t-0-6.html

  • LDP sees success in maverick image
    (By Taro Karasaki and Masato Tanaka. Asahi. July 14)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071300976.html

  • Koizumi's popularity does not necessarily mean votes
    (By Chang-Ran Kim. Reuters/Japan Today. July 16)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=43918

  • Koizumi fever lukewarm in Okinawa
    (By Kikuyo Komesu. Kyodo/Japan Today. July 18)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=44718

  • 2001 Election: Okinawans' immune to Koizumi's charm
    (By Takeshi Fujitani, Asahi. July 18)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071800555.html

  • Wolferen: Koizumi must choose reform or LDP
    (By Siusumu Maejima. Asahi. July 19)
    www.asahi.com/english/national/K2001071900664.html


PM KOIZUMI AND KYOTO PROTOCOL

  • Japan's Leader Stuck in the Middle on Kyoto
    (By Doug Struck. Washington Post. July 12)

  • Frustrated Europeans Set to Battle U.S. on Climate
    (By Edkimd Andrews. The New York Times. July 16)

  • U.S. Japan are pressed on Kyoto.
    (By William Drozdiak. The Washington Post. July 17)

  • Koizumi expecting G-8 baptism of fire
    (By Shinichi Kishima. Reuters/Japan Today. July 18)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=44703

  • Japan isolates U.S. in quest for Kyoto pact
    (By Alastair Macdonald. Reuters/Japan Today. July 18)
    www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=44611


JAPAN'S DEFENSE STRATEGY AND U.S. MISSILE PLAN

  • Defense information subject to disclosure
    (Asahi. July 14)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071400396.html

  • Nagasaki mayor to burn Bush on A-bomb pact
    (Mainichi. July 15)
    www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/830348/nagasaki-0-2.html

  • Japan to continue TMD research with U.S.
    (The Japan Times. July 16)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010716a2.htm

  • A bull's-eye over the Pacific
    (The Japan Times. July 18)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ed20010718a1.htm

  • Japan may be forced to decide on charter.
    (By Doug Struck. The Washington Post. July 18)

  • Makiko Tanaka oversteps mark yet again
    (Asahi. July 19)
    www.asahi.com/english/politics/K2001071900615.html

  • Tanaka blasted for missile turnabout
    (Mainichi. July 20)
    www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/830348/missile-0-1.html

WWII: COMFORT WOMEN & SLAVE LABORERS

  • Slave laborer who hid for 13 years awarded 20 mil. Yen
    (Mainichi. July 12)
    www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/830350/slave-0-4.html

  • Family wins 20 million yen for laborer's time on run
    (The Japan Times. July 13)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010713a3.htm

  • Forced laborer wins suit
    (Asahi. July 13)
    www.asahi.com/english/national/K2001071301067.html

  • Eight Chinese 'comfort women' sue government
    (The Japan Times. July 17)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010717a6.htm

  • Chinese women sue gov't over wartime suffering
    (Mainichi. July 16)
    www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/830351/wartime-0-2.html

  • Wartime laborer's ashes returned to South Korean kin
    (The Japan Times. July 19)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010719b4.htm


FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI

  • Peru not ready to ask for extradition
    (By Hiroko Nakata. The Japan Times. July 12)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010712a8.htm

  • Fujimori's relative gets citizenship
    (The Japan Times. July 19)
    www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010719a2.htm

  • Japan Protects Fujimori Relative From Being Sent Back to Peru
    (By Calvin Sims. The New York Times. July 19)


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