Perspectives
U.S. entitled to ask Aso for letter of authorization from his people
Prime Minister Taro Aso's great great-grandfather, Toshimichi Okubo (1830-1878), once visited the White House. As a deputy envoy of the Meiji government-sponsored Iwakura Mission, Okubo -- clad in formal attire and armed with a sword -- met with then U.S. President Ulysses Grant.Full article
News
- Only 16 percent of parents know children using social networking sites on cell phones
- 67 suffer eye infections after undergoing laser operations at Tokyo clinic
- Cyber crime hits record high in 2008
- Two Japanese pilots selected as astronaut candidates
- Sea change in convenience store industry following am/pm buyout by Lawson
- 9 bereaved family members of war dead lose suit over Yasukuni Shrine enshrinement
- Filipino couple faces imminent deportation, separation from Japan-born daughter
- Mayor releases public servants' salaries online, criticizes overpaid workers
- Three more Sekihotai mail threats against NHK
- Yamanashi gov't to protest registration of local wine trademark in China
- Food company drops plan to use Waseda University founder's name as brand name
- Aichi gov't ordered to pay damages over shoddy inspection of hotel with faked quake data
Features
Death row inmates' newsletter offers scholarships for families of crime victims (Pt 5)
Dennis Skillicorn, 49, is not only a death row inmate at Potosi Correctional Facility in Missouri. He is also the editor of "Compassion," a bimonthly newsletter written by death row inmates.Full article
Daily Haiku Selection
Feb. 25, 2009
Suddenly ice cold
Two kiss in the wind
One is my lover
--
T. Kennedy (New Jersey, USA)More...
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