2003.12.05

Keitai Wars (Kyodo) KDDI's "au" bested NTT's DoCoMo in November in cell phone subscriptions.   2003.12.05

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ROK graft scandal widens.  [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition] South Korean prosecutors raid the offices of another of the country's business conglomerates.   2003.12.05

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Aum-Sentence (Mainichi) An Aum executive gets the death sentence.     2003.12.05

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Asia-Steel (VOA) Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki told reporters today Japan has halted plans to retaliate against U.S. steel tariffs. The decision comes after U.S. President George W. Bush's decided to lift the steep tariffs imposed last year. Both Japan and the European Union had threatened retaliation which led the Bush administration to decide not to risk a trade war among three of the world's biggest economies.   2003.12.05

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Japan-Space (AP) The Associated Press has a critical look at Japan's trouble-ridden space program.     2003.12.05

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Panawave-Arrests (Kyodo) Five members of the white-clad Panawave cult are arrested in connection with the August death of a university professor, who was a member of the group.   2003.12.05

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Japan-Headlines (Kyodo) Here are the headlines Friday morning in leading Japanese daily newspapers.   2003.12.05

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Baker Lauds Japan's Help in Iraq, Anti-terror Efforts [U.S. State Dept.] Japan is among the top five countries in the world assisting in the reconstruction of Iraq, U.S. ambassador to Japan Howard Baker noted in a speech Thursday to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.   2003.12.05

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Bush lifts steel tariffs. [Guardian ] The U.S. today stepped back from a trade war with Japan and the EU as George W. Bush lifted punitive tariffs on steel imports.   2003.12.05

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