from an editorial of Yomiuri

天下り容認：見直しが必要なのは試案のほうだ
The golden parachute of the high-ranking government officials is again approved: What should be revised is a tentative plan

公務員の天下り規制の全面的な転換と言っていいだろう。
It could be said that this is a overall turnabout of the regulation for the golden parachutes of the public employees.

中馬弘毅行革相が先に小泉首相に提出した公務員の天下り規制見直しの試案である。
This impression is about the tentative plan which was submitted to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi the other day by Hiroki Chuma, a state minister in charge of administrative reform, on the revision of the regulation for public employees' golden parachutes.

現行の規制では、離職前5年間の職務と密接な関係にある企業への就職は、退職後2年間は禁止している。
Under the current regulation, the public employees are prohibited to land the firms whose businesses are closely related to the jobs which they have been engaged in for five years before their retirement, for two years after their retirement.

from today's Nikkei

デジタル製品　シェア変動　4月以降、5品目で上位交代
携帯電話端末シャープ首位　一眼レフカメラ　ソニー3位浮上　技術力で参入
In the digital products, share rankings have changed.Since April,in the five items, top rankings have been repalced. In the mobile phone handsets Sharp has gotten to top,and in the single-lens reflex cameras Sony has come to third with its advanced technology.

from an editorial of Yomiuri

(　）内はThe Daily Yomiuriによる英訳。
指導力不足教師：安倍さんが心配するのもわかる
teachers who are lacking in coaching ability:We understand why Shinzo Abe, new president of the LDP, is concerend about it
(We share Abe's feeling on incompetent teachers
都道府県などの教育委員会から「指導力不足」と認定された教師は昨年度、506人だった。前年度比で60人減った。減少は2000年度の制度導入以来、初めてのことだ。
The number of the teachers whom prefectural boards of education have acessed as one lacking in coaching ability was 506 last year. It decreased by 60 persons,compared with the previous year.The reduction of the number is the first case since the fiscal year 2000 when the system was introduced.
(The number of teachers at public schools across the nation who were identified by education boards of prefectuiral governments and ordinance-designated major cities as lacking in teaching ability was 506 in the 2005 academic year,down 60 from the previous academic year.It was the first decrease since the 2000academic year,when the system of aceesing teachers began.)

from today's Nikkei

企業買収価値　トヨタ12兆円増　ドコモ14兆減　電機は減少目立つ　本社ランキング　小泉政権の5年

表で、企業買収価値増加額上位10社　企業買収価値減少額上位10社
According to a survey conducted by The Nihon Keizai Shimbun on the corpotate buyout values, in the past five years when Junichiro Koizumi has been serving as the prime minister,Toyota has increase its corporate buyout value by some 12 trillion yen ,and NTT DoCoMo has decreases its coroptare value by some 14 trillion yen.By inbustry, the electric machinery is noticeable as many firms have decresed their values.

in a table,
The top ten firms among those whose corporate buyout values have most increased
The top ten firms among those whose corporate buyout values have most decreased

ドイツ北西部　リニア衝突、21人死亡
Yesterday,on September 22,in the northwest region of Germany,a train collision of a linear train against a maintenace train,took place,killing 21 persons.

自民党3役　中川秀氏　固まる
According to　sources,Hidenao Nakagawa, a House of Representative lawmaker,is expected to serve as one of the LDP's top three executive posts.

賃料で返済の不動産融資　大手銀、5兆円に　1年で2割増　地価反転映す
Domestic major banks have increased new type of loan, called "nonrecourse loan," whose repayments are made only by rents coming from real estete development,with the total amount reaching five trillion yen. The sum has increased by 20 percent within a year,reflecting the land price upward ternd.

from an editorial of Yomiuri

（　　）内はThe Dily YOmiuri による英訳（９．２３に載せます）。
国旗・国歌訴訟：認識も論理もおかしな地裁判決
legal suit on national flag and national anthem:
A district court' ruling which is ridiculous in its recognition and
rationale
(Ruling on flag,anthem will have baleful effect)

日の丸・君が代を教師に義務づけた東京都教委の通達と校長の職務命令は違法ー東京地裁がそんな判断を示した。
The Tokyo Metropolitan government board of education's notification and school principlas' duty orders which obliged the school teachers to pay respects to the Japanese national flag and national anthem are illegal. This is a ruling issued by the Tokyo District Court.
(The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ruled that a notice issued by the Tokyo metropolitan government's education board and orders from school principals obliging teachers to stand when the Hinomaru national flag is raised and sing the national anthem,"Kimigayo," atschool events are illegal.)

教師には、そうした通達・命令に従う義務はない、国旗に向かって起立しなかったり、国歌を斉唱しなかったとしても、処分されるべきではない、と判決は言う。
The ruling sates that the teachers are not obliged to comply with these notifications and duty orders,and should not be punished even if they don't satnd up for the national flag and don't sing the national anthem in unison.
(The ruling means that teachers are not obliged to obey the notice and orders,and that they cannot be punished for not complying.)

都立の高校・養護学校教師、元教師らが、日の丸・君が代の強制は「思想・良心の侵害だ」と訴えていた。
Incumbent and former teachers of Tokyo prefectural high schools and handicapped-children schools have filed a legal suit,insisting that the enforcement of the Rising Sun Flag and the Anthem of His Majesty' Reign was breach of humans' thought and conscience.
(Incumbent and former teachers of high schools and schools for disabled children run by the metropolitan government had filed a lawsuit with the court against the government, claiming that forcing themto show respect for the national flag and anthem infringes on their freedom of thought and conscience.)