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JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Kono vows $28 million for Timor refugees
Foreign Minister Yohei Kono has told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan that Tokyo will extend $28 million in humanitarian assistance for refugees in East Timor in response to U.N. appeals for aid, according to Foreign Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
No progress in renewal talks for Saudi oil field
Japan and Saudi Arabia made little progress during negotiations held in Riyadh by the two governments earlier this week to renew oil-drilling rights for Tokyo-based Arabian Oil Co., trade chief Takashi Fukaya said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Court overturns visa rejections of Bangladeshi pair
The Tokyo District Court on Friday invalidated the decisions of a former justice minister who rejected petitions filed by two Bangladeshis with Japanese wives seeking special permission to stay in Japan even though they have overstayed their visas.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Festivities mark Emperor's 10th anniversary
Politicians, business leaders and musicians gathered with the public to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Emperor's reign in both civic- and government-sponsored festivities Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
LDP stalls on foreign resident suffrage bill
The Liberal Democratic Party told its coalition partners Thursday that it needs time to form a consensus on granting suffrage to permanent foreign residents, and that it will be impossible to submit the bill during the current session, a New Komeito executive said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
KDD profit soars to 11.2 billion yen
KDD Corp. posted an unconsolidated pretax profit of 11.2 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 1999, up 118.5 percent from the same period a year earlier, the telecommunications carrier reported Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
'Sokaiya' linked to Kobe Steel has stock in 500 firms
OSAKA -- A "sokaiya" corporate racketeer arrested on suspicion of receiving illegal payoffs from Kobe Steel Ltd. was found to be holding stocks of about 500 companies worth about 400 million yen in market value, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Gas attack getaway driver gets life term
A former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his involvement in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Japan hits the road for weapons treaty
By Hisane Masaki
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Report on Kyrgyz hostage crisis urges security steps
The Foreign Ministry on Friday released its study on the abduction of four Japanese in Kyrgyzstan, detailing various steps to ensure the security of Japanese engaged in development assistance work abroad.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Japan hit over weak antinuclear stance
By Mayumi Negishi
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1999
Mazda first-half profits slide 69%
Mazda Motor Corp. posted 5.9 billion yen in unconsolidated pretax profits for the first half of fiscal 1999, down 68.8 percent from the same period last year, the country's fifth-largest automaker reported Thursday.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Man arrested over body found in bag in Kawasaki
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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