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JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Education council issues final recommendations on change

Local governments should be given greater freedom to run schools in the 21st century, such as discretion in setting up smaller classes, an advisory panel to the education minister said in its final report Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Regional credit pinch hits Japanese affiliates abroad

Some 35 percent of Japanese-affiliated companies in Southeast Asia, China and South Korea are suffering from tight lending practices at financial institutions, a Ministry of International Trade and Industry survey showed Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Gist of key school reform proposals

The following are the key proposals outlined by the Central Council for Education:
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

TSE takes nosedive to new postbubble low

The Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plummeted Monday to a new postbubble low as ambiguities in last Friday's deal on financial stabilization measures between leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp ignited disappointment among market traders.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Honda unveils compact utility vehicle

In a bid to capture younger customers, Honda Motor Co. on Monday introduced the HR-V, a new compact multipurpose utility vehicle, which hits the market today.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

BOJ to pare salaries 4% in austerity cut

The Bank of Japan will reduce the salaries of all its employees by an average of 4 percent, effective Oct. 31, bank officials announced Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Obuchi to push arms control at U.N. assembly

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi planned to stress the importance of arms control and disarmament in his speech at the United Nations in New York Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

August trade surplus expands 25%

Japan's trade surplus rose 24.7 percent in August from a year earlier to 896.7 billion yen, the 17th consecutive monthly increase, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report released Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Global Warming: Industrialized nations told to look home first

Third in a series
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

NEC to report 20 billion yen first-half loss

Due to sluggish sales of semiconductors and other major products, NEC Corp. announced Friday that it will report consolidated pretax losses of 20 billion yen for the first half of the current business year.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Osaka dioxin cleanup effort begins

OSAKA -- Preparatory work to remove soil heavily contaminated with the cancer-causing agent dioxin started Friday at a waste incineration facility in Nose, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist rebuts Matsumoto motive

A former senior figure of Aum Shinrikyo on Friday contradicted prosecutors' claim that the religious sect's legal trouble with residents of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, motivated cult leader Shoko Asahara to order the June 1994 Matsumoto gassing.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Global warming talks end with eye to COP4

Informal ministerial talks on global warming ended Friday with participants determined to maintain the momentum from the U.N. conference in Kyoto and make further efforts to implement the protocol at the upcoming conference in Buenos Aires.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

International negotiators headed for hostile climate

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Miura faces return to prison after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has upheld Kazuyoshi Miura's conviction by two lower courts of conspiracy to kill his wife in a 1981 attempted murder case, making it likely that the 51-year-old businessman will return to prison, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Defense chief apologizes to Diet over procurement scandal

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga apologized to the Diet Friday over a recent scandal in which the agency is accused of having systematically destroyed public documents to cover up a procurement-related scandal.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Steel firms to monitor exports to U.S.

Major Japanese steel manufacturers told trade chief Kaoru Yosano on Friday that their industry will keep tabs on the increasing volume of exports to the United States in an effort to avert possible trade conflicts, according to officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Major capital investment to drop 1.8% in '98: survey

Major Japanese companies are trimming capital investment for the second year in a row, with spending in fiscal 1998 projected to fall 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to a recent survey.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

North Korea launch was aimed at U.S. negotiators, expert claims

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Parties reach agreement on finance bills

The government and the Liberal Democratic Party reached basic agreement with opposition parties Friday on key financial stabilization bills, clearing a major hurdle before Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's upcoming trip to the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Obuchi prepares for summit with Clinton, U.N. assembly

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will visit the United States from Sunday to Tuesday to meet with President Bill Clinton and attend the general assembly of the U.N.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Japan urges Iran to abstain from using force against Taliban

Iran should not take military action against Afghanistan's Taliban movement following the deaths in Afghanistan of nine Iranian diplomats, the director general of a Foreign Ministry bureau was quoted as saying Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Unum Japan blazes path to meaningful disability insurance

Employing the disabled is not just charity work anymore.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

LDP to pursue criminal punishment for kids 14 and up

A subcommittee within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday agreed to "actively pursue" a revision of the Juvenile Law to lower the minimum age at which juvenile offenders face criminal punishment from 16 to 14.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

World Food Day set for Yokohama

A symposium on Asian environment and food issues will be held Oct. 18 in Yokohama to commemorate World Food Day.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

DDI asks ministry to OK international rates

DDI Corp. applied to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for approval of its international telephone rates Thursday, aiming to start international service on Oct. 22.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Testimony said to contradict charges

Testimony by former senior members of Aum Shinrikyo contradicts the prosecution's version of the cult's alleged crimes, the defense team for Aum founder Shoko Asahara said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Defense chief admits staff moved scandal documents

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga admitted Thursday that some agency officials removed documents related to a scandal involving its Central Procurement Office before prosecutors raided the agency earlier this month.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Auto industry downshifts on sales forecast

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association will revise its auto sales forecast downward for the year as the recession shows no sign of lifting, the head of the industry group said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Attorney enters Osaka governor's race

OSAKA -- Attorney Seiichi Kato, 57, has announced he will run for Osaka governor in the April 1999 race, and called for drastic administrative reforms including privatization of many prefectural government jobs.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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