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JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

JAMA pointedly rebuffs USTR requests

Repeated requests by the United States Trade Representative to liberalize the Japanese auto market are unreasonable and do not reflect current market conditions in Japan, the head of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

LDP offers plan to break deadlock

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party formally submitted a new compromise plan to opposition parties Thursday afternoon on key financial stabilization bills, hoping to break a deadlock in negotiations.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

U.S. takes new tack in push for deregulation

Washington will present a list of industry sectors to Tokyo later this month that outlines where the U.S. would like to see further deregulation and opening of markets, officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

U.K. suggests exempting developing states from COP4 commitment

The ministerial meeting on climate change that starts today is an important event in laying the groundwork for the upcoming U.N. conference to fight global warming, visiting British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott told Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

221 lawyers come to aid of twice-acquitted murder suspect

OSAKA -- A group of 221 lawyers has formed a coalition to support a former nursery school teacher who was twice acquitted of murdering one of her pupils in 1974 but has not been freed from the case because prosecutors again have appealed to a higher court.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Diet remains stalled over financial bills

Negotiations over key financial stabilization bills remained stagnant Wednesday, with the opposition camp criticizing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for its lack of meaningful proposals.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Satellite or not, launch represents threat: South Korea

Regardless of whether North Korea launched a missile or a satellite late last month, the action was a threat to Northeast Asia because it proved that North Korea has the technological ability to develop a medium-range missile, South Korean Ambassador to Japan, Kim Suk Kyu, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Fast reform is key, U.K. exchequer chancellor says

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, expressed hope Wednesday that financial reform bills now before the Diet will be enacted and implemented as soon as possible.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

U.S. asks Japan to show some financial leadership

A senior U.S. economic official pressed Japan on Wednesday to demonstrate more of the global financial leadership it shares with the United States to help weather the current crises.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Typhoon No. 5 sweeps through Kanto; two die

A large typhoon, the season's fifth, swept through central, eastern and northern Japan on Wednesday, killing two people and flooding more than 3,200 houses.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

U.S. urges developing countries to join COP4

Developing countries should take part in the effort to combat global greenhouse gas emissions in ways commensurate with their stage of economic development, Stuart E. Eizenstat, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Emperor takes trip to the future

The Emperor visited the Time 24 Building on the Tokyo waterfront in Koto Ward on Wednesday to get a firsthand look at future business activities and shopping via computer. The building mainly houses government organizations promoting future high-tech businesses.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Kim wants past cleared for sake of better future

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung hopes to hear Japan's "sincere apology and regret" over its past conduct toward Korean people during his visit to Tokyo next month, the country's ambassador to Japan said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Latin American crisis sparked G-7's emergency call

The economic crisis in Latin America was the biggest factor behind an emergency statement issued Tuesday by the Group of Seven industrialized countries, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Yeltsin mourns Kurosawa's death

Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent a letter to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi expressing regret over the death of film director Akira Kurosawa, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Man denies youth's stabbing death was intentional

AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Pref. -- A homeless man charged with killing one teenager and wounding another in June admitted Wednesday during his first trial at the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe District Court that he assaulted a boy, but denied any intention to kill.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Japan Tobacco asks JAL, ANA to rethink smoking ban

Japan Tobacco Inc. asked Japan Airlines Wednesday to reconsider a plan announced last week to ban smoking on all international flights starting next spring.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Security concerns force U.S. to bow out of 'mikoshi' event

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- For the first time in six years, the U.S. Navy will not host the closing ceremonies of this city's annual "mikoshi" parade Sept. 27 due to increased security measures against terrorist incidents directed against the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Saito urges Norodom to mediate Cambodian unrest

Japan's ambassador to Cambodia, Masaki Saito, urged Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk on Monday to exercise his power to settle confrontations between government leader Hun Sen and his political opponents, according to Vice Foreign Minister Shunji Yanai.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Current account surplus soars to 1.35 trillion yen

The nation's current account surplus soared 53.1 percent in July from a year earlier to 1.351 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Prosecutors raid Defense Agency

Prosecutors raided the Defense Agency on Monday on suspicion that the agency destroyed documents relevant to a procurement billing scandal in an attempted coverup.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

U.N. campus to offer international courses

United Nations University will offer international courses starting in February for university graduates and postgraduates, university officials in Tokyo said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

LDP offers to dump public funds use laws

In an attempt to strike a deal with the opposition camp, the Liberal Democratic Party offered Monday to scrap two financial stabilization laws that allow the injection of public funds into troubled banks.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Seniors say key to longevity is singing heavenly joys

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JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Elderly population hits record high

The number of people in Japan age 65 or older have reached a record 20.49 million, accounting for 16.2 percent of the total population, the Management and Coordination Agency announced Monday for Respect for the Aged Day, which falls today.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Highway card firm asks for dismissal of lawsuit

OSAKA -- K.S. Planning Co., a distributor of prepaid highway toll cards, asked the court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a toll card manufacturer over an unpaid debt, saying it had been fooled into a contract by one of its executives.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Court officials tour Aum facility

At the request of defense lawyers, Tokyo District Court officials inspected three buildings at a facility once owned by Aum Shinrikyo in Yamanashi Prefecture in connection with trials of the cult's founder and another senior member.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

'Sokaiya' given eight months for Mitsubishi payoffs

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a "sokaiya" corporate racketeer to eight months in prison Monday for taking about 50 million yen in illicit payoffs from four Mitsubishi group companies.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Defense chief to visit Okinawa bases

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga told reporters Friday that he will make a one-day visit to Okinawa on Tuesday to assess the current situation involving U.S. military bases there.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

GDP shrinks 3.3% for third quarterly decline in row

The economy shrank by an annualized 3.3 percent in the April-June quarter of fiscal 1998 over the previous quarter, falling for the third straight quarter -- its worst showing since World War II, the Economic Planning Agency announced Friday.
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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