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JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Japan freezes economic grants to India

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Wednesday that Japan will freeze economic aid in the form of grants to India, except for those for emergencies and humanitarian purposes, to protest three nuclear tests conducted Monday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

VX gas attack victim slams Niimi, guru in testimony

A victim of a VX gas attack allegedly committed by members of Aum Shinrikyo said Wednesday that senior cult member Tomomitsu Niimi, one of the six members believed to have been responsible, should receive the maximum punishment unless he repents.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

No double Diet election intended, Hashimoto hints

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto implied Wednesday that he does not intend to call a snap election of the House of Representatives to tie in with the House of Councilors election in July.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Nomura, IBJ annouce business tieup plans

Financial giants Nomura Securities Co. and the Industrial Bank of Japan announced Wednesday that they are to forge links in the areas of personal asset management and financial derivatives to prepare for increased competition in a more deregulated market.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Niimi said Aum crimes were just

Tomomitsu Niimi, a former senior member of Aum Shinrikyo, told prosecutors during questioning that he believed the series of heinous crimes committed by the cult were "absolutely right," according to an investigative record read in court Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Nissan unveils 'lifecare' vehicles

To address Japan's rapidly aging population, Nissan Motor Co. will heighten its production of "lifecare" vehicles, which are specially designed for senior citizens and people with physical disabilities, the firm said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Japanese airlines ban smoking on domestic flights

Three Japanese airlines said Wednesday that they will make all of their domestic flights nonsmoking by Oct. 1, following in the footsteps of Western airlines.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

FTC plans new survey of flat-glass industry

The Fair Trade Commission will soon begin a followup survey over business practices in the flat-glass industry, Jotaro Abe, director of the FTC's executive office, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

SDP protests nuclear blasts

Leaders of the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake, both non-Cabinet allies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, took to the streets Wednesday in Tokyo to protest the nuclear tests conducted by India on Monday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

City raids defunct English school Toza

The former headquarters of the now-defunct language school Toza Gaigo Gakuin were raided Tuesday evening by the Tokyo Labor Standards Office to uncover evidence to back up teachers' complaints over unpaid wages.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Osaka plans bailout of 10 credit unions

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Wednesday that 10 troubled credit unions in the prefecture will be rescued by transferring operations to three other credit unions and by creating a 100 billion yen fund.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Mitsubishi Motors woos GM with GDI engine

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday that it may supply its environment-friendly gasoline direct-injection engine to General Motors Corp. of the United States.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Daimler-Benz likely to be top shareholder in Nissan Diesel

Daimler-Benz AG is likely to be the top shareholder of Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co.'s truck manufacturing affiliate, but the Japanese firm will maintain a certain stake in the truck maker, Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Lawsuits seek to put dent in massive tobacco industry

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Yamaichi president says official 'hint' led to loss-hiding tactic

The former president of Yamaichi Securities Co. said under oath Tuesday that a "hint" from a senior Finance Ministry official led the firm to compensate losses to a client and then hide them off its balance sheets.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Tokyo foreigners' council wrangles over voting, job rights

A foreign residents' advisory council to the Tokyo governor on Tuesday had its most heated debate.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

MITI advisers want petroleum demand rules scrapped

The Petroleum Council, an advisory body to the minister for international trade and industry, basically agreed Tuesday that the government should scrap a series of measures to balance supply and demand of petroleum products, a ministry official said.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

U.S. business programs put theory into practice in Asia

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Diet passes revised bill to allow soccer betting

Amid public concern over how soccer betting pools may influence Japan's youth, the Diet passed a revised bill Tuesday allowing a soccer lottery to raise funds for sports activities.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Sakigake to keep LDP ties for now

The executive council of New Party Sakigake decided Tuesday not to end its current non-Cabinet alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party until the current Diet session closes June 10.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Ainu ready to sue Hokkaido over undervalued properties

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

India nuclear tests put development aid at risk

Japan may freeze economic aid to India to protest three nuclear tests conducted Monday, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi suggested Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Ministry-agency streamlining bill passes first stage

The Lower House passed a government-proposed bill Tuesday that would serve as the framework for what Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto calls "a new, streamlined, efficient and transparent government."
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Nissan, Daimler explore prospects for cooperation

Nissan Motor Co. and Daimler-Benz AG are negotiating to cooperate in the areas of commercial vehicle components as well as vans and light trucks, the two companies said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Language teachers' union protests Nichibei dismissals

OSAKA -- An English-language schools' labor union filed a complaint Tuesday with the Osaka Prefectural Local Labor Relations Commission, claiming an Osaka-based language school violated the Labor Union Law in its handling of employees.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Mayors, governor send letters of protest

Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka on Tuesday sent a letter to Indian Ambassador Siddharth Singh protesting underground nuclear tests conducted the previous day.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Cabinet approves supplementary budget draft

The Cabinet approved drafts Monday for a fiscal 1998 supplementary budget, with actual spending reaching 6.1 trillion yen, and a bill for revision of the Fiscal Structure Reform Law to initiate an economic stimulus package worth more than 16 trillion yen.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Territorial row needs thorough focus, Gaidar says

Stafff writer
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

In with a Bang: Zurich Insurance stays with direct marketing

13th in an occasional series of articles on financial deregulation
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Merger talk jolts Japanese auto industry

After the stunning industrial merger between Daimler-Benz AG and Chrysler Corp. announced last week, reports that Daimler Benz is also negotiating for a business tieup with Nissan Diesel Motor Co. has jolted the Japanese automobile industry.
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.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
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.
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.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
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.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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