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JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Argentine arbitrator receives reward for COP3 work

A former Argentine diplomat who presided over arduous negotiations during December's global warming conference in Kyoto said Monday that many countries have since taken steps to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Hint at Lower House breakup denied

Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka on Monday said comments he made the previous day alluding to a possible dissolution of the House of Representatives were misinterpreted by the media.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Crows displace Tokyo birds as urban habitats disappear

The number of breeding areas for birds in Tokyo has greatly declined from the 1970s, leading to a big reduction in the number of thrushes and larks and a marked increase in crows, according to the results of a survey recently released by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Mayor urged to resign over friend's false registration

OSAKA -- The Higashi-Osaka Municipal Assembly on Monday unanimously called on Mayor Ikuo Shimizu to step down following his arrest for helping a friend falsely register as a resident of the city.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Osaka gives preliminary OK to Kansai flights over land

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government on Monday presented a draft to the leaders of 13 cities near the Kansai International Airport detailing its acceptance of new flight paths over land.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Mongolia-Japan partnership at focus of Bagabandi visit

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JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Universal Studios unveils Japan construction plan

OSAKA -- Details of the Universal Studios Japan theme park were unveiled at a news conference Friday, with USJ officials announcing that construction would begin in October this year as scheduled, and expressing confidence in the handling of environmental problems that have come up.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Panel OKs soccer lotto; bill foe Tanaka kicked out

A revised bill to introduce a soccer lottery system to raise funds to promote sports activities was approved Friday by a Lower House panel, bringing the lucrative but controversial legislation one step closer to enactment.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Three credit unions from Kanagawa fold

Three credit unions based in Kanagawa Prefecture effectively closed down Friday, with their operations expected to be transferred to three separate financial institutions by the end of next March.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

London more costly than Tokyo, survey shows

A survey by a private research institute showed Friday that the prices of goods and services in London were higher than those for similar items in Tokyo for the first time since it began its study in 1995.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Businesses snubbing 'sokaiya,' poll shows

More than 80 percent of business organizations responding to a government survey said they have issued a declaration stating they will no longer provide "sokaiya" corporate extortionists with benefits, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Friday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Foreign insurers' success tied to spreading the word

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

LDP council approves financial reform bills

The Liberal Democratic Party's Executive Council on Friday approved several economic bills, including one for revising the fiscal austerity law, that will be submitted to the Diet on Monday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Health lawyer urges rights clause for infection legislation

A leading expert on international health law told lawmakers Friday in Tokyo that provisions for preserving human rights should be laid down in new legislation being proposed for infection control.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Panel mulls hiring outsiders to monitor finance ministry

To prevent further corruption at the Finance Ministry, it may be necessary to set up a monitoring body that includes outside people, a member of a ministry ad hoc panel said Friday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Eat 'ramen' for a fistful of dollars

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

China urged to crack down on drug smuggling

National Public Safety Commission chief Mitsuhiro Uesugi called on his organization's Chinese counterpart Friday to crack down on the increasing volume of illegal amphetamines being smuggled into Japan from China.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Indonesia minister visiting for economic aid

Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry, is to visit Japan today until Wednesday to discuss Japanese assistance to the country's current economic situation, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Seoul minister to visit for fisheries talks

Park Chung Soo, South Korea's foreign and trade minister, will visit Japan this month to discuss with Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and other government leaders the dispute over a terminated fisheries pact and other issues.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Obuchi plans trip to Cambodia

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

JAL, ANA follow U.S. carriers' fare cuts to Japan

Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. filed applications with the Transport Ministry this week to drastically discount air fares from the United States to Japan to counter fare cuts by American carriers, spokesmen for the two Japanese carriers said Friday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Lower House approves Hosokawa's resignation

The Lower House approved former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's resignation from the Diet during a plenary session Thursday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ecological housing debuts in Tokyo

An apartment complex to test environmentally friendly technologies opened Thursday in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, with Gov. Yukio Aoshima on hand at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Measures on endocrine disrupters set

The Environment Agency on Thursday announced a basic framework for tackling the issue of endocrine disrupters -- chemicals that can be found in the environment and disrupt the working of natural hormones in animals.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Daimler-Chrysler merger surprises Japanese automakers

The announcement that Daimler-Benz AG and Chrysler Corp. plan to merge surprised the nation's automakers and seems to have instilled in them a sense of urgency in preparing for increased global competition.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Fans come together from across nation to mourn rocker

About 25,000 fans, many with flowers for their fallen hero, gathered Thursday at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple to mourn the passing of X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

New chief of Ford subsidiary looks to bring focus to dealers

Eiji Iwakuni, who on April 1 became the new president of Ford Motor Co. (Japan) Ltd., knows the carmaker did not hire him for his English-speaking ability.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ota's U.S. visit to include request to move Futenma off Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota will directly ask U.S. officials later this month to relocate Futenma Air Station either to Guam or Hawaii, instead of to a site in or around the island prefecture, Vice Gov. Hiroshi Miyahira said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

'Comfort women' fund criticizes Seoul suspension decision

The Asian Women's Fund on Thursday criticized the South Korean government's decision to suspend aid to women who have received "atonement money" from the private Japanese government-initiated fund.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Prison term upheld for sarin conspirator

The Tokyo High Court dismissed an appeal Thursday by an Aum Shinrikyo defendant convicted of conspiring to build a plant to produce the nerve gas sarin, upholding a lower court-imposed, four-year prison term.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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

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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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