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JAPAN
Mar 11, 1997

Chief of SDAJ to resign amid Nomura scandal

The Securities Dealers Association of Japan announced Mar. 11 that its chairman, Masashi Suzuki, will resign Mar. 12.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

English-language newspapers to be featured in exhibition

The Japan Times, with the cooperation of its competitors, will open on Mar. 9 an exhibition of Japan's English-language newspapers dating back to the 19th century. The show is part of the events celebrating The Japan Times' 100th anniversary, which falls on March 22.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

U.S. to seek renewal of paper pact

The United States is poised to make a formal request to Japan soon for renewal of a bilateral agreement on expanding foreign access to the Japanese paper market.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

Bridge authority moves offices out of Tokyo

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authorities, the first special corporation to relocate its head office outside the capital, stepped up its moving operations Mar. 7 in preparation for beginning business at its new head office in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Mar. 5.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

Kyoto cab firm offers Tokyo top-service taxis, discount fares

Neatly dressed in a uniform designed by Hanae Mori, Japan's leading fashion designer, an MK Taxi driver can make you feel like you are riding in a limousine. The driver will greet you as you climb aboard and, upon arrival at your destination, open the door for you, instead of relying on the automatic...
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

MSDF unit holds curry bash to change image

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Entertaining people with a meal is one way of winning favor, and a local Maritime Self-Defense Forces' branch showed how effective this approach can be Mar. 7 when they invited members of the public to an unprecedented luncheon aboard MSDF destroyers.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

JAL predicts 20 billion yen pretax loss

Blaming a recent sharp rise in fuel prices, Japan Airlines on Mar. 7 revised its forecast and said it would post a pretax loss of 20 billion yen in the 1996 business year that ends this month.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

Osaka plans to cut pay of top officials

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government on Mar. 7 presented to the prefectural assembly a bill that would cut the salaries of Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama and 4,900 other senior officials by between 2 percent and 5 percent in fiscal 1997.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

IBM targets potential of electronic commerce

IBM Corp. will focus on the growing potential of electronic commerce by using its strengths in the field of enterprise network computing, according to Louis Gerstner, the firm's chairman and chief executive officer.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 1997

Dai-ichi Kangyo expects to post first-ever pretax loss

Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank announced Mar. 7 that it will revise downward its earnings projections for the current business year and post its first-ever pretax losses to place greater priority on writing off its bad loans.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Asahara's legal team submits its resignation

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara submitted a letter of resignation Mar. 6 to the Tokyo District Court, saying it "cannot fulfill the necessary defense if the current pace of hearings continues."
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Hong Kong unit wins Tokyo Station plot for 86.8 billion yen

A 4,854-sq. meter plot in front of of JR Tokyo Station's Yaesu exit was auctioned Mar. 6 by JNR Settlement Corp. to a Japanese unit of a Hong Kong-based investment group for 86.8 billion yen.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Import car sales up 8.6% in February

Sales in Japan of imported cars and trucks for February rose 8.6 percent from year-earlier levels to 36,759, the best showing for the month, an industry association said Mar. 6.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

U.S. hopes to settle paper products row, Greenwood says

The U.S hopes it will be able to resolve a disagreement with Tokyo over an existing bilateral agreement on expanding foreign access to Japan's paper and paper products market, according to Lawrence Greenwood, economic minister counselor of the U.S. Embassy.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Salsa dancers invited to compete

Sponsors of the Cuban Salsa Dance Contest are seeking participants for the event scheduled for April 6 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Transport doles out new Haneda flight slots

In a move aimed at promoting further competition in the nation's aviation industry, the Transport Ministry has favored small and fledgling airlines over the dominant All Nippon Airlines in its final distribution of slots for new flights at Haneda airport.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Current account surplus finally rises -- 362.3%

Japan's current account surplus for January surged 362.3 percent from a year earlier to 150.7 billion yen, posting the first rise in 17 months, according to provisional figures released Mar. 6.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

English teachers say industry needs more regulation, not less

OSAKA -- The English-language conversation industry is in urgent need of reform and, unlike other sectors of the economy, needs more regulation, not less.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

ITF joins dockworkers in protesting U.S. fines

The International Transport Workers' Federation joined Japan's dockworkers Mar. 6 in denouncing the U.S. decision to impose penalties on three Japanese shipping lines over what it charges are unfair port practices.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Land-mine conference gets under way

A two-day international conference to address the problem of antipersonnel land mines kicked off Mar. 6 in Tokyo with participation of officials from 38 countries and 11 international organizations, including the United Nations.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Ainu revive traditional hunts

SAPPORO -- The Ainu, Hokkaido's indigenous people, used to joke that one could put a pan on the fire, go hunting for deer, and have the pan filled with venison before it got too hot. That was more than a century ago.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Chrysler offers one-year test drive of Neon

In an effort to increase the popularity of its flagship sedan Neon, Chrysler Japan Sales Ltd. announced Mar. 5 that it will introduce a program on Mar. 7 to let customers "test-drive" the car for a year for a monthly fee of 14,200 yen to 18,800 yen.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Tokyo finds snub by Russian envoy regrettable

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mar. 5 that Tokyo regrets a visit to Switzerland this week by Viktor Ilyushin, Russia's first deputy minister, because it was made immediately after he canceled a visit to Japan due to domestic reasons.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Izu tourism begins to tail off

Almost 12,000 people have canceled reservations at hotels and inns in the hot spring resort city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, due to the series of earthquakes that has been shaking the Izu Peninsula since Mar. 3.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Dockworkers' unions planning 24-hour strike

The National Council of Dockworkers' Unions of Japan (Zenkoku Kowan) and the All Japan Dockworkers' Union (Kowan Domei) began flexing their muscle on Mar. 5 in an attempt to ward off possible deregulation of Japan's ports.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Abe trial begins next week

The mother of a hemophiliac who died of AIDS after being administered HIV-tainted blood products said Mar. 5 she wants defendants in the upcoming trial over the medical scandal to offer a sincere apology.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Hemophiliac says tainted blood scandal not over yet

Almost a year after playing a key role in a historic court battle against the government and five drug firms, a 21-year-old HIV-positive hemophiliac insists the truth behind the suffering of hundreds of victims has yet to be revealed.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Curtain falls on Ikebukuro's Bungei-za

A postwar landmark in Tokyo will disappear Mar. 6 when the Bungei-za theater in Ikebukuro, which has featured classical films since 1955, closes its doors.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1997

Japan Red Cross in hot water over waylaid donations

KOBE -- Neither Australian nor British Red Cross officials were told by the Japan Red Cross that some of the more than 20 million yen they donated to victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake would not be given directly to those in need but would instead be set aside to build future disaster facilities....
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1997

Japan to help fund Indochina road plan

In the first application of its new aid policy, Japan will provide official development assistance to help finance a major road project linking Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to promote the development of the greater Mekong subregion, Foreign Ministry officials said Mar. 10.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
How China’s soft power is rewriting Asian culture
Mixue, a Chinese bubble tea chain, has become the world’s largest food and beverage chain, with tens of thousands of stores all over Asia. The company is just one example of the increasing reach and popularity of Chinese cultural exports across the globe.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
In search of untouched Japan? Meet Hokkaido’s newest hiking trail.
The Hokkaido East Trail links some of the northern prefecture's most striking national parks and landscapes.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
Brewed from rice, water and tomatoes: The growth of ‘craft sake’
After establishing Lagoon Brewery in 2021, Yosuke Tanaka began making export-only "nihonshu" (Japanese sake) and later, "craft sake," a new genre of sake that isn't bound by the rules of traditional sakemaking.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis

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