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JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Financial leaders play down worries, give support to banks

Financial authorities continued Feb. 19 to play down concerns that the nation's financial system is in dire straits, stressing that they will support banks while urging them to continue restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Ministry aims to disclose '72 memo on Okinawa

The government plans to disclose as much as it can of a 1972 memorandum that set conditions for the use of military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture by U.S. military forces, Foreign Ministry officials said Feb. 19.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

No law planned for NTT breakup, minister says

The splitup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. through the formation of a holding company will not be handled by the creation of a separate taxation law, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Japan wants WTO panel to end Indonesia car row

Japan will file a request with the World Trade Organization next month for the creation of a dispute-settlement panel to deal with its simmering dispute with Indonesia over the Southeast Asian country's "national car" policy, government sources said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Kobe budgets 200 billion yen to rebuild

KOBE -- The Kobe Municipal Government has allocated about 200 billion yen of its fiscal 1997 budget to help its citizens rebuild their lives in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Shinshinto postpones national convention

Shinshinto was rocked Feb. 18 by mushrooming allegations that a former member of the main opposition party at the center of a massive fraud scandal may have bought his candidacy ahead of a 1995 Diet election.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Jupiter links with Canadian firm

Jupiter Telecommunications Co. announced Feb. 18 that it has signed a five-year contract with Canada-based digital communication device maker Northern Telecom Japan Inc. for the supply of telecommunications systems to be used in Japan's first cable TV telephone service network.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Oil-hit prefectures state their case for compensation

The governors of nine prefectures along the Sea of Japan badly affected by oil from a wrecked Russian tanker gathered Feb. 18 in Tokyo to call on the central government to remove the wreckage and pay compensation for damage caused to local fisheries.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Mothers resorting to store-bought food for infants

An increasing number of mothers are feeding their infants with store-bought baby food instead of preparing the food themselves, according to a survey recently released by the Health and Welfare Ministry.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Sex-slave fund to publish its stance

Amid smoldering opposition from some circles to the planned reference to military "comfort women" in school textbooks, the government-initiated fund to distribute atonement money to the wartime sex slaves will release a paper later this week to state its case.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Banker raps holding-company rules

Less stringent limitations than those currently proposed should be placed on financial holding companies to be allowed under a revised Antimonopoly Law, the head of the nation's banking industry said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Ex-Pan Am employees announce revival in Asia

Hoping to complete an ironic twist of fortune, former employees of a U.S. airline that collapsed under deregulation in 1991 said Feb. 18 that they want to revive the carrier in East Asia -- by taking advantage of ongoing deregulation in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

DPJ to submit pair of bills for more Kobe quake relief

The Democratic Party of Japan -- the second largest opposition force -- will soon submit to the Diet two bills designed to provide more financial aid to survivors of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Reform group to study 'zaito' in full

A review of the government's fiscal investment and loan program needs to be undertaken in its entirety, and not in bits and pieces, a new panel on the issue agreed at its first meeting Feb. 17.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Sanyo audio works being turned into subsidiary

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. has decided to shift its sluggish audio-equipment arm to a subsidiary that it plans to set up this spring, company officials said Feb. 17. The intention is to speed up development of products such as digital videodisks and information-related goods, the officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

TV Asahi hit over radio left at hostage site

TV Asahi came under government fire Feb. 17 for having left a radio device at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima for about one month in attempt to communicate with captives being held inside the compound by Marxist rebels.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Tomobe's second son, wife indicted in Orange Kyosai fraud scandal

Arrested Upper House member Tatsuo Tomobe's wife, his second son and two executives were indicted Feb. 17 on the charges of fraud in connection with the Orange Kyosai mutual fund scandal, prosecution sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

FTC holding firm proposals tied to zaibatsu fear

Proposed guidelines for holding companies under a revised Antimonopoly Law are too rigid to fit the times, members of an advisory study group to the finance minister said Feb. 17.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

MITI role as power plant assessor urged

An advisory body to the MITI chief said Feb. 17 that the ministry should play a key role in the environmental assessment of power plants to ensure that the facilities are ecologically friendly and energy is developed smoothly.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Hashimoto apologizes to Ota for bullet disclosure delay

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto apologized Feb. 17 to Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota over the government's delay in disclosing an incident in which the U.S. military fired uranium-depleted bullets during training near the southernmost prefecture.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Tokyo ponders splitup of utility firms

That Tokyo residents have but one option for electrifying their homes has long been an accepted reality, as has been the position of Tokyo Electric Power Co. as the metropolis' supplier.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Iwatsu to market 'all-in-one' phone

To help upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure at small offices and home offices, Iwatsu Electric Co. announced Feb. 14 that it will start selling on March 1 an all-in-one digital telephone that can connect to the Internet and a personal handy-phone system.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Reform of fiscal investment program to offer 'no sanctuary'

All aspects of the government's fiscal investment and loan program will be scrutinized "with no sanctuaries" to ensure the system is overhauled in line with administrative reforms, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Feb. 14.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

ASDF officer admits using drugs

A 33-year-old senior officer at the Air Self-Defense Force's Matsushima Base in Miyagi Prefecture has been arrested and dismissed after he admitted taking stimulant drugs, Defense Agency officials said Feb. 14.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Cab firms to slash minimum fares April 1

In the hope of attracting more customers, four Tokyo-based taxi companies jointly announced Feb. 14 that they plan to reduce their minimum fares to 340 yen from the current 650 yen, starting April 1.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Missing Aum cultists may be dead

Seven of the 10 Aum Shinrikyo cult members that the National Police Agency has been unable to account for may already be dead, it was reported Feb. 14.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Asahara ejected again as Sakamoto testimony given

For the second day in a row, a former top member of Aum Shinrikyo testified about when, where and how Aum founder Shoko Asahara ordered his lieutenants to murder lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

LDP hits proposed BOJ Law revisions

Lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party gave low marks Feb. 14 to proposed revisions to the Bank of Japan Law, saying the central bank needs to be held more accountable to the Diet.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

No decision yet on leaking sunken tanker

More than a month has passed since the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka broke apart and sank in the Sea of Japan, and the government has yet to decide what to do with the vessel's leaking stern section, which is lying on the bottom at a depth of 2,500 meters.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 1997

Railway firms request fare increases for April

The nation's major private railway operators sought Transport Ministry approval Feb. 14 to raise their fares April 1 in line with the 2 percentage point hike in the consumption tax, the railway companies said.
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.
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.
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.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.

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