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JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Former Sendai mayor's appeal denied

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court-imposed three-year prison term and 140 million yen fine against former Sendai Mayor Toru Ishii for accepting bribes from seven major construction companies. The high court dismissed an appeal from the 74-year-old Ishii against a January 1997 Tokyo...
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 1999

Israel, Syria take difficult first step

The key to enduring peace in the Middle East is an agreement between Syria and Israel. Syria has long been Israel's most implacable foe. Its military power and its de facto control over Lebanon give Damascus the ability to scuttle any progress Tel Aviv makes with other negotiating partners. Syria does...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

NTT, Korea Telecom form alliance to handle demand

NTT Communications Corp. and Korea Telecom have agreed on a comprehensive business alliance to jointly offer global services for multinational corporate users, the two firms announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, NTT Com and Korea Telecom, the largest telecom company in South Korea, will also cooperate...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

'Knock' undone by calling victim a liar

Staff writer OSAKA -- The game is finally up for Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama. Yokoyama announced his resignation Tuesday morning, just hours before prosecutors indicted him over a criminal complaint filed by a 21-year-old university student, accusing Yokoyama of groping her inside a campaign van in...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Chiba told to rethink tidal flats plan

The Environment Agency is not satisfied with the anticipated environmental impact Chiba Prefecture claims its development plan for part of the Sanbanze tidal flats would have on the area's wetland, the agency head said Tuesday. "I am not sure the prefecture has adequately reviewed the project from the...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Nichiei strong-arm collector faces 18 months

Prosecutors are demanding an 18-month prison term for a former employee of nonbank moneylender Nichiei Co. for trying to pressure a loan guarantor sell body parts to repay a debt. In Monday's Tokyo District Court hearing, Eisuke Arai, 25, pleaded guilty and tearfully apologized to the plaintiff. "If...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Redress rejection upheld for Korean war criminals

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court rulings that rejected claims by former Koreans imprisoned for war crimes after World War II and a relative of a Korean executed after the war. The ex-Imperial army members were tried by the Allied powers and branded Class B and C war criminals. They are...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Guidelines set for firms selling power

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Fair Trade Commission have released joint guidelines to regulate nonutility firms as they enter the nation's electric power retail market. The move is in line with the revised Electricity Enterprise Act, which will take effect March 21. Under...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Alleged serial killer 'insane'

The counsel for accused serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki on Tuesday did not argue allegations that the defendant was involved in the murders of four girls in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures in the late 1980s but did claim he was insane at the time. The lawyers made the claim in their opening statement of...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Tokyo, Riyadh to sign deal on seat for Saudi Arabia at WTO

Staff writer Japan and Saudi Arabia are very likely to conclude a deal by next month on the oil-rich country's admission to the World Trade Organization, government sources said Tuesday. The agreement would be the first of its kind between Saudi Arabia and a major industrialized nation, the sources...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

0.7% service sector fall

Activity in the nation's service sector slipped 0.7 percent in October from the previous month, due to a temporary slump in mobile telecommunications as well as sluggishness in the transportation and power industries caused by a drop in industrial production, according to a preliminary report issued...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Citizens tout proof U.S. base in mid-Tokyo is trespassing

Citizens demanding the return of a U.S. base in central Tokyo cited a written agreement Monday that they claim proves the heliport section of the compound is trespassing on Japanese soil. The Executive Committee for the Removal of the Azabu Heliport released a statement on an accord regarding the 4,300-sq.-meter...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Jury system for criminal trials urged

Second of three partsStaff writer Lawyers and other experts are calling for introduction of a jury system for criminal trials, arguing that it would change not only the makeup of the bench, which is exclusively run by legal professionals, but also the Japanese mind-set. "If the system is successfully...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

High court nixes redress suit

Korean conscripts' demand for compensation denied b The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit by 189 Koreans demanding that the government officially apologize and pay each of them between 30 million yen and 50 million yen in damages for their suffering after...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

JCO worker Ouchi dies of heart failure

One of the three workers exposed to high doses of radiation in late September in Japan's worst nuclear accident died at 11.21 p.m. Tuesday night, 83 days after the accident. Hisashi Ouchi, 35, had been in a critical condition since Monday and eventually died of heart failure. Ouchi's doctors at the...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Honda and GM reach engine cooperation deal

Honda Motor Co. has agreed with U.S. General Motors Corp. to form a cooperative partnership which includes the mutual supply of engines, Honda President Hiroyuki Yoshino announced Tuesday. At the same time, Yoshino stressed that the agreement framework does not include capital partnership with GM and...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

FRC backs plan to end protection for depositors

The Financial Reconstruction Commission agreed Tuesday that it is better to go ahead with a plan to end government protection for all bank deposits on March 31, 2001, rather than postponing it. FRC Chairman Michio Ochi, who is also a state minister, detailed his position as the ruling coalition struggles...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Sanwa Bank to enter consumer loan turf

Sanwa Bank will enter the consumer loan business by setting up a joint venture with two consumer finance firms, Promise Co. and Aplus Co., according to the bank. The joint venture, capitalized at 10 billion yen, will be set up April 1 and will start operations later in the year, Sanwa officials said...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Obuchi to hear Pacific island voices before G8

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi announced Tuesday that Japan will hold a meeting of leaders of Pacific island nations April 22 in Miyazaki as part of efforts to reflect viewpoints in the region on the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Okinawa this July.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Aum gives trustee funds for redress

Aum Shinrikyo has used some of the money it earned from the sale of a number of premises in the town of Kiso-Fukushima, Nagano Prefecture, to compensate victims of crimes the cult has been accused of, the cult's bankruptcy administrator said Tuesday. Administrator Saburo Abe told a news conference Tuesday...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999

Gov. Yokoyama resigns before indictment

OSAKA -- Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama was indicted Tuesday on charges of molesting a female campaign aide. The indictment followed a letter of resignation that he had submitted from his hospital bed to the prefectural assembly earlier in the day. The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office indicted...
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 1999

Less-than-inspiring politics

The extraordinary Diet session that ended Thursday brought to the fore the simmering discord within the tripartite ruling coalition. The Liberal Party threatened to quit the coalition because a bill to slim down the Lower House, which was one of the conditions for the party's joining the coalition, was...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 1999

A diplomatic 'paper tiger'?

In recent years, we have seen active debate on Japan's sanctions-based diplomacy. Discussions focused on the justifications for and effects of sanctions, as well as changes in the balance of power resulting from the lifting of such measures. The lifting of sanctions against North Korea Dec. 14 renewed...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 1999

No shortage of challenges for Musharraf

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's new military regime led by Gen. Pervez Musharraf is eager to demonstrate that its decision to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on trial on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping is not necessarily driven by malicious intent. If convicted, Sharif could be sentenced to...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 1999

Nonutilities get guidelines for power retail

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Fair Trade Commission released joint guidelines Monday to regulate nonutility firms as they enter the nation's electric power retail market. The move is in line with the revised Electricity Enterprise Act, which will take effect on March 21. Under...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 1999

LDP mulls redress for Korean vets

The Liberal Democratic Party was to begin drawing up a plan Monday to compensate permanent South Korean residents of Japan who worked under the Imperial Japanese forces but are ineligible for pensions because they are no longer Japanese citizens. LDP sources said Sunday that the party was leaning toward...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 1999

Tiger trade crackdown set for OK

The Cabinet is poised to approve today a revision of the Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species to ban trade in tiger parts. Under pressure from domestic and international nongovernmental organizations over the large amount of tiger- derived products in Japan, the government inked a revision...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 1999

Man admits killing pilot in skyjacking

Yuji Nishizawa, 29, admitted Monday before the Tokyo District Court that he hijacked an All Nippon Airways jumbo jet and stabbed its captain to death in July. In his opening statements, Nishizawa's lawyer argued that Nishizawa could not be held accountable for the charges, claiming he was insane at...
JAPAN
Dec 20, 1999

Sanwa to enter the consumer loan arena

Sanwa Bank announced Monday it will enter the consumer loan business by setting up a joint venture with two consumer finance firms, Promise Co. and Aplus Co. The joint venture, capitalized at 10 billion yen, will be set up April 1 and will start operations later in the year, Sanwa officials said. Sanwa...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 1999

European rule comes to an end in Asia

CANBERRA -- Macau presents the last outpost of European colonial empire remaining anywhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Apart from Hawaii, now a state of the United States, and leaving aside Australia and New Zealand, no other territory in the Asia-Pacific region will be held or ruled by a European state...
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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