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JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Osaka all smiles for sports meeting

OSAKA — Overseas visitors to a major international conference here in October will be greeted by young women shoving drinks into their hands and smiling old male bureaucrats distributing promotional literature.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Study group set for constitutional debates in 2000

The House of Representatives is set to launch a study group in January 2000 to debate issues related to the Constitution, informed sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Obuchi expected to ask New Komeito to join bloc

In a move heralding the formation of a tripartite coalition, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki are expected to hold talks before the second opposition party's July 24 convention.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

The Asahara Trial: Aum doc puts blame on guru

Former Aum Shinrikyo doctor Ikuo Hayashi testified in the trial session of cult founder Shoko Asahara on Friday that the basic responsibility of the killing and drugging of Kiyoshi Kariya, a Tokyo notary public, in February 1995, lies with Asahara since he was the one who ordered it.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Sanwa halves retirement pay for execs' performance

Sanwa Bank plans to cut the retirement allowances of its executives by up to 50 percent in a move to clarify management's responsibility for accepting 700 billion yen in public funds and posting substantial net losses for two consecutive business years, bank sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Latest dioxin study reveals large drop in '98 emissions

Total dioxin emissions in Japan in 1998 were reduced to less than half of 1997 levels, but they were still far larger than in other developed countries, the Environment Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Nuclear plants feared vulnerable coastline targets

MIHAMA, Fukui Pref. — A North Korean submarine runs aground on the nuclear plant-dotted shores of Fukui Prefecture and 11 commandos armed with antitank rockets storm ashore.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Nonaka hints at second extra budget

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka hinted Friday that the government may need to compile a second extra budget for fiscal 1999 later this year.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Ishihara announces plan for Silicon Valley office

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara announced Friday he will set up an office in Silicon Valley in the United States to offer information about Tokyo's small and midsize enterprises to investors and venture capitals.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

High Court rejects copper trader's appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of former Sumitomo Corp. chief copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka, upholding a lower court ruling in March 1998 that sentenced him to eight years in prison for fraud and forgery.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

No quick sale forecast for LTCB

The nationalized Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan will not be able to find a buyer by the end of the month, Financial Reconstruction Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa indicated Friday.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Jun 25, 1999

J rockers want free Tibet, wherever that is

"Tibet . . . hmm . . . it's a foreign country, I know that," mused one young man.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 25, 1999

Lost opportunity of the disco daze

If there were ever a high-water mark of hedonism, it would have to have been located at some New York or L.A. disco in the late '70s. In this pre-AIDS, post-Pill era of guilt-free sex, drug use was widespread and largely tolerated, gay culture was coming out of the closet and sexual mores were loosening...
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Time to hold English essay contest

Time magazine is sponsoring an English essay contest and accepting applications from students in Asia.
EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 1999

The storm over Tibet

Mr. James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, can sympathize with Mr. Kofi Annan. The last thing the bank needs is a politicized fight of any kind, but it faces a decision that could start a firestorm unlike any in its history.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Akashi to make visit to North Korea

Yasushi Akashi, a former United Nations undersecretary general, will make a four-day visit to North Korea beginning Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Koike's payoff man at Yamaichi avoids prison

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former managing director of the bankrupt Yamaichi Securities Co. to a suspended 10-month prison term Thursday for giving undue profits to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike and compensating the racketeer for stock losses.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Author says Nanjing death toll politically inflated

Akira Suzuki, prize-winning author of the controversial book "Nanjing: How the World Was Fed Facts and Fakes," reasserted at a press conference Thursday that the Nanjing Massacre death toll of 300,000 cited by the Chinese government lacks credibility from a historical standpoint.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Softbank to set up capital funds for Internet ventures

The Softbank Corp. group, an Internet-related investor, announced plans Thursday to set up three venture capital funds — two in the United States and another in Japan — that together would be worth more than $1.8 billion.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Commercial sales fell 6.1% in May

Monthly commercial sales in May dipped 6.1 percent year-on-year to 42.41 trillion yen, marking a record 23 consecutive months of decline, according to a preliminary report issued Thursday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Seibu, Daimaru link up with Nordstrom

Seibu Department Stores and Daimaru Inc. will team up with Nordstrom Inc. of the United States to market Nordstrom's private-brand clothing in Japan, officials of the two companies said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Recession not sole cause of suicide

All Daisuke Tajima could think about was ending it all. One day the 49-year-old salaried worker walked out of his office in a city in northern Japan, and for weeks his family had no clue as to his whereabouts.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Toy makers join hands on e-commerce venture

Heads of the nation's top four toy makers announced Thursday that they will launch a joint venture with Softbank Corp. to sell toys over the Internet beginning in November.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Fuji fights infringement by U.S. firms

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Thursday it has filed complaints against three U.S. firms for alleged patent infringement, calling for suspension of their sales of remanufactured one-time-use cameras in the United States.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Year's traffic deaths top 4,000

The nation's traffic death toll for the year topped the 4,000 mark Wednesday, two days behind last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

U.N. ambassador presses for UNSC role in future conflicts

Although Japan supported Western efforts to end the atrocities in Kosovo, the government wants the U.N. Security Council to authorize future actions, according to Yukio Satoh, Japan's ambassador to the United Nations.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Dad of Matsumoto victim vents anger

As the fifth anniversary of the fatal sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, approaches, a father of one of the victims voiced his disbelief Thursday that Aum Shinrikyo still exists and is even regaining momentum after all the trouble it has caused.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Ministry wants flag, anthem promoted in textbooks

Social studies textbooks must help instill respect for the Hinomaru flag and the "Kimigayo" de facto national anthem among the nation's children, according to the results of last year's textbook screening released Thursday by the Education Ministry.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

LDP group demands revised SDF law, powers

A group of ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers asked the government Thursday to revise the Self-Defense Force Law to expand areas the SDF can guard to beyond airspace, and to draft bills for better handling of high-level contingencies within Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 1999

The North Korean enigma

The two Koreas are talking again. Sort of. Fourteen months after talks between the two governments broke down, diplomats met in Beijing Tuesday to resume discussion about the fate of the 1 million families separated by partition after World War II and by the Korean War. The meeting was delayed one day...
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
Amid rice shortage, farm minister comes under fire for saying he gets plenty
Agriculture minister Taku Eto has come under fire for saying at the weekend that he receives so much rice from his supporters that he has enough to sell it.
Ishiba rebuffs tax cut demands with Greek debt comparison
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to freeze eggs for her future
Tomomi Bitoh, seen crossing the finish line in Antarctica, on the first stop of the World Marathon Challenge, is one of the very few Japanese athletes to speak publicly about her experience with egg freezing.
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.
Flaunt your seasonal greens with Japan’s traditional pureed soup
With the weather warming up, there's no better time to make a bowl of chilled "surinagashi-jiru" (pureed soup).
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.
For Formula E, ‘sustainability is at the heart’
Founded with a mission of promoting electric vehicles, Formula E has always placed sustainability at the forefront of its raison d’etre.

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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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