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JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Toa Steel to announce largest postwar liquidation

Struggling steelmaker Toa Steel Co. has decided to liquidate itself in what will become the largest manufacturing failure to date in Japan's postwar era, a corporate credit research agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Miyazawa ready to meet with Rubin

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa will leave for San Francisco this evening to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin for discussions on international economic problems and developments in the domestic economy.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Man with knife slashes student in Edogawa

A junior high school student was slashed by a man with a knife early Thursday in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Tokyo man shot with arrow dies

A man from Machida, western Tokyo, died after being shot through the neck with a metal arrow near his home late Wednesday night, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Pyongyang may be readying second launch, Nonaka says

Despite protests from Japan and its allies, North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday, quoting intelligence reports.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Opposition finance bills set stage for showdown

Three opposition parties on Thursday submitted their prescription for the nation's ailing financial system, setting the stage for a showdown with the LDP.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Powerful quake rocks Iwate Prefecture

A strong earthquake measuring a lower 6 on the Japanese scale of 7 struck Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, at 4:58 p.m. Thursday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Diet condemns North over firing of missile

Both houses of the Diet unanimously adopted resolutions Thursday condemning North Korea's missile launch earlier in the week and urging the government to take a stern stance against Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

High costs, low demand stifling Kansai airport growth

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

General Motors Japan names new president

General Motors Japan Ltd. said Thursday that Mitsuru Sato, former president of Volkswagen Group Japan K.K., has become president of GM Japan, succeeding Douglas J. Herberger.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Government worker eyed in Osaka insurance scam

OSAKA -- A 46-year-old employee of the Osaka Prefectural Government is suspected of having swindled about 95 million yen in medical insurance benefits, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Poisoned oolong may have killed Nagano man

A 56-year-old man in Nagano Prefecture died earlier this week shortly after drinking a can of oolong tea at his home, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Hitachi to post 100 billion yen loss, slash work force

Hitachi Ltd. will post pretax losses of 100 billion yen in the 1998 business year to next March 31, marking its first plunge into red ink for the postwar period, company officials announced in revised earnings forecasts Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

MITI leans on automakers as exports rise

Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano called on major Japanese auto manufacturers Wednesday to keep tabs on their exports to the United States because trade surplus figures show U.S.-bound exports are on the rise.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Conservationists keep a keen watch on Asia

Asia, which accounts for less than 15 percent of the world's land, is the cramped home of 50 percent of the globe's population.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Miyazawa likely to chat with Greenspan

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday he will probably speak with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan this weekend in San Francisco about internationally concerted efforts to cut interest rates, but the subject is unlikely to be discussed at any length.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Sex harassment rules should apply after work, panel says

A committee of the National Personnel Authority issued a report Wednesday stating that the government's policy against sexual harassment should apply equally to after-work social gatherings and the official work day.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Time for an accounting of Mother Nature

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Kan airs views on LTCB issue

Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, called on the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Wednesday to establish clear rules for dealing with the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, indicating he is not necessarily opposed to the injection of public funds to save the...
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

DPJ demands disclosure as LTCB stance softens

Top opposition leader Naoto Kan hinted Wednesday that his Democratic Party of Japan may accept the planned injection of public money for the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan under certain conditions, such as full disclosure of the bank's management information and clarification of the responsibility...
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Japan halts cargo flights to Pyongyang

The government has withdrawn authorization for chartered cargo flights between North Korea and Japan to protest the communist nation's missile launch Monday over Japanese sovereign territory, Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Telephone boasts e-mail, Internet functions

Sharp Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a multimedia phone that boasts e-mail and Internet browsing functions in addition to standard telephone and fax functions.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Osaka reform group backs Ajisaka for governor

OSAKA -- Saying Osaka needs an honest and reliable leader, the Association to Reform the Osaka Prefectural Government has announced it will back a new candidate to replace Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama in Osaka's gubernatorial election next spring.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Life flickering amid poor sentiment at small firms

The business environment for small and medium-size companies is way off the recovery path, though slight improvements were seen in August, according to a survey released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Brazilian files discrimination suit

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Japan hopes for Cambodia coalition

The Japanese government hopes Cambodia's three parties will form a coalition for greater stability in the Southeast Asian nation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sadaaki Numata said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Nissan develops new emission-cutting powertrain

CHIBA -- Combining its cutting-edge engine and transmission technologies, Nissan Motor Co. has developed a new powertrain that it said can improve its vehicles' fuel economy by 50 percent and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 35 percent.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Three held in alleged toll card scam

Tokyo prosecutors Tuesday arrested three men, including a former executive of Japan Hica Co., affiliated with Japan Highway Public Corp., on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust in connection with about 5 billion yen in losses the company suffered, officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Outraged Japan suspends assistance to North Korea

The government, outraged by North Korea's launch Monday of a ballistic missile over Japanese territory, announced a major policy shift toward Pyongyang on Tuesday, suspending food aid and assistance for light-water nuclear reactor projects as well as its offer to resume normalization talks with North...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

L.A. tourist bureau opens full-time branch in Tokyo

The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau has opened in Tokyo its first full-time international office outside North America, delegates from the city announced Tuesday.
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.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
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.
Struggling Nissan considers closing two plants in Kanagawa
Automaker Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
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.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.

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