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JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Tottori town shuns radioactive dirt

TOTTORI -- Mayor Shinichiro Yasuda of Misasa, Tottori Prefecture, visited the prefectural government Aug. 19 to announce opposition to plans to temporarily store uranium-tainted remnant earth near his town.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Japan ponders stance on antipersonnel land mines

Japan remains reluctant to sign a treaty banning the use of antipersonnel land mines, although it may consider doing so, Foreign Ministry officials said Aug. 19. The officials were reacting to news that Washington has expressed readiness to take part in the process.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Ministers slam panel's reform proposals

Key members of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's Cabinet lashed out Aug. 19 against proposals being discussed by a blue-ribbon panel headed by Hashimoto to reorganize the ministries under their charge.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Ikeda off to Europe to boost ties

Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda leaves Aug. 20 for an eight-day trip to the Czech Republic, Poland and France to forge stronger relations between Japan and the three countries.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Singapore prime minister to visit

Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore will visit Japan from Aug. 27 to 30 for talks with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto over bilateral ties and the relationship between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Foreign Ministry officials said Aug. 19.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Tokyo governor's new state-of-the-art home unveiled

The Tokyo governor's new official residence in Shibuya, built at a cost of 1.2 billion yen, was opened to reporters Aug. 19. Gov. Yukio Aoshima and his family are slated to vacate their apartment in Nakano Ward and move into the new two-story house at the end of this month.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Tokai base approved for PNC head office

The head office of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (PNC), after its scheduled reorganization, will be accommodated at the PNC's facilities in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Riichiro Chikaoka, director general of the Science and Technology Agency, said after a Cabinet meeting Aug. 19....
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Fossils show a new breed dinosaur

TOYAMA -- A Tokyo Gakugei University paleontological team has concluded that Cretaceous period creatures who left a series of footprint fossils -- found two years ago in Oyama, Toyama Prefecture -- are of a never-before-discovered species. The team said the dinosaur may have belonged to the bird-foot...
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Condo plot soil highly contaminated

CHIBA -- A plot of land where a condominium is to be built in Inage Ward, Chiba Prefecture, has highly cancerous hexavalent chromium concentrations 2,400 times the environmental standard set by the government, it was learned Aug. 19.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Simulation links China smog, acid rain here

Researchers on Aug. 19 unveiled the results of a computer simulation showing that acid-rain-causing pollutants produced in not only northeastern China but also in southern China can affect Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Taiwan part of review, Kajiyama repeats

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama rekindled a raging debate Aug. 19 by repeating that the geographical scope of planned U.S.-Japan defense cooperation would naturally include emergencies in the Formosa Strait.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Consortium offers building owners energy-savings windfall

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JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Reform panel agrees to upgrade Environment Agency

The Administrative Reform Council agreed Aug. 19 to upgrade the Environment Agency to a full-scale ministry to respond to higher priority being placed on environmental protection by the international community.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

15 eyed as organ donor age floor

Only people age 15 or older should be allowed to donate their organs for transplants after their death, the Health and Welfare Ministry proposed Aug. 18, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Vague boundaries urged in bilateral defense guidelines

FUKUOKA -- When revising guidelines for defense cooperation with the U.S. in the case of emergencies around Japan, it is important, for strategic reasons, to keep the geographical scope vague, Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Taku Yamasaki said Aug. 18.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Prime minister, Cabinet urged to have more clout

The authority of the prime minister and the functions of the Cabinet should be strengthened, the 13 members of the Administrative Reform Council, headed by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, agreed Aug. 18.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Ford and Mazda moving in sync

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JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

July trade surplus increases 69.7%

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus for July climbed 69.7 percent from a year earlier to 849.1 billion yen, the fourth straight month of increase, according to provisional figures released Aug. 18 by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Fisheries talks with China to start

Japan and China on Aug. 20 will begin two days of fisheries talks in Beijing in a bid to conclude a provisional agreement, Foreign Ministry officials said Aug. 18.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Minamata co-op agrees to open bay

KUMAMOTO -- The Minamata Fishery Cooperative agreed Aug. 18 to remove a net partitioning the once mercury-contaminated Minamata Bay from the outside sea.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Rain fails to dampen turnout at Yasukuni

Despite intermittent rain, thousands of war veterans and relatives of Japan's war dead visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 52nd anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in war.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Municipalities lower land values

About 48 percent of 3,233 municipal governments, including Tokyo ward offices, lowered land and property value assessments this year, according to a report released Friday by the Home Affairs Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Suspected rightist kills self at MPD

A middle-aged man fired three bullets at the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department's headquarters Friday morning, shouted praise for the Emperor and then fatally shot himself in the head, MPD officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Hashimoto expresses remorse on anniversary of war's end

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto reiterated "deep remorse" Friday for Japan's wartime acts and voiced his condolences to the victims, particularly those elsewhere in Asia, on the 52nd anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allies.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Seven ministers visit Yasukuni on anniversary

Seven Cabinet ministers went to Yasukuni Shrine on Friday morning to pay homage to Japan's war dead. One more Cabinet member was expected to visit the shrine later the same day and four other Cabinet ministers visited the shrine before Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Court drops territorial waters case

MATSUE -- The Hamada branch of the Matsue District Court in Shimane Prefecture dismissed an indictment Friday against the captain of a South Korean fishing boat seized in June on charges of operating in Japan's territorial waters.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

LDP, Shinshinto to share candidate

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Shinshinto, the largest opposition party, decided Friday to jointly support an independent Upper House member as a candidate in October's Miyagi prefectural gubernatorial election.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Teenagers held in store tear-gassing

OSAKA -- Police arrested three teenagers Aug. 14 for allegedly releasing tear gas in a supermarket in Hirano Ward, Osaka, earlier this month, causing about 500 customers respiratory problems.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

'Date club' manager faces prosecutors

The Metropolitan Police Department will soon turn over to prosecutors the case of a manager of a "date club" in Shinjuku Ward who allegedly listed a 17-year-old girl as a client to skirt child-protection laws. The case represents the first implementation of an ordinance that went into effect Aug. 13...
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Draft plan aims to cut ministries to 15

Japan's 22 ministries and agencies will be reorganized into either 13 or 15 by January 2001, with a new Economic Ministry to be created by a merger of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the monetary policy division of the Finance Ministry, according to a draft plan being discussed by...
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
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