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JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Specify priority ODA sectors, panel tells Obuchi

The nation needs to specify priority sectors in extending official development assistance because its resources are under restraint due to tight fiscal policy, according to a final report released Tuesday by a 10-member private consulting body to Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi."Japan's ODA has been well...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

DPJ seeks to use gender-based quotas in fielding candidates

The Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party, announced Monday it plans to introduce a gender-based quota system for selecting candidates for national and local elections."It is the first time for a political party to introduce the system in this country, where it is widely known...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1998

Teikyo rugby players held in gang rape

Five members of Teikyo University's rugby team were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of raping a woman in a karaoke booth in Tokyo's Chuo Ward last November, police said.About 10 team members and others were present when the alleged rape took place, and investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1998

Hashimoto gets testy over calls to resign

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a Diet committee Monday that he would resign as prime minister immediately if it would help change the gloomy economic climate hanging over the nation."But things are not that easy," Hashimoto said angrily, in reply to a demand from an opposition lawmaker that Hashimoto...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1998

Bankers adopt U.S.-style disclosure rules for bad loans

The Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan adopted on Tuesday stricter disclosure standards on banks' bad loans, modeled on U.S. standards.Under the new rules, for example, banks will be obliged to release their figures for nonperforming loans if the borrower does not pay interest for three months...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1998

Fiscal woes plague Osaka governor

Staff writerNearly three years ago, comedian and Diet member "Knock" Yokoyama shocked the nation by winning Osaka Prefecture's gubernatorial election as an independent, despite entering the race only three weeks before the voting.Yokoyama won because voters, angry with the former governor for his involvement...
JAPAN
Jan 5, 1998

Aoshima wants foreign panel's views, not politics

Staff writerThe foreign residents' council recently launched in Tokyo should not be political, but it will be a valuable source of foreigners' opinions for the governor, Yukio Aoshima said in a New Year's interview."I don't want the council to have a political meaning," the Tokyo governor said. "It...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1997

'Big Bang' will expose scrimpers' savings to big risks

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JAPAN
Dec 24, 1997

Extra guarantees sought for Deposit Insurance Corp.

The government should extend additional guarantees of up to 10 trillion yen to Deposit Insurance Corp. to help boost financial institutions' capital and prevent their collapse, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party basically decided Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1997

LDP lawmaker resigns from fiscal panel amid allegations

The secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party's financial stability subcommittee has stepped down from that and another panel amid allegations he profited from Nikko Securities Co. through dubious equity investments made on his behalf, LDP sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1997

Feature: Horse-drawn globe-trotters come to Japan

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JAPAN
Dec 22, 1997

Mitsuzuka tells banks to avoid credit crunch

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka called on the banking industry Monday to take strict steps to ensure there would be no credit crunch toward the end of the year -- a situation anxiously anticipated by many small businesses.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 1997

Hosokawa, Hata plan to form new group in Lower House

Former Prime Ministers Morihiro Hosokawa and Tsutomu Hata announced Friday that they have agreed to form a new political group in the Lower House before the end of the year.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1997

South Korean group starts savings drive to aid homeland

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JAPAN
Dec 17, 1997

Analysis: Tax-cut package elicits praise and doubt

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JAPAN
Dec 15, 1997

Korean students seek right to enter national universities

A group of Korean students in Japan and their supporters Monday asked the Education Ministry for fair treatment and the right to take national university entrance examinations.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 1997

Dashed merger plan likely to delay Shinshinto election

Shinshinto, the largest opposition party, may postpone its scheduled Dec. 18 election to select a new party leader as negotiations with the Komei group remain stalled over Komei's decision to cancel its earlier plan to merge with Shinshinto, party sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1997

Obuchi will go to Canada to sign mine-ban pact

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is to leave today for Ottawa to sign a global treaty banning antipersonnel land mines.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 1997

G-8, labor groups wrestle with global unemployment

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JAPAN
Nov 28, 1997

COP3: Agreement on emissions is relatively easy

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JAPAN
Nov 28, 1997

Izui tells Diet he gave 278 million yen to LDP lawmakers

Junichi Izui, an oil wholesaler now on trial for income tax evasion and fraud, said Friday in sworn testimony before the Lower House Budget Committee that he provided 278 million yen to lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including LDP policy chief Taku Yamasaki.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 1997

Mitsubishi Estate, Hitachi raided over payoffs

The Metropolitan Police Department raided the head offices of Mitsubishi Estate Co. and Hitachi Ltd. on Wednesday over alleged illegal payoffs to a "sokaiya" corporate extortionist.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 1997

Japan, China agree to carry out energy efficiency project

Japan and China agreed Tuesday on a model project to substantially improve energy efficiency at a major steel plant in Beijing, marking the first plan of the "Activities Implemented Jointly" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 1997

Sentences upheld for gangsters' attack on Itami

The Tokyo High Court dismissed appeals Tuesday by two gang members found guilty of inflicting bodily injury on movie director Juzo Itami in 1992.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 1997

Garuda crash blamed on pilot misjudgment

The Garuda Indonesia crash last year in Fukuoka was caused by the captain's failure to execute proper judgment and follow-through with the takeoff even though one of the aircraft's engines had failed, a Transport Ministry committee has concluded.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 1997

Kankeiren environment plan aired

OSAKA -- The Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren) on Thursday released its voluntary environment action plan, which includes the energy-saving and recycling plans of 153 of its member firms.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 1997

Father who murdered son regrets failure as parent

A 53-year-old man accused of murdering his 14-year-old son expressed regret Tuesday that he failed to change his son's "violent" behavior instead of accepting it as self-expression.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 1997

Iraq urged to comply with U.N. resolution

Iraq should adhere to a United Nations resolution and end the ongoing crisis over its refusal to allow international arms inspectors to continue their duties, the Foreign Ministry told a senior Iraqi diplomat Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1997

Leading ICBL figure to give lecture on land mines

In the runup to next month's signing of a treaty to ban antipersonnel land mines, Sophia University, the Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Jesuit Social Center will organize a lecture by a leading figure in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines tomorrow at Sophia University's No. 10 Auditorium....
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1997

Li annoyed by Japan's vagueness on Taiwan Strait

Chinese Premier Li Peng expressed displeasure Wednesday with Japan's vagueness over how Taiwan will be treated under the newly revised Japan-U.S. defense cooperation scheme.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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