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COMMENTARY
Feb 23, 1999

Small weapons, big problems

The major challenge for post-Cold War disarmament negotiations on conventional weapons is to devise ways of controlling machine guns, automatic rifles and other small arms. Those are main weapons used in civil wars in Asia, Africa and Central America. To tackle the challenge, the U.N. Group of Governmental...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 1998

Japan to review financial accord with U.S.

Japan and the United States will hold working-level meetings Thursday and Friday in Tokyo to check progress on a 1995 bilateral accord on financial services, according to Japanese officials.Officials from the Finance Ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department will discuss a variety of issues concerning...
JAPAN
Oct 9, 1998

Financial talks scheduled with U.S.

Japan and the United States will hold working-level meetings Thursday and Friday in Tokyo to check progress on a 1995 bilateral accord on financial services, Japanese officials said Friday.Officials from the Finance Ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department will discuss a variety of issues concerning...
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Telecom giants poised to buy in Japan, analyst says

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JAPAN
Mar 31, 1998

Key 'Big Bang' reforms kick in today to begin new era in finance

Today's start of the new fiscal year also ushers in a new era for the nation's financial sector as some key measures that form the backbone of the "Big Bang" financial system deregulation take effect.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1997

Into the Fast Lane: Freer forex laws offer multiple benefits

First in a series
JAPAN
Dec 11, 1997

Japan ripe for opening to foreign investment, Foley says

The time is right for Japan to implement policy changes to eliminate barriers to foreign investment and encourage more cross-border mergers and acquisitions, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 1997

Tokyo adds medical aid to North Korea food offer

Japan will resume food aid to famine-hit North Korea after a 15-month hiatus, the Cabinet said Oct. 9, announcing that 67,000 tons of rice as well as 94 million yen in medical equipment will be handed over.Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Japan will donate $27 million to the United Nations...
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Talks likely to progress over wives' Japan visits

Japan and North Korea are expected to take steps Aug. 21 in Beijing toward allowing Japanese women living in the Stalinist state to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1997

NCB plans tieup with Bankers Trust

Nippon Credit Bank and Bankers Trust New York Corp. announced April 10 their intention to forge a business tieup that would transfer NCB's overseas business to the U.S. bank and initiate a cross-shareholding arrangement between the two firms. The contract for the tieup, expected to be formally signed...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023

Japan's law firms look overseas as competition heats up at home

Tokyo’s law firms have sought to tap into markets with a high volume of Japanese businesses, but competition and image issues remain a challenge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2023

Boris Johnson, the once and perhaps future Tory king

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson isn’t going quietly, and may not be going at all.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Jun 14, 2023

What happens next in the Trump documents case?

At some point, Trump's lawyers are expected to file a motion to dismiss the case for a variety of reasons, including perhaps his claim he declassified the documents before taking them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2023

With probes of Russian lines, Ukraine’s counteroffensive takes shape

With each clash, Ukraine is trying to show that it can attack anywhere, while trying to make Russia defend everywhere.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 11, 2023

‘How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart’: Welcome sustenance for the Japan memoir genre

Author Florentyna Leow offers descriptive musings and pithy wisdom about love, food and Japan’s historical city as she traces the dissolution of a friendship in her new collection of essays.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2023

Incursion into Russia's Belgorod may stretch Moscow's defenses

Though Kyiv has denied any role, the biggest cross-border raid from Ukraine since Russia invaded 15 months ago was almost certainly coordinated with Ukraine's armed forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 21, 2023

China and Russia lash out at G7 'double containment' attempt

Reactions to the G7 statement were prompt and furious, with China saying the G7 used the summit to “brazenly interfere in the country’s internal affairs.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2023

G7 warns China over ‘militarization activities’ but seeks support for pressuring Russia

A final communique released by G7 leaders a day ahead of the summit’s conclusion called on Beijing to adhere to international norms, including addressing “nonmarket policies and practices.”
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Hiroshima G7 Summit Special
May 19, 2023

Focus moves to entrepreneurship, use of online tools to encourage diversity

Chuo University in Tokyo, which has almost 26,000 undergraduate students and over 1,140 graduate students, as well as over 720 full-time teachers, was originally founded in 1885 as a law school named Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (English Law School).
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Hiroshima G7 Summit Special
May 19, 2023

Programs help students tackle international issues

“Challenge your mind, Change our future.”  Ritsumeikan University adopted this motto in 2018 as part of its vision toward 2030. In a time when it is difficult to predict the future due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly complex social and political issues, the university is determined to...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2023

In bid to ease tensions, top Biden aide and Chinese diplomat meet

The meeting appears to signal that the sides are working to ease strains which led to a breakdown in even the most routine communication.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2023

Kishida and Yoon try to reset Tokyo-Seoul relations

Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeol tried to remain sensitive to the populist views in their home countries while finding creative ways to not forget the past during their talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2023

U.S. prepares to fast track $500 million of arms for Taiwan

The package will involve sending existing stockpiles of U.S. weapons or support equipment to Taiwan under what’s known as a Presidential Drawdown Authority.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2023

Online migrant celebrities bring wave of Chinese nationals to U.S. border

The difficulty of obtaining U.S. visas and the economic aftershocks of China’s COVID-19 lockdowns have led to a sharp increase in migrants from China presenting at the border with Mexico.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2023

‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ has seen it all on the Korean frontier

He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for a Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most ​hair-raising moments ​on the world’s most heavily armed border.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s next six months as PM look harder than the first

Tory ministers, strategists and advisers fear that Sunak risks losing momentum, hitting a ceiling in the polls as policy problems and political dramas pile up.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2023

China 'police station' case shows U.S. ramping up use of foreign agent laws

The U.S. Justice Department last year charged at least 25 people with violating or conspiring to violate the law — the highest number since at least 2003.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2023

China flexes national security powers with high-profile arrests

Charges have been brought against a prominent Chinese journalist from a state-run newspaper as well as a Taiwanese political activist for allegedly inciting secession.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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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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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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