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JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Pioneering wildlife center gives hurt birds survival chance

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

Inflatable jacket softens cyclists' impacts with asphalt

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 10, 1998

Daiei backs out of JT redevelopment project

Major supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. announced Monday it will not take part in a redevelopment project at the site of a former Japan Tobacco Inc. plant in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1998

FM Setagaya starts broadcasting today

Tokyo's ninth community FM radio station hits the airwaves today at noon in Setagaya Ward.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Pigeon to sell German baby car seats

Concord GmbH, Germany's No. 2 maker of child car seats, will enter the Japanese market in September through a new contract with Pigeon Corp., a Japanese maker of baby products, the two companies announced Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Town gives OK to Kansai airport traffic

OSAKA -- The legislature of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, voted Monday to adopt a resolution allowing flights to and from New Kansai International Airport to pass over the city, even though local residents had adamantly rejected the idea.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

GE Capital seals purchase of Lake

GE Capital Services Corp. of the United States has closed an acquisition deal with Lake Co., Japan's fifth-largest consumer credit firm, the two companies announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

End of recruitment pacts sparks skipping to find jobs

Abolition of recruitment agreements between companies and new university graduates has helped ease the hectic job-hunting ritual, but class attendance is dropping as students take the hunt into their own hands, according to a survey released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1998

Japanese-Latin Americans urged to apply for U.S. redress

The U.S. government is urging Japanese-Latin Americans who were taken from their homes in Latin America and held in U.S. internment camps during World War II to apply for U.S. redress before the deadline expires.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

Condo owners sue housing corporation

More than 1,600 owners of government-built condominiums filed a 15.5 billion yen suit Tuesday against the Housing and Urban Development Corp. over the major discounts it offered new buyers last year.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Teachers wanted for Odawara workshop

The Language Institute of Japan is seeking 100 English teachers to participate in its annual international summer workshop in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, from August 9 to 14.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

ANA to discount Hokkaido fares

All Nippon Airways Co. will offer discount fares on winter flights between Hokkaido and Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya starting Oct. 1, the carrier announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

Plan for second Narita runway presented to Chiba, Ibaraki

The Transport Ministry and New Tokyo International Airport Authority have submitted a concrete plan to build a second runway at the congested Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Toyota's Prius hybrid heads for overseas environments

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will introduce the Prius, equipped with its gasoline-electric hybrid engine, in the North American and European markets by 2000.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998

Volkswagen to introduce new Golf

Volkswagen Group Japan KK will introduce the fourth-generation Golf to the Japanese market in August after making significant changes to the popular compact car, an executive of the German automaker announced on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Haneda airport to get new train station

Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., said Friday that it will open Haneda Airport Station on Nov. 18, linking a terminal building at Haneda airport to the central metropolitan area.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 1998

Open recruiting changes job search

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1998

Hun Sen rival ready to visit Tokyo in fall

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1998

People's award goes to late composer Yoshida

The late composer Tadashi Yoshida was granted the People's Honor Award on Tuesday by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who gave a tribute to Yoshida and a shield-shaped ornament to his widow, Kiyoko, during a ceremony held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1998

Appliance recycling center blazing trail to safer trash

NAKA, Ibaraki Pref. -- Every year, Japan throws away 650,000 tons of refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines and television sets, making up 1 percent of the nation's annual garbage output.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1998

Canadian MBA program under way

The first Canadian Masters of Business Administration graduate degree program to be offered in Japan officially got under way Friday with a ceremony held at Tokyo's Sophia University.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1998

Yanase rolls out new Astra in hopes of sparking sales

Yanase & Co. introduced on Thursday the fully remodeled Astra from Adam Opel AG, a German affiliate of U.S.-based General Motors Corp.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 1998

Turkey seeks donations for earthquake victims

The Turkish Embassy in Tokyo is seeking donations to help victims of the major earthquake that struck northern Turkey on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998

Russian prime minister to visit July 12

Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko will pay an official visit to Japan from July 12 to 14 to hold talks with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 1998

Kids invited to environment forum

Taiyoh-no-kai, a citizens' group promoting international exchange among children, is looking for participants in the 10th International Children's Conference for the Environment.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 1998

Narita airport to hand out more weekly flight slots

The Transport Ministry will allot 202 extra landing and takeoff slots a week for regular flights this winter at Narita airport, starting Oct. 25, ministry officials announced Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1998

Kinki Nippon to post net loss of 7.8 billion yen

Due to sharp drops in the number of tourists and in tour prices -- as well as canceled tours for the World Cup games in France -- Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. announced Friday it will post a net loss of 7.8 billion yen for the current business year.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Sakakibara survives finance ministry reshuffle

Eisuke Sakakibara, vice finance minister for international affairs, will keep his post despite a regular personnel reshuffle scheduled for July 1, a top ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1998

White elephant tries to move decades of debt

BY SAYURI DAIMONStaff writer
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Mitsui Marine to offer quake insurance deal

Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Co. will begin offering from July an earthquake insurance policy that would return 20 percent of the premium paid if no claims were paid during the period insured, company officials said Monday.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

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

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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