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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

Computers evolving to slimmer, more stylish models

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

Stimulus impact to be 'limited,' BOJ says

The government's comprehensive economic stimulus package featuring additional public works projects and special tax reductions will probably have only a limited impact on contracted private demand, the Bank of Japan said in a report Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Finance Ministry needs major overhaul, panel says

The Finance Ministry should be overhauled to make its policymaking more transparent and efficient and to boost staff morale, an ad hoc ministry panel said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Keizai Doyukai demands leader who can think

BY SAYURI DAIMONStaff writer
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

OECD plans visit to review progress on reforms

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

Cardboard coffins viewed as more intimate sendoff

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998

Kiriyenko arrives for economic talks

Japanese and Russian leaders agreed Monday on the basic concept for a joint investment company that will be established in Moscow, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998

Finland native falls just short on second Diet attempt

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1998

Baltimore Technologies, NSJ link on Internet security

Baltimore Technologies, a private information security company based in Dublin, Ireland, announced Tuesday it will begin introducing its Internet security technology in Japan and Asia through a partnership with Japan's NSJ Corporation, a company specializing in Internet-related consulting.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1998

Hun Sen rival ready to visit Tokyo in fall

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1998

Does workman's comp cover nerve gas attacks?

OSAKA -- The parents of a man killed in a nerve gas attack for which Aum Shinrikyo members stand accused applied Monday with the Osaka District Court for workers' accident compensation.
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

Ministry tasks firm with Nagoya airport project

The Ministry of Transport on Wednesday designated Central Japan International Airport Co. as a firm to build and manage a proposed international airport off Nagoya.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998

LTCB loans should all transfer to Sumitomo: Imai

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. should accept all loans extended by the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan when it merges with the ailing LTCB, according to the head of Japan's most influential business organization.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998

Election Equation: Direct talk, bold action by Hashimoto urged

11th in a series
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

Election Equation: Change may require 'gaiatsu,' ACCJ says

10th in a series
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1998

Firms hold shareholder meetings; police stave off 'sokaiya'

More than 2,300 major companies across the country hosted general shareholders' meetings Friday as police mobilized about 10,000 officers to prevent possible disruptions by "sokaiya" corporate extortionists.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

Gems stolen while driver fixes flat

An employee of a jewelry wholesaler reported that 180 million yen in gems were stolen from his car Wednesday night in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward while he was fixing a flat tire, police said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

Roaming pet wallaby rounded up

Police retrieved an Australian journalist's pet wallaby early Thursday after it was spotted hopping down a residential street in Tokyo's Toranomon business district.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

JTB out 40 million yen in World Cup ticket fiasco

Japan Travel Bureau will cancel some of its World Cup tours -- and swallow an estimated 40 million yen loss -- following the theft of tickets from an office in Paris, a spokesman for the nation's largest travel agency announced Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Sanyo to liquidate in August if buyer not found

Troubled Sanyo Securities Co., which filed in November for application of the Corporate Rehabilitation Law, said Wednesday it was moving toward liquidation amid slim chances it will be bought.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Tokyo Bay waterfront resumes development

For the first time in more than seven years, major businesses will conclude long-term land leases to construct new buildings in the controversial Tokyo Bay waterfront development area, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1998

Moody's downgrades LTCB subordinated debt ratings

Moody's Investor Services said Thursday it will downgrade its ratings for subordinated debts of Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan and LTCB Finance, adding the ratings will remain under review for further possible downgrade.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1998

Court backs Osaka ruling on wining and dining disclosure

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling in March 1997 that ordered the Osaka Municipal Government to disclose the names and titles of those who were wined and dined by the city with taxpayers' money.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1998

Nippon Cargo, UPS plan code-sharing start in August

Nippon Cargo Airlines and United Parcel Service will start code-sharing operations between Japan and the United States and within North America on Aug. 1, executives of the two firms announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1998

Apathy, slump may keep voters at bay, expert says

First in a series
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1998

Yen free fall drags Nikkei below 15,000 line

Fears over Japan's economic weakness on Monday helped push the dollar past 146 yen and pull Tokyo stock prices below the psychologically important 15,000 line for the first time in five months.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

Wisconsin to host economic development confab

Japanese and American academics, business executives and diplomats will discuss bilateral and global economic issues at the Wisconsin-U.S.-Japan Economic Development Conference to be held June 19 in Lake Geneva, Wis., organizers said Thursday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Japan, India to set up new consultation defense cooperation framework
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (right) stands alongside his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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