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JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Lower House deliberating land mine treaty

The government began legislative procedures Thursday to ratify an international treaty banning the production, stockpiling and use of antipersonnel land mines.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Food poisoning strikes Defense officials

Two ill Defense Agency officials may have become Japan's latest food poisoning victims after eating a dinner prepared at an agency facility Wednesday evening, the agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Opposition, LDP policy chiefs agree to meet

After several days of wrangling over financial stabilization bills, opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to a policy chiefs-level meeting with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Sumitomo Life buys into Taiheiyo

In an aggressive move to expand its financial services, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has purchased about 10 percent of outstanding shares in ailing Taiheiyo Securities Co. and its subsidiary Taiheiyo Investment Trust Management Co., the two companies announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

TSE takes nosedive to new postbubble low

The Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plummeted Monday to a new postbubble low as ambiguities in last Friday's deal on financial stabilization measures between leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp ignited disappointment among market traders.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Honda unveils compact utility vehicle

In a bid to capture younger customers, Honda Motor Co. on Monday introduced the HR-V, a new compact multipurpose utility vehicle, which hits the market today.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Diet remains stalled over financial bills

Negotiations over key financial stabilization bills remained stagnant Wednesday, with the opposition camp criticizing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for its lack of meaningful proposals.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Latin American crisis sparked G-7's emergency call

The economic crisis in Latin America was the biggest factor behind an emergency statement issued Tuesday by the Group of Seven industrialized countries, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

U.N. campus to offer international courses

United Nations University will offer international courses starting in February for university graduates and postgraduates, university officials in Tokyo said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

GDP shrinks 3.3% for third quarterly decline in row

The economy shrank by an annualized 3.3 percent in the April-June quarter of fiscal 1998 over the previous quarter, falling for the third straight quarter -- its worst showing since World War II, the Economic Planning Agency announced Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Toyota to raise stake in Chiyoda to 47.1%

Toyota Motor Corp. will increase its stake in Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. from the 37.1 percent at present to 47.1 percent by the end of September to strengthen Chiyoda's financial backbone and ties between the two firms, the automaker announced Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Too much, too little, too late?

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi instructed his Cabinet ministers Friday to work out measures that will double people's living, business and recreational space within five years, and create some 500,000 new jobs through economic structural reform within the next two years.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Mitsubishi heavyweights form financial services alliance

In a strategic move to secure an edge over competitors amid ongoing "Big Bang" financial deregulations, four financial firms in the Mitsubishi group announced Friday they are forming a business alliance that will provide a wide range of new financial services.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1998

Economic council targets 14 issues for recovery

An advisory panel to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Thursday selected 14 main issues that it will address in its attempt to help the government achieve full-scale economic recovery within two years.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

BOJ slashes call rate in monetary rescue action

In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan's Policy Board agreed Wednesday to further ease monetary policy by guiding the weighted average of the overnight call money rate down to around 0.25 percent per year.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

North Korea reactor aid to remain frozen

The government will continue to freeze assistance for light-water nuclear reactor projects in North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

G-7 meeting likely to avoid Russia issue

Senior officials of the Group of Seven industrialized nations are unlikely to devise a program at their weekend meeting to assist the troubled Russian economy, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Banking industry backs government bailout plan

Satoru Kishi, chairman of the Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan, expressed support Tuesday for the government's plan to inject public money into ailing banks to prevent failures.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Ministry may alter entrance exam rules

Education Minister Akito Arima indicated Tuesday that his ministry may reconsider its current stance on the entrance of graduates from "unauthorized" universities to graduate programs at state-run institutions.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Opposition plan targeted by the FSA

A top official of the Financial Supervisory Agency on Tuesday voiced disapproval at a portion of the financial-stabilization bills submitted by opposition parties to the Diet.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Okinawa draws more tourists as air fares, yen fall

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Constant conflict over the presence of U.S. military bases and tragic old war stories keep Okinawa in the news.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Rengo pressures Obuchi to fulfill job, tax cut promises

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) urged the government Monday to make good on its promised tax reductions, including 4 trillion yen in income tax cuts.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

North Korea remains on condemned list

Although it remains unclear what exactly North Korea launched over Japan on Aug. 31, the government's condemnation of Pyongyang's act still stands, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Nissan plans transmission firm in 1999

Nissan Motor Co. will establish a new automatic transmission manufacturing company in the summer of 1999, the company said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Miyazawa urges review of bank-screening criteria

Screening criteria to determine whether public funds should be infused into banks should be revised, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa indicated Friday, saying the current standards are difficult to understand.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Hitachi to post 100 billion yen loss, slash work force

Hitachi Ltd. will post pretax losses of 100 billion yen in the 1998 business year to next March 31, marking its first plunge into red ink for the postwar period, company officials announced in revised earnings forecasts Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Kan airs views on LTCB issue

Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, called on the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Wednesday to establish clear rules for dealing with the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, indicating he is not necessarily opposed to the injection of public funds to save the...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

L.A. tourist bureau opens full-time branch in Tokyo

The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau has opened in Tokyo its first full-time international office outside North America, delegates from the city announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

Sakura seeks to raise 300 billion yen in share issue

Sakura Bank plans to increase its capital by about 300 billion yen within this fiscal year by requesting major firms under the Mitsui group, the bank's largest shareholder, and other clients to purchase new shares, bank officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 1998

Huddle held on teamwork in Diet

The heads of three opposition parties pledged on Thursday to strengthen their cooperation.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
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