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JAPAN
Oct 8, 1998

The Kim Visit: Leaders look ahead, vow cooperative ties

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and visiting South Korean President Kim Dae Jung put the past behind them Thursday, with Japan apologizing for its past colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and both pledging to establish a new partnership in a variety of fields for the 21st century.Obuchi said at a joint...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 1998

Guilty bureaucrat fined, freed over Big Four bribes

A former Finance Ministry official received a two-year suspended sentence and was fined more than 5 million yen by the Tokyo District Court Thursday for accepting bribes from four securities companies.Toshio Miyano, 51, a former senior official at the ministry's Securities Bureau, was found guilty of...
JAPAN
Sep 28, 1998

Court awards eye patients 100 million yen

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Monday ordered a company that owns a failed Osaka ophthalmic hospital to pay about 100 million yen to 16 patients who suffered eye damage from the hospital's laser surgery.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 1998

City banks Tokai, Asahi agree on retail tieup

In a strategic move to strengthen their presence in the retail banking field, Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank, both among the nation's nine major city, or commercial, banks, reached a comprehensive tieup agreement Monday to consolidate their branch offices and jointly develop financial products.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1998

TICAD-II looks to halve African poverty by 2015

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JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Red Cross doctor to help out in Afghanistan

The Japanese Red Cross Society will send a doctor to Afghanistan today on a one-year mission to support and widen public health services and maternity education, it was announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Global Warming: COP4 a time to iron out details

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JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Global Warming: Industrialized nations told to look home first

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JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

North Korea launch was aimed at U.S. negotiators, expert claims

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JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Fast reform is key, U.K. exchequer chancellor says

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, expressed hope Wednesday that financial reform bills now before the Diet will be enacted and implemented as soon as possible.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

U.S. asks Japan to show some financial leadership

A senior U.S. economic official pressed Japan on Wednesday to demonstrate more of the global financial leadership it shares with the United States to help weather the current crises.
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 9, 1998

Stalker arrested over six-year harassment

OSAKA -- Police have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly stalking a woman over a six-year period and causing her to suffer from a nervous breakdown, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Nuclear activist urges Japan to take lead in disarmament

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JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

News exhibit to open in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA -- An exhibition on the history of English-language news coverage in Japan will open next Tuesday in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Supreme Court overturns Korean fingerprinting case

The Supreme Court overturned an earlier high court decision Monday, ruling that the 1986 arrest of a Korean resident in Kyoto over his refusal to be fingerprinted was not illegal.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

MITI awaits U.S. steel action

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is closely watching the U.S. steel industry to see whether it will file a suit against Japanese steelmakers for dumping hot rolled steel -- a core commodity, a top ministry official said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Fighting may be over, but refugee aid continues

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is operating in an era of "unachievable peace," which followed an "unwinnable war," UNHCR Sadako Ogata said at Tokyo's Japan National Press Club on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

High costs, low demand stifling Kansai airport growth

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JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Time for an accounting of Mother Nature

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JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Preventing Disaster: Safe? Leave a message after the beep

When a disaster strikes, thousands of people rush to the telephone to contact their loved ones, tying up much-needed phone lines.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

State smoking panel concludes it has no recommendations

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JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Malaysia proposes skills plan for APEC workforces

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JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Return program serves as bridge for youths

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JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Venezuelan envoy looking to build Japanese trade ties

Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Enrique Nones Sucre said Wednesday his country is eager to develop closer trade, investment and economic cooperation with Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

Race set to target junior yacht ranks

The 8th International Goodwill Junior Yacht Regatta will be held Sept. 12 off the Wakasu Yacht Kunren Center in Wakasu Kaihin Koen-nai, Koto Ward, Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

Career seminar to focus on English speakers

Simul International Inc. will sponsor a career seminar Sept. 9 for people who want to use English in their jobs, in cooperation with The Japan Times, Shukan ST and InterFM.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1998

Russia jitters send yen, Nikkei tumbling

Tokyo share prices and the yen tumbled Monday amid concerns over Russian political turmoil.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1998

Focus: Nanjing Massacre can't shake ever-changing spin

Iris Chang's controversial book "The Rape of Nanking," which came out last December in the United States, has rekindled debate in Japan over the incident.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

U.S. CPA degrees popular passport to security

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Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes