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JAPAN
Jan 29, 1999

U.S. shown plan to ship MOX fuel unescorted from overseas

A plan to ship mixed-oxide fuel from Europe for the first time has been submitted to the United States, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1999

Nissan to sell part of Kinugawa Rubber stake

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will sell 4 million shares of Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., a Nissan affiliate, to Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. to advance joint projects between the two rubber firms.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 1999

Softbank, Broadcast.com plan Web venture

Softbank Corp. and Broadcast.com Inc., both leading U.S.-based video and audio Internet broadcasting companies, will set up a joint venture to provide a Japanese-language Web broadcasting service, the firms announced Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1999

New Keizai Doyukai chief aims to revise Japan's image

Fuji Zerox Co. Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi, the newly appointed chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), expressed hope Friday that he will be able to give foreigners a clear picture of a changing Japan in his new position.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1999

Japan inks Singapore reinsurance pact

As part of its efforts to support financially troubled Asian neighbors, Japan has signed an agreement with Singapore to back its trade insurance system with reinsurance, an official of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1999

Hayami knocks LDP bid to override Deposit Insurance Law

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami said Thursday that he is opposed to postponing the launch of a "payoff" system in which the government will limit guaranteed deposit refunds to 10 million yen per depositor at banks that go bankrupt.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1999

Daiei president steps down to speed restructuring efforts

Daiei Inc. Chairman and President Isao Nakauchi, who established the nation's largest supermarket chain operator, relinquished his post as president to accelerate its restructuring efforts, Daiei officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1999

Sanwa, Toyo Trust to set up 'Big Bang' survival alliance

Sanwa Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co. have agreed to form an extensive business alliance to survive the ongoing "Big Bang" financial reforms, officials of the two banks announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1999

Mitsui, Chuo Trust plan biggest trust bank in 2000

Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. and Chuo Trust & Banking Co. announced Tuesday that they have reached basic agreement to merge in April 2000 to become the nation's biggest trust bank with a combined capital of more than 40 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 1999

E-mail boosts use of real thing, Pitney Bowes' CEO says

Despite the growing use of electronic mail and electronic business systems, the market for physical mail systems will continue to grow as new technologies generate new business opportunities, according to the chairman and chief executive officer of a leading mailing system company.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1999

Meiji Life hawking policies in magazines

Meiji Life Insurance Co. has started selling a 5 million yen life insurance plan through magazine advertisement inserts, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 1999

Winter, jobless chill descends upon Osaka's homeless

"As things stand now, I have no way but to die by the roadside. Even if I get a job, I'm too weak to work," said a 60-year-old former day-laborer who has been homeless for five months.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 1999

Nakajima pleads guilty to vote-buying, vows to quit Diet

House of Representatives member Yojiro Nakajima, 39, pleaded guilty Thursday to providing 20 million yen to his supporters to buy votes during the 1996 general election, and said he will resign from the Diet.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1998

Bomb meant for girlfriend blows up cab driver

A 29-year-old Tokyo taxi driver was seriously injured last weekend when he accidently set off an explosive he allegedly planned to send to his girlfriend, police said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1998

Number change powers PHS, cellular phone expansion

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JAPAN
Dec 25, 1998

DKB 'lender' to Koike faces jail time

Prosecutors Friday demanded an eight-month prison term for a former vice president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank on charges of violating the Commercial Code by extending illegal loans to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 1998

Hitachi to shuffle management, add post

Hitachi Ltd. announced Thursday that Executive Vice President Etsuhiko Shoyama will become president April 1, and Hiroshi Kuwahara, also an executive vice president, will take a newly created post of vice chairman in late June.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Itami estate worth 936 million yen

The late film director Juzo Itami, who killed himself last December, left a fortune worth about 936 million yen, tax sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

Nissan denies rumor of DaimlerChrysler talks

Nissan Motor Co. President Yoshikazu Hanawa on Friday denied his company has negotiated with DaimlerChrysler AG over a capital-tieup alliance, but added that "generally speaking," the firm will welcome talks for a global alliance with other major automakers to survive the 21st century.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 1998

Toyota to build waterfront theme park

Toyota Motor Corp. will spend 15 billion yen to construct an automobile amusement park on a fashionable man-made island in Tokyo Bay's waterfront district, company officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 1998

Kinki Nippon to sell HQ for retiree pay

Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. will sell its headquarters to Kinki Nippon Railway Co. later this month to raise retirement funds for personnel retiring early under its streamlining efforts, officials announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

MOX assured safe for use in Fukui nuclear reactors

A planned project by Kansai Electric Power Co. to use recycled plutonium to fuel nuclear reactors in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, assures nuclear safety, a government panel on nuclear safety concluded Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

Calls rising within BOJ to aid firms, minutes show

Calls from Bank of Japan Policy Board members for the central bank to make additional efforts to support corporate financing were more apparent than at the Oct. 28 meeting, according to the minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

Aborigines protest Osaka utility's uranium mine link

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JAPAN
Nov 24, 1998

Sony cofounder's heirs left 9.96 billion yen inheritance

Masaru Ibuka, who turned a local factory into internationally renowned Sony Corp., left an inheritance worth roughly 9.96 billion yen when he died in December, taxation authorities said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 1998

Mita Industrial chief to be served bribery warrant

OSAKA -- The former president of failed photocopier maker Mita Industrial Co. will soon be served an arrest warrant on suspicion of bribing a certified public accountant and asking him to look over the firm's suspected falsification of accounts, investigative sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 1998

ANA taken to task for maintenance violations

The Transport Ministry took the rare move of imposing administrative measures against All Nippon Airways Co. over the carrier's violation of its own maintenance regulations, ministry officials announced Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 1998

Sega posts sharp fall in midterm profits

A week before it launches a new console in the heated game-machine war, Sega Enterprises Ltd. on Thursday reported sharp drops in sales and profits for the April-September period.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 1998

Justsystem posts losses in battle with Microsoft

Justsystem Corp. on Thursday reported midterm losses for the April-September period after being battered in fierce competition with computer software giant Microsoft Corp.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 1998

NEC to calculate refund owed to Defense Agency, NASDA

NEC Corp. announced Thursday that it will give back the money it overcharged the Defense Agency and the National Space Development Agency of Japan for defense and space-related equipment over several years.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
JAL to punish president and 36 others over pilot drinking scandal
Japan Airlines Managing Executive Officer Yukio Nakagawa (center) and others apologize after one of the airline's pilots was found to have been drinking alcohol, during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4.
After seven decades, is it finally time for the LDP to split up?
Signage atop the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, reverse its waning popularity and reassure investors
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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