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JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Eat 'ramen' for a fistful of dollars

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Daimler-Chrysler merger surprises Japanese automakers

The announcement that Daimler-Benz AG and Chrysler Corp. plan to merge surprised the nation's automakers and seems to have instilled in them a sense of urgency in preparing for increased global competition.
JAPAN
May 4, 1998

Barbecuers injured in seaside helicopter ride

Police began an investigation Monday after five people were injured Sunday when a private helicopter crashed into the sea off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, police said.
JAPAN
May 4, 1998

Czech glass artist brings Bohemia to Notojima

NOTOJIMA, Ishikawa Pref. -- A glass studio recently invited a craftsman from a country with a long tradition of glasswork to spend a year on this small island teaching the art of creating Czech-style glassware.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Taiwan urged to assist struggling neighbors

Although the stability of Taiwan's economy stands out amid the financial crisis in Asia, the island cannot remain an idle spectator as neighbor countries suffer, according to Wei-Te Liu, executive adviser of the Coordinating Council on Sino-Japanese Business Affairs.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1998

Deadline passes for KDD-Teleway merger plan

The president of KDD Co. announced that the country's leading international telecommunications carrier has been unable to reach a formal merger agreement with Teleway Japan Corp., a domestic long-distance carrier, by the self-imposed deadline of April 30.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Japan's recovery seen as integral to region

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JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Venerable amusement park slates return to nature

OSAKA -- An amusement park that opened 90 years ago and is said to be the oldest in western Japan is scheduled to close at the end of May and reopen as a nature park.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Honda president to step down in June

After eight years at the helm of Honda Motor Co., President Nobuhiko Kawamoto on Monday announced he will step down in late June.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

Yamaichi's Miki pleads guilty to 'sokaiya' payoffs

Atsuo Miki, the former president of Yamaichi Securities Co. held responsible for its demise, made his first court appearance April 24 and pleaded guilty to conspiring to make illegal payoffs totaling 423 million yen to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike and a major leasing company.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Honda's new multiwagon is based on 'small is smart'

Following the succession of automakers who have introduced compact wagons this year, Honda Motor Co. announced April 23 that it will sell the Capa, its new 1.5-liter engine multiwagon, from today.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Tokio Marine to sell mutual funds with UAM

Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. will begin selling investment trusts later this year in a tieup with United Asset Management Corp., a major U.S. investment house, the nation's leading nonlife insurance company said April 23.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

FTC approves creation of largest cement firms

The Fair Trade Commission gave conditional approvals April 23 to two merger plans that would create the nation's largest and second-largest cement firms by the end of this year.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Hankyu enjoys windfall from cheat-prevention ticket system

Osaka-based railway operator Hankyu Corp. has recorded more than 800 million yen in extra yearly revenue with the introduction of its new system to prevent passengers from cheating on train fares.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Finance bureaus report further deterioration nationwide

The economy is showing increasing signs of deterioration across the board in every part of the nation, regional financial bureaus reported to the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Health officials face prison over Nursery home subsidies

Prosecutors demanded Wednesday that the Tokyo District Court impose prison terms of between two and 3 1/2 years on a former top health ministry bureaucrat and two others being tried on bribery charges in connection with the construction of special subsidized nursing homes.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Big Business begins turning on Hashimoto

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is not only facing foreign pressure to restore the nation's economic health; he is now also confronted with growing criticism from Japan's business leaders, who are raising doubts about his management of the economy.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Traffic signal repair orders move to bid system

The National Police Agency has ordered prefectural police departments to award all traffic control signal maintenance orders by competitive bid.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Toshiba to shift PC production from desktops to notebooks

Toshiba Corp. plans to halt production of desktop personal computers for home users in an attempt to beef up its notebook computer business, company sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

ANA union calls Golden Week truce

The union of pilots and flight engineers at All Nippon Airways Co. will temporarily suspend its ongoing strike in view of the upcoming Golden Week holidays, a spokesman for the carrier announced April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Dad who beat violent son to death gets three years

A father who for two years put up with his son's violent outbursts was given a three-year prison term on Friday for killing the 14-year-old with a baseball bat while he slept.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Automakers take another look at diesel engines

BY SAYURI DAIMON
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Magazine rapped for expose on Kobe boy

The Justice Ministry on April 16 admonished publishing company Bungei Shunju for printing what is alleged to be a copy of a Kobe youth's gruesome account of two slayings he perpetrated, including the May 1997 strangling and beheading of an 11-year-old boy.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Lawson raided in probe over rebate pressuring

The Fair Trade Commission raided Lawson Japan Co. and about 10 other related locations April 16 over allegations that the convenience store chain violated the Antimonopoly Law by demanding that suppliers deliver their products free of charge and seeking rebates for marketing their goods.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

NEC eludes Cray with remote supercomputer service

NEC Corp., effectively driven out of the American supercomputer market, has launched a remote computing service using its SX-4 supercomputer for overseas and domestic users.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

Signal maker's sons arrested in tax evasion case

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on April 15 arrested two sons of the president of Japan Traffic Control Technology (Nikkokan) Co., a traffic signal maintenance firm, in connection with a tax evasion case.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Arianespace inks satellite contract for 2000 launch

France-based Arianespace announced in Tokyo on Thursday that it has signed a contract with Japan's Space Communications Corp. to launch a telecommunications satellite in the early part of 2000.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

21st century global leader is U.S.: poll

Which country will be the most influential in the next century? The answer, if you guessed: the United States.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Fish haulers, riders take to world's longest suspension span

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which opened Sunday, began serving as a key link early April 6 in regional public transportation as commuter buses carried passengers and trucks brought fresh food from Shikoku and Awaji Island to Hyogo and Osaka prefectures.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

Only 27.7 trillion yen left for JNR to clear

The debt incurred by the former Japanese National Railways totaled 27.7 trillion yen at the start of fiscal 1998, down 333.6 billion yen from one year ago, Transport Ministry officials said Wednesday.
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.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
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.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
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.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.

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