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JAPAN
Oct 5, 1998

EU to present deregulation package next week

The European Union will present new deregulation proposals to Japan when the two sides hold ministerial-level meetings in Tokyo next Monday, a senior officials of the European Commission said Monday.Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Ove Juul Joergensen, head of the Delegation of the European Commission...
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Regional credit pinch hits Japanese affiliates abroad

Some 35 percent of Japanese-affiliated companies in Southeast Asia, China and South Korea are suffering from tight lending practices at financial institutions, a Ministry of International Trade and Industry survey showed Monday.
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 1, 1998

Cuban debt-rescheduling clears way for trade

A total of 28 private-sector Japanese companies who are creditors of the Cuban government inked their final debt rescheduling agreements Tuesday with the country, clearing a major hurdle on the road to bilateral economic activities.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Green Cross founder tied to Unit 731 preservation

The founder of Green Cross Corp., an Osaka-based pharmaceutical firm, played a major role shortly after World War II in preventing senior members of Unit 731 from being prosecuted as war criminals, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Japan to cochair ARF peacekeeping group

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JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Central bankers to meet here for BIS, Asian sessions

Central bank governors from more than 30 countries will convene next week in Tokyo for a monthly meeting of the Bank for International Settlements and the third meeting of the Executives' Meetings of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1998

U.S., Canada may bar touring Imperial army veterans

Former members of the Imperial Japanese Army planning to speak in the United States and Canada on Japan's wartime atrocities in Asia may be barred from entering the two countries, organizers of the tour said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

Yanai pushes for Pakistan seat at next ASEAN forum

Pakistan should be invited to the upcoming annual meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum to sit on the same table with India and discuss regional security, which has been strained by the two rivals' recent nuclear tests, Vice Foreign Minister Shunji Yanai said Monday.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Japan to fully fund U.N. drug abuse project

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JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Ainu ready to sue Hokkaido over undervalued properties

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JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Mongolia-Japan partnership at focus of Bagabandi visit

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JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Panel OKs soccer lotto; bill foe Tanaka kicked out

A revised bill to introduce a soccer lottery system to raise funds to promote sports activities was approved Friday by a Lower House panel, bringing the lucrative but controversial legislation one step closer to enactment.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

SDP calls for end to death penalty

The Social Democratic Party on Wednesday issued a statement calling on the government to halt executions of death row inmates.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1998

Hosokawa announces resignation from Diet

Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, who has been the glue linking the intraparty groups within the Democratic Party of Japan, announced April 30 that he will resign as a Diet member.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 1998

Foreigners' council offers city feedback

More than 30 foreign residents of Tokyo gathered Tuesday at Shibuya Workers' Welfare Hall for a brainstorming session on ways to improve life for the city's foreign community.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist angered by order to gas subway

A senior Aum Shinrikyo follower on April 24 expressed resentment toward cult founder Shoko Asahara for appointing him, along with others, to release deadly nerve gas in the Tokyo subway system in March 1995.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

New BOJ board decides to keep easy monetary policy

The Bank of Japan said Thursday that it will retain its easy monetary policy, including its official discount rate at an all-time low of 0.5 percent, reflecting the first decision of its new policy board.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

LDP, Pyongyang agree to set up liaison office

The head of a Liberal Democratic Party delegation to North Korea announced Wednesday that it reached a basic agreement with the Workers' Party of Korea during its recent visit to set up a bilateral liaison office in Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1998

Nikko president details illegal profits to Arai

Nikko Securities President Masashi Kaneko confirmed during a Finance Ministry hearing Monday that his brokerage provided illegal profits to Shokei Arai, a Diet member who committed suicide last month hours before he was to be arrested.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1998

Banks adopt U.S.-style disclosure rules

The banking industry federation decided Tuesday that from this fiscal year, all member banks will need to disclose information about their bad loans according to stricter standards, in line with those of the United States.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

APEC draws up program to liberalize nine industrial sectors

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JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Conservationists dissatisfied with Nagano's efforts

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JAPAN
Jan 30, 1998

LDP's Arai admits profiting from hidden Nikko account

Shokei Arai, a Lower House member of the Liberal Democratic Party, admitted in the Diet on Friday that he made about 41 million yen through an account he asked Nikko Securities Co. to open in the name of one of his acquaintances.Arai insisted, however, that the trades were not illegal. Speaking as an...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

SUPER BOWL XXXII: Fourth time's the charm for Elway

Staff writerSAN DIEGO -- The number four turned out to be a lucky charm for John Elway, who guided the Denver Broncos to their first ever Super Bowl victory Sunday.In his fourth appearance in the NFL championship game, the 15-year veteran quarterback out of Stanford finally grabbed the big one. "I can't...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1998

OECD sets guidelines to stop harmful tax competition

Staff writerThe 29 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have agreed in principle on guidelines for eliminating "harmful" tax competition designed to attract more foreign capital, government sources said Friday.The guidelines call for the nations to roll back what...
JAPAN
Dec 25, 1997

Osaka reveals abuse of 1.33 billion yen in taxpayers' funds

OSAKA -- Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama formally announced here Thursday that 1.33 billion yen in taxpayers' money was misused by the prefectural government between 1994 and 1997.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1997

Two Shinshinto members to defect

Two more members of Shinshinto said Monday that they are leaving the largest opposition party, becoming the first politicians to defect since Ichiro Ozawa was re-elected party chief last week.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 1997

New bullet train lines dealt setback with budget cuts

A committee comprised of representatives from the government and the three ruling parties examining the construction of new bullet train networks decided Monday to pare the project's budget for three years beginning in fiscal 1998.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 1997

Environmentalists march in Tokyo ahead of U.N. conference

Pedestrians paused on the sidewalks and curious storekeepers emerged from boutiques at the sound of marching band music echoing through the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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