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JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Brokerage houses Tokai Maruman, Nagai to merge

Nagoya-based Tokai Maruman Securities Co. has sealed a merger deal with medium-size Naigai Securities Co. in an effort to build up its retail presence in the Kansai, Chubu and Kanto regions, the two companies announced Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Will Windows 98 spur PC revival?

The Akihabara district of Tokyo, famous for its abundance of electronics shops, once again was in an uproar in the middle of the night.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Business focuses on the crew rather than the leader

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Keizai Doyukai demands leader who can think

BY SAYURI DAIMONStaff writer
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998

Financial watchdog starts 19-bank probe with LTCB

Japan's new financial watchdog started an inspection Monday of the troubled Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to scrutinize its problem loans, agency officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

U.S.-Japan business leaders may squabble less this time

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1998

Sun proposes fresh start for Kim's visit to Japan

South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Sun Joun Yung told his Japanese counterpart, Shunji Yanai, that his country wants to forge a new relationship with Japan by resolving contentious historical issues when President Kim Dae Jung visits Japan this fall, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Russo-Japanese talks begin; isles response slated for fall

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin on Monday reaffirmed that President Boris Yeltsin will reply to a proposal by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to resolve a territorial dispute in the autumn, when Hashimoto visits Moscow, according to Foreign Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1998

Protected panel reaches no conclusion on war-memorial plan

Protected by a dozen security guards and a metal detector, a controversial advisory panel to the Tokyo governor ended its final session Tuesday on a planned memorial hall for victims of U.S. air raids during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1998

Lower House approves supplementary budget for fiscal '98

The Lower House approved a general account supplementary budget worth 4.65 trillion yen for the current fiscal year Monday afternoon, compiled to support the government's economic stimulus efforts.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 1998

Economy shrank 0.7% in fiscal 1997

The economy shrank by an annualized 5.3 percent during the last three months of fiscal 1997 compared with the previous quarter, leading to the nation's first annual economic contraction in 23 years, according to figures released Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

English poets can conquer traditional tanka form, too

Responding to the growing popularity of Japanese poetry overseas, Tokyo publishing company Hoshi to Mori Co. is sponsoring an international poetry contest featuring tanka, a traditional form of verse dating back to the seventh century.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Team agrees to draft 'public trust' bills

A working team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake agreed Wednesday on draft bills aimed to help recover public trust in politics.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

In with a Bang: Credit Suisse upbeat over assets boom

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Automakers suffered at home in '97

Japan's five major automakers suffered domestically during the 1997 business year, which ended March 31, but three managed to boost profits on increased sales abroad.
JAPAN
May 1, 1998

Prize gives tideland activist new leverage

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 1, 1998

Bar group urges prosecutor presence in youth trials

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations on May 1 decided to propose allowing prosecutors to participate in juvenile inquiry proceedings under certain conditions, changing its long-standing opposition to prosecutors' presence in family courts.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

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

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JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Hu, Kato agree to fight Asian 'flu' together

Visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and Koichi Kato, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, agreed Wednesday that the two countries should cooperate to overcome the economic and financial crises in Southeast Asia, LDP officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Tokyo, Seoul to resume talks on fisheries pact

Japan and South Korea will resume negotiating a new fisheries pact April 29-30 in Tokyo, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Juvenile Law review nears as bar reverses stance

A committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations has drafted a proposal that would reverse the group's long-standing opposition to revising the Juvenile Law, federation officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Tokyo proposes isles compromise to Russia

Japan has offered a compromise proposal in a long-standing territorial row with Russia under which Moscow will continue to retain the four disputed islands off Hokkaido for a transitional period as long as it confirms their sovereignty belongs to Tokyo, government sources said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Hayami rules out hike in official discount rate

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on April 13 ruled out a hike in the official discount rate in the immediate future, brushing aside suggestions from a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 1998

Neighbors agree to Kita-Shinjuku homeless shelter

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will open a temporary homeless shelter late this month in Kita-Shinjuku for people forced to leave a JR Shinjuku Station shantytown after a fire.
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 26, 1998

20 bus, railway unions go on strike over wages

Twenty bus and railway company labor unions went on strike early March 26 after unions and management failed to agree on an annual pay hike during ongoing spring labor negotiations.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 1998

Public works considered best stimulus package

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 16, 1998

Seoul's Park, Obuchi seeking talks

Park Jung Soo, South Korean foreign and trade minister, and Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi agreed March 16 to hold their first meeting as early as possible, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Three opposition parties agree to merge with DPJ

Four opposition parties officially agreed late March 12 to unite as a new party that will become the second-largest force after the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Clinton may visit Japan and China, Carter says

U.S. President Bill Clinton is considering visiting China in June and may come to Japan on his way home, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said March 12 in Tokyo.

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