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JAPAN
Dec 30, 1998

Film director Keisuke Kinoshita dead at 86

Renowned movie director Keisuke Kinoshita died of a stroke early Wednesday at his home in Tokyo's Minato Ward, his family said. He was 86.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 1998

EU to request WTO panel for lingering leather row

Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 28, 1998

Monorail zips to mark

OSAKA -- What is dubbed the world's longest monorail, located in northern Osaka Prefecture, saw its 100 millionth passenger Monday, eight years and seven months after it opened, officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

Hibiya stacks in danger of closing

Tokyo's 90-year-old Hibiya Library may close one year from now unless the capital's financially troubled metropolitan government comes to the rescue.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

82 trillion yen spending spree drafted

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's Cabinet on Monday approved a draft 81.86 trillion yen general account budget for fiscal 1999 that calls for an 11 percent rise in public works spending.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

Japan to dispatch rice tariff lobbyists

Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

North Korea video shows black markets, starving kids

Adults can be seen selling noodles, potatoes and kimchi on the streets, seemingly oblivious to the starving children wandering around them, combing the ground for anything edible.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 1998

Lawmakers take aim at credit-rating firms

A Lower House committee will hold discussions today on the activities of international credit-rating companies, which critics say have unreasonably fueled financial turmoil in Japan and the rest of Asia.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 1998

Obuchi backs missile strikes on Iraq

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi expressed support Thursday for U.S.-British missile strikes against Iraq, saying that Iraq violated agreements with the United Nations to cooperate with arms inspections by the world body.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 1998

Miyazawa calls for new Bretton Woods agreement

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa called Tuesday for restructuring the Bretton Woods global economic framework, in place since the end of World War II, to better deal with today's financial crises.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 1998

U.S. lagging on defense deliveries: audit board

The United States failed to deliver 46.1 billion yen worth of defense equipment to Japan as of the end of fiscal 1997, despite Japan's advance payment, a Board of Audit report showed Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 1998

Bird, nature groups push state to protect Fujimae wetland

Representatives of a national bird organization called on the government Thursday to preserve Aichi Prefecture's Fujimae tidal flats, citing predictions that building a landfill on the site would severely damage the nation's most important wetlands.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 1998

Oneworld alliance looks to grow

British Airways expects new partners in a global alliance that it and four other international airlines will form in the near future, Robert Ayling, the carrier's chief executive, said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Students' Global Society opens forum for development issues

HIROSHIMA -- A group of students and scholars at Hiroshima University have formed Global Society, which they hope will be one of Japan's leading international research bodies for overseas development activities.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

WTO talks should end by 2003, EU says

The World Trade Organization should be able to wrap up its next round of multilateral liberalization talks within three years of its 2000 start, a senior European Union official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Seeking Refuge: Arbitary policy shutters window to asylum

Last of a three-part series on Japan's refugee policy
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

Seeking Refuge: Process not worth it, chosen one says

Second in a three-part series on Japan's refugee policy
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

China remarks falsely reported, Nonaka says

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka criticized some foreign media entities Wednesday for misunderstanding and falsely reporting his remarks during Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit last week.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 1998

Bill on Constitution review headed for Diet

A nonpartisan group of lawmakers agreed Friday to submit a bill during the current special Diet session proposing the creation of standing committees in both chambers of the Diet to consider revising the Constitution.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 1998

Argentine President Menem looks forward to stronger ties

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 24, 1998

WorldCom digs into Japanese market

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 20, 1998

Mitsui O.S.K., Navix Line announce maritime megamerger

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Navix Line, Ltd., the country's second- and fourth-largest maritime transport companies, will merge as of April 1, becoming one of the biggest maritime carriers in the world, top executives of the two companies announced on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 1998

Moody's downgrades Japanese government debt

Moody's Investors Service has taken Japanese securities issued or guaranteed by the government down a notch from its top Aaa ranking, the U.S. credit rating agency's Japanese unit said on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 1998

Global One alliance profiting from progress

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Trilateral cooperation key to Korea tension: Seoul

Cooperation between Japan, South Korea and the United States is essential to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, South Korean Ambassador Kim Suk Kyu said Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Japan Inc. suffers 70% drop in after-tax profit

After-tax profits of Japanese companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 70 percent from the previous year, marking the largest drop since the period immediately after World War II, according to financial reports announced Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998

China wants apology, clarification stated during Jiang visit

China wants a clear apology from Japan over its wartime aggression in China and clarification of its stance toward Taiwan put into a joint statement to be issued when President Jiang Zemin visits Japan later this month, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Jiang said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1998

Trade stance could trigger Asia-Pacific collapse, U.S. official warns

A senior U.S. government official warned Monday that trade liberalization in the Asia Pacific region will collapse if Japan refuses to join an early market-opening initiative on wood and fish products at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that opens later this week in Malaysia.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 1998

Mitsubishi to layoff 1,000 U.S. autoworkers

Posting huge losses in midterm earnings, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced plans Friday to lay off about 1,000 of the 4,600 workers at two major U.S. subsidiaries as part of restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 1998

Lower costs fuel boom in exotic, quirky overseas weddings

Regional correspondent
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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