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JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Endocrine disrupters causing alarm

Staff writerA team of scientists in Tokyo announced last weekend that it has found eggs in the spermaries of three out of 20 male flounder caught in the sea near the Kanto region.The scientists said the abnormality may have been caused by suspected endocrine disrupters, chemicals believed to disrupt...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Foreign firms cool to hot Japanese real estate

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JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Social tyranny keeps Japan far from U.N. rights ideals: expert

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JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Temporary homeless shelter closes

A controversial shelter for homeless people who had been relocated from cardboard houses in JR Shinjuku Station was closed on Tuesday, as agreements with reluctant local residents to allow them to stay there only for six months expired.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Latest bank-bailing strategy may focus on capital ratios

The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have outlined a new plan to inject public funds into ailing banks to replace the bank-recapitalization law that will be scrapped, government and LDP officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 1998

Japan Leasing collapses in record-setting bankruptcy

Japan Leasing Corp. -- one of three nonbank affiliates of the troubled Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan -- has failed and its top management will step down soon, the company said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 1998

City banks Tokai, Asahi agree on retail tieup

In a strategic move to strengthen their presence in the retail banking field, Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank, both among the nation's nine major city, or commercial, banks, reached a comprehensive tieup agreement Monday to consolidate their branch offices and jointly develop financial products.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1998

Defense Agency spurns NEC, Toyo

The Defense Agency announced Friday that it will suspend business dealings with electronics giant NEC Corp. and affiliate Toyo Communication Equipment Co. from Oct. 1 in the wake of a procurement scandal involving former officials of the agency and the companies.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1998

Japan, South Korea reach fishing accord

A new bilateral fisheries agreement was formed between Japan and South Korea early Friday morning after both sides stopped bickering and compromised on catch quotas and fishing zone boundaries, according to government officials.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1998

Daylight-saving forum rekindles debate

In a move to promote energy saving and leisure activities in summer, the government convened on Friday an open forum in Tokyo to discuss introducing daylight-saving time.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1998

Second bribed bank inspector walks off with suspended term

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former Finance Ministry bank inspector to a suspended 28-month prison term Friday for accepting 4.47 million yen in bribes from five major banks.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

LDP 'deviating' from financial agreement

Despite comments from senior LDP officials that the ruling party would abide by an agreement made last week, it apparently failed to do so when delivering its latest financial stabilization proposals to opposition parties on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Tokyo cautious on Pakistan test ban pledge

The government welcomes Pakistan's pledge to sign the global nuclear test ban treaty but still needs to monitor further development before easing sanctions against the nation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Global Warming: COP4 a time to iron out details

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JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Obuchi to push arms control at U.N. assembly

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi planned to stress the importance of arms control and disarmament in his speech at the United Nations in New York Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

North Korea launch was aimed at U.S. negotiators, expert claims

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JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Parties reach agreement on finance bills

The government and the Liberal Democratic Party reached basic agreement with opposition parties Friday on key financial stabilization bills, clearing a major hurdle before Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's upcoming trip to the United States.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Unum Japan blazes path to meaningful disability insurance

Employing the disabled is not just charity work anymore.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

Auto industry downshifts on sales forecast

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association will revise its auto sales forecast downward for the year as the recession shows no sign of lifting, the head of the industry group said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

U.S. takes new tack in push for deregulation

Washington will present a list of industry sectors to Tokyo later this month that outlines where the U.S. would like to see further deregulation and opening of markets, officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

221 lawyers come to aid of twice-acquitted murder suspect

OSAKA -- A group of 221 lawyers has formed a coalition to support a former nursery school teacher who was twice acquitted of murdering one of her pupils in 1974 but has not been freed from the case because prosecutors again have appealed to a higher court.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Typhoon No. 5 sweeps through Kanto; two die

A large typhoon, the season's fifth, swept through central, eastern and northern Japan on Wednesday, killing two people and flooding more than 3,200 houses.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Kim wants past cleared for sake of better future

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung hopes to hear Japan's "sincere apology and regret" over its past conduct toward Korean people during his visit to Tokyo next month, the country's ambassador to Japan said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Telecom giants poised to buy in Japan, analyst says

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JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Toyota to raise stake in Chiyoda to 47.1%

Toyota Motor Corp. will increase its stake in Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. from the 37.1 percent at present to 47.1 percent by the end of September to strengthen Chiyoda's financial backbone and ties between the two firms, the automaker announced Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Nikkei takes worst fall of '98; dollar plunges

Share prices here plummeted to their largest point drop of the year Friday as domestic wrangling and worries of a global stock market meltdown pushed the Tokyo Stock Exchange's key Nikkei average below the 14,000 line.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Cabinet decides to invite Kim Dae Jung for visit

The Cabinet on Friday decided formally to invite South Korean President Kim Dae Jung as a state guest from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

First reflecting telescope still holds its own

Japan's first reflecting telescope, made in 1834, is as efficient as those currently being manufactured for amateur astronomers, according to a group of Kyoto University researchers.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Komura postpones visit to Moscow

Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Friday he has postponed a scheduled trip to Moscow that was to begin Sunday.
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.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
Kyoto gets its own teamLab installation, the largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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