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JAPAN
Jul 29, 1998

KDD, Teleway finalize deal for merger next December

In a move likely to further spur cutthroat competition in the telecommunications industry, KDD and Teleway Japan Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday to merge on Dec. 1.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Sumitomo Bank, Daiwa to set up joint ventures

Sumitomo Bank and Daiwa Securities Co. have agreed to start three joint ventures next April in a move to secure an edge over competitors under the ongoing ""Big Bang" financial deregulations, the two companies announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Pigeon to sell German baby car seats

Concord GmbH, Germany's No. 2 maker of child car seats, will enter the Japanese market in September through a new contract with Pigeon Corp., a Japanese maker of baby products, the two companies announced Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Keidanren proposes financial sector reforms to Obuchi

The head of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on Tuesday presented a set of economic policy proposals, including tax cuts, to Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Indonesia still in crisis, politician says

Indonesia remains in a state of crisis despite the May resignation of former President Suharto, Indonesian opposition leader Amien Rais said during a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Obuchi panel reports globalization hurdles

Japan must revitalize and reinvigorate its economy to remain competitive as the world economy globalizes, according to an advisory panel's report submitted Tuesday to Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, who is expected to be named new prime minister this week.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Diet session to last 70 days -- if opposition parties agree

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday proposed that an extraordinary Diet session last for 70 days, from Thursday until Oct. 7, to discuss the urgent task of stabilizing the fragile financial sector and other issues.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Pop superstar Jackson to open family theme park, toy shops

Pop-music superstar Michael Jackson announced Monday that he has teamed up with a Japanese venture to develop family-oriented children's attractions in Japan and around the world.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Sanyo, IBM to cooperate in semiconductor development

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. and IBM Corp. have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing semiconductor technology for digital information consumer products, the two firms announced here Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Keidanren willing to swap bonds for leadership

OYAMAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japan's next prime minister should exercise strong leadership in tackling the nation's economic crisis even though it would mean the issuance of deficit-covering bonds, participants at a Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) seminar said in a statement released...
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Consensus-builder to lead the nation

Keizo Obuchi, the new Liberal Democratic Party president who is certain to become prime minister next week, is known for a low-key, consensus-oriented political style that has earned him few enemies.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Japan backs easing of Pakistan sanctions

Japan will join the other Group of Eight nations in supporting a possible easing of economic sanctions against Pakistan that are preventing international loans from being made to the debt-plagued country.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Aomori governor warms to spent atomic fuel plan

Aomori Gov. Morio Kimura expressed a positive stance Friday toward a controversial project to take in spent nuclear fuel at a new recycling facility under construction in Rokkasho Village.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Obuchi elected new LDP president

Keizo Obuchi was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, defeating two rivals by a large margin in a race held to replace the departing LDP leader, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Patent Office to offer online trademark database search

A free Internet service will be launched by the Patent Office on July 31 to enable users to rummage through some 2 million trademarks that have already been registered or applied for, officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Keidanren urges financial realignment

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

Condo owners sue housing corporation

More than 1,600 owners of government-built condominiums filed a 15.5 billion yen suit Tuesday against the Housing and Urban Development Corp. over the major discounts it offered new buyers last year.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Bar group adopts proposals to reform juvenile law

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations adopted a set of proposals on Juvenile Law reform Friday by formally endorsing a new juvenile justice system that would permit prosecutors' presence in juvenile trials under certain conditions.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Seoul fisheries talks set for next week

Japan and South Korea will hold working-level fisheries talks next Thursday and Friday in a bid to conclude negotiations before President Kim Dae Jung's planned trip to Japan in the fall, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

New ambassadors appointed to Panama, Tanzania

The government has appointed Yasuyuki Fujishima as ambassador to Panama and Keitaro Sato as ambassador to Tanzania, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Keizai Doyukai demands leader who can think

BY SAYURI DAIMONStaff writer
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

Plan for second Narita runway presented to Chiba, Ibaraki

The Transport Ministry and New Tokyo International Airport Authority have submitted a concrete plan to build a second runway at the congested Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Invitation to Russia still good, Kiriyenko says

To maintain momentum in recent improvements in Tokyo-Moscow ties, Japan's new prime minister is invited to take the place of the resigning Ryutaro Hashimoto on a planned visit to Russia this fall, Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Matsunaga assures Greenspan of policy continuity

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga on Tuesday assured U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan that Japan's economic policy will maintain continuity under a new Cabinet.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Toyota's Prius hybrid heads for overseas environments

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will introduce the Prius, equipped with its gasoline-electric hybrid engine, in the North American and European markets by 2000.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Tokyo government urged to disclose spending expenses

An advisory council to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government recommended Tuesday that the government disclose all information regarding its "social expenses," including monetary outlays for funerals and other ceremonial occasions.
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 13, 1998

Tokyo stocks recover from sharp fall in morning

Tokyo share prices did an about-face in Monday morning trading, at first falling sharply across the board in reaction to the stunning defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's House of Councilors election.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

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

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 9, 1998

Open recruiting changes job search

Staff writer
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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