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JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Traffic snarl seen for Golden Week

People planning to travel by car during Golden Week, from the end of the month through the first week in May, should brace for a traffic nightmare -- as usual.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Kyuma to inspect Chinese military forces in May

Defense Agency Chief Fumio Kyuma said April 10 that he plans to visit China in early May for defense talks and to inspect Chinese military units.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Opposition criticizes Hashimoto's shift

Opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's policy reversal on Thursday and are ready to pressure him to step down over his economic policy failures during Diet deliberations.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

New tax cuts praised by business leaders

Business leaders welcomed Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's announcement to implement 2 trillion yen in additional tax cuts this year, but reiterated that the government should change the taxation system to implement the cuts permanently.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Aid to curb Myanmar opium could total up to 700 million yen

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JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Isle venture with Russia a possibility

Vice Foreign Minister Shunji Yanai said April 8 that Japan is willing to consider a Russian proposal to jointly develop disputed islands off Hokkaido, adding it is a difficult issue because it involves both countries' conflicting stances on sovereignty.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Diet passes 77.67 trillion yen budget

The 77.67 trillion yen fiscal 1998 national budget was passed by the Diet late April 8 in a House of Councilors plenary session vote.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Stargazer plan dims city lights, lets Tokyo skies sparkle

The Environment Agency has compiled guidelines that could bring back twinkling stars to the nation's urban skies.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Sales tax report angers ruling bloc

Executive members of the ruling alliance on April 8 grew angry over a newspaper report that said the U.S. is getting even more specific in its suggestions on how Japan should fix its ailing economy.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Keidanren official appointed ambassador to Hungary

The government on April 7 appointed Kazuo Nukazawa, senior managing director of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), as new ambassador to Hungary, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Indiana governor affirms business ties

Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon, who is in Japan in an attempt to attract more investment, said he is committed to maintaining strong business ties here despite the country's economic woes and the Asian financial crisis.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

More tax cuts coming, Hashimoto implies

The government will soon implement more tax cuts after revising the Fiscal Structural Reform Law, which at present imposes strict financing restraints, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto implied during a Diet session April 6.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

British Embassy celebrates tree centennial

The British Embassy celebrated the 100th anniversary of its cherry trees Friday by planting a sapling and having Princess Nori unveil a commemorative sculpture.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

BOJ dismisses official over bribery charge

The Bank of Japan on Friday dismissed Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, former chief manager of the Capital Markets Division of the Credit and Market Management Department, due to a bribery charge against him.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Entrepreneur cashes in on Internet telephony

17th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

New women in workforce cite gender inequality

Nearly 80 percent of women who began working at companies in Tokyo this month said they believe gender inequality remains in the workplace in Japan. However, 64.1 percent of their employers do not think so, according to a survey released by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday.
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

Crisis management chief named

The Cabinet next Tuesday will appoint Tadao Ando, 63, former superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, as Japan's first crisis management administrator, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

Dollar tops 133 yen

The dollar gained further ground against the yen Wednesday, with a Finance Ministry official's warning against speculative attack on the Japanese currency going unheeded.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

New roles for construction bonds eyed

A Liberal Democratic Party panel began discussions Wednesday on reviewing the role and nature of government construction bonds to see whether they can be used to help finance a wider range of projects.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

Mazda Demio hits record sales mark

Amid prolonged sluggishness in the domestic auto market, Mazda Motor Corp. said Wednesday that its popular five-door wagon Demio has hit record high monthly sales of 14,249 units in March, up 53.2 percent from the same period in 1997.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1998

Matsunaga sticks to guns on reform

Efforts at fiscal reform might have slowed down, but the government's basic goal of fiscal reconsolidation must not be abandoned, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said during a new conference Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1998

Education Ministry hopes new manual will stem moral decline

An Education Ministry advisory panel on March 31 stepped up efforts to counter what is perceived as a moral decline among children by releasing a manual for parents and others, reminiscent of the late Dr. Benjamin Spock's best-selling "Baby and Child Care."
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1998

Allies plan law to tackle graft

The secretaries general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two parliamentary allies agreed March 31 that the three parties will jointly draft a bill to ban lawmakers from obtaining money through influence-peddling.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1998

Lower House approves 7.86 trillion yen stopgap budget

The Diet gave the green light Monday evening to a 7.86 trillion yen stopgap budget for the first 18 days of fiscal 1998, which begins Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1998

Find your way to Japanese classes with new Kansai map

OSAKA -- Free maps to direct students to Japanese classes in the Kansai region are available in eight languages, providing information on 134 classes. The maps include phone numbers, nearby train stations and descriptions of each class.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 1998

Hashimoto hints of fiscal reform law revision

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto implied to a Diet committee March 27 that after the fiscal 1998 budget bills are passed, he will discuss revising the Fiscal Structural Reform Law, a legal barrier to powerful pump-priming measures such as income tax cuts.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 1998

Anti-scandal talks to resume as LDP backs off

After a day of confusion, secretaries general of the ruling alliance agreed March 27 that their three parties will resume talks on a newly proposed legislative measure to crack down on influence-peddling.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 1998

MMC pushes back market-share target six years

KYOTO -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is set on obtaining a 15 percent share in the domestic market by 2006, not 2000 as originally targeted, MMC President Katsuhiko Kawasoe said March 27.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1998

Ceramics-maker turns bottles into bucks

Sixteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
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, largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
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.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.

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