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JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

LDP urged to negotiate disaster bill in the open

A citizens' group pushing for new legislation to provide financial assistance to survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake on April 15 called on the Liberal Democratic Party to submit the party's bill to the Diet, rather than negotiate behind closed doors.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

U.S. experts advocate using info law to improve it

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Authorities denounce IMF no-growth estimate

Financial authorities expressed disagreement April 14 with an International Monetary Fund economic outlook that put the nation's growth at zero for this year.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Hospital group leader Yasuda sent up for fraud

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court sentenced the former head of the Yasuda hospital group to three years in prison April 14 and fined him 1 million yen for swindling local governments out of 590 million yen.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

'Stalker' on wanted list in Osaka woman's slaying

OSAKA -- A Taiwanese woman was stabbed to death Monday night on a street in Tennoji Ward here, and police are searching for a 46-year-old man who they believe murdered her.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Panel agrees on bill to ban officials from receiving gifts

A panel of the ruling alliance agreed April 14 on a draft bill that would, in principle, ban government employees from receiving gifts and entertainment from corporations, organizations and individuals.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Tokyo faces wary G-7 reaction

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga departs today for Washington where he will attend a series of financial meetings, including a gathering of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Raid on leftist lair yields police radio recordings

Police confiscated several thousand recordings April 10, many including conversations between investigators, during a search of a hideout of the ultra-leftist Kakumaru-ha (Revolutionary Marxist Faction).
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

EPA report shows weak spending, worsening economy

The economy has worsened due to weak consumer spending and grim corporate sentiment, the Economic Planning Agency said April 10 as it acknowledged that the economy's growth rate is shrinking.
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

New BOJ board decides to keep easy monetary policy

The Bank of Japan said Thursday that it will retain its easy monetary policy, including its official discount rate at an all-time low of 0.5 percent, reflecting the first decision of its new policy board.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Kansai execs still tout affinity with Asia

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Japan to help Jakarta with $2 billion package

Japan is prepared to provide a total of $2 billion in financial assistance to Indonesia to help support Jakarta's trade financing, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said April 8.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Ishii details sexes' regard for guru

Hisako Ishii, formerly a close aid to Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara, testified in court April 8 that there was a difference in the way male and female followers regarded Asahara.
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 6, 1998

Citizens, LDP may forge compromise on disaster relief bill

Staff writer
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 6, 1998

Sony chairman Ohga to fill Keidanren post

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on April 6 announced it will appoint Chairman Norio Ohga of Sony Corp. as one of its vice chairmen.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Train experts convene for transcontinental freight debate

Railway experts from some 20 countries April 6 discussed the feasibility of transcontinental railway corridors for the smooth and fast transport of cargo through Asia and Europe.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Tradition of big bangs prevails in Tanegashima

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Pref. -- Tanegashima may be the most ballistic place in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

AT&T Japan names new president

In a move to integrate its groupwide operations here, AT&T Japan announced April 6 the appointment of Darryl E. Green as its new president.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

Ex-Yamaichi exec says Matsuno OK'd illegal buybacks

A former executive of defunct Yamaichi Securities Co. told the Diet in unsworn testimony Friday that in January 1992 the brokerage believed a senior Finance Ministry official had blessed Yamaichi's plan to illegally buy back "tobashi" losses.
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

Yen continues to retreat

The yen took a battering in Tokyo interbank trading Friday amid concerns over the nation's ailing economy.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

Ministry punishes Nikko for payoffs to lawmaker

The Finance Ministry slapped Nikko Securities Co. with a maximum one-month partial suspension of operations Friday for offering trading profits to a Diet lawmaker who killed himself earlier this year.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 1998

BayStars bench gun-salute opener

YOKOHAMA -- In an abrupt turnabout, Yokohama BayStars, a Central League pro-baseball club, on Thursday scrapped plans to have the National Defense Academy's honor guard fire a gun salute at its season opener today at Yokohama Stadium.
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

Allies plan influence-peddling law

For the second time in a week, leaders of the ruling alliance agreed Wednesday to cooperate in drafting a bill banning lawmakers from obtaining money through influence-peddling.
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

JAS expects 1.6 billion yen loss for 1997

Japan Air System Co. has revised downward its net profit forecast for fiscal 1997 from zero to a 1.6 billion yen loss on an unconsolidated basis, JAS President Hiromi Funabiki told a regular press conference March 31.
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.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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