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JAPAN
Mar 17, 1997

Let the lesson buyer beware, Tokyo pamphlet warns

Coinciding with the debut of consumer protection guidelines, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government published a pamphlet Mar. 17 urging Japanese to be cautious before choosing a foreign-language school.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 1997

LDP panel releases reform plans

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's task force for administrative reform on Mar. 14 announced a set of comprehensive plans to promote deregulation.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 1997

Four JR firms anticipate drop in pretax profits

Due to an increased burden of fixed-asset taxes and negative effects of the April 1 consumption tax hike, the pretax profits of four Japan Railway group carriers are likely to shrink in the next business year, compared with the figures in their business plans for the current fiscal year, the four firms...
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1997

U.N. secretary general to visit Tokyo, Beijing on Asia trip

Kofi Annan, the new secretary general of the United Nations, may visit Tokyo and Beijing in May, his first trip to the two capitals since taking office Jan. 1, Japanese diplomatic sources said Mar. 13.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1997

Turkish ambassador welcomes Japanese investment

Turkey's new ambassador, Gunduz Aktan, is hoping that Japanese companies will soon take even greater interest in his country as an investment opportunity and business partner.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1997

Dockworkers stage short strike against U.S. threats

Dockworkers staged a 24-hour nationwide strike Mar. 12, halting nearly all loading and unloading operations as they protested U.S. pressure to open up Japanese port services to greater competition.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 1997

Tomobe tied to shady cash deposit to politician

Investigators have learned that 50 million yen was deposited into the bank account of a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member who is believed to have introduced arrested lawmaker Tatsuo Tomobe to Shinshinto, informed sources said Mar. 11.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 1997

Chief of SDAJ to resign amid Nomura scandal

The Securities Dealers Association of Japan announced Mar. 11 that its chairman, Masashi Suzuki, will resign Mar. 12.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

U.S. hopes to settle paper products row, Greenwood says

The U.S hopes it will be able to resolve a disagreement with Tokyo over an existing bilateral agreement on expanding foreign access to Japan's paper and paper products market, according to Lawrence Greenwood, economic minister counselor of the U.S. Embassy.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

ITF joins dockworkers in protesting U.S. fines

The International Transport Workers' Federation joined Japan's dockworkers Mar. 6 in denouncing the U.S. decision to impose penalties on three Japanese shipping lines over what it charges are unfair port practices.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Land-mine conference gets under way

A two-day international conference to address the problem of antipersonnel land mines kicked off Mar. 6 in Tokyo with participation of officials from 38 countries and 11 international organizations, including the United Nations.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1997

Minister urges hiring foreign grads of Japanese universities

Education Minister Takashi Kosugi asked business leaders on Mar. 10 to hire more foreign graduates of Japanese universities at overseas offices of Japanese companies, according to officials of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1997

Limited tenure draws flak from teachers

In April 1995, Sachiyo Kaneko was fired as a teacher of Japanese literature at the Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies. She protested the decision, claiming that she was ousted by the college president and her senior colleagues for no valid reason.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 1997

Unorthodox barber doesn't do dos

Kuniyoshi Konishi has struck gold with his new barbershop venture -- by adopting such oddball ideas as vacuuming the heads of customers after cutting their hair.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1997

Pair denied return of plots trickily taken in Tanaka era

The Supreme Court upheld on Feb. 27 a high court ruling that denied two men the right to recover plots of land they sold to a company affiliated with the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1997

FTC hopes to keep law revision tight

The nation's antimonopoly watchdog said Feb. 27 it will minimize room for administrative discretion when it revises the Antimonopoly Law to legalize the formation of holding companies.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1997

Agency to handle bankruptcy cases

The new supervisory finance agency to emerge from the reorganization of the Finance Ministry will be in charge of taking the initial steps for handling failures of financial institutions, according to a paper released by the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1997

Nissan to hire 900 grads in Spring 1998

Nissan Motor Co. announced on Feb. 26 that recruitment of non-engineering college and high school graduates will resume for the first time since 1995. The major automaker plans to hire a total of 900 people in the spring of 1998, a major increase from the 146 recruits the firm expects to hire in April...
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1997

Firm links with Lamborghini on sports car

A sports car designed by Japanese firm Gigliato Design Co. and produced by Italian manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini will debut on the Japanese and European markets this year, executives of the two companies announced Feb. 25.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 1997

Osaka to use 980 million yen for Olympics

OSAKA -- The Osaka Municipal Government will allocate 980 million yen of its fiscal 1997 budget for its campaign to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, it was announced here Feb. 21.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 1997

No accord yet on holding firms; deadline Feb. 24

The ruling coalition moved closer to agreement Feb. 21 on revising the Antimonopoly Law to lift a 50-year-old ban on holding companies. However, it failed for the second time this week to meet a deadline for settling the issue.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

DPJ issues budget-cutting plan

The Democratic Party of Japan submitted a set of proposals Feb. 19 to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two smaller allies to cut by 3.4 trillion yen a planned 77.4 trillion yen budget package for fiscal 1997. Its proposals are an effort to prevent the already debt-stricken national coffers...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

No law planned for NTT breakup, minister says

The splitup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. through the formation of a holding company will not be handled by the creation of a separate taxation law, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Sanyo audio works being turned into subsidiary

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. has decided to shift its sluggish audio-equipment arm to a subsidiary that it plans to set up this spring, company officials said Feb. 17. The intention is to speed up development of products such as digital videodisks and information-related goods, the officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1997

Cupid liquidation sale attracts hearty crowd

Chihiro Matsuda likes jewelry very much, especially from her boyfriend. But she has one minor problem. "Now that we've broken up, I don't want this bracelet and necklace he gave me," she said. And, she added, now that she has a new boyfriend, she wants to make a fresh start "without bad memories."
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1997

Man-made island plan draws flak in Osaka

OSAKA -- Citizens here are criticizing a proposal to build another man-made island in Osaka Bay, at an estimated cost of 300 billion yen in public funds.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1997

North Korean presence strengthens on city panel

KAWASAKI -- The foreign residents' advisory panel to the mayor of Kawasaki has agreed to add three resident North Koreans and a South Korean as observers to the body, correcting what has been criticized as a disparity in the representation of the two rival ethnic groups.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 1997

Five credit firms tighten easy loan operations

Five major consumer credit firms announced jointly on Feb. 7 a package of measures to deal with criticism that they are pushing up the number of personal bankruptcies by extending loans too easily.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 1997

3,000 to sue U.S., Japan over Yokota takeoffs, landings

A group of about 3,000 residents in 10 cities in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture will file a suit Feb. 14 against the Japanese and U.S. governments to seek suspension of night and early morning landings and takeoffs at Yokota Air Base, it was learned Feb. 7.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 1997

Organizers turn to safety of oil cleanup volunteers

MIKUNI, Fukui Pref. -- Five volunteers helping to clean up the oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast have died of either a heart attack or stroke, prompting the largest citizens' headquarters coordinating the operations to place increased emphasis on safety.
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.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Metropolitan Police Department investigators examine a poster put up at a building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
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.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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