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JAPAN
Sep 10, 1997

APEC expresses optimism on food supply outlook

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has drafted a report painting a cautiously optimistic picture of the region's food situation for the medium- and long-term, despite increasing demand due to rising per capita incomes and population growth.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Talks on NTT accord advance to new date

Japan and the United States held "sincere and constructive" discussions Sept. 9 on extending a bilateral accord on procurement by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., government officials from both sides said.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Supreme Court rules lawmaker not liable for her remarks in Diet

The Supreme Court on Sept. 9 turned down a damages suit filed by the wife of a mental hospital chief who claims her husband killed himself in 1985 because of a slanderous remark made against him by a Diet member.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

U.S. beef industry gives reassurances to Japan

Faced with a recent E. coli outbreak allegedly caused by tainted beef, top executives of the U.S. Meat Export Federation and red meat industry reaffirmed their commitment to the Japanese market Sept. 9, expressing optimism about American beef sales this year.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Native materials may be future key to sustainable growth

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Debt, tax costs raise budget requests

Budget requests for the fiscal 1998 general account budget totaled 80.554 trillion yen, up 4.1 percent from the current budget, the Finance Ministry reported to the Cabinet on Sept. 9.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1997

Ethics questions linger over Izui affair

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto indicated Sept. 9 that there may be lingering ethical concerns over donations allegedly made to six Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers by an oil wholesaler now on trial for fraud and tax evasion.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1997

Nissan Mutual customers vent anger

Individual customers of the failed Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Co. on Sept. 7 urged the Finance Ministry and commercial banks to take responsibility for helping to create a situation that will lead to reduced policy payouts.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1997

Reclamation takes away favored nesting ground

The tidelands of Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, were home to the largest number of migrant birds in Japan in 1996 -- a year before a controversial reclamation project cut it off from the bay's life-giving waters with a gate, the Environment Agency said Sept. 8.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 1997

Mitsuzuka unfazed by rising surplus

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka reiterated Friday that the nation's current account surplus will not mark any significant increase in the long term.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1997

SDF to transport U.S. Marines to live-firing drill

The Air and Ground self-defense forces, in an unprecedented move, will transport U.S. Marines from Okinawa when they conduct their first live-firing drills in Hokkaido later this month, a GSDF official said Sept. 4.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1997

Free passage for Korean wives seen as economic issue

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1997

Trade chief appeals for corporate tax cuts

Amid rising concerns over the nation's economic prospects, trade chief Shinji Sato renewed calls Sept. 2 for a significant reduction in corporate taxes to stir up business sentiment and ensure domestic demand-led growth.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1997

Millions across the nation take part in earthquake drills

Millions of people around the country observed the 74th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1 by taking part in antidisaster drills.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 1997

Finance Ministry to create two new bureaus

The Finance Ministry plans to reorganize its banking, securities and international finance bureaus into two new bureaus tentatively called the Finance Bureau and the International Bureau by July next year, ministry officials said August 29.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1997

ORIX unveils 'cheap' insurance

ORIX Life Insurance Corp. will introduce Sept. 1 what it calls "unprecedented cheap" life insurance products available only through mail order, the firm announced August 28.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1997

Ruling allies approve health insurance reforms

After intensive debate, the Liberal Democratic Party and its two non-Cabinet allies agreed August 28 on a plan to rescue the nation's health insurance systems from bankruptcy.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 1997

Hashimoto vows to take lead on global warming

During a meeting with global warming experts on August 27, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Japan should take the lead in combating global warming.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Toppling billboard post kills Osaka driver, 46

OSAKA -- A 3-ton billboard fell on top of a car that had stopped at traffic lights August 26 in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, crushing the car and killing the driver.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Public corporations under reform microscope

The number of executives and employees at 95 government-affiliated corporations should be cut by 10 percent, and another 10 percent cut should be applied to expenditures on public works projects under their umbrella, according to a proposal made August 26 by a panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party....
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Homeless turn down public assistance

Homeless people living at JR Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials clashed again August 25 as a group protested efforts by officials to provide them job counseling and accommodations at nearby facilities.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 1997

Division of posts ministry proposed by reform council

The Administrative Reform Council has proposed privatizing the life insurance business operated by the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry and placing two of its other major operations -- postal savings and delivery -- under a new governmental agency.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 1997

NPA targets convenience stores in pornography crackdown

The National Police Agency is considering making it harder for teenagers to buy magazines and videos deemed "harmful" due to their pornographic or violent contents from convenience stores, agency officials said August 22.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

PCBs at park site not Universal Studios theme

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Panel gives glimpse of next government

The government's blue-ribbon panel on administrative reform concluded Aug. 21 that the government should be revamped into a Cabinet Office, 10 ministries and two agencies by January 2001.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Nets removed from Minamata Bay

KUMAMOTO -- The Kumamoto Prefectural Government began work Aug. 21 to remove nets from the mouth of Minamata Bay, put in place more than two decades ago to prevent mercury-contaminated fish from leaving the bay and spreading disease.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Three killed as GSDF helicopter, plane collide

Three people were killed in a midair collision between a light plane and a Self-Defense Forces helicopter over Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21 in the afternoon, police reported.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Pedestrians injured when taxi collides with truck

Six pedestrians were injured Aug. 20 in Tokyo's Yurakucho district when a taxi mounted a sidewalk after colliding head-on with a truck, police said.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Reform bang may be too soft to shake up insurance sector

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Japan, China to discuss issues of WTO and tariffs

Japan and China will hold a fresh round of negotiations in Tokyo next week on Beijing's admission to the World Trade Organization, government officials said Aug. 20.
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.

Podcast

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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