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JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Sumitomo Life buys into Taiheiyo

In an aggressive move to expand its financial services, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has purchased about 10 percent of outstanding shares in ailing Taiheiyo Securities Co. and its subsidiary Taiheiyo Investment Trust Management Co., the two companies announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Namikiza theater shows its last film

The Namikiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza district closed its doors on nearly 45 years of film history Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Global Warming: COP4 a time to iron out details

Last in a series
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Five killed, 60 injured as Typhoon No. 7 sweeps archipelago

At least five people were killed and nearly 60 others injured as the season's seventh typhoon, packing gusts of up to 108 kph, hit Wakayama Prefecture on Tuesday and swept through the Kinki, Tokai and Hokuriku regions.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Education council issues final recommendations on change

Local governments should be given greater freedom to run schools in the 21st century, such as discretion in setting up smaller classes, an advisory panel to the education minister said in its final report Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Regional credit pinch hits Japanese affiliates abroad

Some 35 percent of Japanese-affiliated companies in Southeast Asia, China and South Korea are suffering from tight lending practices at financial institutions, a Ministry of International Trade and Industry survey showed Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Global Warming: Industrialized nations told to look home first

Third in a series
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Osaka dioxin cleanup effort begins

OSAKA -- Preparatory work to remove soil heavily contaminated with the cancer-causing agent dioxin started Friday at a waste incineration facility in Nose, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist rebuts Matsumoto motive

A former senior figure of Aum Shinrikyo on Friday contradicted prosecutors' claim that the religious sect's legal trouble with residents of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, motivated cult leader Shoko Asahara to order the June 1994 Matsumoto gassing.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Miura faces return to prison after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has upheld Kazuyoshi Miura's conviction by two lower courts of conspiracy to kill his wife in a 1981 attempted murder case, making it likely that the 51-year-old businessman will return to prison, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1998

Defense chief apologizes to Diet over procurement scandal

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga apologized to the Diet Friday over a recent scandal in which the agency is accused of having systematically destroyed public documents to cover up a procurement-related scandal.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

LDP to pursue criminal punishment for kids 14 and up

A subcommittee within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday agreed to "actively pursue" a revision of the Juvenile Law to lower the minimum age at which juvenile offenders face criminal punishment from 16 to 14.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

DDI asks ministry to OK international rates

DDI Corp. applied to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for approval of its international telephone rates Thursday, aiming to start international service on Oct. 22.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Testimony said to contradict charges

Testimony by former senior members of Aum Shinrikyo contradicts the prosecution's version of the cult's alleged crimes, the defense team for Aum founder Shoko Asahara said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1998

U.S. takes new tack in push for deregulation

Washington will present a list of industry sectors to Tokyo later this month that outlines where the U.S. would like to see further deregulation and opening of markets, officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Typhoon No. 5 sweeps through Kanto; two die

A large typhoon, the season's fifth, swept through central, eastern and northern Japan on Wednesday, killing two people and flooding more than 3,200 houses.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

U.S. urges developing countries to join COP4

Developing countries should take part in the effort to combat global greenhouse gas emissions in ways commensurate with their stage of economic development, Stuart E. Eizenstat, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Latin American crisis sparked G-7's emergency call

The economic crisis in Latin America was the biggest factor behind an emergency statement issued Tuesday by the Group of Seven industrialized countries, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1998

Japan Tobacco asks JAL, ANA to rethink smoking ban

Japan Tobacco Inc. asked Japan Airlines Wednesday to reconsider a plan announced last week to ban smoking on all international flights starting next spring.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Seniors say key to longevity is singing heavenly joys

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JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Elderly population hits record high

The number of people in Japan age 65 or older have reached a record 20.49 million, accounting for 16.2 percent of the total population, the Management and Coordination Agency announced Monday for Respect for the Aged Day, which falls today.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

Highway card firm asks for dismissal of lawsuit

OSAKA -- K.S. Planning Co., a distributor of prepaid highway toll cards, asked the court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a toll card manufacturer over an unpaid debt, saying it had been fooled into a contract by one of its executives.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1998

'Sokaiya' given eight months for Mitsubishi payoffs

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a "sokaiya" corporate racketeer to eight months in prison Monday for taking about 50 million yen in illicit payoffs from four Mitsubishi group companies.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

British Council expands to Chubu

The British Council, the United Kingdom's official organization for cultural, educational and scientific exchange, opened its new, expanded Nagoya center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1998

Pollution-disclosure conference ends with U.N. address

The Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers conference came to an end Friday with a statement urging several international organizations to aid developing countries and economies with their efforts to build national PRTR systems.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1998

First international charter in 20 years to leave Haneda

A chartered All Nippon Airways jetliner will depart Tokyo's Haneda airport today for Hawaii, becoming the first international chartered flight to depart from the airport in 20 years.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1998

New advisory group joins bureaucrats with economists

The Finance Ministry on Thursday set up an economic advisory group for free-style discussions between senior ministry officials and economists, with its first meeting slated for today.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

Saudi prince's visit may focus on oil-drilling rights

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JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

Minister's kin stuck with his unreported assets

The family of former Transport Minister Tokusaburo Kosaka, who died in 1996 at the age of 80, failed to report about 1 billion yen in taxable assets he left behind, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Banking industry backs government bailout plan

Satoru Kishi, chairman of the Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan, expressed support Tuesday for the government's plan to inject public money into ailing banks to prevent failures.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
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.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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