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JAPAN
Mar 2, 1998

New Kirin-Tropicana chief named

Paul G. Guilfoile has been appointed president and representative director of Kirin-Tropicana, Inc., a joint venture between Tropicana and the Kirin Beverage Corp., effective March 27, Tropicana Asia Pacific announced.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Car sales seen growing 1.7% in '98

Reflecting the nation's economic slowdown, Japan's domestic auto sales will only grow slightly to about 5.2 million units in 1998, the new chairman of the Japan Automobile Dealers Association predicted Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

DIC members prioritize finance system stability

An in-house committee of the Deposit Insurance Corp. held its first meeting Monday and agreed that stabilization of the entire financial system is the first priority in discussing how public money should be used to reinforce banks' capital bases.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Jury still out on Nagano Olympics

NAGANO -- The pavilions are closed and the Olympic banners have disappeared. The souvenir shops are half-empty and Zenkoji Temple has regained its calm demeanor. The city's infamous traffic jams are back, and the taxis once again form long lines waiting for customers.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Tokyo backs last-minute deal with Iraq

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto implied Monday that the U.S. should accept the deal struck between Baghdad and the United Nations and not launch attacks against Iraq over its refusal to grant U.N. arms inspectors access to sites suspected of housing weapons of mass destruction.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

DirecTV mum about subscribers

DirecTV Japan Inc. declined comment Monday on how many subscribers it has obtained so far in Japan, in an apparent indication the carrier is struggling to compete.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Flu epidemic spurs vaccine debate

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1998

Big business applauds economic measures

Japanese business leaders on Friday welcomed the additional economic package announced by the Liberal Democratic Party, saying that steady implementation of those measures will lead to economic recovery.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1998

Cabinet backs JNR debt relief bills

The Cabinet endorsed two bills Friday to dispose of 27.8 trillion yen in debts amassed by the now-defunct Japanese National Railways, including a controversial measure to have Japan Railway group firms bear 360 billion yen.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1998

On Paper: Electronics firms, automakers adapt to slump

Second in a series
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

Toho Life, GE Capital join forces in new insurance venture

Financially ailing Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. and leading U.S. nonbank financial firm GE Capital Services Inc. formally announced Wednesday that they will set up a new life insurance company in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

Hashimoto hopes for end to Iraq crisis

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto expressed hope Wednesday that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's visit to Iraq will result in a solution to the Iraqi crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

Tezuka debut film returns to big screen for peace fest

The very first animation film made by late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, who laid the foundation of Japan's comic and animation industry, will be shown at a Tokyo movie theater for the first time in 35 years during a peace festival in March, Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

APEC draws up program to liberalize nine industrial sectors

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Hashimoto's speech called lip service only

Staff writers
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

IATA chief urges Asia to support aviation, tourism

Pierre J. Jeanniot, director general of the International Air Transport Association, called on Asian governments Monday to support the aviation and tourism industries, which have been hard hit by the ongoing regional economic crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Politics losing center stage, Japanese Olympian says

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Therapy turns into competition for Nagano Paralympic skier

NAGANO -- Before a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Kazuya Murozuka had never skied in his life.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Government guide offers foreigners help in six languages

A 376-page guidebook to help foreigners cope with life in Japan will be published at the end of this month.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Funaki scores silver in Olympic debut

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Investor says timing's right for playing Tokyo property game

Fifteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Red Army numbers still growing, prisoners say

The political wing of the Red Army guerrilla organization has grown "very strong, bigger than before," according to four imprisoned members of the group in a recent interview in Beirut.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Finance Ministry to send mission to Indonesia

Japan will dispatch a delegation to Indonesia to look into Jakarta's economic crisis and collect information for additional financial aid, the Finance Ministry announced Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Osaka Games bid may be a costly pipe dream in development

Staff writerOSAKA -- Kazuhito Konishi is not likely to be on the list of people Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura hopes to meet during his trip to Nagano this weekend to promote Osaka's 2008 Olympics bid.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1998

Election, not economy, seen as catalyst for rate hike talk

Would raising the Bank of Japan's official discount rate really be the right medicine for the ailing economy?
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1998

JTB discount plan may ignite fare war

Japan Travel Bureau, the country's leading travel agency, will start full-scale sales of discount overseas flight tickets beginning Feb. 16 to cope with the growing market for nonpackage-tour travelers, a spokesman for JTB said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1998

New Zealand Prime Minister Shipley to visit in March

New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley will visit Japan from March 8 to 11 as a state guest and will meet with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to discuss bilateral and international issues, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1998

PC shipments fell 1% in 1997; domestic forecast revised

Total shipments of personal computers by Japan's 23 major personal computer makers dropped 1 percent to 8.28 million units in 1997, an industry group said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 1998

Compaq chooses Canon to be sole sales agent

In an attempt to boost its presence in the competitive Japanese computer market, Compaq Computer Corp. and Japanese subsidiary Compaq Computer KK have selected Canon Sales Co. to be their sole sales agent in Japan, the three companies announced Friday.Under the new agreement, Canon Sales, the sales...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Taipei wants China talks held on own terms

Taipei wants to start with business-level talks with Beijing on a variety of practical, serious issues to improve the two nations' strained relations, rather than political dialogue, as China again proposed earlier this week, a Taiwan spokesman said Thursday in Tokyo.Visiting The Japan Times head office,...
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
Anime’s ‘Demon Slayer’ hit is a watershed for Japan
Channing Tatum, one of the English-language voice actors, and others attend the premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 9. Japanese anime has surged from niche fandom to global box-office powerhouse with the latest “Demon Slayer” installment.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

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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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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
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