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JAPAN
Sep 29, 1997

Hun Sen to visit in November to make pitch for legitimacy

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 26, 1997

Powell urges China engagement

Japan and the United States need to engage China while maintaining a solid partnership, and the new Japan-U.S. defense guidelines can help to strengthen this relationship, retired U.S. Gen. Colin Powell said in Tokyo Sept. 26 at a symposium addressing future Japanese-U.S. relations.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1997

Group calls on public to oppose defense shift

A group of intellectuals issued an appeal Sept. 25 in Tokyo calling on citizens to oppose the new Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines and for the government and politicians not to seek legislation designed to implement the accord.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 1997

Delay forecast for aviation pact

Japan and the United States will probably not reach an agreement by the end of September -- a self-imposed deadline -- in the ongoing bilateral civil aviation talks, Transport Ministry officials said Sept. 25.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Oki says agreement possible at Kyoto global-warming talks

As host of the third United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Kyoto in December, Japan should work out an achievable target for all parties in an effort to curb emissions of global-warming gases, says Hiroshi Oki, newly appointed general director of the Environment Agency....
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Obuchi favors signing of land mine ban treaty

Japan should drop its reluctance and sign a global treaty calling for a total and immediate ban on antipersonnel land mines, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi said Sept. 19.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Pioneering life of missionary remembered

A three-day international conference opened Sept. 24 at the United Nations University in Tokyo to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Luis Frois, a 16th century Jesuit who lived in Japan for 34 years until his death in Nagasaki.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Northwest reaffirms support of 'open skies' as talks near

Prior to next week's scheduled bilateral aviation talks in Tokyo, executives of Northwest Airlines reaffirmed the carrier's position Sept. 18 to firmly support an "open skies" policy that would fully liberalize the air service market between the United States and Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Mitsuzuka begins trip for ASEM, G-7 talks

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka departs Sept. 18 to attend a series of international financial meetings that will focus on the stability of Asian markets and the strength of the Japanese economy.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1997

MITI chief vows to tackle 'global megacompetition'

Mitsuo Horiuchi, the newly appointed minister of international trade and industry, is determined to push through "drastic policies" to accelerate deregulation and create a level playing field for Japanese companies competing in this era of "global megacompetition."
JAPAN
Sep 16, 1997

Kyuma stays firm on defense review

Reappointed to a second term as Defense Agency chief, Fumio Kyuma reaffirmed that he will complete the review of the Japan-U.S. defense guidelines and implement the relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station in central Okinawa.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 1997

Australian minister queries Tokyo on Isahaya project

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 12, 1997

Obuchi seeks consensus on North Korea food aid

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 12, 1997

Mitsuzuka firm on budget austerity measures

Suggestions by some U.S. officials that Japan should slacken the pace at which it implements budget austerity are understandable but go against the nation's interests, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 1997

Hashimoto seeks support on defense review

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto stressed Sept. 11 that the ongoing review of the Japan-U.S. bilateral defense guidelines must be carried out with broad support at home and from overseas.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1997

Hashimoto arrives in China with 200 billion yen in hand

BEIJING -- Japan pledged to provide Beijing with an aid package worth more than 200 billion yen Sept. 4, the first day of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's four-day visit to China.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1997

Hatoyama to lead DPJ delegation in U.S. policy talks

Five members of the Democratic Party of Japan, headed by coleader Yukio Hatoyama, will visit the United States between Sept. 7 and 13 to discuss security matters and the party's foreign policy with U.S. experts.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1997

Hashimoto to bring up defense issues in China

During a four-day visit to China from Sept. 3, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will call for bilateral defense dialogue to be strengthened in meetings between high-ranking officials from the two countries.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1997

Variable-rate auto insurance arrives today

The Japanese branch of American Home Assurance Company on Sept. 2 begins mail-order sales of differentiated-rate auto insurance, the first of its kind in Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1997

57% of Japanese polled view China as a friend

Some 57 percent of Japanese feel some kind of friendship toward China, according to the results of a telephone survey conducted by Kyodo News Service on Aug. 30 and 31.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 1997

Prudential prepared to tailor-make new products

Fifth in an occasional series on the Big Bang financial reforms
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Reform bang may be too soft to shake up insurance sector

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Simulation links China smog, acid rain here

Researchers on Aug. 19 unveiled the results of a computer simulation showing that acid-rain-causing pollutants produced in not only northeastern China but also in southern China can affect Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Taiwan part of review, Kajiyama repeats

Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama rekindled a raging debate Aug. 19 by repeating that the geographical scope of planned U.S.-Japan defense cooperation would naturally include emergencies in the Formosa Strait.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Hashimoto expresses remorse on anniversary of war's end

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto reiterated "deep remorse" Friday for Japan's wartime acts and voiced his condolences to the victims, particularly those elsewhere in Asia, on the 52nd anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allies.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Court drops territorial waters case

MATSUE -- The Hamada branch of the Matsue District Court in Shimane Prefecture dismissed an indictment Friday against the captain of a South Korean fishing boat seized in June on charges of operating in Japan's territorial waters.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Provisional fisheries pact considered

Japan and South Korea agreed Aug. 14 to seek a provisional agreement in their fisheries talks by shelving the sensitive matter of the establishment of 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones in disputed seas, according to Foreign Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Parties and politicians jockey for power

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Antinuclear activists uneasy over future

NAGASAKI -- Nearly 200 activists from Japan and abroad gathered August 8 in Nagasaki for a special seminar on what citizens' groups are doing to halt nuclear weapons production.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 1997

In with a Bang: Foreign financial firms eye deregulation

Japan's so-called Big Bang financial reform is a long time in coming, but foreign financial institutions are well prepared to meet the challenge, according to the head of the Tokyo office of ING Barings Securities Japan.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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