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LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Feb 10, 1999

You've got e-mess!

Calling the Internet a borderless world isn't far from the truth, but try saying that every time you get an e-mail you can't read. You know, one of those buggers that is full of incomprehensible code or one that has a mysterious file attached that refuses to open no matter how hard you click it.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 1999

Auto mergers in the fast lane

The wheeling and dealing in the auto industry has gone into high gear. Last year's megamerger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler began the process of consolidation, but it was always just a matter of time. The world cannot support 40 automakers. Manufacturers already have the facilities to make 20 million...
JAPAN
Feb 1, 1999

Ex-minister Kamei to form new LDP faction

Former Construction Minister Shizuka Kamei said Monday that he will try to gather as many members as possible within the Liberal Democratic Party to become a driving engine to support Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's administration.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1999

Crisis team holds first meeting

The Liberal Democratic Party's project team on crisis management held its first meeting Friday, agreeing to discuss 10 issues ranging from North Korea's missile launch to responses to emergency situations to antiterrorism measures.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1999

Agency revives Fujimae reservation plan

The Environment Agency decided Thursday to revive a plan originally articulated three years ago to make Nagoya's Fujimae tidal flats a special nature reserve, following local authorities' decision Tuesday not to turn the site into a landfill.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1999

Environment Agency urges restoration of wetlands, coast

Coastal areas and wetlands around the Seto Inland Sea should be restored and land reclamation projects strictly controlled to protect remaining natural areas, an Environment Agency advisory group said in a report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 1999

Town mergers, decentralization go together: Noda

Mergers of cities and towns should be promoted along with decentralization to reduce administrative costs, said Takeshi Noda, the new home affairs minister.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1999

Obuchi puts happy face on minority coalition launch

While the Liberal Democratic Party and Liberal Party will jointly tackle Japan's mounting problems, they will also try to seek support from other parties to stabilize the government, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 1999

Sick? 60% prefer to work

About 60 percent of company employees over 40 would not call in sick if they caught a cold, and three out of four would go to work even if they had fevers as high as 37.5, according to a recent survey by a major pharmaceutical firm.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 1999

Century of Change: Society short of leaps in women's education

Michiko Kanzaki, 77, still remembers how her elementary school teachers taught her to be like "the water that complies with its container" — that is, faithful to her country, dutiful to her parents and obedient to her husband.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

China to send over train-study group

China has indicated that it plans to send senior officials to Japan early next year to exchange information on the construction of a high-speed train system between Beijing and Shanghai, a Transport Ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Obuchi to give back half of bonus

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi told a regular Cabinet meeting that he plans to return half of the bonus he received earlier this month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 1998

Three U.S. scientists win Japan Prize

Three scientists from the United States who have contributed to the fields of information technology and life sciences have won the 1999 Japan Prize, its selection committee announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

TV ratings, self-regulation favored over v-chip

A government-sponsored panel studying the impact of television on children called for the broadcasting industry to regulate its own program content Monday, but elected not to recommend introduction of the v-chip TV censoring system, saying it needs further study.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

Obuchi hints SDF may play U.N. military role

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi indicated Wednesday that the government may study the possibility of revising existing legislation that prevents the Self-Defense Forces from taking part in U.N. military operations.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 1998

Kobe mayor targeted after city hall stomps plebiscite push

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JAPAN
Nov 16, 1998

State awaits heliport solution as Inamine defeats Ota

The government will abandon its controversial plan to build a sea-based heliport off the northern Okinawa city of Nago and instead seek a solution based on the policy platform of Okinawa's newly elected governor, Keiichi Inamine, a government spokesman said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Textbook amendments may require written reasoning

The school textbook screening process may become more simple and transparent beginning in 2000, and students' school bags may become less bulky, the Education Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Japan, Russia declare 2000 peace treaty deadline

MOSCOW -- Japan and Russia on Friday announced a joint declaration setting 2000 as the target year for concluding a bilateral peace treaty that has been blocked by a decades-old territorial dispute.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 1998

Pyongyang launch puts satellite plan in motion

Japan will launch by fiscal 2002 four information-gathering satellites that can also be used for reconnaissance purposes, according to a decision reached at Friday's Cabinet meeting, officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 1998

Good news kids: End in sight for 'exam hell'

Japanese youngsters may no longer have to endure the ritual of "entrance exam hell" and specialize in cramming for either high school or university admissions tests if the Education Ministry's planned reforms are implemented.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 1998

Aussie school offers funds for Japanese grad students

Recognizing its role in strengthening ties between Australia and Japan, the Australian National University last week announced the creation of a new scholarship for Japanese graduate students.The scholarship will provide tuition and other expenses for three years of graduate study in any discipline...
JAPAN
Oct 22, 1998

MITI, Saudi trade chiefs chat

Japan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday reaffirmed their bilateral efforts to facilitate investment in the Arab nation, which pledged to be a primary oil supplier to Japan and other world economies, officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said.MITI Minister Kaoru Yosano met separately...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 1998

Action agenda for Africa targets poverty, illiteracy

African countries and their development partners pledged Wednesday to attempt to halve the extreme poverty on the continent and achieve universal elementary school education by 2015.To this end, Japan pledged 90 billion yen, mostly grants for educational and health facilities."The ultimate objective...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998

FTC fines builders for bid-rigging

The Fair Trade Commission has ordered 70 local construction companies in Gunma Prefecture to pay fines totaling 353.4 million yen for bid-rigging, officials said on Friday.FTC officials said the companies from the city of Numata and the Tone District in the prefecture held study meetings from April,...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 1998

Gift coupons government's latest demand strategy

Providing consumers with merchandise coupons in an effort to stimulate personal consumption will be studied as a possible measure for the second fiscal 1998 supplementary budget, government officials said Thursday.Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka confirmed during a morning news conference that...
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

NEC starts up communications unit in Singapore

NEC Corp. announced Monday it has set up a subsidiary in Singapore to design and develop hardware and software of base stations for wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), a next-generation wide-band mobile communication system.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

Thailand's poor to receive support from Japan

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi told Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi on Monday that Japan will step up financial support to Thailand in a bid to help the country's poor.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Foreign teachers push for equitable pensions

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Agency adds farm toxins to guidelines

The Environment Agency has decided to enact a set of comprehensive measures to regulate nitrate nitrogen, a chemical released into the environment from livestock excreta and agricultural fertilizers made of nitrogen, ministry officials said Friday.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

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