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JAPAN
Sep 3, 1997

Police release photos of suspect in rape-robberies

Tokyo police released on Sept. 3 photos of a man wanted in connection with a series of rapes and robberies.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 1997

Kansai police braced for gang war

OSAKA -- More than 3,200 Hyogo and Osaka police officers are on alert after the boss of a powerful gang was gunned down late August 28 in a Kobe coffee shop.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Tokyo to put waterfront land leases up for bid

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on August 25 will begin accepting registration forms from businesses interested in bidding on 30-year leases for land along the Tokyo Bay waterfront development area.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Victim attacked again

The victim of a phantom attack in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward was attacked Aug. 19 for a second time by a man who followed her from behind and scratched her arm before fleeing the scene.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Rain fails to dampen turnout at Yasukuni

Despite intermittent rain, thousands of war veterans and relatives of Japan's war dead visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 52nd anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in war.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Yamaichi employee dies after street stabbing

An employee of Yamaichi Securities Co. was stabbed in the stomach on a Tokyo street late Aug. 14. He was rushed to a hospital but died soon afterward from loss of blood, police said. The man, identified by business cards found on the body, was 57-year-old Koichiro Tarutani, chief of the securities company's...
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Nago voters petition for heliport plebiscite

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Residents in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, presented a petition with 19,734 voter signatures to the municipal election management commission on Aug. 13, calling for an ordinance to provide for a plebiscite on construction of a U.S. Marine Corps offshore heliport.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Officer fatally stabbed in Fukuoka police box

FUKUOKA -- A 42-year-old police officer was found stabbed to death Aug. 13 in his "koban" in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, according to officials. A search is underway for a man who was seen fleeing the semirural area just before noon that day.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Kyushu robbery nets 15 million yen

KITAKYUSHU -- A man made away with about 15 million yen in cash Aug. 12 from a credit association in Kokura Kita Ward, Kitakyushu, after threatening a customer with a knife.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Corpse drifts ashore in plastic box

NAGOYA -- Police launched a full-scale investigation Aug. 12 after a body of an adult man was found in a plastic container box that drifted into Nagoya port Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Fire from explosion razes factories

OSAKA -- An explosion rocked a battery factory in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 10 and ignited a fire that razed two buildings, police said Aug. 11. The two-floor 660 sq.-meter battery factory was recharging lithium batteries but operating without workers due to the holidays.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 1997

Man admits harassing female Diet member

A 54-year-old man from Sapporo was arrested August 5 on suspicion of making repeated harassment calls to a Lower House lawmaker, police said.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 1997

Ancient mirror finding seems to back Kinki-Yamatai theory

OSAKA -- Five bronze mirrors were found in a tumulus in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, reinforcing the theory that the ancient kingdom of Yamatai was in the Kinki region, instead of in northern Kyushu.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 1997

Public outrage unlikely to rewrite Juvenile Law

While controversy continues to rage over the Juvenile Law, the Justice Ministry said July 25 that it will not immediately try to revamp the law.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Defense challenges inconsistencies

Lawyers for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara challenged on July 18 the testimony given by a former key cultist for the prosecution, in which he spelled out the role Asahara played in the 1989 murder of a Yokohama lawyer and his family.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Attack on Sakamoto detailed

A former Aum Shinrikyo follower who confessed to being involved in the murders of an anticult lawyer and his family gave detailed testimony July 18 concerning what he and five other cultists did immediately before the attack on Nov. 4, 1989.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1997

'Visitor' suspected of sending letter bombs

A man believed to be in his 20s frequently visited Nippon Television Network Corp. in Tokyo, asking to meet with an NTV newscaster and a teenage actress, both of whom later became targets of letter bombs, police sources said July 17.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1997

Supreme Court rejects appeal to transfer Hase

The Supreme Court's No. 1 Petty Bench rejected an appeal July 7 from the attorneys of the 15-year-old suspect in the murder of Jun Hase to have the teen moved to an office for juvenile offenders.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1997

Chugoku Focus: Islanders, firms lament costly Seto bridge

KOJIMA, Okayama Pref. -- At 8 a.m. every weekday, several high school students await their trains here at JR Kojima Station for an unusual trip -- a 20-km commute across the Seto Onland Sea to their school in Shikoku.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Hayashi admits to subway gas attack

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Yasuo Hayashi admitted in court June 26 that he released nerve gas in a Tokyo subway car in March 1995, saying he could not refuse orders he believed were issued by cult founder Shoko Asahara.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1997

Father tells police his son killed friend

The body of a slain 19-year-old youth was found June 18 beside the Tama River in western Tokyo after a man called police to say his son and some friends had killed another of their friends, officials said.
JAPAN
May 23, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Commuter recalls gas attack victims

A Tokyo company employee described in court May 23 how he helped three victims of the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, for which some members of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo are now on trial.
JAPAN
May 15, 1997

Nago mayor accused of treason for heliport study

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- For decades, residents of Henoko Ward in the eastern part of this city have dined on such delicacies as shrimp, crab, turban shells and other shellfish from nearby coastal waters.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1997

Two die in company dormitory fire

OSAKA -- Two people were killed early April 30 in a fire that destroyed a wooden dormitory for employees of a construction company in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 1997

Nurse recounts sex slave system of Imperial Navy

Chiyo Nakazato, 71, a former nurse for the Imperial Japanese Navy, remembers that during the war, her male colleagues at the navy hospital on Hainan Island in the South China Sea were so anxious to go out at night they queued up by the door even before 6 p.m., when they were officially off duty.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 1997

Man held for blackmailing molestation, stalking victim

OSAKA -- Police on Friday arrested a 33-year-old man from Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on suspicion he that tried to blackmail a woman into going out with him after repeatedly molesting on crowded trains.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1997

Japan Times opens window on past

OSAKA -- An exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Japan Times started April 9 at the Big Man square near Hankyu Umeda Station here in Kita Ward.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 1997

High tin levels found in tuna

A joint research team has discovered that tuna and bonito in the seas around Japan have high concentrations of organic tin from paints used on ship hulls and material used to protect fish nets.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1997

Hashimoto tries to assuage Okinawa with aid

As local antipathy lingers over the concentrated presence of U.S. military bases in Okinawa, the government of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has been trying to show its willingness to help bring sustainable economic growth to the southernmost prefecture independent from state subsidies, a long-cherished...
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1997

State interrogates ex-Aum policeman

Prosecutors have begun interrogating a 31-year-old former police officer who confessed last spring to the March 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu, according to investigation sources.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.

Podcast

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

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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