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JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

GOLD: 'Little giant' Shimizu wins the big one

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JAPAN
Feb 3, 1998

Finance monitoring body may be set up earlier than thought

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said Tuesday that his ministry will step up efforts to launch a new authority to watch over financial institutions earlier than currently scheduled.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1998

Arai defies LDP calls to quit party

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Shokei Arai, who allegedly made huge profits through questionable stock transactions, on Monday defied a party leader's demand that he leave the LDP.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1998

Raiders gamble on youthful coach

Raiders gamble on youthful coach> SAN DIEGO -- The Oakland Raiders have filled their vacant head coaching position with Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Jon Gruden, Fox-TV reported Wednesday.Gruden will be the third coach in three years for Oakland, which fired Joe Bugel earlier this month...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1998

Lodish still looking for elusive ring

Staff writer SAN DIEGO -- He knows the Super Bowl well, maybe better than anyone on his team. But he doesn't have a winner's ring, and most of his teammates don't either.Denver Broncos reserve defensive tackle Mike Lodish will make his fifth Super Bowl appearance in his eight-year career when the AFC...
JAPAN
Nov 25, 1997

Muraoka defends Finance over broker's collapse

Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka defended the Finance Ministry on Tuesday over the collapse of Yamaichi Securities Co., saying it would have been impossible for ministry officials to discover the brokerage had been conducting irregular, off-the-book trading.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 1997

Store gets the jump on suits for new staff

Seibu Department Store set aside a special section in its store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Wednesday for the suits that will be needed by job-hunting students.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 1997

EPA leader hints at yearend rise in discount rate

Japan's official discount rate, the world's lowest at a mere 0.5 percent, may rise by the end of the year, Shinpei Nukaya, the Economic Planning Agency's vice minister, implied August 5.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 1997

New MITI vice minister calls for change

As the global community enters an age of overwhelming competition, Japan must increase its efforts to revamp economic structures and create a new system with greater efficiency, according to Osamu Watanabe, who on July 11 was appointed vice minister for international trade and industry.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 1997

Gender equality still elusive, white paper says

Women in Japan continue to face a wide range of difficulties in the workplace as well as in other aspects of life, according to a 1997 white paper on gender equality submitted July 1 to the Cabinet.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1997

Film fans bid farewell to Shintaro Katsu

Hundreds bid a final farewell June 24 to actor Shintaro Katsu, star of the "Blind Swordsman" film series, at Tsukiji Honganji Temple in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, where his funeral service was held. Katsu died of cancer June 21 at the age of 65.
JAPAN
May 22, 1997

ANA feud takes new twist: Wakasa to resign from board

Tokuji Wakasa, the powerful and controversial 82-year-old honorary chairman of All Nippon Airways, will resign as a board member next month in an apparent move to take responsibility for a recent feud that shook the firm's top management.
JAPAN
May 13, 1997

Annan expects UNSC reformation by year's end

A breakthrough in reforming the United Nations Security Council could be achieved by the end of the year as momentum mounts among members of the international body, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said May 13.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 1997

Majority approval sends bill on base leases to Upper House

A government-sponsored bill that will enable the state to continue forcibly leasing land for U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture was sent to the Upper House Friday after receiving overwhelming support in the Lower House.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1997

Half of workers unhappy, poll finds

Nearly half the corporate employees surveyed are dissatisfied with their companies, with many complaining about their pay and management evaluation of their work, according to a survey by a publishing company.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1997

Japan has signaled change but must follow through fully

The government's deregulation package, though far from satisfactory in scale and content, enshrines some important steps signaling greater reform in the future, according to Ushio Chujo, a professor of public economics at Keio University.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1997

U.N. secretary general to visit Tokyo, Beijing on Asia trip

Kofi Annan, the new secretary general of the United Nations, may visit Tokyo and Beijing in May, his first trip to the two capitals since taking office Jan. 1, Japanese diplomatic sources said Mar. 13.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1997

Ministry official denies guilt in HIV affair

Akihito Matsumura, a former senior Health and Welfare Ministry official, pleaded not guilty Mar. 12 to charges of professional negligence in connection with the death of a hemophiliac in 1991 and the death of a liver disease patient in 1995.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1997

U.S. student visas become increasingly elusive

Yumiko Hara, a 29-year-old insurance company employee, decided recently that she needed to study English to advance her career.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1997

Ex-bureaucrat given vacant, high-ranking audit post

A long-vacant, high-ranking post at the Board of Audits will be filled by a former career bureaucrat just as the government had wanted, despite cries from opposition parties against appointing an ex-civil servant to the post.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997

'97 budget debate heats up

With the Diet expected to approve the fiscal 1996 supplementary budget Jan. 31, the focus of legislative debate will shift to the fiscal 1997 budget, the No. 1 item on the agenda for the current session.The minority government of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his Liberal Democratic Party hope...
JAPAN
Jan 7, 1997

Video journalist zooms in on substance

Tetsuo Jimbo interviews, videotapes and edits -- all by himself.With a camcorder, tripod, light and other equipment all small enough to fit into a bag Jimbo, 35, has made television reports about the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Aum Shinrikyo and many other events since 1994. Recalling his debut in spring...
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Jun 22, 2023

Rose Zhang managing newfound fame ahead of first major as pro

The days of working silently on her golf game for hours without distraction is a thing of the past for sensation Rose Zhang.
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WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? Tune in to find out.

Modi playing on-air host to the world’s most populous nation is one way he has made himself intimately omnipresent across India’s vastness.
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Jun 21, 2023

Unlocking climate trillions with a global plan from a sinking island

A summit in Paris this week will bring together the heads of government from more than 100 countries to grapple with financial scarcity as the single-biggest impediment to climate action.
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Jun 20, 2023

Red Bull can win everything, but the gap may be closing in Formula One

Max Verstappen has won six of the eight — including the last four in a row — and is heading for another record-breaking season, but there are glimmers of hope for his rivals.
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TENNIS
Jun 20, 2023

Venus Williams rolls back the years to win Birmingham opener

The five-time Wimbledon champion struggled at times, but also hit her stride in spells during an enthralling encounter.
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Jun 20, 2023

“How Chambers of Commerce influence sustainability at home and abroad” with Sally Townsend

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jun 19, 2023

Red Bull already looking to win No. 200 after Max Verstappen delivers team's 100th victory

As Red Bull celebrated a landmark 100th Formula One win at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, team principal Christian Horner recalled thinking that he might have been satisfied with one victory.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 19, 2023

Giants laid foundation for pennant race with solid interleague campaign

The Yomiuri Giants were in a good position to win NPB’s interleague title for the first time since 2014 before a sixth-inning error and ensuing two-run home run spoiled it all at Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight