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JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Tokyo cautious on Pakistan test ban pledge

The government welcomes Pakistan's pledge to sign the global nuclear test ban treaty but still needs to monitor further development before easing sanctions against the nation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Opposition, LDP policy chiefs agree to meet

After several days of wrangling over financial stabilization bills, opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to a policy chiefs-level meeting with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

TSE takes nosedive to new postbubble low

The Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plummeted Monday to a new postbubble low as ambiguities in last Friday's deal on financial stabilization measures between leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp ignited disappointment among market traders.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 1998

Obuchi to push arms control at U.N. assembly

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi planned to stress the importance of arms control and disarmament in his speech at the United Nations in New York Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

Kurosawa to be given People's Honor Award

Film director Akira Kurosawa, who died of a stroke Sunday at the age of 88, will be posthumously honored for his "outstanding contribution to society," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

LDP compromise is rejected; financial talks to continue

To win opposition support for Diet passage of government-proposed financial system stabilization bills, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday came up with a set of compromise proposals, including a plan to allow the government to purchase all shares of failed banks and bring them under state...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1998

North Korea reactor aid to remain frozen

The government will continue to freeze assistance for light-water nuclear reactor projects in North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Government poised to override opposition

The government is ready to push ahead with its plan to bailout the Long-Term Bank of Japan with public funds whether the opposition parties like it or not, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka indicated at a press conference Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Kurosawa to receive special award

Film director Akira Kurosawa, who died Sunday, will posthumously receive the People's Honor Award in recognition of his lifetime work, the top government spokesman said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

North Korea remains on condemned list

Although it remains unclear what exactly North Korea launched over Japan on Aug. 31, the government's condemnation of Pyongyang's act still stands, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Tokyo to host global warming meeting

Tokyo will host an informal ministerial meeting on global warming on Sept. 17 and 18, bringing together representatives from 21 countries and the European Union, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Miyazawa ready to meet with Rubin

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa will leave for San Francisco this evening to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin for discussions on international economic problems and developments in the domestic economy.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Pyongyang may be readying second launch, Nonaka says

Despite protests from Japan and its allies, North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday, quoting intelligence reports.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Japan halts cargo flights to Pyongyang

The government has withdrawn authorization for chartered cargo flights between North Korea and Japan to protest the communist nation's missile launch Monday over Japanese sovereign territory, Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea launched a new long-range ballistic missile that flew over northeast Japan on Monday and into the Pacific ocean, according to the U.S. military in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Nonaka urges execs to return retirement bonuses

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka put indirect pressure Wednesday on former executives of the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to return their lump-sum retirement grants.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Opposition snubs Diet panel, delays financial deliberations

The Lower House's special committee on financial stabilization failed to meet Wednesday due to a boycott by the opposition camp over a procedural disagreement, but both camps agreed they would meet today.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

MITI to expand funds for small, government-tied firms

To help smaller firms counter the tight lending practices of banks, trade chief Kaoru Yosano said Tuesday his ministry is working to boost the amount of funds available for government-affiliated financial institutions and credit insurers from 25 trillion yen to 40 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Japan doesn't know whether it supports U.S. missile attacks

Japan expressed its support Friday for Washington's "firm attitude" against terrorism but reserved its position on the U.S. bombing of terrorist-linked sites in Sudan and Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Government asks for more public input on road projects

Construction Minister Katsutsugu Sekiya said Friday he will ask a ministry panel to consider measures to better reflect local residents' opinions when building and maintaining roads, ministry sources said.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

Nonaka rejects budgetary discussions with Ota

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday he has decided not to meet with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota, at least for the time being, because he cannot expect "constructive" discussion with the governor.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

Obuchi denies news reports of LTCB fund infusion plan

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi denied media reports Thursday that the government has decided to inject public funds into the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to expedite LTCB's proposed merger with Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998

Nonaka eases stance on Okinawa

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Wednesday he will welcome "constructive" exchanges with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota to resolve the issue of U.S. military bases in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

Nonaka now willing to discuss U.S. bases with Ota

Softening his earlier stance, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday he is willing to meet with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota Thursday afternoon to discuss the realignment of U.S. military bases in Okinawa, as long as his Diet schedule allows.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Obuchi timetable on recovery demanded

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi must set a concrete time limit on overcoming the economic crisis and stake the fate of his Cabinet on achieving this recovery, the Committee for the Promotion of Political Reforms said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

0.76% wage hike urged for civil servants

The National Personnel Agency urged the Diet and the government Wednesday to pay an average 0.76 percent wage increase (2,785 yen excluding a periodical wage hike) to civil servants this year, effective from April 1. It also suggested that bureaucrats stop receiving pay raises at age 55, instead of the...
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Nikkeiren pushes state to accelerate jobs program

The Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to speed up a government program to create 7.4 million new jobs in 15 sectors by 2010, according to Nikkeiren officials.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 1998

Asian Women's Fund remains official sex slave redress policy

The government maintained its stance Monday of promoting the Asian Women's Fund to extend money to women who were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers before and during the war.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

JNR debt disposal bill stirs heated dispute

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JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Diet session to last 70 days -- if opposition parties agree

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday proposed that an extraordinary Diet session last for 70 days, from Thursday until Oct. 7, to discuss the urgent task of stabilizing the fragile financial sector and other issues.
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‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
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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.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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