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JAPAN
May 13, 1998

SDP protests nuclear blasts

Leaders of the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake, both non-Cabinet allies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, took to the streets Wednesday in Tokyo to protest the nuclear tests conducted by India on Monday.
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Sakigake to keep LDP ties for now

The executive council of New Party Sakigake decided Tuesday not to end its current non-Cabinet alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party until the current Diet session closes June 10.
JAPAN
May 11, 1998

Hashimoto to discuss economic stimulus at G-8 meeting

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will fly to Britain on Thursday to attend the meeting of leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized countries in Birmingham, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Monday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

China urged to crack down on drug smuggling

National Public Safety Commission chief Mitsuhiro Uesugi called on his organization's Chinese counterpart Friday to crack down on the increasing volume of illegal amphetamines being smuggled into Japan from China.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ota's U.S. visit to include request to move Futenma off Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota will directly ask U.S. officials later this month to relocate Futenma Air Station either to Guam or Hawaii, instead of to a site in or around the island prefecture, Vice Gov. Hiroshi Miyahira said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 1, 1998

SDP reportedly ready to quit ruling alliance

Social Democratic Party executives have decided to terminate the party's parliamentary alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party early next month unless its demands on a proposed anticorruption bill are accepted, an SDP source said May 1.
JAPAN
May 1, 1998

Unions mark May Day with demand for change

Unionists observed the 69th May Day event at about 1,100 sites across the country amid a gloomy economic atmosphere.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

GSDF ready reservists sworn in

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JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Japan's recovery seen as integral to region

First in a series
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Greenhouse gas bill awaits nod

The Cabinet is expected to approve a bill today that will oblige the central and prefectural governments to design and publicize their greenhouse gas reduction plans.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Matsunaga renews plea for banks to offer lending

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga on Monday again asked bankers not reduce their lending levels, especially to smaller businesses that are still healthy.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Finance chief punishes 112; two key bureaucrats resign

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga took punitive action Monday against 112 ministry officials, including Securities Bureau head Atsushi Nagano, for being excessively entertained by financial sector firms.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Stimulus package gets finishing touches

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party put the final touches April 23 to the 16 trillion yen worth of economic stimulus measures to be endorsed by the government today, which will include about 10-trillion yen in "real-water" measures that require direct government outlays.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Japan awaiting Yeltsin's speech on isles

Japan will pay close attention to Russian President Boris Yeltsin when he remarks on a bilateral territorial dispute in a speech to the Russian Parliament in early May, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said April 23.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Sakigake approves defense bills

New Party Sakigake, one of the non-Cabinet allies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, approved bills April 23 that would implement updated guidelines for Japan's defense cooperation with U.S. forces.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Hu, Kato agree to fight Asian 'flu' together

Visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and Koichi Kato, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, agreed Wednesday that the two countries should cooperate to overcome the economic and financial crises in Southeast Asia, LDP officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

SDF power-expansion bills ready for submission

Two bills that would expand the Self Defense Forces' overseas military role in line with updated guidelines for defense cooperation with the U.S. will be sent to the Diet on Tuesday, according to a senior LDP official.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Hashimoto defends reform bill before Diet

A bill to reform the current bloated administrative system is indispensable to make government slimmer and more effective for the 21st century, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a Diet session April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Agency urges legal backing for defense guidelines

Legislation on the new Japan-U.S. defense guidelines must provide the state with legal grounds for asking local administrations to give logistical support to U.S. forces in emergencies, a top defense agency official said April 16.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

Lawmakers question legality of obliged support for U.S. forces

In a meeting with Foreign Ministry and Defense Agency officials, lawmakers from the tripartite ruling coalition voiced concern April 15 over how the state could oblige local administrations to cooperate in providing U.S. forces with logistical support in contingencies.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Russia turmoil mars Yeltsin treaty quest

First of two parts
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Panel agrees on bill to ban officials from receiving gifts

A panel of the ruling alliance agreed April 14 on a draft bill that would, in principle, ban government employees from receiving gifts and entertainment from corporations, organizations and individuals.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Rengo push for bigger tax cuts dismissed

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto dismissed a Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) demand April 13 to implement a 6 trillion yen tax cut this year as technically difficult.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Traffic light concern suspected of tax evasion, police ties

A business group that maintains traffic control systems in eastern Japan is suspected of evading 500 million yen in taxes and hiding more than 1 billion yen in income, informed sources said April 13.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

New BOJ board decides to keep easy monetary policy

The Bank of Japan said Thursday that it will retain its easy monetary policy, including its official discount rate at an all-time low of 0.5 percent, reflecting the first decision of its new policy board.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Accord inked on Aha base return

U.S. and Japanese representatives signed an official agreement Thursday over the return of a U.S. military base in Aha, northern Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Aid to curb Myanmar opium could total up to 700 million yen

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Diet passes 77.67 trillion yen budget

The 77.67 trillion yen fiscal 1998 national budget was passed by the Diet late April 8 in a House of Councilors plenary session vote.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Sales tax report angers ruling bloc

Executive members of the ruling alliance on April 8 grew angry over a newspaper report that said the U.S. is getting even more specific in its suggestions on how Japan should fix its ailing economy.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

More tax cuts coming, Hashimoto implies

The government will soon implement more tax cuts after revising the Fiscal Structural Reform Law, which at present imposes strict financing restraints, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto implied during a Diet session April 6.
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