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JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

Defense chief intends Okinawa visit before U.S. talks

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga told reporters Tuesday he will visit Okinawa before he meets the U.S. secretaries of defense and state in late September.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

Career seminar to focus on English speakers

Simul International Inc. will sponsor a career seminar Sept. 9 for people who want to use English in their jobs, in cooperation with The Japan Times, Shukan ST and InterFM.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1998

Aum fugitive denies sarin knowledge

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Yasuo Hayashi, 40, testified in court Monday that he was unaware a spray device he manufactured would be used for the deadly June 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
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 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 12, 1998

Kabuki group loses tickets, cash

Tickets for "Kabuki for Everyone" performances to be held Aug. 18 and 19 at Melpark Hall in Tokyo's Minato Ward have been missing since Tuesday afternoon, the kabuki organization said.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Train noise to cost Odakyu 9.5 million yen

A government panel Friday ordered Odakyu Electric Railway Co. to pay 34 people living near the carrier's line a total of 9.56 million yen in compensation for noise pollution.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Major e-money experiment launched in Shibuya area

One of the world's largest experiments in the use of electronic money was launched in Tokyo's Shibuya district Thursday, with major credit card companies and banks preparing to distribute 133,000 electronic money cards by the end of October 1999.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998

Extended polling hours improve voter totals

Election administration officials nationwide gave themselves a pat on the back Monday for the extra two hours of voting time that apparently boosted turnout in Sunday's Upper House election.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Rains wreak havoc, floods in Hokuriku

Heavy rains fell Friday in wide parts of the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast, causing flooding and minor accidents throughout the area.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1998

Supreme Court to hear suspect-lawyer rights case

The Supreme Court has announced it will present to the Grand Bench a controversial case concerning the rights of criminal suspects held in detention to meet with lawyers.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist Hayashi denies desire to kill

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara continued its detailed questioning of a former senior cultist Friday, trying to disprove his contention that he was reluctant to release sarin on a Tokyo subway car in March 1995.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

Gems stolen while driver fixes flat

An employee of a jewelry wholesaler reported that 180 million yen in gems were stolen from his car Wednesday night in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward while he was fixing a flat tire, police said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

Roaming pet wallaby rounded up

Police retrieved an Australian journalist's pet wallaby early Thursday after it was spotted hopping down a residential street in Tokyo's Toranomon business district.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Tokyo Bay waterfront resumes development

For the first time in more than seven years, major businesses will conclude long-term land leases to construct new buildings in the controversial Tokyo Bay waterfront development area, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

Navy schedules night landing practice off Iwojima

The U.S. Navy will conduct night landing practice on Iwojima Island for about 30 carrier-based from the USS Independence beginning next Saturday, the Defense Facilities Administration Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he doubted sarin's potency

A senior Aum Shinrikyo figure testified Friday that he doubted the sarin the cult produced was potent enough to be lethal when he was given bags containing the liquid nerve gas the day before the March 1995 Tokyo subway attack.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

Uehara exits SDP, may run against Ota

Kosuke Uehara, former head of the Hokkaido and Okinawa Development Agency, left the Social Democratic Party on Friday and indicated his intention to run in an Okinawa gubernatorial election scheduled for November.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Tokyo upset with canceled visit of North Korea wives

Tokyo expressed displeasure Tuesday with Pyongyang's announcement that Japanese women living with their North Korean husbands in the reclusive state "canceled" applications to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Tokyo temple offers Zen with an American touch

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JAPAN
Jun 5, 1998

Volvo's hybrid car available today

Volvo Car Corp. today begins selling a more environmentally sound car that runs on both gasoline and compressed natural gas.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Defense quizzes cops on gassing

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Thursday cross-examined police officers who were involved in the investigation of the June 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Aum doctor gets life sentence for subway sarin attack

Ikuo Hayashi, the former chief doctor for Aum Shinrikyo, was handed a life prison term Tuesday for committing mass murder in the March 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, even though the judge said he "deserves the death penalty due to the gravity of the crime."
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Free counseling sessions available to foreigners

Multilingual volunteers and specialist advisers will hold free counseling sessions today for foreigners as part of an international citizens' festival at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Kamakura takes on tourist traffic jams

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JAPAN
May 18, 1998

Man sentenced for groping student on train

A 42-year-old man was given a suspended prison term Monday for molesting a female college student on a Toyoko Line train in February.
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 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
Apr 29, 1998

Peeping Tom says he 'went too far'

A Peeping Tom alleged to have followed 1,900 women and taken hundreds of photographs of them through peep holes has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing, police sources said April 29.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Venerable amusement park slates return to nature

OSAKA -- An amusement park that opened 90 years ago and is said to be the oldest in western Japan is scheduled to close at the end of May and reopen as a nature park.

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