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Hisane Masaki
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2000
Loan may take chill off Tokyo-Tehran ties
Staff writer In a move apparently reflecting the rapidly warming atmosphere surrounding bilateral relations, Iran has asked Japan to provide some 5 billion yen in fresh official yen loans for a project to reduce air pollution, government sources said Wednesday. The sources said the oil-rich Persian...
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2000
Myanmar government losing all financial footing
Staff writer Nearly half of the approximately 270 billion yen in Japan's outstanding official yen loans to Myanmar have gone sour.As of March 31 last year, the final day of fiscal 1998, Japan's outstanding yen loans to developing countries totaled 9.8 trillion yen, of which 272.5 billion yen was being...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2000
Fukaya plans U.S. trip sometime before G8 meeting
Takashi Fukaya, the international trade and industry minister, is considering a trip to Washington in February or March for talks with top U.S. officials on the new round of global trade liberalization negotiations, sources at his ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2000
Japan, U.S. leaders to huddle on foreign investment
Staff writer Japan and the United States will hold a conference of senior government officials and business leaders in Tokyo on March 1 to discuss ways to further accelerate direct foreign investment in Japan, government sources said Wednesday. According to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2000
Tokyo invests more to protect nuclear jobs in Russia
Japan will contribute an additional $20 million to a science and technology center established in Moscow six years ago to help curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons by creating jobs for Russian scientists and engineers, Foreign Ministry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2000
Japan plans conference to help Middle East peace
Staff writerIn a move that apparently reflects a strong desire to contribute to the revived Middle East peace process, Japan plans to convene an international conference on the region's environmental issues in Tunisia in late February, government sources said Friday. The sources said that Japan has...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2000
Monitoring body included in Japan's gas-reduction plan
Staff writer Japan will formally propose later this month the creation of a new body to monitor industrialized countries' compliance with the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, government sources said Friday. The establishment of the compliance body will be included in Japanese proposals...
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2000
Japan, EU to call for new WTO talks ASAP
Japan and the European Union will issue a special joint statement next week calling for a new round of global trade liberalization negotiations to be launched as soon as possible, government sources said.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2000
Japan and EU unite in calls for WTO talks
Staff writer Japan and the European Union will issue a special joint statement next week calling for a new round of global trade liberalization negotiations to be launched as soon as possible, government sources said Wednesday. The sources said that the joint statement, exclusively focusing on a new...
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1999
WTO ruling pumps up Japan for battle
Staff writer Emboldened by a preliminary World Trade Organization ruling that deals a serious setback for Washington's antidumping policy, Japan is likely to up the ante in an anticipated series of its own legal WTO battles with the United States over steel trade. In an interim report presented to the...
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1999
Tokyo, Riyadh to sign deal on seat for Saudi Arabia at WTO
Staff writer Japan and Saudi Arabia are very likely to conclude a deal by next month on the oil-rich country's admission to the World Trade Organization, government sources said Tuesday. The agreement would be the first of its kind between Saudi Arabia and a major industrialized nation, the sources...
JAPAN
Dec 16, 1999
Japan to host people-smuggling symposium
Japan will host the first international symposium exclusively focusing on ways to combat the increasingly serious problem of human smuggling in the Asia-Pacific region in mid-January, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 1999
Japan to send yen loans for Swaziland road
Staff writer Japan for the first time will provide official yen loans to Swaziland, a landlocked country surrounded by Mozambique to the north and South Africa to the south, government sources said Wednesday. The loans will finance a road project that will eventually link the southern African country...
JAPAN
Dec 9, 1999
Tokyo to host conference on future role of U.N.
Staff writer Some of the world's leading experts on development, security, governance and the environment will meet in Tokyo in mid-January for an international conference on the role the U.N. will play in the 21st century. According to a provisional program, the Millennium Conference will be held for...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Japan hits the road for weapons treaty
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JAPAN
Nov 11, 1999
Tokyo to host secret emissions talks
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JAPAN
Nov 11, 1999
Will WTO waiting game pay off for Japan?
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JAPAN
Oct 25, 1999
Jospin's first visit to Japan slated for December
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin will make his first official visit to Japan in mid-December for talks with Japanese leaders on international issues and ways to further strengthen bilateral relations, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999
Obuchi invited to UNCTAD talks
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JAPAN
Oct 7, 1999
Jordan's king to visit in early December
Jordanian King Abdullah will make his first official visit to Japan in early December to discuss bilateral relations and the resumed peace process in the Middle East with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and other Japanese leaders, government sources said Thursday.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.

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