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Hisane Masaki
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1999
Japan sending envoy to Libya for post-sanction ties
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1999
Japan to pledge loans to Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1999
Japan won't back U.S. in anti-China resolution
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1999
WTO to get Tokyo complaint on U.S. law in May
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1999
Japan, U.S. plan projects for 'human security' in Asia
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999
Japan to help Russia dismantle nuclear subs
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 18, 1999
Investment in Vietnam may be aided
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1999
Japan, U.S. to consult on antidumping law
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 8, 1999
Vietnamese prime minister to visit Tokyo soon
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1999
Japan to pledge funds for Indonesia election
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1999
Forum to explore Mekong development
Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1999
Celebrate the millennium bug
Japan has drawn up draft proposals for an "APEC Y2K Week" to help the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, especially developing members, cope with the Year 2000 computer bug problem.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 1999
OECD drafts corporate governance guides
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has completed a draft of international guidelines for good corporate governance that emphasizes, among other things, promotion and protection of shareholders' rights.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1999
Komura considers Cuba visit by May
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura is considering visiting Havana as early as May as part of diplomatic efforts to improve the hitherto estranged relations between Japan and Cuba, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1999
Japan, Iran agree to debt-refinancing plan
Japan and Iran have agreed in principle to refinance $500 million of $2.6 billion in debts owed by the Persian Gulf country to private Japanese companies, to help strengthen bilateral economic relations, government and industry sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1999
Cheap yen loans may finance Cambodian port
Japan is considering extending about 4 billion yen in yen loans to Cambodia during fiscal 1999, which begins in April, for repairs and expansion of the capacity of Sihanoukville port, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1999
Vietnamese premier to visit Tokyo
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Kai will make his first official visit to Tokyo in March to seek more Japanese support for the Southeast Asian country's desperate efforts to overcome fallout from the continued regional economic crisis, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 1999
Japan, EU to halt WTO action on 'Burma Law'
Japan and the European Union will ask the World Trade Organization to indefinitely suspend procedures to settle their row with the United States over a sanctions law against Myanmar, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 1999
Protests seen for Myanmar junta official
A top Myanmar military intelligence official will visit Japan later this month at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry in efforts to strengthen dialogue between Tokyo and Yangon through personnel exchanges, ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 1998
EU to request WTO panel for lingering leather row
Staff writer
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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