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Hiroshi Yamagiwa
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999
Experts differ over forces behind positive GDP data
Staff writers
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1999
U.S. firm eases decision-making on pension options
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 3, 1999
Yasuda Kasai CIGNA eyes 5% of 401(k) market
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 20, 1999
Experts ponder state's next great spending project
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999
401(K): Principal seeks market entry, potential partner
Staff writer
JAPAN
May 26, 1999
The 401(K) Approach: Skandia eyes pension plan gains
First in an occasional series
JAPAN
May 25, 1999
Some wary as pension plight casts 401(k) in rosy light
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1999
Miyazawa to state position on debt-relief at G7 meeting
Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa will attend a Monday meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations in Washington to put forward his ideas to prevent a financial crisis in emerging market countries.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1999
Will government bonds help? It's a trick question
Debate on how Japan can pull itself out of its worst postwar economic slump has entered a new stage.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1999
Fukushima urges Japan, U.S. to talk over trade differences
Now that Washington has decided to revive the controversial "Super 301" procedure, Japan should start market-opening discussions with the U.S. to prevent trade conflicts, according to Glen S. Fukushima, a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1999
U.S. policy, experts called obstacle to stable foreign exchange
U.S. trade policy and influential American economists are obstacles to creating a system to enforce a trading band for yen-dollar exchange rates, according to Kenichi Ohno, an advocate of such a system.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 1999
Miyazawa qualifies 0.5% target, notes job, bank roles
Economic development in the January-March period — especially in the areas of employment and bank recapitalization — is crucial to achieve the government's 0.5 percent growth target for fiscal 1999, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1998
Japan best brace itself for the euro
JStaff writer
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1998
New minister pushes for future financial safety net
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1998
DPJ's Ikeda calls new bill 'opaque,' counterproductive
Staff writer The banking sector crisis will continue because of the "opaque" bank recapitalization bill, Motohisa Ikeda, a key member of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Wednesday. The bill, expected to be enacted Friday, will not enable accurate assessment of bank assets, sufficient injection of...
JAPAN
Oct 5, 1998
Investment firm puts trust in disclosure
18th in an occasional series on financial deregulationStaff writerAlliance Capital Investment Trust Management Inc. of Tokyo is attempting to calm anxious customers by fully explaining how their funds have been hurt amid global financial instability, company President Takahiro Fujino said.The severe...
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998
In with a Bang: Fidelity finds favor in recession
17th in an occasional series on financial deregulation
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998
Fiscal policymakers face uphill task with economy
and YOSUKE NAITOStaff writers
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998
Prudential-Mitsui venture to focus on customer needs
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 13, 1998
LDP setback may rock Asia for some time: HKMA chief
Staff writer
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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