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Oct 19, 1998
Six DKB execs freed for paying 'sokaiya'
The Tokyo District Court handed down suspended prison sentences Monday to six former Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank executives in connection with the bank's illicit payments to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike.Presiding Judge Kiyoshi Kimura sentenced former DKB Senior Managing Director Kenji Tanaka,...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
Shiga rail crash hearings come to end
OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court concluded hearings Monday in a civil suit filed by relatives of some of the 42 people killed and 614 hurt in a head-on train collision in 1991 in Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture.A group of 23 plaintiffs, relatives of nine of those killed, demanded a total of 1.14 billion...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
Atami's fortune no longer springs eternal
By Tomoko Shibuya
Staff writerATAMI, Shizuoka Pref. -- This used to be one of the most popular spa resorts in Japan, with streets packed with yukata-dressed tourists and hotel rooms fully booked for company parties.But such memories have been fading in Atami. Hard-hit by earthquakes and the recession, the city's central...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
E-money system could mean hassle-free concert tickets
To spare concertgoers the nuisance of buying tickets by phone and picking them up at the box office, major promoters have teamed up with an information technology firm to begin limited sales of tickets by use of electric money, officials said Monday.Late last month, the All-Japan Concert Tour Promoters'...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
It's definite: LTCB in capital deficit
The Financial Supervisory Agency has decided that the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan was in capital deficit as of Sept. 30, the end of the first half of this fiscal year, FSA officials said Monday.The FSA audited LTCB's books by measuring its securities and real estate assets at market value instead...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
Small firms slow to face Y2K bug
Not even a third of Japan's small and medium-size firms have begun to face the millennium bug problem out of a lack money or knowledge, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency said Monday.The agency sent out surveys to about 10,000 small and medium-size companies in September, to which 2,026 companies...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
960 million yen ready for Aum claimants
About 1,200 people seeking compensation for crimes allegedly committed by Aum Shinrikyo, which has been declared bankrupt, will soon receive some 960 million yen, a group of lawyers handling the cult's bankruptcy administration said Monday.Head lawyer Saburo Abe said the distribution of the money, about...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998
Tax cut details to be aired in December
The government will spell out by mid-December details regarding corporate and individual income tax cuts designed to stimulate sagging consumer spending, International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano told major retailers Monday, according to a ministry official.During an hourlong meeting with...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998
Hyogo quake-housing tenants starve to victory
By Eric Johnston
Staff writerKOBE -- A four-day hunger strike against Hyogo Prefecture's public housing policy helped survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake still living in temporary housing score a major victory recently when prefectural officials agreed to the protesters' major demands."Finally, officials realized...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998
Obuchi says state intends to stabilize financial system
The government is determined to shore up the faltering economy within two years and stabilize the financial system by fully utilizing the bank recapitalization law and the financial stabilization laws recently approved by the Diet, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Friday.At a news conference held after...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998
Resolution expected to be Nukaga's ouster
Defense Agency director general Fukushiro Nukaga is widely expected to be forced to step down to take responsibility for an ongoing procurement scandal after Upper House passage Friday of a nonbinding resolution calling for his immediate resignation.Although the defense chief reiterated Friday evening...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998
FTC fines builders for bid-rigging
The Fair Trade Commission has ordered 70 local construction companies in Gunma Prefecture to pay fines totaling 353.4 million yen for bid-rigging, officials said on Friday.FTC officials said the companies from the city of Numata and the Tone District in the prefecture held study meetings from April,...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.

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