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Jan 29, 1997
Group forms to cut carbon dioxide emissions
An international group of local governments was launched Jan. 29 in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, in a bid to cut carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent to help prevent global warming.The group, named "20 Percent Club for Sustainable Cities," was founded by 27 local governments here and 22 overseas. Members...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Internet provider to enter long-distance phone foray
Internet access provider Rimnet Corp. will join the heated competition among common Japanese carriers by launching long-distance telephone services via the Internet on April 21.Unlike other Internet phone services, Rimnet will not require users to have personal computers and application software to...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Murderer's appeal quashed by top court
A man who has spent 27 years in jail after being convicted of poisoning his wife, mistress and three others in Mie Prefecture had his fifth appeal for a retrial rejected by the Supreme Court on Jan. 29.The court rejected the special appeal filed by Masaru Okunishi, 71, ruling that the defense had not...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Industrial output rose in December
The nation's industrial output in December rose 0.3 percent from the previous month, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report released Jan. 29.The ministry reported that the nation's production activities are now "on the rise." The adverb "moderately," used in every...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Rapid decentralization of government urged
The government should swiftly move as many of its functions to local governments as possible to increase the efficiency of administrative services and reduce fiscal deficits, a business executive said Jan. 29.Ken Moroi, adviser to Chichibu Onoda Cement Corp. and head of the government advisory panel...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Extra budget clears committee vote
The 2.67 trillion yen supplementary budget for fiscal 1996 got the green light Jan. 29 from the House of Representatives Budget Committee after the main opposition parties failed to delay a vote on the plan.While the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its ally the Social Democratic Party, and 21st Century,...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
'97 budget debate heats up
With the Diet expected to approve the fiscal 1996 supplementary budget Jan. 31, the focus of legislative debate will shift to the fiscal 1997 budget, the No. 1 item on the agenda for the current session.The minority government of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his Liberal Democratic Party hope...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Holding companies move closer
In an attempt to accelerate the process of lifting the ban on holding companies, the Fair Trade Commission on Jan. 29 presented to the ruling coalition the gist of a bill to revise the Antimonopoly Law.Representatives from the three ruling parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1997
Kato expresses regret over Tomobe's arrest
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato said Jan. 29 the arrest of Tatsuo Tomobe -- coming in the year the Upper House celebrates its 50th anniversary -- was especially regrettable. "All lawmakers should make efforts to win back the public's trust in the Diet and its members," Kato told...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1997
Ex-EPA chief lands Matsushita post
Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. has decided to appoint Shusei Tanaka, a former director general of the Economic Planning Agency, as an outside auditor.The leading Japanese maker of building materials and lighting equipment will formalize the decision Feb. 27 at a general shareholders' meeting. Tanaka,...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1997
Minister firm on keeping public money from ailing banks
The government has not changed its stance on refusing to use public funds to help banks erase their nonperforming loans, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Jan. 28.After the tremendous uproar last spring caused by the infusion of 685 billion yen in public funds to help cover losses left by seven...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1997
Mitsubishi Motors links up with Italian firm
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced Jan. 28 that it will entrust production of its new small sports utility vehicle for the European market to Industrie Pininfarina SpA, an Italian automaker, beginning in 1999.The two firms signed an eight-year agreement on the project, in which a total of 20 billion...
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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