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JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Foreign scholarships up for grabs
United World Colleges, an international nongovernmental organization of colleges, is now accepting applications for this year's scholarships.The organization was established to raise young people's awareness of other cultures by inviting students from throughout the world to study in a two-year preuniversity...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
JRA jockeys cough up 220 million yen
A number of popular Japan Racing Association jockeys, including Norihiro Yokoyama, 28, have revised their income tax returns and paid a total of 220 million yen in back taxes for the three years up to 1995, tax authority sources said Jan. 23.The back taxes are a result of taxation authorities' new policy...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Weather continues to plague oil cleanup
A 20-meter section of a temporary road built to haul heavy oil extracted from the bow of the Russian tanker Nakhodka off Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture, was found Jan. 23 to have washed away.The destruction came one day after about 15 meters of the temporary road crumbled during heavy storms. The road had...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Quake records from 1923 indexed for further study
In an effort to step up urban disaster prevention, a Tokyo institute has published a voluminous index of historical articles concerning the Great Kanto Earthquake.The Tokyo Metropolitan Archives and Records Institute in the city's Minato Ward put together the index of more than 2,000 documents and records....
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Sega, Bandai to merge into entertainment giant
Game machine giant Sega Enterprises Ltd. and Bandai Co., the nation's No. 1 toy company, announced Jan. 23 they will merge on Oct. 1, creating a multimedia entertainment conglomerate with consolidated sales of 600 billion yen.Merging on an equal basis, the new company will be named Sega Bandai Ltd.,...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Isuzu to build Poland diesel engine plant in 1999
Truck maker Isuzu Motors Ltd. announced Jan. 23 that it will build a plant in Poland to produce and sell diesel engines for passenger cars starting in summer 1999.The firm plans to invest some 26 billion yen in Isuzu Poland Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary to be established in March in Tychy City, Katowice...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1997
Former mayor ordered to return 60 million yen
OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Jan. 23 ordered a former mayor and four other senior city officials to return to the public coffers about 60 million yen of the 28 billion yen illicitly used to cover overtime payments.According to the ruling, the Osaka Municipal Government indiscriminately allocated...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1997
Ex-Sendai mayor gets three years for bribes
Former Sendai Mayor Toru Ishii was given three years in prison Jan. 22 and fined 140 million yen for bribes of that amount he received from seven major domestic construction companies.Ishii was convicted by the Tokyo District Court of taking 140 million yen in bribes in 1992 from the seven contractors...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1997
Ministry says economy is still on moderate recovery track
Reports by local bureaus of the Finance Ministry confirmed Jan. 22 that the nation's economy remains on a moderate recovery course helped by such factors as solid housing construction and corporate investment, ministry officials said.At the start of two days of debate, regional bureau and office chiefs...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1997
Records drop as winter storm whips nation
The nation shivered Jan. 22 and transportation was hindered as the season's coldest weather and relatively heavy snowfalls hit.The temperature dropped to minus 18.5 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, minus 9.8 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, minus 5.2 in Nagoya, minus 3.6 in Osaka, and minus 1.5 in Tokyo.On Hachijo-Jima,...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1997
Shipping lines fight sanctions over cargo dispute
The United States should immediately withdraw its proposal for sanctions against three Japanese shipping lines because the firms are not responsible for cargo handlers at Japan's ports, the head of the Japanese Shipowners' Association said Jan. 22."Japanese shipping lines have no responsibility in the...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1997
Execs call for legal reform aimed at freeing the market
Japan's legal system should be drastically reformed in order to free up the nation's market, make it transparent and put it in harmony with international standards, according to a report released Jan. 22 by the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).The report lists a number of revisions...
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.
'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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

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