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JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

NCB reform plan cuts 290 jobs

The nationalized Nippon Credit Bank released a restructuring plan Monday calling for cuts of roughly 290 jobs to bring the total workforce to 1,800, according to the Financial Restructuring Commission.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

New high school courses to break with tradition

Breaking away from the nation's traditionally rigid and formatted educational system, high schools will begin focusing more on nurturing the unique abilities of each student in the coming century, according to the draft of the Education Ministry's new teaching guidelines, released Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Mitsui Trust to lower wages in Chuo merger

In an unusual move, Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. plans to cut wages to the level of those offered at Chuo Trust & Banking Co. after its planned merger with Chuo in April 2000, industry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

High court rejects Kadokawa smuggling appeal

Haruki Kadokawa's four-year prison term for cocaine smuggling and embezzlement stands, the Tokyo High Court ruled Monday, rejecting an appeal from the 56-year-old former president of Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Parties to request Constitution review panel

The secretaries general of five political parties agreed Monday to request creation of a research panel to review the Constitution.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Doctors complete historic transplants

Japan's first heart, liver and kidney transplant operations involving a legally declared brain-dead donor were successfully completed early Monday morning, hospital officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Miyazawa urges IMF to reform aid strategy

The International Monetary Fund should reform its procedures in order to enhance accountability and better reflect the needs of aid-recipient countries, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Transplant network apologizes to family

A Japan Organ Transplant Network executive offered an apology Monday to the family members of an organ donor in Kochi for the group's insufficient protection of their privacy.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 1999

Recruit sells building to U.S. firms

Recruit Co., a major information service company, has sold its office building in front of JR Kawasaki Station to two U.S real estate firms as part of efforts to reduce its huge debts, informed sources said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 1999

Shiny happy people

The elusive butterfly of happiness has been fluttering before humanity for a long time. America's Thomas Jefferson declared the pursuit of it an inalienable human right over 220 years ago. But a good 1,800 years or so before that, another great farmer-philosopher had seen the urge to chase happiness...
COMMENTARY
Feb 28, 1999

Constitution unfit for a sovereign nation

Most Japanese do not realize that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is a military alliance pact. Unlike a conventional military alliance treaty, however, the pact is not based on reciprocal obligations. For the U.S., the treaty is unfair and is not really bilateral.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 1999

Avoiding a N. Korean crisis

Will 1999 bring the second North Korean nuclear crisis in five years, perhaps leading to a military confrontation similar to the recent U.S. attack on Iraq, or can such a confrontation be avoided? Although heightened tensions may be inevitable in the coming months, the ability of policymakers in Washington,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 28, 1999

Fairy tales come to life amid the magic of Prague

I woke up this morning and opened the curtains expecting to see the usual view from my house of the Seto Inland Sea. Imagine how surprised I was to find instead, Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It was like a fairy tale: Prague Castle up on the hill overlooking pastel-colored baroque buildings...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Feb 28, 1999

Their way

Recently I visited a friend who lives in an upscale apartment building, a part of one of Tokyo's massive redevelopment projects. When I saw there was a taxi parked in one of the spaces assigned to her floor, I asked if a neighbor were now commuting by taxi instead of company car. My assumption was incorrect....
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 1999

A wakeup call to the nation

After six months of racking their brains, members of a prime ministerial advisory council have produced yet another blueprint designed to nurse the seriously ill Japanese economy back to health. The worthy work of the Economic Strategy Council should be commended. In their final report to Prime Minister...
EDITORIALS
Feb 26, 1999

A year of triumph for Mr. Kim

It has been a tumultuous first year for South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. On every front -- political, economic and diplomatic -- he has faced enormous challenges. His moral authority, his willingness to make hard choices and his vision have stood him in good stead. By virtually every measure, South...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Consultative Group pledges $470 million to Cambodia

The Consultative Group of aid donors to Cambodia concluded a two-day meeting Friday in Tokyo, promising a $470 million one-year aid package to Phnom Pen.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

ESC report formulates recovery in next 10 years

The government must restructure its deficit-ridden fiscal condition within the next 10 years, hopefully by the end of fiscal 2008, the Economic Strategy Council recommended in its final report submitted Friday to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Guru trial shifts to notary's abduction, slaying

Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara's 109th trial hearing Friday shifted to the alleged abduction and murder of a 68-year-old Tokyo notary public on the guru's orders in February 1995.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Opertti to tackle UNSC reform with principles, not seats

Reform of the United Nations Security Council should be based on the principles of equitable regional representation and contribution to U.N. activities, a senior U.N. official visiting Japan argues.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Ishihara's expected entry heats up governor race

Speculation is growing day by day that former Lower House member Shintaro Ishihara may soon announce his candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April, which could intensify competition in the already heated race.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

NTT to slash capital spending in '99

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. plans to invest 1.52 trillion yen on plants and equipment in fiscal 1999, down 230 billion yen from the current business year, the carrier announced Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

More Maishima dioxin tests urged

Dioxin found buried on Maishima Island is approaching dangerous levels and thus more environmental testing must be carried out, a scientist with Greenpeace Australia warned.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Education panel urges lessons in medical ethics

Medical students should be taught more about the dignity of human life and death, an advisory council to the Education Ministry proposed Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999

Japan urged to continue bank bailout next year

Japan should recapitalize its banks next year as well as this year, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 1999

Lahore offers hope for the future

The rhetoric surrounding last weekend's summit meeting between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Pakistani counterpart, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, could hardly have been grander. The vehicle for the consultations -- the inauguration of the first bus service between the two countries...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 1999

Courage pays off in Seoul

The crisis that has hit emerging-market economies around the world may not yet be over, but the "policy courage" that the South Korean people and the Seoul government have shown in reaction to it is already bearing fruit. South Korea has impressed its OECD partners by turning the crisis into an opportunity...
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1999

NCB bad loan numbers blamed on ministry

Nippon Credit Bank reported its "third-category" loans at 70 billion yen in its March 1997 request for public funds based on figures given by Finance Ministry inspectors, former NCB President Shigeoki Togo said in unsworn Diet testimony Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1999

Lawmakers play musical chairs

In a bizarre development, a Lower House member has decided to give up his seat and run for the same chamber again.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1999

Ex-English school founder acquitted of embezzling

The Tokyo High Court acquitted the former chairman of an English-language school Thursday on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.
New Cabinet photo on government website had minor edits, Hayashi admits
An Oct. 1 picture of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet posted on the website of the Prime Minister's Office (right) appears slightly different from one taken by a media agency (left). Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi admitted on Monday that the photo underwent minor digital edits before being uploaded to the government website.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Experts move to allay replicon COVID shot fears in Japan amid backlash
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Experts say fears over the newly approved replicon vaccine are unwarranted.
Ishiba's 'Asian NATO' dead on arrival as new PM set for diplomatic debut
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has floated an idea of creating an Asian version of the NATO security framework.
Hedge funds warming to yen caught out by biggest drop in 15 years
Speculative investors flipped to a net long position on the yen just before Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the nation wasn’t ready for further interest rate hikes, data shows.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?
Experts move to allay replicon COVID shot fears in Japan amid backlash
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Experts say fears over the newly approved replicon vaccine are unwarranted.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
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