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JAPAN
Dec 24, 1998

Electronics output dipped 6.2% in '98

Production by the nation's electronics industry in 1998 is estimated to have fallen 6.2 percent from last year to 24.12 trillion yen, the first drop in five years, an industry association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 1998

Turkish envoy presents credentials

Turkey's new ambassador to Japan, Yaman Basket, presented his credentials to the Emperor Thursday in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 1998

Tokyo dodges bankruptcy bullet

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has narrowly escaped effective bankruptcy in fiscal 1998, and the financial future looks dismal, Governor Yukio Aoshima said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

LTCB in trouble over hidden loan guarantees

The nationalized Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan kept off its books 62 billion yen in loan guarantees that it promised to its affiliated moneylender, in a possible violation of the Securities and Exchange Law, financial sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

Ruling in Nanking Massacre libel suit upheld

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court decision that ordered a writer and publisher to pay 500,000 yen in compensation to a former Imperial Japanese Army corporal who maintained he had been incorrectly mentioned in a book on the Nanking Massacre.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

Hibiya stacks in danger of closing

Tokyo's 90-year-old Hibiya Library may close one year from now unless the capital's financially troubled metropolitan government comes to the rescue.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

Panel suggests hiking consumption tax, sees 2% growth

The economy has the potential to achieve 2 percent annual growth, and drastic structural reforms could put it on a full-scale recovery path, according to an interim policy package announced Wednesday by the Economic Strategy Council.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 1998

China to send over train-study group

China has indicated that it plans to send senior officials to Japan early next year to exchange information on the construction of a high-speed train system between Beijing and Shanghai, a Transport Ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Japanese hawks get their spy satellites

The government Tuesday officially approved a project to assemble four reconnaissance satellites by fiscal 2002.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Tax cuts in sight, public now worried by huge budget

With a record 81.86 trillion yen budget for fiscal 1999, the government is determined to put an end to the prolonged economic slump. But both the general public and those in the business community still worry about the nation's fiscal health.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Kato takes over Miyazawa faction; 15 defect

Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato took the helm of Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's LDP faction Tuesday, after 15 members departed in dissent.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Koreans' eviction from Utoro upheld

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court dismissed an appeal Tuesday filed by 12 Korean families facing eviction from the wartime forced laborers' squatter community of Utoro in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, upholding a lower court ruling.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Fuji Heavy chief quits over defense project bribes

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Chairman Isamu Kawai has resigned to take the blame for his alleged role in a bribery scandal over a defense project, the Tokyo-based company said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Myanmar men gain refugee status

The Justice Ministry granted refugee status to two Myanmar men on Tuesday, bringing the number of refugees recognized this year to 16, sources said.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Defense Agency reprimands 42 for hiding files before raid

The Defense Agency reprimanded 42 senior Self-Defense Forces officers on Tuesday for the hiding of documents by uniformed SDF personnel around the time of a September raid on the agency.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Ueno indicted fourth time in procurement scandal

The Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday indicted a former senior Defense Agency official on bribery charges in connection with an equipment procurement scandal.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Aid for refugees kindness well spent

Over the past 15 years, readers of The Japan Times have donated 200 million yen through the Readers' Refugees Aid Fund to help refugee relief programs through the U.N. and other official and private organizations.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1998

Obuchi to give back half of bonus

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi told a regular Cabinet meeting that he plans to return half of the bonus he received earlier this month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Honda forecasts slowdown in domestic sales

Honda Motor Co. announced on Monday that it expects domestic sales to fall short of 800,000 units in both 1998 and 1999.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Woman wins against Sagawa Express harassment

OSAKA -- A female employee of Sagawa Express Co. was awarded 1.1 million yen in damages Monday by the Osaka District Court for being sexually harassed by her boss.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Obuchi planning to include Ozawa in next Cabinet

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Monday he will ask Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa to join his Cabinet when it is reshuffled in January.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Kabukicho squad targets foreign crime rings

In a bid to combat increasing crimes involving foreign underworld elements operating in Shinjuku's Kabukicho, a special investigative squad was inaugurated Monday at the Metropolitan Police Department.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Nakajima's no-show secretary held over fraud

Prosecutors arrested a 41-year-old office worker on suspicion of fraud on Monday for allowing scandal-tainted lawmaker Yojiro Nakajima to name him as Nakajima's secretary without actually performing the job, and thus illegally receive funds from state coffers.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

82 trillion yen spending spree drafted

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's Cabinet on Monday approved a draft 81.86 trillion yen general account budget for fiscal 1999 that calls for an 11 percent rise in public works spending.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Itami estate worth 936 million yen

The late film director Juzo Itami, who killed himself last December, left a fortune worth about 936 million yen, tax sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

52.78 trillion yen 'zaito' draft targets credit crunch

The Cabinet on Monday approved a draft for a 52.78 trillion yen fiscal investment and loan program for fiscal 1999, up 5.7 percent from the current year.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

Japan to dispatch rice tariff lobbyists

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JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

MSA boat crew witnesses Korean gunfight

The crew of a Maritime Safety Agency survey ship witnessed South Korean ships firing at what was reportedly a small North Korean submarine around 4:45 a.m. Friday, Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki told reporters the same day.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

GM to enlarge stake in Isuzu to 49%

General Motors Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. have reached an agreement to raise the auto giant's equity stake in Isuzu from 37.5 percent to 49 percent, giving the Japanese truck maker the central role in GM's global commercial vehicle development, the two firms announced Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 1998

North Korea video shows black markets, starving kids

Adults can be seen selling noodles, potatoes and kimchi on the streets, seemingly oblivious to the starving children wandering around them, combing the ground for anything edible.
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.
Comedian Shinji Saito investigated over sexual assault
Yoshimoto Kogyo, the agency that manages comedy trio Jungle Pocket, announced in mid-September that group member Shinji Saito had been experiencing health issues and underwent hospitalization, and that he requested a hiatus.
Ishiba fends off questions on endorsement of scandal-tainted LDP members
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House session on Monday.
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
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of sports
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin, who delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Orioles on Aug. 28
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
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.

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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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