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JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Isahaya reclamation foe wins environmental award

A Japanese environmental activist who has persistently protested the ongoing reclamation project of Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture was awarded the $100,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for 1998 Monday in San Francisco.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Mob links discovered as police crack down on dumping

In the wake of December's tightening of controls on industrial waste disposal and of an annual increase in illegal dumping cases, police are stepping up a nationwide crackdown on offenders, many of whom are suspected of having links to the mob.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Tokyo, Seoul to resume talks on fisheries pact

Japan and South Korea will resume negotiating a new fisheries pact April 29-30 in Tokyo, Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Chinese vice president arrives for six-day visit

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday for a six-day stay that will lay the groundwork for an upcoming exchange of visits by top government leaders of Japan and China.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Private envoy fosters human ties for Japan

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

ANA signs code-sharing pacts with UA, Lufthansa

All Nippon Airways Co. has concluded agreements with United Airlines and Lufthansa German Airlines to start code-sharing operations in October and July, respectively, ANA officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Matsunaga backs plan for public works

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga expressed support Tuesday for the large amount allotted to traditional public works spending in the government's upcoming stimulus package, noting that such projects are needed in rural areas.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Kishi reappointed as head of banking industry

Satoru Kishi, president of the scandal-tainted Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, was reappointed Tuesday as the head of the nation's banking federation.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Osaka financial mess focus of Yokoyama's fourth year

OSAKA -- Three years after becoming Osaka governor, "Knock" Yokoyama told reporters Tuesday that restructuring the prefecture's unhealthy finances is the main goal of his fourth year in office.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Juvenile Law review nears as bar reverses stance

A committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations has drafted a proposal that would reverse the group's long-standing opposition to revising the Juvenile Law, federation officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Four held over credit union's loans

OSAKA -- Police arrested three former executives of a failed credit union here Tuesday for allegedly extending about 75 million yen in loans to a construction company without taking collateral.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

LDP panel targets small firms, home buyers for new tax cut

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel basically agreed Tuesday to include tax deductions worth roughly 250 billion yen in the government's upcoming stimulus package.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Hashimoto defends reform bill before Diet

A bill to reform the current bloated administrative system is indispensable to make government slimmer and more effective for the 21st century, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a Diet session April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Atomic energy forum maps new pathways for Japan

The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum opened its annual convention April 20 in Tokyo to discuss nuclear energy problems under the theme of "Atomic Energy: New Challenge."
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Tokyo peace hall plan omits 'military city' reference

An advisory panel to Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima proposed April 20 two versions of a draft for a planned war museum in Tokyo that drop a controversial phrase describing the capital as a "military city" during World War II.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

BOJ branches report regional economies in decline

Regional economies have continued to worsen in many parts of the country as personal consumption and capital investment have either remained sluggish or declined, Bank of Japan branch heads said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

OECD economist urges comprehensive stimulus effort

Emergency fiscal stimulus measures would help boost the economy, but a comprehensive approach with deregulatory and bank-strengthening steps holds the key to recovery, the top economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Traffic signal repair orders move to bid system

The National Police Agency has ordered prefectural police departments to award all traffic control signal maintenance orders by competitive bid.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Irish expert urges interchange on ancient tomb parallels

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JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Crime victims' kin seek Juvenile Law review

Citizens whose relatives have died in crimes committed by minors have banded together to ask the Justice Ministry to amend the Juvenile Law, which they say protects minor offenders through closed family court adjudication proceedings.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Toshiba to shift PC production from desktops to notebooks

Toshiba Corp. plans to halt production of desktop personal computers for home users in an attempt to beef up its notebook computer business, company sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

MITI bill tracks pollutant releases

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is planning an environmental protection law that will require industries to report on the pollutants they release into the atmosphere, water and soil.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Fiscal '97 trade surplus posts 79.7% expansion

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus for fiscal 1997 grew for the first time in five years, rising 79.7 percent from the previous year to 11.44 trillion yen, according to provisional figures released April 20 by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Bureaucrat calls for progress report on bank lending

Finance officials should check the lending practices at banks to determine whether they have eased their stance on loans following the closure of their books in March, Vice Finance Minister Koji Tanami said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

ANA union calls Golden Week truce

The union of pilots and flight engineers at All Nippon Airways Co. will temporarily suspend its ongoing strike in view of the upcoming Golden Week holidays, a spokesman for the carrier announced April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Business lobby says Hashimoto should quit

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto should step down to take responsibility for mismanagement of the nation's economic policy, a deputy chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Tokyo proposes isles compromise to Russia

Japan has offered a compromise proposal in a long-standing territorial row with Russia under which Moscow will continue to retain the four disputed islands off Hokkaido for a transitional period as long as it confirms their sovereignty belongs to Tokyo, government sources said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Video 'magazines' to fill foreigners' news needs

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Alliance delays ethics bill for third time

The tripartite ruling alliance on Friday moved back for a third time its self-imposed deadline for a jointly drafted bill to ban lawmakers from obtaining money through the use of influence.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

ASEAN experts air agenda for bridging cultural gaps

In the past few decades, Asian countries have established strong economic ties among themselves, but when it comes to culture, do Asians really understand each other?
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.
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
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
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 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.
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
As is the trend in movies and TV, the games with the biggest budgets at Tokyo Game Show 2024 were by and large remakes and remasters.
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?

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Anton L. Delgado

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