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JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

ODA to Myanmar to resume soon

Despite opposition from the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake, official development assistance to Myanmar is to be resumed soon, policy chiefs of the SDP and Sakigake said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

New BOJ plan to cut pay of governor, executives

The annual salary for the Bank of Japan governor will be lower than that of the prime minister beginning in April.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

TWA plans to enter new pact at own speed

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Hashimoto, Matsunaga to urge increased bank lending

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will soon urge the executives of Japan's major banks to overcome any reluctance to offer loans, said Mitsuo Horiuchi, minister for international trade and industry.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Medical, student aid to Southeast Asian countries approved

The Cabinet approved emergency measures Friday to provide Indonesia with medical supplies and to assist students from Thailand and Malaysia who want to study in Japan, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Spend ODA strategically, forum urges

Japan should use its Official Development Assistance more strategically and in tandem with diplomatic tactics to serve its national interests, a private think tank said in a report submitted Thursday to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

LDP to draft package for economy next week

Taku Yamasaki, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Thursday that the LDP will draft additional economic measures next week.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Commerzbank says more action needed from Japan

Japan needs to play a more prominent role in helping its Asian neighbors out of their current financial crisis, the head of the German universal bank Commerzbank said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

SESC inspector, Finance exec arrested over Nomura bribes

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday arrested a Finance Ministry official and an inspector from the nation's securities watchdog who allegedly took bribes from Nomura Securities Co. in the form of wining and dining, sources said.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Camera enters Kitora burial mound to glimpse elusive art

ASUKA, Nara Pref. -- Using a tiny, high-resolution camera, archaeologists on Thursday began examining the interior of the 1,300-year-old Kitora burial mound for the first time in 15 years, hoping to get clear images of mural paintings inside the stone tomb.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

JCCI chief wants 5 trillion yen more in tax cuts

The government should implement additional tax cuts worth 5 trillion yen because there is an urgent need to stimulate consumption in the current economic situation, the head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Local efforts serving as wedge for disclosure

Second in a series
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Obuchi, Park agree to meet soon for talks

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi on Thursday congratulated Park Jung Soo, newly appointed South Korean foreign and trade minister, on his posting and suggested the two hold an early meeting.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

Matsunaga to issue stiff punishment if bribes prove true

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said Thursday that he is ashamed of the arrests of two more bureaucrats and promised to hand out stiff administrative punishments to them and their superiors if the allegations prove to be true.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1998

ANA changes profit forecast to loss

All Nippon Airways Co. announced Thursday that it is revising its forecast of a 2.3 billion yen net profit in its business report for the term that ends in March 1998 into a 3.2 billion yen net loss.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Companies team up to create digital content venture

Itochu Corp., NTT Data Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Victor Co. of Japan, and Marubeni Corp. have jointly established a company to fund and market digital content, the companies said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

GE, Toho Mutual name new insurance behemoth

The giant life insurance company to be set up by GE Capital Services Corp. of the U.S. and Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. will be named GE Capital Edison Life Insurance Co., officials of the two firms said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Justice Ministry protests Focus article on Kobe boy

The Justice Ministry issued a letter of protest Wednesday to the publisher of Focus magazine for the publication of an illustration and writing samples by a Kobe boy who killed two children and assaulted three others last year.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Information disclosure bill seen as first step

First in a series
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Man held over 8 million yen Itoham extortion

A 27-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trying to extort 8 million yen from a leading ham-processing company by using the name of a religious group in Tokyo's Nerima Ward to which he once belonged, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Vindicated gassing suspect wants Aum's Niimi to tell truth

Yoshiyuki Kono, falsely accused in connection with the June 1994 nerve gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, said Wednesday at the trial of an Aum Shinrikyo figure that he hopes the proceedings shed light on what really happened.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Former Yamaichi execs nabbed in 260 billion yen coverup

Police arrested a trio of former top Yamaichi Securities Co. executives Wednesday over an alleged coverup by the firm of some 260 billion yen in losses by window-dressing financial records, prosecutors said.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Global cadets conference kicks off

The National Defense Academy on Wednesday kicked off its first International Cadets Conference at its campus in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, with 11 cadets from overseas taking part.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

U.S. affirms Japanese progress but calls for more deregulation

The United States, while acknowledging there has been some progress, urged Japan on Wednesday to make further efforts to achieve deregulation in the runup to the upcoming Group of Seven meeting in Birmingham, Britain.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Key Okinawa adviser to relinquish post

Yukio Okamoto, an official adviser to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Okinawa affairs, will resign from his post on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1998

Financier arrested in major stock fraud

The president of a Tokyo finance company was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of making 5.5 billion yen in profits through fraudulent stock transactions, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

Readers invited to freedom of information forum

Tokyo American Center and The Japan Times will jointly present a lecture and discussion meeting on electronic freedom of information in the U.S. and its lessons for Japan on March 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Tokyo American Center in Shiba Koen, Minato-ku.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

Japanese banks' stingy lending policies hurting Asia

The growing reluctance of Japanese banks to lend, which is hurting the domestic industry, is also affecting other parts of Asia, the head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said Tuesday in a meeting with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

Japan plays down Arab states' fears over UNSC warning to Iraq

Some Arab countries are reportedly alarmed by Japan's initiative on a U.N. resolution over weapons inspections in Iraq, but Foreign Ministry officials on Tuesday sought to soothe Iraq by saying the resolution is "well-balanced."
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

France hid medical effects of nuclear testing, activist says

Staff writer
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
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.
Ohtani magic powers Dodgers over Padres in MLB playoff thriller
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani celebrates after blasting a homer to right field in the second inning of Los Angeles' Game 1 victory over the Padres on Saturday.
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?

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

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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
By Anton L. Delgado

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