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JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Politics losing center stage, Japanese Olympian says

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Japan, Poland agree to allow visa-free visits

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski agreed Thursday to offer mutual visa-free visits as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Claris Japan to become FileMaker in April

Claris Japan Inc., the Japanese subsidiary of U.S.-based FileMaker Inc., will change its name to FileMaker Japan on April 1, Claris Japan President Takanobu Miyamoto said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Kyushu feels first touch of spring

There was a hint of spring in the air Thursday as the mercury rose to levels usually noted between early April and early May in Kyushu.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Therapy turns into competition for Nagano Paralympic skier

NAGANO -- Before a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Kazuya Murozuka had never skied in his life.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Kiosks yank monthly over decapitation confession story

Kiosks at Hankyu, Nankai and other railway stations in the Kansai region have halted sales of a monthly magazine that carries the depositions of a 15-year-old boy who last year killed an elementary school student and beheaded him, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Police bungling alleged in probe of Matsumoto gas attack

Police investigating the June 1994 sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, improperly collected evidence, lawyers for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara argued in court Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Paralympics' legacy left in doubt

Last in a series
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Founding Day rekindles annual debate

Citizens' groups gathered Wednesday to protest or express support for National Founding Day, the most controversial of Japan's annual holidays.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Conservationists dissatisfied with Nagano's efforts

Eighth in a series
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Government guide offers foreigners help in six languages

A 376-page guidebook to help foreigners cope with life in Japan will be published at the end of this month.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Funaki scores silver in Olympic debut

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Investor says timing's right for playing Tokyo property game

Fifteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

MITI to set emissions guidelines for greenhouse gases

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Tuesday that it will draw up specific guidelines on emissions of three greenhouse gases and request that industries make maximum efforts to curb their emissions of those gases.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Orders for Nissan Cube surpass carmaker's expectations

Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday that orders for its newly introduced Cube reached 10,176 units on Monday, only one week after the launch of the five-door compact model.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Ruling alliance approves Okinawa economy bill

The three-party ruling alliance on Tuesday approved a government-proposed bill to promote the Okinawan economy that will be submitted to the current Diet session.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Olympic sponsors hold Games, torch sacred

Seventh in a series
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

New Canadian ambassador sees expanded role for APEC

The role of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum can be expanded to deal with social and economic matters stemming from financial crises in Asia, Leonard Edwards, Canada's new ambassador to Japan, said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Supreme court issues protest on story of Kobe boy's confession

In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court sent a protest letter Tuesday to the publisher of a monthly magazine that printed confidential prosecution documents on the Kobe boy who last year killed and beheaded an 11-year-old boy.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Red Army numbers still growing, prisoners say

The political wing of the Red Army guerrilla organization has grown "very strong, bigger than before," according to four imprisoned members of the group in a recent interview in Beirut.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Hitachi revises net profit forecast for '97

Hitachi Ltd. on Tuesday sharply revised its forecast for consolidated net profits for the 1997 business year from 89 billion yen to 20 billion yen.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Japan, Malaysia mull yen-based trade settlement

Anwar Ibrahim, the visiting Malaysian deputy prime minister and finance minister, said Tuesday that his nation and Japan are discussing the possibility of making the yen a trade settlements currency to help stabilize regional currencies in the future.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

GOLD: 'Little giant' Shimizu wins the big one

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

JNR sells off pricey Tokyo station plots

Japanese National Railway Settlements Corp. announced Tuesday that a 1.2-hectare plot of land in front of JR Tokyo Station will be sold to a team comprising Mitsubishi Estate Co. and Nippon Life Insurance Co.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 1998

Firms battle for visibility during Nagano hoopla

NAGANO -- Beyond the venues where some of the world's top athletes are competing for Olympic medals, another battle is under way in this city.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Cabinet savages Ota's turnabout on Nago heliport plan

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and members of his Cabinet expressed disappointment and anger Friday over Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota's decision to officially reject the government's plan to construct a sea-based heliport off Nago.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Finance Ministry to send mission to Indonesia

Japan will dispatch a delegation to Indonesia to look into Jakarta's economic crisis and collect information for additional financial aid, the Finance Ministry announced Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Fledgling Skymark seeks license for Tokyo-Fukuoka runs

Skymark Airlines Co., a new entry to the airline business, applied Friday to the Transport Ministry for a license to launch regular service between Tokyo and Fukuoka.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Tokyo-Naha relations dealt fatal blow by Ota's decision

BY KAORUKO AITA
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Takashimaya section chief sold customer data for 500,000 yen

OSAKA -- A section chief of Takashimaya Co., Ltd., a leading department store chain operator, sold data on about 500,000 customers in July 1995 to a mail list dealer in Tokyo for 500,000 yen, company sources said Friday.
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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