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JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist didn't think Aum would kill family

One-time Aum Shinrikyo lawyer Yoshinobu Aoyama testified Thursday that he never thought the cult was involved in the mysterious disappearance of a Yokohama lawyer and his family when he first heard they were missing in November 1989.A witness for the prosecution, Aoyama took the stand in the trial of...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Bill drafted to demand discipline from bureaucrats

Parties in the ruling alliance launched efforts Thursday to draft a bill mandating bureaucratic discipline amid the bribery scandal rocking the Finance Ministry.The ruling Liberal Democratic Party set up an internal panel, while the Social Democratic Party, one of the LDP's two non-Cabinet allies, announced...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Rover to recycle its cars in Japan

Amid growing public awareness of the need to conserve the environment, Rover Japan Ltd. will launch a nationwide program in April for recycling its cars, the Japanese subsidiary of the U.K. automaker said Thursday.Rover's announcement follows a similar move by its affiliate BMW Japan Corp., which started...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Oil industry calls for lower taxes

Leaders of the nation's oil industry called on the government Thursday to reduce oil-related taxes, arguing that they are unreasonably heavy.They made the request during an informal meeting with Mitsuo Horiuchi, minister for international trade and industry, a MITI official told reporters. Yuji Idemitsu,...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Outline of 2001 administrative realignment approved

The government Thursday drew up the outline of new legislation that will serve as the basic law to start consolidating administrative organs in 2001.A government panel, consisting of all ministers and headed by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, met in the morning and decided on the outline, which mandates...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

DKB data on 'sokaiya' loans allegedly erased by finance official

Koichi Miyakawa, a Finance Ministry inspector who is under arrest, deleted part of a 1994 ministry report on problem loans extended by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike, the key figure in a huge financial-sector payoff scandal, at the request of a Dai-Ichi Kangyo...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

Keck announces end to EU-Japan auto export restraint

Europe will not seek to extend its agreement with Japan on voluntarily restraining Japanese automobile exports, European Union Ambassador Jorn Keck said Wednesday.The departing ambassador was speaking at a farewell news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. "I don't know how to prolong...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

Extra budget, tax cuts pass Lower House

The Lower House on Wednesday passed the government-proposed supplementary budget for the current fiscal year and bills to allow for 2 trillion yen in pump-priming income and residence tax cuts.The extra budget and bills were moved the House of Councilors for further action. They are key components in...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

NEC's profit to plunge to 45 billion yen

Due to lackluster sales of personal computers and electronic devices, NEC Corp. announced Wednesday that its consolidated net profit will plunge to 45 billion yen in the 1997 business year, down 51 percent from its previous estimate of 80 billion yen."Investment in information technology was supposed...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

'Save the dugong' focus of Okinawan band's concert

The popular Okinawan band Kina Shokichi & Champloose will stage the "Eco Peace Concert" in Tokyo today to call for steps to be taken to protect waters off of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture -- identified as a potential site for an offshore military heliport -- so that dugongs can continue to live there.The...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

U.S. wants pact on civilian-use GPS products

Staff writerThe United States has asked Japan to conclude a pact as soon as possible on civilian applications, such as car navigation, of the U.S.-developed positioning system that uses military satellites, government officials said Wednesday.The U.S. wants the proposed pact with Japan to serve as a...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

Mitsuzuka resigns over finance bribery scandal

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka tendered his resignation Wednesday to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to take the blame for a scandal in which two ministry bank inspectors were arrested for bribery.In accepting Mitsuzuka's resignation, Hashimoto will also hold the post of finance minister until a...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

Sanyo to venture into elder care business

Sanyo Electric Co. announced Wednesday that it will enter a new business field by establishing a joint venture firm to run nursing homes in light of the rapidly growing elderly population.Sanyo will set up Sanyo Emeritus Corp. jointly with Seattle-based Emeritus Corp. in February. The new firm will be...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

U.S. files on Okinawa occupation to be released

About 3.2 million pages of documents and photographs related to the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, which governed Okinawa between 1950 and 1972, will be made public beginning this fall.The National Diet Library and the Okinawa Prefectural Archives announced that the documents will be...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Nissan to reduce auto platforms to five

Nissan Motor Co. plans to reduce the number of platforms for its automobiles to five by around 2005, Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa said Tuesday.In an effort to reduce costs and shorten development lead time for new models, the company has been planning to consolidate major platforms, Hanawa said....
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Japan to help revitalize trans-Siberia railway

The Japanese government will promote cooperation to revitalize the trans-Siberia Railway as part of Tokyo's efforts to encourage economic reform in Russia, Japanese officials told their Russian counterparts Tuesday at a meeting to discuss work on the railway.Japan will promote such measures as feasibility...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Celebrity's brother held over drugs

Takayuki Kuroyanagi, 41, brother of media celebrity and UNICEF Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, was arrested in connection with drug possession and turned over to prosecutors Monday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.A small amount of stimulants was found Sunday night in his car, which was...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Prosecutors raid banks embroiled in bribe scandal

Prosecutors raided the head offices of the Asahi, Dai-Ichi Kangyo, Sanwa and now-defunct Hokkaido Takushoku banks Tuesday in connection with a scandal that has emerged following the arrests of two Finance Ministry inspectors Monday over bribery.The raid comes only a day after the Tokyo District Public...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Specify priority ODA sectors, panel tells Obuchi

The nation needs to specify priority sectors in extending official development assistance because its resources are under restraint due to tight fiscal policy, according to a final report released Tuesday by a 10-member private consulting body to Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi."Japan's ODA has been well...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Tax official admits guilt in taking bribes

A former tax officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting 4 million yen in bribes to help an acquaintance carry out a tax-dodging scheme.Akio Tobinai, 52, formerly with the Kamakura Tax Office in Kanagawa Prefecture, pleaded guilty in his first hearing before the Tokyo District Court. According to prosecutors,...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Banker wants 'MOF-tan' abolished

Banks should consider abolishing positions specifically created to maintain close contact with Finance Ministry officials, the head of the banking industry federation said Tuesday.Naotaka Saeki, president of Sanwa Bank and chairman of the Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan, put forward the proposal...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Keidanren seeks easing of share buyback rules

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on Tuesday urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to establish a law to ease rules governing companies' share buybacks until March 2000 to revitalize the sluggish stock market.Takashi Imai, a Keidanren vice chairman, made the request in a...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Mitsuzuka to step down over bureaucrat arrests

Giving in to pressure from both the opposition and allies of the Liberal Democratic Party to step down, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka announced Tuesday that he will resign to take responsibility for the arrests of two ministry inspectors accused of taking bribes.The decision was conveyed to Prime...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Competition, investment needed in Japan, EU envoy says

Staff writerGreater competition stimulated by more foreign investments is what Japan needs to revive its sagging economy, according to Jorn Keck, departing ambassador of the European Union."Japan, now more than ever, needs foreign investment in order to improve the efficiency of many areas of industry,"...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Merging U.S. guarantors to set up shop in Tokyo

MBIA Inc. and CapMAC Holdings, two major U.S. financial guarantors set to merge in March, will set up an office in Tokyo this summer to enhance their business in the Japanese market, the firms' CEOs announced Monday.Financial guarantors assure investors of the principal and interest of municipal or corporate...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

DPJ seeks to use gender-based quotas in fielding candidates

The Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party, announced Monday it plans to introduce a gender-based quota system for selecting candidates for national and local elections."It is the first time for a political party to introduce the system in this country, where it is widely known...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

BOJ tells banks to restore trust, dispose of loans

Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita urged Japanese financial institutions Monday to expedite the disposal of their bad loans and reinforce their capital bases to regain the trust of the markets, saying financial market players are taking an increasingly severe look at their financial health.At the opening...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Japan is urged to sign bans on torture, death penalty

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson urged the Japanese government Monday to sign an international treaty banning torture and an international protocol banning the death penalty, Foreign Ministry officials said.Robinson said in a meeting with Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi that she wants...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

JR East to debut double-decker coach cars

East Japan Railway Co. plans to use double-decker coaches for all the cars in its popular Hokuto limited express sleeper train linking Tokyo's Ueno and Sapporo.Production of the coaches will start in the summer and the train will be in operation by summer 1999.The train will consist of 12 double-decker...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Finance Ministry inspectors arrested over bank bribes

Two officials of the Finance Ministry's Finance Inspection Department are under arrest on suspicion of accepting bribes from banks in the form of wining and dining, the special investigative squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office announced Monday night.The two arrested were identified...
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
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