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JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Leading auto parts maker turns to Asia-Pacific market

Tony Gilroy, chief operating officer of Lucas Varity PLC, a leading international auto parts manufacturer, said Sept. 19 that the firm will emphasize the Asia-Pacific market, especially India and China, in its global strategy.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Nomura, DKB pledge to reform

Nomura Securities Co. and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank each submitted plans Sept. 19 to the Finance Ministry for steps to strengthen their internal control systems.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Obuchi favors signing of land mine ban treaty

Japan should drop its reluctance and sign a global treaty calling for a total and immediate ban on antipersonnel land mines, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi said Sept. 19.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

U.S. in fear of strengthened 'keiretsu'

The United States expressed concern that the planned revisions to the Antimonopoly Law lifting the ban on holding companies might lead to a strengthening of "keiretsu" relationships among Japanese firms, according to documents released Sept. 19.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Hokkaido Takushoku urged to seek local backing

Troubled Hokkaido Takushoku Bank should first look for support from local business circles in increasing its capital, the president of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Sept. 19.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Average household savings rising

The average level of savings per household increased 3.5 percent to 13.5 million yen this year, and average after-tax income rose slightly to 6.05 million yen, according to a Bank of Japan survey released Sept. 19.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Osaka to promote business through 'ambassador' plan

OSAKA -- The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry created a "business ambassador" system Sept. 19, in which selected businesspeople travel abroad and promote Osaka and the Kansai region to foreign firms.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 1997

Honda unveils fuel-efficient drive system

Honda Motor Co. has unveiled a new motor-assisted driving system that will drastically improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Top court strikes Unification appeal

In a first-ever ruling on religious group tactics to canvass offerings, the Supreme Court on Sept. 18 upheld a high court decision that ordered a religious organization to pay 37.6 million yen in damages to two Fukuoka women who were coerced to donate their assets.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Machimura urges government to admit pain inflicted

Japan should attempt to build new relations with Asian countries with a forthright admission that its colonial rule and wartime aggression inflicted tremendous pain on them, according to Education Minister Nobutaka Machimura.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Metropolitan police musicians to compete in Europe

The Metropolitan Police Department's band is scheduled to leave Japan Sept. 25 to participate in police band contests to be held in France and Spain.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Hospital graft case yields pair of arrests

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office has arrested a senior prefectural government official and a managing director of a medical corporation in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on suspicion of graft.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Internet phone rattles industry

The recent liberalization of international Internet telephone services is leading to a variety of rates and a mushrooming of service operators.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Pioneering life of missionary remembered

A three-day international conference opened Sept. 24 at the United Nations University in Tokyo to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Luis Frois, a 16th century Jesuit who lived in Japan for 34 years until his death in Nagasaki.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Tokyo police continue gang sweeps

About 500 officers of the Metropolitan Police Department were mobilized Sept. 18 to search about 100 offices and locations in Tokyo related to the Yamaguchi-gumi and Nakano-kai crime syndicates on suspicion of violation of the Firearms and Swords Control Law.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Political donations declined 2.4% in 1996

Political parties, funding organizations and political groups with operations in more than two prefectures collected 166.575 billion yen in 1996, a drop of 2.4 percent from the previous year, according to a government report released Sept. 19 by the Home Affairs Ministry.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Coroners support sarin death claim

Two coroners who examined the bodies of six victims of the March 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack said in court Sept. 18 that their autopsy results do not contradict prosecutors' claims that the deaths were from sarin poisoning.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Opposition parties seek Sato no-confidence vote

Three opposition parties agreed Sept. 18 to introduce a no-confidence resolution in the Diet against convicted bribe-taker Koko Sato, the chief of the Management and Coordination Agency.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Daiwa raided over 67 million yen payoff

Tokyo prosecutors raided the head office of Daiwa Securities Co. on Sept. 18 to search for evidence of payoffs allegedly made by the major securities firm to corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike, a "sokaiya" central to similar scandals involving Nomura Securities Co. and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 1997

Northwest reaffirms support of 'open skies' as talks near

Prior to next week's scheduled bilateral aviation talks in Tokyo, executives of Northwest Airlines reaffirmed the carrier's position Sept. 18 to firmly support an "open skies" policy that would fully liberalize the air service market between the United States and Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Designer of Aum sarin plant given 14-year sentence

A former senior Aum Shinrikyo member was sentenced Sept. 17 to 14 years in prison for designing a nerve gas laboratory and building the spraying device used in the June 1994 nerve gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

ASEM action plan focuses on two-way investment boost

In an effort to boost the two-way flow of investment between Asia and Europe, Thailand has drafted the Asia-Europe Meeting action program.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Recruit's Ono given suspended sentence

Toshihiro Ono, the former chief of Recruit Co.'s presidential secretariat, was given a two-year prison term Sept. 17, suspended for three years, for selling unlisted Recruit Cosmos shares to two Diet members from 1985 to 1986.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

IMF halves Japan's growth forecast

Japan's economic growth forecast for the 1997 calendar year has been revised downward to 1.1 percent from April estimates of 2.2 percent, the International Monetary Fund said Sept. 17.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Chinese activist gets suspended term for ramming blockade

A Chinese prodemocracy activist was sentenced Sept. 17 to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for ramming his car into a police blockade last June in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Mitsuzuka begins trip for ASEM, G-7 talks

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka departs Sept. 18 to attend a series of international financial meetings that will focus on the stability of Asian markets and the strength of the Japanese economy.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Iranian man alleges abuse in Fuchu prison

An Iranian man who was incarcerated at Fuchu prison has filed a 15 million yen damages suit against the national government, claiming that guards in the western Tokyo facility mistreated him, his lawyers said Sept. 17.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

SDP, Sakigake issue ultimatum on Sato

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's two non-Cabinet allies threatened Sept. 17 to end the tripartite alliance unless Koko Sato resigns as head of the Management and Coordination Agency.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Trade surplus up for fifth month

The nation's customs-cleared trade surplus for the month of August came to 742.1 billion yen, rising 113.6 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics released Sept. 17 by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1997

Yamaichi execs arrested over payoffs to 'sokaiya'

Prosecutors arrested five officials of Yamaichi Securities Co. on Sept. 17, including a former senior managing director, on suspicion of illegally making payoffs to a "sokaiya" corporate extortionist.
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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.
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.
Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani
A giant mural of Shohei Ohtani on the side of a hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
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
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Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.

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