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JAPAN
Apr 24, 1997

Aum lawyers dispute majority of evidence

Shoko Asahara's lawyers disputed on April 24 most of more than 11,000 pieces of evidence presented by the prosecution on the 1995 Tokyo subway attack.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1997

U.S. trade, Cajun fairs get started at Nanko port

OSAKA -- The Nanko port area is the scene of two ongoing American events: a trade fair promoting U.S. goods and a Cajun food festival.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Aum Shinrikyo data on sarin gas came from Russia

The apocalyptic cult Aum Shinrikyo had obtained Russian blueprints for producing nerve gas sarin by spring 1994, a former senior Aum figure told the Tokyo District Court on April 23.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Shinshinto adopts agenda to work with, dethrone LDP

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JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Ministry considers punishment for Nomura

The Finance Ministry has begun studying details of the punishment to be imposed on Nomura Securities Co. over its shady stock deals and payments to a firm linked to a "sokaiya" corporate extortionist, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Regional finance chiefs to explain reforms at local level

The domestic economy continues on a moderate recovery path despite some negative effects of the two percentage-point rise in the consumption tax earlier this month, the Finance Ministry's regional bureau chiefs agreed April 23.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Hashimoto accepts lack of advance warning about attack

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said April 23 that he regrets Tokyo was not informed in advance of the rescue operation at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, but added he "understands" the decision of Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Questions raised over Japan's crisis management system

The hostage crisis in Lima ended with the release of all but one of the hostages by Peruvian forces, but questions have been raised about Japan's readiness to deal with a similar situation in the future.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Police raid PNC, Tokai plant offices

MITO, Ibaraki Pref. -- Police on April 23 carried out a raid the head offices of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (PNC) in Tokyo and of its nuclear fuel reprocessing plant situated in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, over a falsified report on the fire and explosion during Japan's worst...
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Peruvian troops force end to hostage crisis

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JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Families, friends celebrate after news of rescue

Families and colleagues of Japanese hostages released from the ambassador's residence in Lima embraced a long-awaited end to the four-month crisis April 23.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Woman arrested in knifing of pregnant woman

OSAKA -- A 22-year-old part-time worker was arrested April 22 on suspicion she asked her boyfriend to kill a pregnant postal worker, police said.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Yokoyama faces up to Osaka's cash woes

OSAKA -- Two years since he became governor of Osaka Prefecture on a wave of public outrage over political corruption involving his predecessor, former comedian "Knock" Yokoyama finds himself the target of discontent over the prefecture's financial problems.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Scandal forces Nomura to reshuffle management

Nomura Securities Co. said April 22 that Managing Director Junichi Ujiie will assume its presidency May 1 in place of Masashi Suzuki. The move is aimed at improving the brokerage's public image in the wake of a scandal involving shady stock deals and payments to a firm linked to a "sokaiya" corporate...
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Shinshinto ranks to discuss LDP union

The national convention today of Shinshinto, the largest opposition party, may seal the fate of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's priority set of reforms since Shinshinto leader Ichiro Ozawa has dropped his hostility toward the Hashimoto administration.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Banking head says industry 'positive' on NCB bailout

Nippon Credit Bank's recently announced restructuring plan seems sufficient to revitalize the bank and NCB's calls for financial aid will be considered in a positive way, the new head of the nation's banking industry said April 22.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Conservatives pay Yasukuni controversial visit

A group of lawmakers, including two Cabinet ministers, visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22 to honor Japan's war dead during the shrine's spring festival.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1997

Senkaku dispute hampers fisheries pact

Japan and China reaffirmed their intent April 22 to expedite a new fisheries pact covering waters in the East China Sea but were hampered by differences over delineating each nation's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Vote looms on legality of brain death, transplants

After years of inaction, members of the Diet must make the difficult decision of whether brain death should be stipulated as human death to pave the way for allowing organ transplants from brain-dead donors in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

New Vietnamese consul arrives to push Osaka trade

OSAKA -- Le Ngoc Thu, consul general for Vietnam in Osaka, said here April 21 the new consulate general will work to promote trade between Vietnam and Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Group seeks assistance for '95 quake victims

Representatives of a citizens' group and lawmakers submitted a petition April 21 to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto calling for legislation to financially support survivors of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Nine PNC executives will face 30% pay cuts

The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. announced April 21 that nine executives will have their salaries cut 30 percent for one month for their supervisory failures over mishaps at two nuclear plants.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Ribbon cut to inaugurate Kansai patent center

OSAKA -- Local government and business leaders from the Kansai region gathered April 21 to officially inaugurate the area's largest depository of domestic and international patent information.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Yamaichi denies report it reimbursed Hanwa

Yamaichi Securities Co. denied on April 21 a newspaper report that it had reimbursed Hanwa Co., an Osaka trader, for investment losses.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Panel backs longer time for public works plan

The government needs to extend its 10-year plan for 630 trillion yen in spending on public works projects instead of trimming the amount, members of the Conference on Fiscal Structural Reform agreed April 21, according to government officials.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1997

Hungary's Kovacs backs Japan's UNSC bid

Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs expressed support April 21 of Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 1997

Japanese internees' literature to be published

Two scholars are trying to shed light on the novels, essays and poems written by Japanese internees at wartime relocation centers in the United States, so their experiences and feelings will not be lost to history forever.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 1997

NGOs offer North Korea food aid

The alleged abductions of Japanese by North Korean agents has partly made Tokyo reluctant to extend food aid to the famine-threatened nation. However, this has not stopped some Japanese and Korean residents here from offering help, mainly through nongovernmental organizations.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 1997

Minister makes rare visit to Bank of Japan

For the first time in 15 years, a finance minister crossed the threshold of the Bank of Japan for a one-hour tour in a move befitting the approach of Diet debate on increasing the central bank's autonomy.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 1997

Navy commander gives warning on readiness

OSAKA -- A reduction in personnel in Japan would leave the U.S. Navy unable to maintain its necessary level of readiness, Rear Adm. Michael Haskins, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, said April 18.
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.

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