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JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Burial mound found nearly intact

MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. -- A circular burial mound dating back to the latter half of the fifth century has been discovered nearly intact in the village of Komochi, Gunma Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Boy Scout leader urges knife safety

The problem with today's society is not knives and guns but the people who wield them, said Jere Ratcliffe, chief scout executive of Boy Scouts of America, in a recent speech delivered to Boy Scouts of Nippon in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Hosokawa backs merger under DPJ

In a bid for a merger of the four parties in the Minyuren parliamentary group, former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa on March 9 proposed that the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest of the four, effectively absorb the three others to create a new party.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Finance Ministry graft probe to widen

The Finance Ministry's ongoing in-house investigation of wining and dining will also include officials rumored to have been excessively entertained by financial firms, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga indicated March 9, adding that he plans to become more involved.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Special envoy to be sent on Seoul visit

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will send a high-ranking official to South Korea later this week as a special envoy to set the groundwork for better relations with Seoul's new administration under President Kim Dae Jung, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said March 9.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

JR Shin-Osaka fetes first kiosk targeting women

OSAKA -- LADY 1st, a new kiosk targeting female commuters, opened March 9 at JR Shin-Osaka Station.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Nuclear waste returns amid Aomori concerns

Sadakazu Tanigaki, director general of the Science and Technology Agency, said March 9 that he is ready to meet with Aomori Gov. Morio Kimura over matters related to high-level nuclear waste to be returned from France and unloaded in his prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Bolts removed from electricity tower

HIROSHIMA -- Forty bolts anchoring a pylon for high-tension lines to a concrete base in Midori, Hiroshima Prefecture, were found to have been mysteriously removed in 1994 and 1995, the Chugoku Electric Power Co. announced March 9. Removed bolts led to a similar tower to fall last month in Kagawa Prefecture....
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Schoolgirl strangled in Aichi

NAGOYA -- A 19-year-old youth was in police custody March 9 on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old junior high school girl, who was found dead at his home March 8, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

10 trillion yen stimulus eyed

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will call for an additional economic stimulus package of more than 10 trillion yen after the Diet approves the fiscal 1998 state budget in April, top officials of the LDP have indicated.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Nikko faces charges over Arai profits

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission lodged a criminal complaint with prosecutors March 9 against Nikko Securities Co. and two former executives for illegally offering profits to the late House of Representatives lawmaker Shokei Arai.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Bill to make wards municipalities

The Home Affairs Ministry plans to submit a set of bills to the Diet March 10 to revise laws to convert Tokyo's 23 wards into full-fledge municipalities in April 2000, ministry officials said March 9.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Nago mayor backs Ota on heliport

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto on March 9 reiterated in the city assembly that he will follow Gov. Masahide Ota's judgment concerning the government's plan to build an offshore military helicopter facility off Camp Schwab.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

13-year-old boy fatally stabs classmate at Saitama school

URAWA, Saitama Pref. -- A 13-year-old boy stabbed a classmate to death at a junior high school Monday (March 9) morning in Higashi-Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Kitora chamber reveals ancient planisphere

KASHIHARA, Nara Pref. -- A planisphere carved into a stone chamber inside a 1,300-year-old tumulus in the village of Asuka shows such important constellations as Ursa Major, Orion and Scorpio, an expert has found.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

PKO force commanders may get OK to order defensive fire

A 1991 Diet remark by then Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu may be standing in the way of a looser law that would allow military commanders to order defensive fire while engaged in U.N. peacekeeping operations.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Budget debate protests keep Diet on hold

All Diet business remained paralyzed Friday as three opposition blocs continued to boycott deliberations in the House of Representatives for a second day.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Arrested Finance officials face new charges

Prosecutors charged two former Finance Ministry bank inspectors in custody Friday with taking a combined 3.8 million yen in additional bribes from four commercial banks in return for favors.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

LDP reverses itself on disclosure of lawmakers' assets

In a reversal of its earlier position, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is expected to propose a rule that would force Diet members to disclose all their stock transactions.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Bureaucrats applying brakes threaten freedom of info act

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JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Japan-Russia investment talks end on positive note

Japan and Russia ended two days of talks Friday in Tokyo, acknowledging certain progress toward creating a bilateral accord on investment protection.
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

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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 investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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