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JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Dutch team spry thanks to Ashiya baker's custom-made rye

ASHIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- The Dutch team at the Winter Olympic Games has a hidden ally in this city more than 300 km from Nagano.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Chinese undecided on holding 2008 Games

OSAKA -- Chinese Olympic officials visiting Osaka on Monday denied earlier reports that China would not go after the 2008 Olympics, saying no final decision on the matter had been made.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Chinese sue state over germ warfare

Court hearings began Monday on a class-action suit against the government brought by Chinese nationals demanding an official apology and 1.08 billion yen in damages for germ warfare Japan waged during the Pacific War.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

IATA chief urges Asia to support aviation, tourism

Pierre J. Jeanniot, director general of the International Air Transport Association, called on Asian governments Monday to support the aviation and tourism industries, which have been hard hit by the ongoing regional economic crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Japan, U.S. business leaders to meet in California

About 20 business leaders from Japan and the United States are slated to meet in California to discuss a variety of topics including trade issues and global warming problems March 1-2, the Japan-U.S. Business Council chairman in Japan said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Four-way cooperation called key to Asia-Pacific stability

Japan, China, Russia and the United States may launch a multilateral conference to discuss a variety of issues, including the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi said Monday in a Diet speech.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Banking bills clear Upper House committee

Bills critical to the stability of the nation's banking sector cleared the Upper House Committee on Financial Affairs on Friday. They are expected to be enacted by the chamber's plenary session Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Homeless at Shinjuku station move out of cardboard village

The end may be near for a row of cardboard dwellings in the underground concourse at Tokyo's JR Shinjuku Station.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Stores fear stale sales will befall Valentine's Saturday

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Nagano's traffic no problem for time-pressed athletes

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

All options open on Iraq, Obuchi, Richardson say

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson agreed Friday that "all options" remain open to resolve the crisis in Iraq, but Obuchi remained ambiguous about whether Japan will fully support military strikes to end the standoff.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

New-name clause drags down administrative reform bill

The Executive Council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday failed to approve a bill that would redesign the administrative system due to opposition to an added clause that would allow a change in names of the new integrated ministries.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Japan chides U.S. about unfavorable telecom rules

Japan on Friday renewed calls for the United States to clarify its licensing criteria and other regulations over telecommunications businesses.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Filipino wartime sex slaves reject Hashimoto's apology

Five Filipino former "comfort women" who accepted cash payments from the Japanese government-sponsored Asian Women's Fund in December have rejected Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's letter of apology, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Cabinet sends Okinawa economy bill to Diet

Seeking to ease opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa, the Cabinet submitted a bill to the Diet on Friday designed to stimulate Okinawa's economy through various tax incentives.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Forum takes up Asia-Pacific's dirty air problems

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

BOJ to leave monetary policy intact

The Bank of Japan announced Friday its Policy Board unanimously decided to leave unchanged its ultra-easy monetary policy, including the 0.5 percent official discount rate.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Japan to fund Cambodian election with $4 million

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

LDP panel approves bill to condense ministries

An administrative reform committee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill Thursday that would trim the government's current 22 ministries and agencies down to one Cabinet Office and 12 ministries.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Merrill Lynch to set up second brokerage house in Japan

U.S. financial management giant Merrill Lynch & Co. announced Thursday it plans to open a new brokerage house in Japan this summer and will hire about 2,000 former employees of the failed Yamaichi Securities Co. to work in about 30 outlets across the country.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

Japan urges Iraq to comply with U.N. resolutions

Iraq must comply unconditionally with U.N. resolutions regarding its suspected weapons sites to resolve the current military standoff, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi told Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Muhsin Ali on Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998

1997 current account surplus balloons by 59.8%

The nation's current account surplus for 1997 grew 59.8 percent to 11.44 trillion yen, rising for the first time in four years, according to provisional figures released Thursday by the Finance Ministry.
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

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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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