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JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Product test-recognition talks with EU set to restart

Staff writerAfter a 16-month hiatus, Japan and the European Union will resume negotiations next week on an agreement to mutually recognize test results for certain industrial products, government officials said Oct. 6.The fourth round of talks on the mutual recognition agreement will be held in Brussels...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Aoshima signs cooperation agreement with Berlin mayor

Berlin Mayor Eberhard Diepgen, who is visiting Japan through Oct. 8, paid a courtesy call Oct. 6 on Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima and signed an agreement to cooperate in sewage and fiber-optic cable projects.Berlin and Tokyo are proceeding with a project to lay fiber-optic cables along sewage facilities....
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Firms harsh on theft, not sexual harassment

Japanese companies take strict disciplinary measures against employees who leak corporate secrets or commit financial wrongdoing, but are more lenient when it comes to cases of sexual harassment or office affairs, a private research organization said Oct. 6.The Labor Administration Research Institute...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Minnesota college living out bubble's burst in Akita

YUWA, Akita Pref. -- When the economic bubble burst in the late 1980s, more than 40 American-style colleges that peppered Japan's educational landscape went under, now leaving only four, one with an ambitious foothold in Akita.Among the universities possessing a campus, Minnesota State University --...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Compromise key to climate policies, German minister says

Staff writerTo achieve both economic growth and environmental protection, one must make compromises and seek "intermediate paths," according to German Economic Minister Gunter Rexrodt."Germany views the simultaneous achievement of economic growth and environmental protection as an important challenge,"...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Keidanren chief calls 5% emissions target 'adequate'

The government's announced target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in 2012 by 5 percent from the 1990 level is adequate, Yasuo Shingu, chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), said Oct. 6."The important point is not to make Japan look good at the Kyoto conference, but to set an achievable...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Import car sales drop for sixth straight month

Sales of imported vehicles in September dropped 15.8 percent from a year earlier to 32,026 units, the sixth monthly decline in a row, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Oct. 6.Domestic and foreign automakers have been suffering from sluggish sales in Japan following the consumption tax...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Sanyo receives 10 billion yen in loans

Ailing Sanyo Securities Co. acknowledged Oct. 6 that it received 10 billion yen in loans from three banks with which it has close ties but did not say whether the money was emergency assistance to keep the brokerage afloat.A senior Sanyo official said his firm borrowed the money from the Bank of Tokyo...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Maverick assemblyman fights dress code, graft

MISAWA, Aomori Pref. -- The city assembly here has attracted nationwide attention, not for its legislating, but for a member who was punished for his casual attire.He claims his dressing down symbolizes his crusade against corruption. "I know it all looked like a kindergarten-level farce," said Yuki...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Flat Pepsi hopes Suntory will add some fizz

Suntory Ltd. will become PepsiCo, Inc.'s master franchise in Japan for the next 30 years, managing all marketing, production and distribution of the American company's soft drinks, the two companies announced Oct. 3.The move is aimed at boosting sales in Japan by forming a sales and marketing alliance,...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Yasuda Trust anticipates 76 billion yen loss in first half

Yasuda Trust & Banking Co. expects a pretax loss of 76 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 1997 as it plans to write off nonperforming loans worth 93 billion yen, the bank announced Oct. 3.Following the move initiated in September by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Yasuda will accelerate its disposal...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Hashimoto announces plans to stimulate economy

Describing the state of the economy as "extremely bad," Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Oct. 3 the government will cut corporate tax rates and accelerate the decontrol of land transactions to give it new life.A comprehensive package of such measures will be worked out and announced by the end...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

SDP doubts worth of postal reform proposal

The Social Democratic Party, one of two non-Cabinet allies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, questioned on Oct. 3 the wisdom of a government panel's proposal to break up the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.During an Upper House plenary session debate, SDP policy chief Kazuo Oikawa said in...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Think tanks project growth of less than 1%

Six private think tanks and one bank have lowered their projections of real economic growth for the current fiscal year, most of them to less than 1 percent.Forecasts by the institutions range from 1.1 percent to minus 0.5 percent growth in fiscal 1997, which ends in March. The pessimism reflects prolonged...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Reduced ODA will still travel far, white paper says

Although the amount of Japan's official development assistance is on the decline, such aid will continue to play an important role in combating environmental destruction and poverty in developing countries, an ODA white paper released Oct. 3 says.Japan needs to aggressively tackle these issues through...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Greenhouse gas target is a 'joke,' WWF says

Japan's recent proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2010 is a "joke" that will result in too little being done too late, a representative of the World Wide Fund for Nature said during a luncheon Oct. 3 at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.With less than...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Defense Agency reshuffles top posts

The Defense Agency will appoint Adm. Kazuya Natsukawa, chief of staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, as the new chairman of the Joint Staff Council to succeed Gen. Shigeru Sugiyama, it was announced Oct. 3.Vice Adm. Yasumasa Yamamoto, commander of the Yokosuka district, will replace Natsukawa as...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Heliport implementation plan due by November

The government will submit to Okinawa Prefecture by November a rough draft of the plan for building a U.S. Marine helicopter facility offshore Nago, officials of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency said Oct. 3.The planned facility is designed to replace Futenma Air Station in Ginowan.In the...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Ruling party, allies to send delegation to North Korea

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two smaller non-Cabinet allies -- the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake -- will select a joint delegation to visit North Korea, LDP Secretary General Koichi Kato said Oct. 3.The visit, the first of its kind in two and a half years, will be made...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Piloted maglev breaks world speed record

A magnetically levitated linear motor car set a world record speed for a manned maglev Oct. 3, reaching 451 kph at a test center in Yamanashi Prefecture, officials of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said.The top speed of the three-car MLX01 surpassed the previous record of 450 kph reached in June...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Parties fail to settle defense pact differences

The three ruling parties have failed to define the geographical scope of the new Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines and will now move on to discuss other aspects of the pact, party officials said Oct. 3.The Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake failed to...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Nikko chairman, president resign over 'sokaiya' payoff scandal

The chairman and president of Nikko Securities Co. resigned along with six other executives Oct. 3 to take responsibility for the firm's involvement in a payoff scandal, completing a sweep of the Big Four brokerages humiliated by a "sokaiya" corporate racketeer.Chairman Takuya Iwasaki and President...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Emigrants to Dominican Republic slam 'misguided' plan

Sixteen representatives of Japanese emigrants to the Dominican Republic visited the Foreign Ministry on Oct. 3 to protest the nation's "misguided" emigration plan.The emigrants, accompanied by Lower House member Shozo Azuma, submitted a request demanding an official apology and compensation from the...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

German Navy vessels pay visit to Tokyo

Four German Navy ships arrived early Oct. 2 at Tokyo's Harumi Pier, marking the first visit by a German naval vessel to Japan in a decade.The first-ever visit to Japan Oct. 2 by a task force of the Navy of the Federal Republic of Germany coincided with the seventh anniversary Oct. 3 of German unification....
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

Arsonist-slayer's life term upheld

A woman's appeal of a life sentence for setting fire to the home of her lover and causing his two children to die was rejected Oct. 2 by the Tokyo High Court.The Hachioji branch of the Tokyo District Court ruled in January 1996 that although Yukie Kitamura, 31, was incapable of sound judgment after...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

Posts Ministry releases policy plan for breakup of NTT

The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry released a draft policy plan Oct. 2 on the reorganization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., which will be split into three firms under the control of a single holding company.Under the basic draft, the ministry proposed that the disintegration of NTT,...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

U.S. gets thumbs up for Super 301 ruling

Osamu Watanabe, vice minister for international trade and industry, on Oct. 2 applauded Washington's decision not to list Japan's auto market on a Super 301 retaliatory watch list."I regard the decision as the natural conclusion and I appreciate the U.S. government's just judgment," Watanabe told a...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

Japan to fund repair of Mongolian mine

Staff writerJapan will pledge about 4 billion yen in official loans to Mongolia next week to help rebuild the impoverished and energy-strapped country's Shivee-Ovoo Coal Mine, government officials said Oct. 2.The pledge for Shivee-Ovoo, Mongolia's second largest coal mine, will be made Oct. 7 in Tokyo...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

WebTV to offer Net access via television

WebTV Networks K.K., a wholly owned subsidiary of WebTV Networks, Inc. of the United States, announced Oct. 2 that it will provide an easy-to-handle television Internet access service starting Dec. 1.By connecting the WebTV Internet Terminal that has been specially developed by Sony Corp. to a television...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

LDP slams postal privatization plan

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party announced its opposition Oct. 2 to a proposal by a government advisory panel to privatize two of the three postal services currently provided by the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.During Diet debate, Kenji Manabe, policy chief of the LDP's House of Councilors...
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television 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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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