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JAPAN
Dec 8, 1998

Japanese-Filipino war orphans petition for citizenship

A group of 10 Japanese-Filipinos representing Japanese left behind in the Philippines after World War II submitted a petition to the government Tuesday urging it to speed up its efforts to recognize them as Japanese citizens.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 1998

JAS Tokyo-Hong Kong flights approved

The Transport Ministry today will approve Japan Air System Co.'s request to start regular air service between Tokyo and Hong Kong, based on a recommendation by the Transport Council, the ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 1998

Oneworld alliance looks to grow

British Airways expects new partners in a global alliance that it and four other international airlines will form in the near future, Robert Ayling, the carrier's chief executive, said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 1998

Third supplementary budget approved

The House of Representatives on Tuesday evening approved a third supplementary budget for fiscal 1998 and immediately sent it to the House of Councilors for enactment.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Nissan, Hitachi to jointly research advanced auto technologies

To survive costly high-tech global competition in the auto industry, Nissan Motor Co. and Hitachi Ltd. announced Monday they are studying an alliance to jointly develop next-generation electronic technologies for automobiles.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Norota apologizes for second batch of wandering documents

Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota admitted Monday that some uniformed officers of the Self-Defense Forces moved procurement-related documents out of their offices prior to the September raid on the agency.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Students' Global Society opens forum for development issues

HIROSHIMA -- A group of students and scholars at Hiroshima University have formed Global Society, which they hope will be one of Japan's leading international research bodies for overseas development activities.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Hayashi apologizes for sarin deaths

Former Aum Shinrikyo member Yasuo Hayashi apologized during testimony Monday at the Tokyo District Court to the families of eight people who died after he released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in March 1995.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Hiroshima mayor's refusal to run laid to economic woes

HIROSHIMA -- The announcement by Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka that he will not seek a third term has thrown next year's election into uncertainty.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Ailing Chubu localities won't say where cash went

OKAYAMA -- Nationally and internationally, Japan's banking mess has received a lot of press coverage and is generally considered by politicians, media pundits and business leaders to be the nation's most urgent problem.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

TV ratings, self-regulation favored over v-chip

A government-sponsored panel studying the impact of television on children called for the broadcasting industry to regulate its own program content Monday, but elected not to recommend introduction of the v-chip TV censoring system, saying it needs further study.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

11 endocrine disrupters found in nation's water system

Eleven suspected endocrine disrupters, which damage living creatures by mimicking natural hormones, were found in varying levels at 122 of 130 sites in an Environment Agency survey, officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

MOX assured safe for use in Fukui nuclear reactors

A planned project by Kansai Electric Power Co. to use recycled plutonium to fuel nuclear reactors in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, assures nuclear safety, a government panel on nuclear safety concluded Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

Recovery signs flickering amid gloom: Obuchi

Although many economic index figures still are troublesome, signs of economic recovery are appearing, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi reckoned Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

Miyazawa urges speedy Diet approval of budget

The 5.677 trillion yen third supplementary budget for fiscal 1998 was submitted Friday to the extraordinary Diet session, and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa called for a swift passage in his policy speech.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

Ailing Osaka to raise high school entry fee eightfold

OSAKA -- The financially stricken Osaka Prefectural Government will submit a bill to the prefectural assembly to raise the entrance fee to prefecture-run high schools more than eightfold from the current 5,500 yen to 45,000 yen, officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

Izui claims oil firm chief asked him to lobby MITI

Junichi Izui, an Osaka-based oil dealer convicted of bribery and tax evasion, has told the judges in a civil suit that he had been directly asked by the former chairman of Mitsubishi Oil Co. to serve as a mediator between the firm and Ministry of International Trade and Industry officials to promote...
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

Four LDP factions to merge, support coalition government

Four conservative groups within the Liberal Democratic Party agreed at a meeting on Friday to merge by Dec. 14 and to support Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's initiative to form a coalition government with the Liberal Party.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

WHC can list sites, but can it really protect them?

Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998

LDP-Liberal Party rift grows

Staff writers
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

WTO talks should end by 2003, EU says

The World Trade Organization should be able to wrap up its next round of multilateral liberalization talks within three years of its 2000 start, a senior European Union official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Genden Engineering to dissolve over fake nuclear data

Genden Engineering Services and Construction Co., which in October was found to have falsified data on a container for transporting mixed oxide fuel to be used in a planned thermal neutron reactor, announced on Thursday it will dissolve by next summer as a result of the scandal.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Guru counsel's nitpicking hit in 100th session

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara drew flak from the judge for asking a National Police Agency scientist questions that went into too much detail Thursday as the guru's trial marked its 100th session after 2 1/2 years of deliberations.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Menem urges increase in investment

Argentine President Carlos Menem urged business leaders Thursday to promote investment in the republic to help correct a trade imbalance between the two countries.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Wakayama residents stressed by media presence

A national institute on mental health has warned the media that coverage of the mass poisoning in a residential community of Wakayama this summer has doubly hurt local people already suffering due to the crime.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

LDP backs Liberal Party Diet reforms

The government hopes to submit bills to the next ordinary Diet session to abolish the current system of having bureaucrats, instead of state ministers, answer lawmakers' questions during Diet deliberations, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Seeking Refuge: Arbitary policy shutters window to asylum

Last of a three-part series on Japan's refugee policy
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Detention house ordered to pay ex-inmate for injuries

-- The Chiba District Court ordered the national government to pay 150,000 yen in damages to a 33-year-old American for an injury inflicted by guards at the Tokyo Detention House, where he had been held.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Economy shrinks 0.7% in quarter for fourth straight decline

The economy shrank 0.7 percent in real terms during the July-September quarter compared with the previous three months, marking its fourth consecutive contraction, the longest ever in the postwar years, the Economic Planning Agency announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Kids today tuckered out by TV, not sports

It doesn't take much to exhaust today's Japanese kids, who are too busy watching TV, playing video games or reading comic books to play outdoors, according to an Education Ministry survey released Thursday.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris but later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
A mysterious plot prompts a rare call from Russia to the Pentagon
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in April. In July, Russia's defense minister said he needed to talk to Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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