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JAPAN
Nov 16, 1998

LDP, Liberal party still disagree on consumption tax

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa agreed Monday their parties should continue discussing a possible alliance, but a key sticking point is the LDP's opposition to cutting the consumption tax.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 1998

Japan to put up funds for Beijing youth exchange center

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JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

SDF sends relief workers to Honduras

The government officially approved the dispatch of a Self-Defense Forces relief operation Friday to hurricane-stricken Honduras and immediately sent six Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport planes loaded with medical equipment and other goods.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Textbook amendments may require written reasoning

The school textbook screening process may become more simple and transparent beginning in 2000, and students' school bags may become less bulky, the Education Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Trilateral cooperation key to Korea tension: Seoul

Cooperation between Japan, South Korea and the United States is essential to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, South Korean Ambassador Kim Suk Kyu said Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Liberals push for reversible consumption tax

A consumption tax cut must be dealt with as part of a long-term package that would include a future consumption tax increase to ensure funds for welfare programs, the opposition Liberal Party decided Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Hit by poor truck sales, Isuzu reports loss

Isuzu Motors Ltd., suffering a sharp fall in large truck sales in the domestic market, reported its first midterm operating losses since 1994 on a nonconsolidated basis, company officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Korean groups brand coupon scheme discriminatory

A government plan to distribute merchandise coupons on a limited basis may discriminate against foreigners living in Japan, a group of Korean activist organizations said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Ex-Finance bureaucrat found guilty of bribery; walks

The Tokyo District Court sentenced former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Takashi Sakakibara to a suspended two-year prison term Friday for accepting bribes worth 3.42 million yen from brokerages and a major bank.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Justice continues to break refugee asylum record

The Justice Ministry granted refugee status to three Myanmar residents Friday, bringing the total of foreigners given political asylum this year to 11.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Japan Inc. suffers 70% drop in after-tax profit

After-tax profits of Japanese companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 70 percent from the previous year, marking the largest drop since the period immediately after World War II, according to financial reports announced Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

BOJ moves to cure credit crunch

The Bank of Japan Policy Board decided Friday on new steps for enhancing corporate financing amid pressure to enhance liquidity in capital markets and relieve the nation's credit squeeze.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Clinton visit scheduled to begin Thursday

U.S. President Bill Clinton will make a two-day visit to Japan beginning Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Japan, Russia declare 2000 peace treaty deadline

MOSCOW -- Japan and Russia on Friday announced a joint declaration setting 2000 as the target year for concluding a bilateral peace treaty that has been blocked by a decades-old territorial dispute.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Detective agencies hit for investigating 'buraku' folk

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government on Friday instructed two private detective agencies that violated a prefectural ban on discriminating against descendants of the "buraku" (hamlet) outcast class to refrain from doing so in the future,
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

NEC, Toshiba chastised for bid-rigging on state contracts

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday ordered NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp. to end their bid-rigging practices in supplying zip-code reading machines to the government, FTC officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

FSA chief implores banks to request public funds

Financial Reconstruction Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa again urged banks to apply for a big capital injection Thursday, the day before the Financial Supervisory Agency was to explain application approval standards to 147 banks in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

DPJ offers own package

The Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, on Thursday unveiled its own economic stimulus package. It's worth nearly 20 trillion yen and includes a system that would provide allowances for raising children but has little chance of being included in a supplementary budget to be debated...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

NEC affiliate admits overcharging Defense Agency

A wholly owned affiliate of NEC Corp. admitted to the Defense Agency on Thursday that it overcharged the agency for repairs of defense equipment.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

ANA seals alliance with China Eastern

All Nippon Airways Co. and China Eastern Airlines will form a comprehensive alliance and begin code-sharing operations in February, ANA officials announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

Iraq urged to cooperate with U.N.

Iraq should cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors to ease the mounting tension in the Persian Gulf, Kishichiro Amae, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, told Iraqi Charge d'affaires Nadhim Haddad on Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

NGOs main stars at Yokohama festival

The Yokohama Festival for International Cooperation '98 will be held at the Sangyo Boeki Center Building in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Saturday and Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

ACCJ urges fairness in future financial protection fund

The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan on Thursday called on Tokyo to abide by "fair, free and global" principles when establishing protection funds for investors and insurance policyholders as part of Japan's ongoing "Big Bang" financial reforms.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

Japanese-American heritage blooms in L.A. museum

The Japanese-American experience is a useful reference point in Japan's globalization efforts, but more insights await in Los Angeles, where the Japanese American National Museum is raising the profile of these people, representatives said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

Honda again posts record midterm results

Helped by strong sales in North America, Honda Motor Co. posted its third consecutive year of record net sales and profit for the April-September period, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

LDP outlines latest stimulus plan

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party drew up an outline Thursday for a new economic stimulus package worth more than 10 trillion yen aimed at realizing positive growth in the next fiscal year and putting the nation's economy back on a path to sustainable recovery within two years.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

KDD posts 5.8% dip in sales

Sales at Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. fell to 144 billion yen on an unconsolidated basis in the first half of fiscal 1998, down 5.8 from the same period last year, the nation's biggest international telecommunications carrier announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1998

Mazda's cost-cutting pays off

While many automakers struggle with shrinking profits amid the serious economic slump, Mazda Motor Corp. is reaping the fruits of desperate cost-cutting efforts. On Thursday it reported consolidated midterm net profits for the first time since fiscal 1991.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998

LDP, Liberal Party talk policy

The Liberal Democratic Party and the Liberal Party launched policy discussions Wednesday, and while the two took several steps toward forming a coalition, a major hurdle remains -- consensus on a consumption tax cut.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998

Fading tax revenues force Osaka into crisis

OSAKA -- Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama declared Wednesday that the prefecture is facing a financial crisis due to a serious shortage of tax revenues.
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’

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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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