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JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Dead woman found floating in Imperial palace moat

The body of a woman was found Friday morning floating in an outer moat of the Imperial Palace.According to metropolitan police, a passerby found the body floating in the moat in a prone position between Shin-mitsuke bridge and Ushigome bridge at around 10:40 a.m. Appearing to be in her 50s, the woman...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

IBJ, Dai-ichi Life plan tieup by 2000

The Industrial Bank of Japan and Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced Friday a plan for a broad-based business tieup designed to strengthen each side to survive the Japanese "Big Bang" financial deregulation.The move is the latest business alliance to be announced among the major Japanese financial...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Lower House stamps reforms in 'epoch-making' action

After weeks of intense negotiations between the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp, key financial reform bills designed to fix Japan's banking sector woes cleared the Lower House Friday evening.The bills were sent immediately to the Upper House and could become law as early as next Friday.After...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Unemployment hits record 4.3%

The number of unemployed people in Japan shot up 28.6 percent in August compared with the previous year to reach 2.97 million -- the highest recorded figure ever, the Management and Coordination Agency said Friday.The recession caused the nation's August unemployment rate, which set record lows for both...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Toza students, creditors may be out of luck

OSAKA -- It is highly unlikely that students of the Kansai branches of the failed English-language school Toza Gaigo Gakuin or creditors of Alles, the school's operator, will recover their tuition or loan payments, as the bankrupt firm's collected assets were far less than taxes owed, an administrator...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

New technology firms to show wares at OCCI forum

OSAKA -- The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry is inviting companies to the Global Venture Forum '98, slated for later this month, to view new technologies created by venture businesses in Japan and other countries.At the two-day convention starting here Oct. 22, 35 venture companies from eight...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

LDP presents new recapitalization plan

Following Friday's passage of key financial reform bills in the Lower House, the Liberal Democratic Party presented its plan to recapitalize financial institutions to four opposition parties.Negotiations between the LDP and the opposition camp over the measures, which would replace the current bank recapitalization...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

ODA reduction requires greater efficiency: white paper

Reform of Japan's official development assistance is needed to achieve efficient and effective ways of extending foreign aid, an ODA white paper released Friday says."Japan's ODA in the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 1999, has been cut by 10.4 percent. ... Therefore, efficiency and effectiveness...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Seibu line sabotage probed

Police said Friday they are investigating cases of train sabotage, adding that there have been seven cases of what appears to be intentional disruptions of train services on four Seibu Railway Co. lines in western Tokyo since the beginning of September.Police suspect the disruptions were caused by the...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Suit alleges officers killed Iranian

The parents of an Iranian who died at a Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau detention center in August 1997 filed a 93 million yen lawsuit Friday against the Japanese government.According to the suit, the man, Mousavi Abarbekouh Mir Hossein, 28, died on Sept. 9 last year in an assault by security officers...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Conductor oversleeps, delays commuters

OSAKA -- An early morning train run was canceled between Hineno and Otori stations on West Japan Railway's Hanwa Line at 6:04 a.m. after a 34-year-old conductor overslept, officials at Hineno Station said.The conductor, who was not named, finished his duties the previous day around midnight and went...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Top Defense officials 'took papers home'

Two former top Defense Agency officials who were demoted Tuesday took procurement-related documents to their homes prior to prosecutors' raid on the agency Sept. 3, agency Vice Minister Masahiro Akiyama admitted Thursday.Speaking to reporters, Akiyama said Defense Agency staffers have reported to him...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

NGOs urged to play role in fighting human rights abuses

KOBE -- Nongovernmental organizations can play an important role in preventing human rights abuses of refugees by providing care and necessary materials and influencing the international community, an officer with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees said Thursday.Milton Moreno, an external...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Newly merged Namihaya begins banking

OSAKA -- Namihaya Bank, the first merged firm born under the revised Deposit Insurance Law, started operations Thursday after integrating operations of the ailing Fukutoku and Naniwa banks.The two Osaka-based regional banks, saddled with mounting bad loans, were merged under the revised law, which allows...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Clinton slating trip to Japan

The United States has officially informed Japan of President Bill Clinton's plan to visit Japan and hold talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi next month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka confirmed Thursday.The government's chief spokesman said Tokyo and Washington are now adjusting the specific...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

DKB, J.P. Morgan form investment trust venture

Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and J.P. Morgan and Co. of the United States has sealed a tieup agreement to sell investment trust products in Japan through DKB's sales channels, the two companies announced Thursday.The move is an attempt to gain a competitive edge over established alliances between rival financial...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Nissan to take 76 billion yen loss on shareholdings

Nissan Motor Co. announced Thursday that it will report 75.961 billion yen in unrealized losses on its stockholdings in its earnings results for the first half of fiscal 1998.Nissan, which has been hurt recently by poor business performance, has been aggressively trying to sell assets, including its...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Endocrine disrupters causing alarm

Staff writerA team of scientists in Tokyo announced last weekend that it has found eggs in the spermaries of three out of 20 male flounder caught in the sea near the Kanto region.The scientists said the abnormality may have been caused by suspected endocrine disrupters, chemicals believed to disrupt...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

'Tankan' survey helps TSE sink to 13-year low

Tokyo share prices fell broadly Thursday amid concerns over the ailing banking industry and bleak economic prospects.The 225-issue Nikkei average, a 415.04-point loser the previous day, ended 209.27 points, or 1.6 percent, down at 13,197.12, its lowest closing level in nearly 13 years.The Tokyo stock...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Kim visit may pave Emperor's way to Seoul

Japan hopes that South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's visit next week will pave the way for the Emperor to visit South Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday.The government's chief spokesman made the remarks in reference to media reports that the president, during his four-day visit...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

U.S. requests insurance talks on 'real problems'

The U.S. has requested formal consultations with Japan on insurance issues in mid-October, a U.S. government official said Thursday.Washington wants to discuss its concerns over the speed of Tokyo's approval process for new insurance products, activities of recently reformed private rating organizations...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Business sentiment sinks

Business sentiment at Japanese firms has worsened over the past three months as the nation's economic malaise remains untreated, according to the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey released Thursday.The results underline the need for the government to quickly implement steps to boost domestic...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Date club's teen hooking undoes boss

The operator of a so-called dating club in Tokyo's Toshima Ward has been arrested on suspicion of violating the Juvenile Welfare and Antiprostitution laws for allegedly introducing high school girls to customers for purposes of prostitution, police said Thursday.Police have taken into custody 14 high...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 1998

Makki Academy shutdown stymies surprised pupils

The sudden closure of Makki International Academy, a school that taught animal care, fashion, dancing and sports, is sparking turmoil nationwide for thousands of students who were unaware of the school's imminent demise.Makki International Academy, which was based in Tokyo with 21 schools across the...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Foreign firms cool to hot Japanese real estate

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JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Media's slant on Japan irks expats in America

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Collapse of Japan Leasing to aggravate credit crunch: EPA

The collapse of heavily indebted Japan Leasing Corp. will aggravate Japan's credit crunch, the nation's top economic planner said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Government mulls early stimulus implementation

The government is considering earlier implementation of its planned tax reductions and other economic pump-priming measures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka indicated Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Japan, U.S. support Y2K contingency plans

Japan and the United States should draw up contingency and backup plans to secure critical services in case some computer systems do not correctly identify 2000, a senior U.S. government official in charge of millennium bug crisis management said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998

Social tyranny keeps Japan far from U.N. rights ideals: expert

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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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