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JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Negotiations on finance bills to start

The LDP and three opposition parties today will enter full-scale negotiations to revise bills to reform the ailing financial system, pushing aside the dilemma over the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Keidanren chairman pressures DPJ to speed up debate

The chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) urged the head of the Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday to accelerate Diet debate on necessary bills to resuscitate the nation's financial system, according to Keidanren officials.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Ministry may alter entrance exam rules

Education Minister Akito Arima indicated Tuesday that his ministry may reconsider its current stance on the entrance of graduates from "unauthorized" universities to graduate programs at state-run institutions.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Japan still tops in ODA

Japan's total official development assistance in 1997 decreased 1.8 percent from a year earlier to $9.44 billion, but the nation was the world's top aid donor for the seventh consecutive year, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday in a report.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

EPA says state of economy now 'very severe'

The Economic Planning Agency downgraded the state of the economy in its September report on Tuesday by saying the economy has entered "an extended slump and a very severe situation."
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Government poised to override opposition

The government is ready to push ahead with its plan to bailout the Long-Term Bank of Japan with public funds whether the opposition parties like it or not, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka indicated at a press conference Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Aum cultist admits to wiretapping

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive, Yasuo Hayashi, 40, testified in court Tuesday that he wiretapped phones, including that of an anti-Aum group chief.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Cultist says heavier sarin role due to doubt

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive, Yasuo Hayashi, 40, testified in court Tuesday that he believes Shoko Asahara, the cult's founder, made him release three bags containing sarin instead of two in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, because Asahara knew Hayashi doubted Aum's doctrines.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Third quarterly GDP decline expected in April-June

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JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Nuclear activist urges Japan to take lead in disarmament

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Opposition plan targeted by the FSA

A top official of the Financial Supervisory Agency on Tuesday voiced disapproval at a portion of the financial-stabilization bills submitted by opposition parties to the Diet.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Miyazawa denies U.S. asked for hike in bank-bailing funds

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on Monday denied media reports that the United States has asked Japan to increase the amount of public money it has set aside to aid troubled financial institutions.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Okinawa draws more tourists as air fares, yen fall

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Constant conflict over the presence of U.S. military bases and tragic old war stories keep Okinawa in the news.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Rengo pressures Obuchi to fulfill job, tax cut promises

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) urged the government Monday to make good on its promised tax reductions, including 4 trillion yen in income tax cuts.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Surveillance urged as Aum expands activity

Aum Shinrikyo is becoming increasingly active and establishing new facilities in the Tokyo area with profits from its lucrative computer business, the Public Security Investigation Agency warned Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Ogata calls on Japan to expedite refugee efforts

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, urged Japan on Monday to process refugee applications more swiftly and to make its refugee policies more transparent.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Dollar drops into 131 yen range

The dollar plummeted against the yen Monday amid growing fears that financial crises in Russia and other emerging markets will negatively impact the U.S. economy.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Kurosawa to receive special award

Film director Akira Kurosawa, who died Sunday, will posthumously receive the People's Honor Award in recognition of his lifetime work, the top government spokesman said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

News exhibit to open in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA -- An exhibition on the history of English-language news coverage in Japan will open next Tuesday in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Coffee hit in latest food-tampering case

A 55-year-old man in Ibaraki Prefecture fell ill after drinking coffee in a paper carton purchased at a convenience store Sunday night, one of the latest incidents in a rash of food-tampering cases, police said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Tokyo's elderly to reach 1.74 million

Tokyo's elderly Japanese residents will number 1.74 million as of Sept. 15, accounting for 14.9 percent of the capital's population, Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

NEC starts up communications unit in Singapore

NEC Corp. announced Monday it has set up a subsidiary in Singapore to design and develop hardware and software of base stations for wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), a next-generation wide-band mobile communication system.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Supreme Court overturns Korean fingerprinting case

The Supreme Court overturned an earlier high court decision Monday, ruling that the 1986 arrest of a Korean resident in Kyoto over his refusal to be fingerprinted was not illegal.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Prefectures asked to gear up for poisonings

Alarmed by a series of copycat poisoning crimes, the Health and Welfare Ministry on Monday requested prefectural governments to take steps to insure swift treatment of any future victims.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Japan, EU set ministerial talks for Oct. 12

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JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Tokyo hosts global gun control talks

The introduction of an identification system to prevent illegal trade in small fire arms was discussed Monday by delegates at an international workshop in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

MITI awaits U.S. steel action

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is closely watching the U.S. steel industry to see whether it will file a suit against Japanese steelmakers for dumping hot rolled steel -- a core commodity, a top ministry official said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

New headrest can reduce whiplash injuries

Nissan Motor Co. has developed a headrest that will reduce whiplash injuries in rear-end collisions by at least 30 percent, the company announced Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

North Korea remains on condemned list

Although it remains unclear what exactly North Korea launched over Japan on Aug. 31, the government's condemnation of Pyongyang's act still stands, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Oimachi shop owner killed in knife attack

A Tokyo store owner near JR Oimachi Station was stabbed to death Monday morning by three men, who appeared to be Asian foreigners, in an apparent burglary, police said.
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
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