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JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Japanese firms predict bleak future

Although some positive signs are emerging, Japanese companies remain mostly pessimistic over future prospects, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Credit Union Osaka Shogin to transfer operations

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Wednesday that troubled Credit Union Osaka Shogin will transfer its operations to Credit Union Kyoto Shogin.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Toyota increases USK stake

In an apparent move to expand and strengthen their housing business, Toyota Motor Corp. and its subsidiary increased their shareholding in USK Corp., a Tochigi-based housing company, to 45.4 percent from 33.9 percent, the company announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Environment activists awarded Blue Planet Prize

A U.S. environmental activist and a Russian meteorologist have won this year's Blue Planet Prize, a Japanese environmental award sponsored by the nonprofit Asahi Glass Foundation, its officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Foreign universities in Japan not recognized by ministry

The University of Tokyo's graduate schools have allowed five graduates of American universities' Japanese campuses to take entrance exams since 1991, even though this runs counter to Education Ministry policy, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Sumitomo Life banks future on asset-managing affiliate

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will increase its capital stake in its affiliated asset management company, turning it into a subsidiary and making it the largest asset management firm in Japan, company sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Hashimoto counts on panel to keep reform on track

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Wednesday a planned third-party advisory panel to monitor the government's administrative reform efforts will play a key role in countering anticipated objections from bureaucrats against the reform.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Obuchi departs for G-8 meeting

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi leaves today for London to attend a foreign ministers' meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to discuss recent nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

U.S. agriculture group hosting trade fair

OSAKA -- A two-day trade fair designed to introduce and promote U.S. agricultural products in the Kansai region opened Wednesday at Osaka MyDome, beside the Osaka Chamber of Commerce building.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Tokyo upset with canceled visit of North Korea wives

Tokyo expressed displeasure Tuesday with Pyongyang's announcement that Japanese women living with their North Korean husbands in the reclusive state "canceled" applications to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Head banker warns against rapid weakening of yen

Foreign exchange movements excessive in both speed and level are unwelcome among Japanese financial institutions, the head of the banking industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Koreans fight eviction from Utoro homes

OSAKA -- Twelve Korean families facing eviction from the former wartime squatters community of Utoro in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, claimed Tuesday in their first oral appeal hearing that the real estate company that now owns the land should acknowledge their residential rights.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

LTCB reassures investors after share price plunges

The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan hastily moved to assure investors of its creditworthiness on Tuesday after its share price plunged to its lowest level since the burst of the bubble economy.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Spaces for subcompacts to be required in January

More cities will require drivers of subcompact cars, or "kei-jidosha," to register parking spaces starting in January, according to a parking ordinance revision approved at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Flight crew unions back ANA pilots in ongoing wage feud

The Japan Federation of Flight Crew Unions issued a statement Tuesday supporting the crew union of All Nippon Airways in its ongoing dispute with management.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Japan makes first demands in bilateral insurance talks

Japan and the United States each made their points known Tuesday, the first day of bilateral follow-up talks in Tokyo over their insurance markets.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

One-year delay hits Kobe airport project

KOBE -- The opening of the controversial Kobe airport, which had been scheduled to start up in 2004, will be delayed at least one year until autumn 2005, city officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Ford not raising stake in Mazda yet, Miller says

The president of Mazda Motor Corp. on Tuesday denied media reports that Ford Motor Co. plans to increase its equity stake in the Japanese automaker.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Hashimoto's administrative reform bill clears Diet

A government-proposed bill that will serve as the framework for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's plans for a slimmer administration -- one of his six major reform goals -- cleared the Diet late Tuesday afternoon.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Earnings gap widens among midsize life insurers

The business performance of the nation's eight second-tier life insurance firms in fiscal 1997 indicates that the gap between the stronger and weaker companies is widening, earnings reports released Tuesday showed.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Endocrine disrupters catch attention of academia

Experts from a number of fields related to endocrine disrupters set up an academic society Tuesday in Tokyo to help the nation combat the chemical substances whose effects on humans remain unknown.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Overseas tourism rises scant 0.6%

A record 16.8 million Japanese traveled abroad in 1997, but this represents an increase of only 0.6 percent over the previous year's level, according to a government white paper on tourism published Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

LDP requests extension of Diet session

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato on Tuesday requested Lower House Speaker Soichiro Ito and Upper House President Juro Saito to extend the current Diet session, originally scheduled to end today, by eight days.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Mazda launches new Familia

Mazda Motor Corp. on Tuesday launched a fully redesigned Familia model on the Japanese market.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Tokyo temple offers Zen with an American touch

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Tokai professor optimistic economy will pick up soon

Despite the dire predictions of some pundits, Japan's economy will defy the naysayers and recover from its sluggishness within the year, Tokai University Professor Hajime Karatsu predicted Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Life insurers see fall in aggregate contract value

The nation's eight major life insurance firms reported that the combined total of outstanding personal life insurance contracts in 1997 fell for the first time in some 50 years, according to fiscal 1997 earnings reports released Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Works kickbacks seen from small contractors

The Construction Ministry is looking into reports that small and medium-size contractors are charging commissions by "subcontracting" public works projects they can't handle to major construction firms, it was learned Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

MITI recommends easing of oil industry rules

The government should scrap measures designed to balance supply and demand of petroleum products in nonemergency situations, the Petroleum Council, an advisory body to the minister for international trade and industry, said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Finance Ministry takes a step toward transparency

The Finance Ministry announced Monday it has abolished 382 of its 400 nonlegal official notices, or "tsutatsu," in a bid to promote transparency in its supervision of financial institutions.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris, later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
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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