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JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Chinese vice president arrives for six-day visit

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday for a six-day stay that will lay the groundwork for an upcoming exchange of visits by top government leaders of Japan and China.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Private envoy fosters human ties for Japan

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

ANA signs code-sharing pacts with UA, Lufthansa

All Nippon Airways Co. has concluded agreements with United Airlines and Lufthansa German Airlines to start code-sharing operations in October and July, respectively, ANA officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Matsunaga backs plan for public works

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga expressed support Tuesday for the large amount allotted to traditional public works spending in the government's upcoming stimulus package, noting that such projects are needed in rural areas.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Kishi reappointed as head of banking industry

Satoru Kishi, president of the scandal-tainted Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, was reappointed Tuesday as the head of the nation's banking federation.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Osaka financial mess focus of Yokoyama's fourth year

OSAKA -- Three years after becoming Osaka governor, "Knock" Yokoyama told reporters Tuesday that restructuring the prefecture's unhealthy finances is the main goal of his fourth year in office.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Juvenile Law review nears as bar reverses stance

A committee of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations has drafted a proposal that would reverse the group's long-standing opposition to revising the Juvenile Law, federation officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

Four held over credit union's loans

OSAKA -- Police arrested three former executives of a failed credit union here Tuesday for allegedly extending about 75 million yen in loans to a construction company without taking collateral.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 1998

LDP panel targets small firms, home buyers for new tax cut

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel basically agreed Tuesday to include tax deductions worth roughly 250 billion yen in the government's upcoming stimulus package.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Hashimoto defends reform bill before Diet

A bill to reform the current bloated administrative system is indispensable to make government slimmer and more effective for the 21st century, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a Diet session April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Atomic energy forum maps new pathways for Japan

The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum opened its annual convention April 20 in Tokyo to discuss nuclear energy problems under the theme of "Atomic Energy: New Challenge."
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Tokyo peace hall plan omits 'military city' reference

An advisory panel to Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima proposed April 20 two versions of a draft for a planned war museum in Tokyo that drop a controversial phrase describing the capital as a "military city" during World War II.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

BOJ branches report regional economies in decline

Regional economies have continued to worsen in many parts of the country as personal consumption and capital investment have either remained sluggish or declined, Bank of Japan branch heads said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

OECD economist urges comprehensive stimulus effort

Emergency fiscal stimulus measures would help boost the economy, but a comprehensive approach with deregulatory and bank-strengthening steps holds the key to recovery, the top economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Traffic signal repair orders move to bid system

The National Police Agency has ordered prefectural police departments to award all traffic control signal maintenance orders by competitive bid.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Irish expert urges interchange on ancient tomb parallels

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Crime victims' kin seek Juvenile Law review

Citizens whose relatives have died in crimes committed by minors have banded together to ask the Justice Ministry to amend the Juvenile Law, which they say protects minor offenders through closed family court adjudication proceedings.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Toshiba to shift PC production from desktops to notebooks

Toshiba Corp. plans to halt production of desktop personal computers for home users in an attempt to beef up its notebook computer business, company sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

MITI bill tracks pollutant releases

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is planning an environmental protection law that will require industries to report on the pollutants they release into the atmosphere, water and soil.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Fiscal '97 trade surplus posts 79.7% expansion

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus for fiscal 1997 grew for the first time in five years, rising 79.7 percent from the previous year to 11.44 trillion yen, according to provisional figures released April 20 by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Bureaucrat calls for progress report on bank lending

Finance officials should check the lending practices at banks to determine whether they have eased their stance on loans following the closure of their books in March, Vice Finance Minister Koji Tanami said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

ANA union calls Golden Week truce

The union of pilots and flight engineers at All Nippon Airways Co. will temporarily suspend its ongoing strike in view of the upcoming Golden Week holidays, a spokesman for the carrier announced April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Business lobby says Hashimoto should quit

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto should step down to take responsibility for mismanagement of the nation's economic policy, a deputy chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Tokyo proposes isles compromise to Russia

Japan has offered a compromise proposal in a long-standing territorial row with Russia under which Moscow will continue to retain the four disputed islands off Hokkaido for a transitional period as long as it confirms their sovereignty belongs to Tokyo, government sources said April 20.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Video 'magazines' to fill foreigners' news needs

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Alliance delays ethics bill for third time

The tripartite ruling alliance on Friday moved back for a third time its self-imposed deadline for a jointly drafted bill to ban lawmakers from obtaining money through the use of influence.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

ASEAN experts air agenda for bridging cultural gaps

In the past few decades, Asian countries have established strong economic ties among themselves, but when it comes to culture, do Asians really understand each other?
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Major tax changes eyed in commission meeting

The government's Tax Commission on Friday began deliberations toward making comprehensive changes to the nation's personal and corporate income tax structure that would bring rates closer to international levels.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Bills allow SDF bigger role in contingencies abroad

Two bills to implement the new Japanese-U.S. defense guidelines were presented Friday to the ruling tripartite alliance, paving the way for the Self-Defense Forces to take unprecedented military roles in contingencies in areas surrounding Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Mongolian president to visit in May

Staff writer
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.
‘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.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
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.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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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