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JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Court upholds rejection of Korean residents' run for office

The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings March 13 and rejected claims by Korean residents that the government violated the Constitution by rejecting their right to run in the Upper House election in July 1992.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Food aid to North Korea can help peace effort, Carter says

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter urged Japan on March 13 to be more flexible in extending food to North Korea, claiming it would help bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Foreign firms attempt to cash in on Tokyo's real estate bargains

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Tunisian envoy woos Japanese investors

Tunisian Ambassador Salah Hannachi said March 13 that Japanese businesses will find the North African country an efficient regional industrial platform on which to support operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Mitsui Marine & Fire decides against Sanyo takeover

Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co. announced March 13 that it has dropped a plan to take over part of failed Sanyo Securities Co. because it is unlikely the company will be able to make a profit.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

U.N. official praises Japan on PKO role

Japan has consistently made significant contributions toward improving the problem of refugees internationally and may expand this role in the future, the U.N. Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees said in an interview March 13.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Three banks receiving public funds will trim 2,900 staff

Three of the four commercial banks that officially qualified March 13 for a capital injection of public funds will cut a total 2,900 employees over the next three years as part of their restructuring plans.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Justsystem, Microsoft ready to slug it out over Kanji software

It's time for a showdown.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Bilateral Common Agenda seeks global links

Cooperation between Japan and the United States is becoming increasingly important in tackling a variety of global issues under the bilateral Common Agenda, leaders of the two countries said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Agency lists best beaches for bathing in Japan

Fifty-five beaches, including one on a river, have been named as the best and the cleanest bathing locations in Japan in a list released March 12 by the Environment Agency.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Three opposition parties agree to merge with DPJ

Four opposition parties officially agreed late March 12 to unite as a new party that will become the second-largest force after the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Killing of Sakamotos baffles Aum lawyer

One-time Aum Shinrikyo lawyer Yoshinobu Aoyama testified as a prosecution witness March 12 in the trial of Aum founder Shoko Asahara, claiming he never considered Tsutsumi Sakamoto, an anti-Aum lawyer believed murdered by cultists, an obstacle to Aum.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Matsushita offers to quit for BOJ bribery scandal

Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita has offered to resign to take the blame for the arrest of a BOJ official who allegedly took bribes from commercial banks, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Hashimoto to meet Kim in London

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will hold talks with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in early April while they visit London to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting to be held April 3 and 4, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka announced March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Merged DPJ faces challenge of aligning parties' policies

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Police crackdown targets illegal foreign workers

The National Police Agency and the Justice and Labor ministries will crack down on foreigners working illegally in Japan amid the financial crisis in Asia, the three bodies' bureau chiefs decided at a meeting March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Clinton may visit Japan and China, Carter says

U.S. President Bill Clinton is considering visiting China in June and may come to Japan on his way home, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said March 12 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Ministry, banks move to exchange information openly

Scarred by scandal, the Finance Ministry held a meeting March 12 with senior banking officials to introduce a new system of information exchange with the financial sector that would not require excessive wining and dining.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Inaba urges recovery rather than fiscal reform

Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called on the government March 12 to give priority to economic stimulus rather than measures to rehabilitate its national finances.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Banks' wining, dining of BOJ officials said not uncommon

The Industrial Bank of Japan and several other major banks have repeatedly wined and dined executives and other high-ranking officials of the Bank of Japan, in addition to the BOJ official arrested March 11, sources said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

Osaka and Kanto tops in nuclear waste levels

Over the past quarter century, Osaka has been responsible for generating the largest percentage of nuclear waste of any prefecture in the nation, a new study has revealed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

New Zealand calls on Japan to boost demand

New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley encouraged Japan on March 10 to stimulate domestic demand, saying that stronger growth in Japan will help Asian countries that are suffering from economic crisis.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

Knifings prompt rethink of Juvenile Law

Justice Minister Kokichi Shimoinaba said March 10 that the issue of lowering the age at which minors who commit crimes can be punished should be included on the agenda of ongoing discussions among the Justice Ministry, the Supreme Court and the federation of bar associations.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Chief of bookbinding firm kills self

Ryutaro Kotaki, 45, president of a Tokyo bookbinding company, took his life by driving his car into the sea off a pier in the city's Minato Ward at about 7 a.m. March 9, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

ANA joins code-sharing with United, Lufthansa

All Nippon Airways, the nation's second-largest airline, announced March 9 that it has reached an agreement for comprehensive partnership, including code-sharing, with United Airlines of the U.S. and Lufthansa German Airlines.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

BOJ exec entertained by top banks

Six to seven banks spent about 7 million yen entertaining an executive of the Bank of Japan over the past five years, according to sources at the banks.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Burial mound found nearly intact

MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. -- A circular burial mound dating back to the latter half of the fifth century has been discovered nearly intact in the village of Komochi, Gunma Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Boy Scout leader urges knife safety

The problem with today's society is not knives and guns but the people who wield them, said Jere Ratcliffe, chief scout executive of Boy Scouts of America, in a recent speech delivered to Boy Scouts of Nippon in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Hosokawa backs merger under DPJ

In a bid for a merger of the four parties in the Minyuren parliamentary group, former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa on March 9 proposed that the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest of the four, effectively absorb the three others to create a new party.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Finance Ministry graft probe to widen

The Finance Ministry's ongoing in-house investigation of wining and dining will also include officials rumored to have been excessively entertained by financial firms, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga indicated March 9, adding that he plans to become more involved.
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.

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