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JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Japan to join EU action against Massachusetts law

Japan will join the European Union as early as next week in filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization about a Massachusetts law that denies state contracts to companies doing business in Myanmar, government sources said July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Supreme court rejects Inamura appeal

The Supreme Court on July 4 rejected an appeal from a former Environment Agency director general, letting stand a lower court sentence of three years in prison and a 300 million yen fine for tax evasion.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Aichi quits Shinshinto, hits Ozawa's leadership

Kazuo Aichi, a senior Lower House member of Shinshinto, will leave the largest opposition party next week, sources said July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Contractor files for bankruptcy

A medium-size general contractor listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange effectively went bankrupt July 4 due to real estate-related debts that inflated after the burst of the bubble economy in the early 1990s.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Bad loans down to 28 trillion yen in March

The balance of nonperforming loans held by the nation's financial institutions came to 27.9 trillion yen as of the end of March, with 4.68 trillion yen estimated requiring disposal as losses, according to Finance Ministry figures released July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Finance Ministry shuffles top posts

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JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Shinshinto panel urges end to open primaries

Shinshinto should stop using open primaries to choose its leader, a panel within the largest opposition party said in a report released July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Okinawa to host development talks

Japan will host an international development conference in Okinawa Prefecture on July 24 and 25 to seek ways of promoting development assistance, Foreign Ministry officials said July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Former DKB chairman arrested over payoffs

Prosecutors arrested on July 4 a former chairman of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank in connection with the major city bank's alleged payments to a corporate extortionist.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Photos of young Kobe suspect spark demand for recall

Justice Minister Isao Matsuura denounced the Shinchosha publishing house July 4 and demanded that it immediately recall copies of its two magazines that ran a photo of the 14-year-old Kobe youth being held in the murder of schoolboy Jun Hase.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Cultist playing down role, defense says

Defense lawyers for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara accused a former senior cultist during cross-examination July 4 of playing down his involvement in the cult's dubious activities.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Tanker's oil spill smaller than first feared

Oil spilled July 2 from a supertanker in Tokyo Bay amounts to about 1,550 kiloliters of crude, only one-10th the figure reported the night of the spill, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said July 3.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Confessed killer of Sakamotos testifies

The defense team for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara cross-examined on July 3 a former cultist who has confessed to being involved in the murder of an anti-Aum lawyer and his family.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

FTC to reduce M&A restrictions

The Fair Trade Commission said July 3 it will ease restrictions on company mergers and stock acquisitions, effectively halving the number of cases in which firms are required to report to authorities.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Sato finalizes MITI personnel lineup

Shinji Sato, minister of international trade and industry, has finalized the new lineup of his key staffers, officials said July 3. The change in personnel includes the appointment of Osamu Watanabe, director general of the ministry's Industrial Policy Bureau, as new vice minister.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

The Tokyo Elections: Small parties get their chance

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on July 6 is widely seen as the most important vote of the year, but it is not only a battlefield for the nation's largest parties.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Peru to get loans of 42.6 billion yen

Japan promised some 42.6 billion yen July 3 in fresh economic aid to Peru, while Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori brushed aside concerns over terrorism and urged Japanese firms to invest further in his country.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

World Bank exec fights female bias

Mieko Nishimizu, World Bank vice president for South Asia, said July 3 that she wants to eliminate discrimination against women in developing countries in the region.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Official use of 'hanko' may be coming to an end

The government started examining July 3 the possible abolition of current regulations that require the public to use "hanko" seals for administrative formalities, according to a high-ranking government official.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Errant banks, securities firms face crackdown

Government leaders reiterated July 3 the need to toughen penalties on financial institutions due to racketeering scandals involving a leading city bank and Japan's major securities firms.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Environmental groups worry about bay's wildlife

Environmental groups expressed concern about the potential negative effects oil spilled from a supertanker in Tokyo Bay would have on animal life and tidal flats in the area.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

Bangladesh leader hails deepening bilateral ties

Bangladesh and Japan have reached important economic agreements that will help deepen bilateral cooperative relations, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said July 2.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

High school grounds 175 students for partying

OSAKA -- A fifth of the entire student body at an Osaka prefectural high school has been grounded for drinking and smoking in parties following a recent athletic event, it was learned July 2.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

U.N.'s Akashi urges nation to aid North Korea

U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi urged Japan on July 2 to extend humanitarian emergency food aid to North Korea to ease its severe food shortage.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

Knifing was not meant to kill, couple says

OSAKA -- A man and a woman charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a pregnant woman, which resulted in the death of her unborn child, told a court July 2 that they had no intention of killing the woman.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

The Tokyo Elections: LDP, JCP looking strong

More Tokyo voters are leaning toward candidates from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party in the assembly election July 6 than four years ago, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

The Tokyo Elections: SDP seeks help; communists face LDP

The Social Democratic Party is in trouble. All but four of its members in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly have deserted the party, and those who have stayed are facing an uphill battle.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

Major oil spill hits Tokyo Bay

A supertanker ran aground July 2 in Tokyo Bay, dumping as much as 15,000 kiloliters of crude oil in one of the worst environmental accidents in Japanese waters, the Maritime Safety Agency said.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

1996 surplus reaches 437.4 billion yen

A total surplus of 437.4 billion yen was recorded after the government settled its general account for fiscal 1996, which ended in March, the Finance Ministry announced July 2.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

Liberalized APEC trade in environmental goods sought

Japan plans to propose talks on liberalizing trade in environment-related equipment and services within the 18-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, government officials said July 2.
Alerts issued for Tokyo area cities as Shanshan crawls across Japan
A submerged area of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Thursday after Typhoon Shanshan dumped torrential rain throughout the Kyushu region.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
From tropical storm to 'violent': Japan’s typhoon classifications
A satellite image from Wednesday shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu as the storm was rapidly intensifying.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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