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JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

Myanmar expatriate to return refugee status

A Myanmar refugee who plans to return his refugee status in Japan and go back to his country at the end of this month said Monday that Myanmar's military government and democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi need to be flexible and promote dialogue to achieve peace.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

Mita ex-chief admits window-dressing, vows to pay up

OSAKA -- The former president of photocopier maker Mita Industrial Co., which filed for application of the Corporate Rehabilitation Law earlier this month, told creditors that he would be willing to sell his personal assets as part of compensation efforts.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

'Bridge bank' plan for top 19 may cause chaos, Miyazawa warns

The government is afraid to apply its "bridge bank" scheme to the nation's 19 major banks because any moves to aid one of them would trigger speculation more collapses are on the way and destabilize international markets, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa indicated Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

Nonaka now willing to discuss U.S. bases with Ota

Softening his earlier stance, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday he is willing to meet with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota Thursday afternoon to discuss the realignment of U.S. military bases in Okinawa, as long as his Diet schedule allows.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

IMF tells Japan to repeal tax hike, clear bad loans

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Thursday presented a package of policy proposals to rejuvenate Japan's ailing economy, including a cut in the national consumption tax and a revamp of the postal savings system.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Green Cross founder tied to Unit 731 preservation

The founder of Green Cross Corp., an Osaka-based pharmaceutical firm, played a major role shortly after World War II in preventing senior members of Unit 731 from being prosecuted as war criminals, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

U.S. CPA degrees popular passport to security

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JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Ex-Mita chief vows to sell off personal belongings

OSAKA -- The former president of photocopier maker Mita Industrial Co., which filed for application of the Corporate Rehabilitation Law earlier the week, told creditors Friday that he will make efforts toward compensation in all ways possible, including selling his personal assets.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Major banks should merge rather than fail, Hayami says

The nation's 19 major banks should be prevented from failing at all costs, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami indicated, adding that troubled institutions should be merged with healthy ones instead of being left to collapse.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Tonegawa water supply looking good

Major reservoirs in the Tonegawa River system have been filled near capacity this summer, Construction Ministry officials said. The reservoirs are the main source of water for 27 million residents in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

BOJ board member opposes monetary policy, urges cuts

One of the nine members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board opposed the central bank's monetary stance and called for further cuts in a short-term interest rate at its meeting July 16, according to minutes released Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Finance Ministry rejects IMF report

The Finance Ministry rejected the glum assessment of the Japanese economy presented Friday in a report by the International Monetary Fund, saying the government has taken sufficient steps to revive the economy.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

NTT DoCoMo users hit 20 million

NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., an NTT cellular phone subsidiary known as NTT DoCoMo, announced Friday that its cellular phones users reached 20 million the day before.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

New treats bring tasty twist to familiar souvenirs

Godzilla, Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty have become the latest characters to take shape as traditional souvenir confectioneries in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Kanagawa gives foreign residents stronger voice

YOKOHAMA -- To better reflect the opinions of Kanagawa Prefecture's growing foreign population, which has more than doubled over the past decade, officials have followed other localities in creating an advisory panel to the governor.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Package unlikely to spark self-sustained recovery, BOJ says

The economy will probably not make an immediate transition to a self-sustained recovery, even if the government's 16 trillion yen stimulus package is implemented, the Bank of Japan reckoned in a report Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Obuchi timetable on recovery demanded

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi must set a concrete time limit on overcoming the economic crisis and stake the fate of his Cabinet on achieving this recovery, the Committee for the Promotion of Political Reforms said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Pioneering wildlife center gives hurt birds survival chance

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JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Expand 'bridge bank' plan to majors, Hayami urges

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami hinted Thursday that the government's "bridge bank" plan to enable fund flows to continue to sound borrowers at failed financial institutions should also be applied to the nation's 19 major banks.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Opposition parties at odds over banking problem

The policy affairs chiefs of the three opposition parties failed to agree Wednesday on a basic policy to deal with failing banks, stumbling over whether to allow all insolvent banks to go under.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Extended state budget lifts spending caps

The government on Wednesday agreed on basic guidelines for a 15-month combined budget ending in March 2000 that will include 4 trillion yen worth of spending concentrated in special budgetary frames to boost the economy.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

0.76% wage hike urged for civil servants

The National Personnel Agency urged the Diet and the government Wednesday to pay an average 0.76 percent wage increase (2,785 yen excluding a periodical wage hike) to civil servants this year, effective from April 1. It also suggested that bureaucrats stop receiving pay raises at age 55, instead of the...
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Foley touts U.S. 7th Fleet's dual role

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Yen strengthens to 145.9 amid fears of intervention

The yen recovered from its slide against the dollar during Tokyo trading Wednesday, rebounding to 145.90-93 as of 5 p.m. as compared to its temporary drop to eight-year-low levels Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Strong temblor hits central Nagano

A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.1 on the open-ended Richter scale hit central Nagano Prefecture on Wednesday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Nikkeiren pushes state to accelerate jobs program

The Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to speed up a government program to create 7.4 million new jobs in 15 sectors by 2010, according to Nikkeiren officials.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Kabuki group loses tickets, cash

Tickets for "Kabuki for Everyone" performances to be held Aug. 18 and 19 at Melpark Hall in Tokyo's Minato Ward have been missing since Tuesday afternoon, the kabuki organization said.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

Kitty Hawk arrives as Asia's '911 carrier'

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

Miyazawa sorry for mismanaging the bubble days

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa offered an apology Tuesday at the Diet for errors he made in fiscal and monetary policies before and after the bubble economy of the late 1980s.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

Wholesale prices dropped 2.2% in July

Domestic wholesale prices dropped 2.2 percent in July from the same month last year, marking the fifth consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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