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JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Pop superstar Jackson to open family theme park, toy shops

Pop-music superstar Michael Jackson announced Monday that he has teamed up with a Japanese venture to develop family-oriented children's attractions in Japan and around the world.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

LDP leaders vow to cooperate with opposition to pass bills

The three top executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Monday the party will seek cooperation from opposition parties in an extraordinary Diet session that opens Monday to have bills passed as quickly as possible.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Town gives OK to Kansai airport traffic

OSAKA -- The legislature of Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, voted Monday to adopt a resolution allowing flights to and from New Kansai International Airport to pass over the city, even though local residents had adamantly rejected the idea.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Police look for culprit in Wakayama cyanide slayings

WAKAYAMA -- Investigators probing a festival cyanide poisoning that killed four people and sickened 67 others Saturday evening suspect that a pot of curry served at the event was laced during one of two unaccounted for periods during which the food wasn't being watched, they said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Weekend water accidents claim 19

Nineteen people died, nine were injured and five are listed as missing as a result of 44 accidents at seashores and rivers nationwide over the weekend, the National Police Agency said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Sanyo, IBM to cooperate in semiconductor development

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. and IBM Corp. have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing semiconductor technology for digital information consumer products, the two firms announced here Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Will Windows 98 spur PC revival?

The Akihabara district of Tokyo, famous for its abundance of electronics shops, once again was in an uproar in the middle of the night.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

New JET participants start orientation period

The newest JET program participants have arrived in Tokyo and showed their eagerness to make a mark in schools and local-government offices nationwide, at the start of a three-day orientation program Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Youths growing spontaneously violent

Youths today are increasingly committing violent crimes "spontaneously" or as part of groups that lack deep associations or friendship, according to a midterm report compiled by the Justice Ministry's Correction Bureau.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

New chief vows every effort to revive economy

Keizo Obuchi, new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pledged Friday to make every effort to revive the economy and regain the public's trust in politics.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

GE Capital seals purchase of Lake

GE Capital Services Corp. of the United States has closed an acquisition deal with Lake Co., Japan's fifth-largest consumer credit firm, the two companies announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Analysis: Fate rides on quick, effective policies

and MITSUKO NASHIMAStaff writers
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Keidanren willing to swap bonds for leadership

OYAMAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japan's next prime minister should exercise strong leadership in tackling the nation's economic crisis even though it would mean the issuance of deficit-covering bonds, participants at a Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) seminar said in a statement released...
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

U.S. war camp shame remains: Japanese-Latin activist

A U.S. activist who has been demanding government redress for Japanese-Latin Americans interned during World War II told reporters in Tokyo on Friday that the "shameful chapter in U.S. history" is not yet closed despite the settlement reached in June between the U.S. government and former internees....
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Business focuses on the crew rather than the leader

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Consensus-builder to lead the nation

Keizo Obuchi, the new Liberal Democratic Party president who is certain to become prime minister next week, is known for a low-key, consensus-oriented political style that has earned him few enemies.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Train noise to cost Odakyu 9.5 million yen

A government panel Friday ordered Odakyu Electric Railway Co. to pay 34 people living near the carrier's line a total of 9.56 million yen in compensation for noise pollution.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Fiscal policymakers face uphill task with economy

and YOSUKE NAITOStaff writers
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

'Bridge bank' bills set for Diet

Bills for the government "bridge bank" plan, aimed at resolving the bad-loan problem, are ready to be submitted at the outset of an extraordinary Diet session to convene later this month, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Kajiyama backers to form new group within LDP

Supporters of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama, the runnerup in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race Friday, plan to form a policy study group under his leadership within the LDP.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Japan backs easing of Pakistan sanctions

Japan will join the other Group of Eight nations in supporting a possible easing of economic sanctions against Pakistan that are preventing international loans from being made to the debt-plagued country.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Aomori governor warms to spent atomic fuel plan

Aomori Gov. Morio Kimura expressed a positive stance Friday toward a controversial project to take in spent nuclear fuel at a new recycling facility under construction in Rokkasho Village.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Obuchi elected new LDP president

Keizo Obuchi was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, defeating two rivals by a large margin in a race held to replace the departing LDP leader, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Foreign Ministry pleased with Obuchi's selection

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Web surfers pick Koizumi

If cyber politics had called the shots, Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi would have been the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Patent Office to offer online trademark database search

A free Internet service will be launched by the Patent Office on July 31 to enable users to rummage through some 2 million trademarks that have already been registered or applied for, officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Banks a hurdle to wider yen usage: panel

Regaining confidence in the nation's banking sector is a prerequisite for promoting wider use of the yen in international markets, a Finance Ministry advisory group agreed Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

75 million yen emergency aid readied for Papua New Guinea

Japan will extend 75 million yen in emergency aid to Papua New Guinea, which was hit by a killer tsunami last week, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

IT firms criticize 'backwardness' in approach to Net

To help the Japanese catch up with the wave of globalization in the realm of the Internet, a group of foreign-affiliated firms on Thursday urged the government to provide Net users with more financial incentives to build an information-oriented society.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Keidanren urges financial realignment

Staff writer

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