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JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

MITI team to probe state oil firms

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will set up an internal team to probe the finances of 122 oil exploration firms under the Japan National Oil Corp., MITI Vice Minister Osamu Watanabe said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

World Cup fans leave for France as ticket woes continue

As confusion continued Thursday over a massive shortage of World Cup tickets for Japan matches, 319 soccer fans left Narita airport for Paris aboard a special Japan Airlines flight.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

Tax-dodging cases fall to 10-year low

OSAKA -- The total number of tax-dodging cases as well as the amount per case hit a 10-year low in 1997, according to an Osaka National Tax Administration Bureau report published Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

BOJ official admits taking bribes, denies leaking bank info

A fired senior Bank of Japan official pleaded guilty Thursday to accepting 4.3 million yen in bribes from two banks but denied leaking vital BOJ information in exchange for the lavish favors.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

EU may file WTO complaint over Japan's leather quota

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JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Toza head withdraws bankruptcy claim

OSAKA -- The Kansai region president of the failed English-language school Toza Gaigo Gakuin submitted a request Wednesday to withdraw the company's bankruptcy claim from the Osaka District Court.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Audi, Volkswagen to run separate showrooms

Volkswagen Group Japan KK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG in Germany, is hoping separate showrooms for Audi and Volkswagen will increase each brand's identity in Japan.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Bilateral insurance talks heat up

Disagreements flared Wednesday as Japanese and U.S. officials entered their second day of talks to discuss the progress of bilateral insurance agreements.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Japanese firms predict bleak future

Although some positive signs are emerging, Japanese companies remain mostly pessimistic over future prospects, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Credit Union Osaka Shogin to transfer operations

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Wednesday that troubled Credit Union Osaka Shogin will transfer its operations to Credit Union Kyoto Shogin.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Toyota increases USK stake

In an apparent move to expand and strengthen their housing business, Toyota Motor Corp. and its subsidiary increased their shareholding in USK Corp., a Tochigi-based housing company, to 45.4 percent from 33.9 percent, the company announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Environment activists awarded Blue Planet Prize

A U.S. environmental activist and a Russian meteorologist have won this year's Blue Planet Prize, a Japanese environmental award sponsored by the nonprofit Asahi Glass Foundation, its officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Foreign universities in Japan not recognized by ministry

The University of Tokyo's graduate schools have allowed five graduates of American universities' Japanese campuses to take entrance exams since 1991, even though this runs counter to Education Ministry policy, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Sumitomo Life banks future on asset-managing affiliate

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will increase its capital stake in its affiliated asset management company, turning it into a subsidiary and making it the largest asset management firm in Japan, company sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Hashimoto counts on panel to keep reform on track

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Wednesday a planned third-party advisory panel to monitor the government's administrative reform efforts will play a key role in countering anticipated objections from bureaucrats against the reform.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

Obuchi departs for G-8 meeting

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi leaves today for London to attend a foreign ministers' meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to discuss recent nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

U.S. agriculture group hosting trade fair

OSAKA -- A two-day trade fair designed to introduce and promote U.S. agricultural products in the Kansai region opened Wednesday at Osaka MyDome, beside the Osaka Chamber of Commerce building.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Tokyo upset with canceled visit of North Korea wives

Tokyo expressed displeasure Tuesday with Pyongyang's announcement that Japanese women living with their North Korean husbands in the reclusive state "canceled" applications to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Head banker warns against rapid weakening of yen

Foreign exchange movements excessive in both speed and level are unwelcome among Japanese financial institutions, the head of the banking industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Koreans fight eviction from Utoro homes

OSAKA -- Twelve Korean families facing eviction from the former wartime squatters community of Utoro in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, claimed Tuesday in their first oral appeal hearing that the real estate company that now owns the land should acknowledge their residential rights.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

LTCB reassures investors after share price plunges

The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan hastily moved to assure investors of its creditworthiness on Tuesday after its share price plunged to its lowest level since the burst of the bubble economy.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Spaces for subcompacts to be required in January

More cities will require drivers of subcompact cars, or "kei-jidosha," to register parking spaces starting in January, according to a parking ordinance revision approved at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Flight crew unions back ANA pilots in ongoing wage feud

The Japan Federation of Flight Crew Unions issued a statement Tuesday supporting the crew union of All Nippon Airways in its ongoing dispute with management.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Japan makes first demands in bilateral insurance talks

Japan and the United States each made their points known Tuesday, the first day of bilateral follow-up talks in Tokyo over their insurance markets.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

One-year delay hits Kobe airport project

KOBE -- The opening of the controversial Kobe airport, which had been scheduled to start up in 2004, will be delayed at least one year until autumn 2005, city officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Ford not raising stake in Mazda yet, Miller says

The president of Mazda Motor Corp. on Tuesday denied media reports that Ford Motor Co. plans to increase its equity stake in the Japanese automaker.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Hashimoto's administrative reform bill clears Diet

A government-proposed bill that will serve as the framework for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's plans for a slimmer administration -- one of his six major reform goals -- cleared the Diet late Tuesday afternoon.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Earnings gap widens among midsize life insurers

The business performance of the nation's eight second-tier life insurance firms in fiscal 1997 indicates that the gap between the stronger and weaker companies is widening, earnings reports released Tuesday showed.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Endocrine disrupters catch attention of academia

Experts from a number of fields related to endocrine disrupters set up an academic society Tuesday in Tokyo to help the nation combat the chemical substances whose effects on humans remain unknown.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Overseas tourism rises scant 0.6%

A record 16.8 million Japanese traveled abroad in 1997, but this represents an increase of only 0.6 percent over the previous year's level, according to a government white paper on tourism published Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘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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