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JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

English poets can conquer traditional tanka form, too

Responding to the growing popularity of Japanese poetry overseas, Tokyo publishing company Hoshi to Mori Co. is sponsoring an international poetry contest featuring tanka, a traditional form of verse dating back to the seventh century.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

New WHO dioxin rules may affect Japanese regulations

The World Health Organization has set new guidelines for the regulation of dioxins and coplanar PCBs, a group of toxic chemicals that have a similar chemical composition to dioxins but are currently unregulated in Japan.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Newspapers still have key role to play in high-tech age

Staff Writer
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Mahathir requests aid be resumed to Indonesia

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged international donors Thursday to resume aid to Indonesia following the launch of a new administration headed by President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

State opts not to appeal court's base noise ruling

The central government decided Thursday not to appeal a high court ruling made May 22 ordering the state to pay more compensation for noise pollution to residents around Kadena Air Base in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

High blood dioxin levels found in residents near incinerator

An abnormally high level of dioxin has been detected in the blood of residents living near a controversial garbage incineration plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, researchers announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Diet panel approves PKO defensive fire bill

An Upper House panel approved a government-backed bill Thursday that allows military commanders to order defensive fire if the need arises during United Nations peacekeeping operations.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

JICA member takes on Ghana ball team

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

El Nino bids adios as Pacific surface cools

The strongest El Nino to date is coming to an end, as recent trade winds have cooled the surface of the Eastern Pacific Ocean since late May, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Chukaku-ha leftists admit torching buses in Chiba

Media organizations in Tokyo were mailed statements Thursday in which the ultra-leftist Chukaku-ha (Middle Core Faction) claimed it was responsible for two explosions Tuesday that gutted two buses and damaged another in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Defense quizzes cops on gassing

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Thursday cross-examined police officers who were involved in the investigation of the June 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Top Hong Kong official defends dollar-to-dollar link

Hong Kong remains committed to retaining its link to the U.S. dollar through a currency board and has strong support from mainland China in defending its dollar, its top administrative officer said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

LDP ups ante, urges funding for missile defense study

A top policy planner of the Liberal Democratic Party has urged the government to allocate funds in fiscal 1999 for U.S.-proposed joint study on the theater missile defense system.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Japan-U.S. societies say cultural assimilation top priority

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Team agrees to draft 'public trust' bills

A working team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake agreed Wednesday on draft bills aimed to help recover public trust in politics.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Dance, diplomacy do great pas de deux

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Finance asked to keep hand out of scholarship jar

The Finance Ministry should loosen its grip on and refrain from using World Bank scholarships designed to give people in developing countries chances to study abroad, Taro Kono, a House of Representatives member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

JR East to build recycling plant

East Japan Railway Co., (JR East) will build a factory to make polyethylene film from recycled newspapers and magazines, Masatake Matsuda, president of the firm, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

No appeal eyed in transplant case

OSAKA -- Kansai Medical University will not appeal a court ruling acknowledging that the university hospital and one of its doctors illegally inserted catheters in a patient in preparation for removing her kidneys after she died.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

No plans for emergency assistance to Russia, Muraoka says

The government has no plan to provide emergency loans or any other form of financial aid to Russia to help ease financial uncertainty there, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Group to write specs for wireless PC-electronics interface

Major electronics companies in Japan said Wednesday they have jointly established a working group to define common specifications for hardware that will easily connect personal computers to devices such as cordless phones, VCRs and audio sets through wireless communications.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Nobelist tells media to focus on rights, responsibility

BY AKEMI NAKAMURA
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Autumn dates announced for visits by Jiang, Kim

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Group seeks to put more females in politics

Former female politicians and academic experts formed a group Wednesday to bolster the ranks of politically active women.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Japanese mayors unite against nuclear test blasts

Denouncing the recent nuclear tests carried out by India and Pakistan, an association of city mayors from across the nation adopted an emergency resolution Wednesday at their meeting in Tokyo, urging the abolition of atomic weapons and tests.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

Newspapers not doomed by Internet, Murdoch assures

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

High-fashion bikes hit the streets of Harajuku

In the heart of Tokyo's Harajuku, the nation's fashion capital, Yuumi Mizunaga has opened a shop she hopes will win over the area's young trendsetters.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

Rainy season envelops most of nation

The rainy season began Tuesday in regions from Kyushu to Hokuriku and the Kanto-Koshin area, the Meteorological Agency said the same day.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

Tokushima dam foes face Construction ministry bureaucrats

Representatives from Tokushima Prefecture and citizens opposing plans for a dam on the Yoshino River met Tuesday in Tokyo for discussions with Construction Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

St. Lucia seeks aid for ports, schools

The prime minister of St. Lucia called Tuesday for Japanese assistance to improve the Caribbean island nation's ports and install computers at its schools, Foreign Ministry officials said.
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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