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JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Court nullifies JR rehiring order

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday nullified a 1987 Central Labor Relations Commission order for the Japan Railway group companies to employ or compensate unionists who were not rehired when the Japanese National Railways was privatized.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Electric manufacturers' profits suffer amid economic blues

The nation's major chip and computer manufacturers on Thursday reported declines in pretax and net profits in the business year ended March 31 amid sluggish domestic demand and Asia's financial turmoil.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Slovakian envoy hails bilateral gains

Outgoing Slovakian Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak said Thursday that political, economic and cultural relations between his country and Japan have grown remarkably during his four years in Japan.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Teachers urged to heed criticisms of schools

Teachers must sincerely respond to criticism directed at schools, the head of the Japan Teachers' Union (Nikkyoso) said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Seibu exec acquitted of fraud in medical equipment case

The former chief of Seibu department store's medical equipment department was acquitted of complicity Thursday in a fraud case in which six people were accused of bilking a leasing company out of about 31.1 billion yen by fabricating medical equipment deals.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Toyota to raise stakes in Daihatsu, Hino Motors

Toyota Motor Corp. hopes to eventually increase its equity stakes in its affiliated Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. to over 50 percent to strengthen the Toyota group's consolidation, Toyota President Hiroshi Okuda said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Japan to fully fund U.N. drug abuse project

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Nonbank lending rate limit may change

The Finance Ministry will consider lowering the upper limit on lending rates for nonbank financial institutions, ministry officials told representatives from the sector Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Yamasaki clarifies defense guidelines for Xu

The Japan-U.S. defense guidelines do not apply to conflicts in Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait if China does not exercise its military might over the area, Taku Yamasaki, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, told Chinese Ambassador to Japan Xu Dunxin on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Suzuki, Opel to join forces on new passenger car

Suzuki Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it will jointly develop a small passenger car with Adam Opel AG, a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., and start producing the model in 2000.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Hashimoto pleas with Pakistan over possible nuclear test

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Wednesday afternoon urged Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to conduct a nuclear test, according to government officials.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Aum sarin chemicals unearthed from mountain in Nikko

Police said Wednesday they have unearthed eight cylinders of hydrogen fluoride, one of the chemicals used to make the deadly nerve gas sarin, on a mountainside in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, after piecing together tips from former Aum Shinrikyo members.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Teleway operating profit plummets

Teleway Corp., a domestic long-distance telephone carrier, reported Wednesday that its operating profit for fiscal 1997 dropped 72.8 percent from the previous year to 2 billion yen.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

World's mayors, city leaders examine urban problems

Mayors and representatives from 21 major international cities gave reports and exchanged views on urban and environmental problems facing their cities at a Tokyo symposium on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Tokyo waterfront to add theme park, shops

Eight companies announced Wednesday that they have jointly launched a project to construct a theme park and shopping complex in Tokyo's waterfront development site in Aome, Koto Ward.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

Nissan posts 14 billion yen net loss

Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of 14 billion yen in the year that ended March 31.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Kato wants Diet to end on schedule

Koichi Kato, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Tuesday there should be no extension to the current Diet session, which is scheduled to end on June 10.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Mazda posts 64% jump in consolidated pretax profits

Fueled by increased sales and the improved financial condition of its North American operations, Mazda Motor Corp.'s consolidated pretax profits jumped 64.4 percent in the 1997 business year to 15.49 billion yen, the carmaker said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Aum doctor gets life sentence for subway sarin attack

Ikuo Hayashi, the former chief doctor for Aum Shinrikyo, was handed a life prison term Tuesday for committing mass murder in the March 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, even though the judge said he "deserves the death penalty due to the gravity of the crime."
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Jakarta back to business as usual, governor says

Visiting Jakarta Gov. Sutiyoso on Tuesday stressed that order has been fully restored to the Indonesian capital following President Suharto's resignation last week.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Talks on Indonesia's foreign debts expected to bear fruit

Negotiations between Indonesia and foreign businesses over the rescheduling of Indonesian firms' massive foreign debts is expected to bear some fruit, the head of Japan's banking industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Digital info craze altering Japanese lifestyles

An increasing number of Japanese are plugging into the digital information craze and spurring the information and communications industry to dizzying heights. But they are also working more and getting less sleep, says a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Finance Ministry to split up on June 22

The Cabinet officially decided Tuesday to set up the Financial Supervisory Agency, the body that will take over the inspection and supervisory functions of the Finance Ministry, on June 22.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Famed doctor was blinded by loyalty to Asahara

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Four-day U.N. conference tackles urban living woes

The United Nations and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government jointly kicked off Tuesday a four-day international conference on urban areas and environmental issues.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Court rejects suit over foreign fingerprint files

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court rejected a request by 10 permanent foreign residents Tuesday that the fingerprints they provided under the Alien Registration Law no longer be kept on file and that they be paid 100,000 yen in compensation.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Keidaneren chief urges drastic reform to lift economy

Unless drastic reforms are carried out in Japan's financial and taxation systems, the government's latest stimulus package will have only a temporary effect on the economy, the new chief of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) warned Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Hayashi sentence sets precedent for cult trials

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

SDF planes recalled from Singapore

The government on Tuesday ordered six Air Self-Defense Force transport planes standing by in Singapore for the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals in Indonesia to return home.
JAPAN
May 26, 1998

Task force targets youths' narcotics use

The government unveiled a five-year plan Tuesday to crack down on drug abuse, targeting mainly minors, including high school students.
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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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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