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JAPAN
May 8, 1998

LDP council approves financial reform bills

The Liberal Democratic Party's Executive Council on Friday approved several economic bills, including one for revising the fiscal austerity law, that will be submitted to the Diet on Monday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Health lawyer urges rights clause for infection legislation

A leading expert on international health law told lawmakers Friday in Tokyo that provisions for preserving human rights should be laid down in new legislation being proposed for infection control.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Panel mulls hiring outsiders to monitor finance ministry

To prevent further corruption at the Finance Ministry, it may be necessary to set up a monitoring body that includes outside people, a member of a ministry ad hoc panel said Friday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Eat 'ramen' for a fistful of dollars

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

China urged to crack down on drug smuggling

National Public Safety Commission chief Mitsuhiro Uesugi called on his organization's Chinese counterpart Friday to crack down on the increasing volume of illegal amphetamines being smuggled into Japan from China.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Indonesia minister visiting for economic aid

Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry, is to visit Japan today until Wednesday to discuss Japanese assistance to the country's current economic situation, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Seoul minister to visit for fisheries talks

Park Chung Soo, South Korea's foreign and trade minister, will visit Japan this month to discuss with Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and other government leaders the dispute over a terminated fisheries pact and other issues.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Obuchi plans trip to Cambodia

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

JAL, ANA follow U.S. carriers' fare cuts to Japan

Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. filed applications with the Transport Ministry this week to drastically discount air fares from the United States to Japan to counter fare cuts by American carriers, spokesmen for the two Japanese carriers said Friday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Lower House approves Hosokawa's resignation

The Lower House approved former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's resignation from the Diet during a plenary session Thursday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ecological housing debuts in Tokyo

An apartment complex to test environmentally friendly technologies opened Thursday in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, with Gov. Yukio Aoshima on hand at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Measures on endocrine disrupters set

The Environment Agency on Thursday announced a basic framework for tackling the issue of endocrine disrupters -- chemicals that can be found in the environment and disrupt the working of natural hormones in animals.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Daimler-Chrysler merger surprises Japanese automakers

The announcement that Daimler-Benz AG and Chrysler Corp. plan to merge surprised the nation's automakers and seems to have instilled in them a sense of urgency in preparing for increased global competition.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Fans come together from across nation to mourn rocker

About 25,000 fans, many with flowers for their fallen hero, gathered Thursday at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple to mourn the passing of X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

New chief of Ford subsidiary looks to bring focus to dealers

Eiji Iwakuni, who on April 1 became the new president of Ford Motor Co. (Japan) Ltd., knows the carmaker did not hire him for his English-speaking ability.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ota's U.S. visit to include request to move Futenma off Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota will directly ask U.S. officials later this month to relocate Futenma Air Station either to Guam or Hawaii, instead of to a site in or around the island prefecture, Vice Gov. Hiroshi Miyahira said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

'Comfort women' fund criticizes Seoul suspension decision

The Asian Women's Fund on Thursday criticized the South Korean government's decision to suspend aid to women who have received "atonement money" from the private Japanese government-initiated fund.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Prison term upheld for sarin conspirator

The Tokyo High Court dismissed an appeal Thursday by an Aum Shinrikyo defendant convicted of conspiring to build a plant to produce the nerve gas sarin, upholding a lower court-imposed, four-year prison term.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

SDP to quit ruling bloc if LDP doesn't back ethics

The Social Democratic Party has told the Liberal Democratic Party that it will withdraw from the ruling alliance during the current Diet session -- a move that could affect the balance of power in the Upper House -- if the LDP does not compromise and support a proposed political ethics bill.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

New flight paths to lift Kansai capacity, panel says

OSAKA -- New flight paths over land approaching Kansai International Airport will help to increase the airport's capacity under current operations, it was reported Wednesday by an advisory panel to the Osaka Prefectural Government.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Rebates dent March tax revenue

Total tax revenue in the general account in March dropped 18 percent from the same month last year due to special income tax cuts, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Custom license plate numbers debut

Motorists flocked to transport authority offices nationwide Wednesday morning to apply for customized license plates under a new system that allows people to choose their favorite numbers instead of having numbers assigned.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Forval aims to become one-stop telecom shop

18th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Holidays less golden at tourist spots

The number of domestic travelers during the Golden Week holiday period reached 62.8 million, down 4.7 percent from last year, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

More financial failures likely, Kato warns

WASHINGTON -- Presaging the end to Japan's convoy system of financial protection, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato warned Tuesday that more major financial institutions will probably go bankrupt as deregulation takes effect.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Obuchi off to London to meet ministers ahead of G-7 meeting

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi leaves today for London to attend an annual meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries plus Russia, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Indonesia, bankers to resume talks

International bankers are to resume talks Friday in Tokyo with the Indonesian government over restructuring billions of dollars of foreign debts owed by private Indonesian firms.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Smoking and drinking tough on teeth: expert

OSAKA -- Heavy drinkers and smokers face higher risks of severe dental problems, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at Osaka University's Faculty of Dentistry.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

SDP calls for end to death penalty

The Social Democratic Party on Wednesday issued a statement calling on the government to halt executions of death row inmates.
JAPAN
May 4, 1998

Barbecuers injured in seaside helicopter ride

Police began an investigation Monday after five people were injured Sunday when a private helicopter crashed into the sea off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, police 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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