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JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

Mongolian prime minister to visit

Mongolian Prime Minister Mendsaikhani Enkhsaikhan will in late February make his first visit to Tokyo since he took office following last June's landmark election in which his opposition coalition ousted the former Communists from power, Japanese government officials said Jan. 14.Speaking on condition...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

Shinshinto backs expanding SDF role

Shinshinto lawmakers gave the go-ahead Jan. 14 -- some reluctantly -- to the proposal by the party's leadership to back legal revisions to enable Japanese troops to take part in U.N. operations that go beyond normal peacekeeping missions.The endorsement was given after lengthy debate at a general meeting...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

Israeli envoy looking to boost trade

Israel Ambassador Moshe Ben-Yaacov said Jan. 14 that economic relations between Japan and his country are growing quickly, thanks to improved peace prospects in the Middle East.Bilateral trade has reached $2.2 billion, and increasing numbers of cars and other Japanese products are flowing into Israel,...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

Ambassador Panov to survey damage

Russian Ambassador Alexander Panov will visit Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures Jan. 15 to map out further measures for dealing with damage caused by oil spilled from a wrecked Russian tanker, Panov told Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda on Jan. 14, according to Foreign Ministry officials.Panov told Ikeda...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

1.82 million people come of age

A total of 1.82 million people turned 20 during the one-year period ending Jan. 15, the Management and Coordination Agency said Jan. 14, the eve of the national holiday Coming of Age Day.The number of new adults decreased 60,000 from last year, accounting for 1.4 percent in the total population, the...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 1997

Stock market props ruled out

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka indicated Jan. 14 he does not see an immediate need for new stimulus measures to help prop up the flailing stock market. Authorities are viewing the situation with keen interest and will keep a close eye on movements in the stock market, Mitsuzuka told a news conference....
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Keep firm pressure on trade promises, ACCJ tells U.S.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan urged Washington to stand firm and keep the pressure on the Japanese government to fulfill its commitment to bilateral trade agreements.In a report released Jan. 13 the chamber says, however, that sanctions should be used only when the cause is just and the willingness...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Seoul talks to go on despite sex-slave row

Talks between Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda and his South Korean counterpart, Yoo Chong Ha, will be held Jan. 15 in Seoul as scheduled despite renewed tension between the two countries over a deal made between Japan and former sex slaves of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Japanese government's top...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Big comet expected to put on a show

A comet 100 times brighter than Halley's comet is approaching Earth.At present, the Hale-Bopp comet cannot be seen in the sky over Japan because it is below the horizon, but it will be visible here in the last half of this month. But in April, the comet will make its closest approach to the Sun and will...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Saito makes wanted list of Aum fugitives

The Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 13 placed a 34-year-old Aum follower on a nationwide wanted list.According to investigators, Akemi Saito is suspected of assisting the flight of a 33-year-old convict linked to the shooting of Takaji Kunimatsu, the National Police Agency's director general....
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Prominent novelist faces plagiarism suit by professor

A university professor filed a lawsuit Jan. 13 against Toyoko Yamasaki, a prominent novelist, claiming Yamasaki has plagiarized her work in her famed piece, "Daichi-no-ko" ("The Child of the Earth"), which dealt with Japanese children left in China in the aftermath of World War II.Homare Endo, 56, demanded...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Use of antisubversive law facing uncertainty

The Public Security Commission will probably not outlaw Aum Shinrikyo under the Antisubversive Activities Law despite a request from the Justice Ministry's Public Security Investigation Agency, sources close to the commission said Jan. 13. About half of the commission members reportedly oppose applying...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Funada returns to 'reform' LDP

Hajime Funada, a former Economic Planning Agency chief, on Jan. 13 formally announced his intention to rejoin the Liberal Democratic Party, leaving behind Nijuisseiki (the 21st Century), a small parliamentary group he formed two months ago."I have decided to return to the LDP to reform the party from...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Current account surplus continues steady decline

Japan's current account surplus for November fell 15.4 percent from a year earlier to 664.1 billion yen, according to preliminary statistics released Jan. 13.It was the second lowest November figure since 1985. The current account surplus has continued to drop since December 1994 with the exception of...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Astronaut kicks off earthquake symposium in Tokyo

With the second anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake approaching, an international earthquake symposium in Tokyo got under way Jan. 13 attended by several quake experts and volunteers.Apollo 13 skipper James A. Lovell Jr. opened the meeting with a speech that stressed the importance of leadership,...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Market meltdown feared as Nikkei tumbles to 17,303.65

Tokyo stock prices collapsed under renewed selloffs Jan. 10, with the Nikkei average plunging below the psychological 18,000 threshold for the first time in 14 months, raising concerns of a market meltdown.The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues ended at 17,303.65, down 770.22 points from Jan. 9. The...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Oil cleanup chemicals also pose ecological dangers

Chemicals used in the cleanup of fuel oil leaking from a wrecked Russian tanker in the Sea of Japan are not a panacea, and overuse will destroy the region's ecosystem, experts say.According to the Maritime Safety Agency, the government authorizes two types of chemicals to combat sea pollution. A chemical...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

U.S. conciliation on liquor tax proposals to be sought

Senior Japanese officials will visit Washington next week in the hopes of persuading the United States to accept Japan's proposed reduction of the tax disparity between whiskey and the domestic spirit "shochu" by October 2001, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Jan. 10.He acknowledged that the U.S....
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Man denies involvement in killing exec

An underworld figure on Jan. 10 denied playing any part in the February 1994 fatal stabbing of Juntaro Suzuki, 61, managing director of Fuji Photo Film Co.Masaomi Ito, 42, claimed during the first hearing of his case before the Tokyo District Court that he never collaborated with the 30-year-old mobster...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

First day of civil aviation talks ends nowhere

Japan and the U.S. made no progress Jan. 10 in their first day of civil aviation talks, spending the session strongly rejecting each other's proposals, according to Transport Ministry officials. The discussions will continue Jan. 11.Saying it is unlikely that either side will agree to the current proposals...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Firms, universities end recruiting agreement

Company and university representatives agreed Jan. 10 to abolish their 10-year-old agreement that restricts the recruiting of prospective March graduates before a specified date each year.Instead, companies and universities will separately create a voluntary guideline and each will respect the guideline...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Oil spill threatening nuclear power plants

A large oil spill from a wrecked Russian tanker is approaching Wakasa Bay, along which a number of nuclear power plants are located, the Maritime Safety Agency announced Jan. 10.Seawater is used in the plants to cool the steam from the power-generating turbines and the slick could force the nuclear plants...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Japan debates how to handle Iran

Japan appears likely to face strong pressure from the United States within the next few months over a prickly issue that has proved divisive ever since President Bill Clinton took office four years ago: How to deal with Iran.U.S. relations with Iran, which have been tense since the 1979 Islamic Revolution...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Mazda may drop minicar production

Mazda Motor Corp. hinted Jan. 10 that it may withdraw from the minicar development and production business because minicar standards are expected to change in October 1998.A Mazda spokesman did not deny media reports that the firm will stop production of its Carol minicar, although he said that it will...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Tokyo convention complex opens

A giant convention-exhibition complex was opened Jan. 10 in central Tokyo when Gov. Yukio Aoshima and other invited guests cut the opening ribbon.Built by the metropolitan government on the site of its old offices, which are now in western Shinjuku, the Tokyo International Forum includes a hall with...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 1997

Clarke says G-7 nations welcome a strong dollar

Britain's chancellor of the exchequer Kenneth Clarke said in Tokyo Jan. 10 that he believes the United States is still supportive of a strong dollar.Speaking at a press conference, Clarke acknowledged that finance ministers and central bank heads of the Group of Seven industrialized nations have welcomed...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1997

Phased-in Open Skies OK: Larson

The United States is ready to accept a phased-in approach to Open Skies -- full liberalization of the international aviation market -- if Japan agrees to implement it in the near future, the U.S. chief negotiator for U.S.-Japanese aviation talks said Jan. 9 in Tokyo.Alan Larson, U.S. assistant secretary...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1997

Moscow offers help as oil spreads

Oil from a wrecked Russian tanker has spread to shorelines in five prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast and may be heading east beyond the Noto Peninsula to Toyama Prefecture, the Maritime Safety Agency said Jan. 9.The Russian government meanwhile offered to cooperate with Japan in collecting the...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1997

Nagano boy names bullies before suicide

NAGANO -- A 13-year-old boy hanged himself at his home and a note found at the scene said he had been bullied by four schoolmates, it was learned Jan. 9. The boy's mother found her son hanging from the eaves of their home in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, shortly before 11 p.m. Jan. 7, one day before the...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1997

Town's energy need blows in the wind

TACHIKAWA, Yamagata Pref. -- On a cloudy winter afternoon, a cold, fierce wind blowing from the Sea of Japan relentlessly turns three large windmills on a hill. Inside a nearby building with an oval-shaped roof, a man in work clothes keeps an eye on the windmills' control console, checking the rotors,...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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