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JAPAN
Mar 13, 1998

Three banks receiving public funds will trim 2,900 staff

Three of the four commercial banks that officially qualified March 13 for a capital injection of public funds will cut a total 2,900 employees over the next three years as part of their restructuring plans.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Justsystem, Microsoft ready to slug it out over Kanji software

It's time for a showdown.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Bilateral Common Agenda seeks global links

Cooperation between Japan and the United States is becoming increasingly important in tackling a variety of global issues under the bilateral Common Agenda, leaders of the two countries said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Agency lists best beaches for bathing in Japan

Fifty-five beaches, including one on a river, have been named as the best and the cleanest bathing locations in Japan in a list released March 12 by the Environment Agency.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Three opposition parties agree to merge with DPJ

Four opposition parties officially agreed late March 12 to unite as a new party that will become the second-largest force after the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Killing of Sakamotos baffles Aum lawyer

One-time Aum Shinrikyo lawyer Yoshinobu Aoyama testified as a prosecution witness March 12 in the trial of Aum founder Shoko Asahara, claiming he never considered Tsutsumi Sakamoto, an anti-Aum lawyer believed murdered by cultists, an obstacle to Aum.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Matsushita offers to quit for BOJ bribery scandal

Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita has offered to resign to take the blame for the arrest of a BOJ official who allegedly took bribes from commercial banks, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Hashimoto to meet Kim in London

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will hold talks with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in early April while they visit London to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting to be held April 3 and 4, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka announced March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Merged DPJ faces challenge of aligning parties' policies

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Police crackdown targets illegal foreign workers

The National Police Agency and the Justice and Labor ministries will crack down on foreigners working illegally in Japan amid the financial crisis in Asia, the three bodies' bureau chiefs decided at a meeting March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Clinton may visit Japan and China, Carter says

U.S. President Bill Clinton is considering visiting China in June and may come to Japan on his way home, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said March 12 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Ministry, banks move to exchange information openly

Scarred by scandal, the Finance Ministry held a meeting March 12 with senior banking officials to introduce a new system of information exchange with the financial sector that would not require excessive wining and dining.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Inaba urges recovery rather than fiscal reform

Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called on the government March 12 to give priority to economic stimulus rather than measures to rehabilitate its national finances.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Banks' wining, dining of BOJ officials said not uncommon

The Industrial Bank of Japan and several other major banks have repeatedly wined and dined executives and other high-ranking officials of the Bank of Japan, in addition to the BOJ official arrested March 11, sources said March 12.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

New Zealand calls on Japan to boost demand

New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley encouraged Japan on March 10 to stimulate domestic demand, saying that stronger growth in Japan will help Asian countries that are suffering from economic crisis.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

Knifings prompt rethink of Juvenile Law

Justice Minister Kokichi Shimoinaba said March 10 that the issue of lowering the age at which minors who commit crimes can be punished should be included on the agenda of ongoing discussions among the Justice Ministry, the Supreme Court and the federation of bar associations.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Chief of bookbinding firm kills self

Ryutaro Kotaki, 45, president of a Tokyo bookbinding company, took his life by driving his car into the sea off a pier in the city's Minato Ward at about 7 a.m. March 9, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

ANA joins code-sharing with United, Lufthansa

All Nippon Airways, the nation's second-largest airline, announced March 9 that it has reached an agreement for comprehensive partnership, including code-sharing, with United Airlines of the U.S. and Lufthansa German Airlines.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

BOJ exec entertained by top banks

Six to seven banks spent about 7 million yen entertaining an executive of the Bank of Japan over the past five years, according to sources at the banks.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Burial mound found nearly intact

MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. -- A circular burial mound dating back to the latter half of the fifth century has been discovered nearly intact in the village of Komochi, Gunma Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Boy Scout leader urges knife safety

The problem with today's society is not knives and guns but the people who wield them, said Jere Ratcliffe, chief scout executive of Boy Scouts of America, in a recent speech delivered to Boy Scouts of Nippon in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Hosokawa backs merger under DPJ

In a bid for a merger of the four parties in the Minyuren parliamentary group, former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa on March 9 proposed that the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest of the four, effectively absorb the three others to create a new party.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Finance Ministry graft probe to widen

The Finance Ministry's ongoing in-house investigation of wining and dining will also include officials rumored to have been excessively entertained by financial firms, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga indicated March 9, adding that he plans to become more involved.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Special envoy to be sent on Seoul visit

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will send a high-ranking official to South Korea later this week as a special envoy to set the groundwork for better relations with Seoul's new administration under President Kim Dae Jung, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said March 9.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

JR Shin-Osaka fetes first kiosk targeting women

OSAKA -- LADY 1st, a new kiosk targeting female commuters, opened March 9 at JR Shin-Osaka Station.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Nuclear waste returns amid Aomori concerns

Sadakazu Tanigaki, director general of the Science and Technology Agency, said March 9 that he is ready to meet with Aomori Gov. Morio Kimura over matters related to high-level nuclear waste to be returned from France and unloaded in his prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Bolts removed from electricity tower

HIROSHIMA -- Forty bolts anchoring a pylon for high-tension lines to a concrete base in Midori, Hiroshima Prefecture, were found to have been mysteriously removed in 1994 and 1995, the Chugoku Electric Power Co. announced March 9. Removed bolts led to a similar tower to fall last month in Kagawa Prefecture....
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

Schoolgirl strangled in Aichi

NAGOYA -- A 19-year-old youth was in police custody March 9 on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old junior high school girl, who was found dead at his home March 8, police said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

10 trillion yen stimulus eyed

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will call for an additional economic stimulus package of more than 10 trillion yen after the Diet approves the fiscal 1998 state budget in April, top officials of the LDP have indicated.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television 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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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