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JAPAN
Oct 16, 1997

Neurologist speaks out as transplant law kicks in

Staff writerDoctors may be committing unforgivable crimes by performing organ transplants from brain-dead donors, a neurology expert warns.Tetsuo Furukawa, a neurology professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and Neurology at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, says it still has not been...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1997

Tung hears out Tokyo's hopes for Hong Kong

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa during talks Oct. 16 that he expects Hong Kong's market economy to help China reform its state-run corporations, government sources said.Tung said Hong Kong can contribute to China's economic reform in terms of funds, management...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1997

Oki to chair Kyoto climate conference

The government plans to recommend Hiroshi Oki, director general of the Environment Agency, as chairman of the forthcoming international conference on global warming, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Oct. 16.The recommendation is expected to be accepted by participants of the Third Conference...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1997

U.S. puts onus on developing nations in emissions talks

Developing nations must play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a senior U.S. official reiterated Oct. 16 in Tokyo, indicating that this will be a focal point in negotiations during a key U.N. conference on global warming to be held in Kyoto in December."The position that we have taken...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Japan Securities official arrested over embezzlement

A former official of Japan Securities Agents Ltd. was arrested Oct. 15 in Tokyo on suspicion of embezzling 550 million yen worth of convertible bonds.Mikizo Uno, 63, is suspected of taking 550 of the bonds belonging to customers and using them as collateral for a loan. Uno, a former section chief at...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

LDP, SDP request funds for public work projects

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party urged the government Oct. 15 to put public works projects for upgrading agricultural areas into the supplementary budget.It was basically agreed during a meeting of a group of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's Conference on Fiscal...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Newspaper association calls for improved ethics

SENDAI -- The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association kicked off its 50th annual convention Oct. 15 in Sendai with the adoption of a resolution calling for further improvements in ethics in the industry.The resolution also says the current resale price system for newspaper subscriptions should...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Mercosur and Japan to step up ties

Japan and Mercosur, the South American common market comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, will step up cooperation, according to Alvaro Ramos, the foreign minister of Uruguay and leader of the Mercosur delegation.After three days of meetings with public and private sector officials, Ramos...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

New Okinawa minister pushed by Hashimoto panel

Any Okinawa-related matters following the downsizing of the Okinawa Development Agency should be handled by a specially appointed minister, members of a blue-ribbon reform panel said Oct. 15.The Administrative Reform Council, headed by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, agreed with his proposal for a...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Wife testifies in Unit 731 redress suit

A 75-year-old Chinese woman whose husband was killed by Unit 731 testified Oct. 15 that she did not know until 1986 that her husband died in Japanese medical experiments in the early 1940s.Guo Jinglan of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is one of 10 Chinese war victims seeking a total of 120 million yen...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Ito pushes tax incentives for raising confidence

Measures to boost the sluggish economy should focus on recovering consumer confidence through tax incentives, such as easing welfare and education burdens through taxation measures, Shigeru Ito, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party, said Oct. 15.During a meeting of key members of the ruling...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Shinshinto leader Ozawa lashes out at defense guidelines

Shinshinto leader Ichiro Ozawa said Oct. 15 the revised guidelines for Japan-U.S. defense cooperation could lead Japan into a neighbors' war and a violation of the Constitution, which bans the right of collective defense.During his first news conference since June, Ozawa criticized the government for...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Mitsuzuka tells banks to pick up the pace

Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka urged regional banks Oct. 15 to step up efforts to improve operations ahead of the "Big Bang" of financial system deregulation.In a speech before the annual gathering of leaders of the nation's regional banks, Mitsuzuka stressed the importance of no-nonsense management...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Organ transplants from brain-dead become legal today

Organ transplants from brain-dead people, for decades regarded by Japanese police as murder, became on Oct. 16 legitimate acts of surgery as the landmark Organ Transplants Law went into effect.The implementation ends a nearly three-decade taboo on the procedure, which has virtually disappeared since...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Small, medium-size firms urge prompt cuts in taxes

Small and medium-size enterprises urged the government Oct. 15 to promptly reduce corporate and income taxes to stimulate the economy.The request was made during a meeting between Mitsuo Horiuchi, the minister of international trade and industry, and representatives for four organizations of small and...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

16,600 cancel policies at Aoba Life

About 16,600 insurance contracts with the failed Nissan Mutual Insurance Co. had been canceled as of Oct. 14, according to Aoba Life Insurance Co., which took over Nissan Mutual's operations.Aoba began operations on Oct. 1, and the rush to cancel policies hit immediately, apparently out of apprehension...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1997

Australian business raps carbon dioxide limits

Uniform targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions should not be implemented despite proposals to set such targets by Europe and Japan, Australian business leaders said during a three-day joint meeting of the Japan-Australia Business Cooperation Committees, which ended Oct. 15 in Tokyo.A total of 367 business...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Cipriani urges Osaka firms to aid Peru's needy

OSAKA -- Roman Catholic Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani asked the businesspeople of Osaka on Oct. 14 to work more closely with grassroots organizations to establish a relief fund directly accessible to the needy in Peru.Speaking at the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Cipriani especially called...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Banker takes aim at reluctance to privatize postal savings

Postal savings should be privatized even though the public generally wants the service kept under state control, the head of the commercial banking industry said Oct. 14.Naotaka Saeki, chairman of the Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan, said discussion of postal savings should include the advantages...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Panel plots measures to ease land use

A government panel will compile a set of measures by the end of the month to promote effective land utilization as part of efforts to boost the economy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Oct. 14.The panel, consisting of Cabinet members and policymakers from the ruling alliance, on Oct. 14...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

JICA looking for volunteers

The Japan International Cooperation Agency is recruiting 800 volunteers for 140 kinds of jobs in its Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program.Volunteers will be sent to 50 countries for two years after taking exams and undergoing training. Applicants should be between 20 and 39 years old with Japanese...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Reported crimes set postwar record; homicides decline

The number of reported crimes in 1996 hit a postwar record of 2.466 million, up about 30,000 from the previous year, according to a Justice Ministry report released Oct. 14.The 1997 white paper on crime, which includes an overview of postwar trends, was submitted to the Cabinet by Justice Minister Kokichi...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Hashimoto backpedals on postal deregulation

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Oct. 14 left the door open to keeping all three postal services of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry under government control, backpedaling on a partial privatization proposal by a governmental panel."There are various arguments (about the privatization plan),"...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Toyota touts Prius hybrid car

Toyota Motor Corp. will become the world's first automaker to mass-produce and market a hybrid passenger car when it debuts the Prius in Japan later this year.The car, which combines a gasoline engine with an electric motor, will go on sale domestically Dec. 10 and retail for 2.15 million yen, the company...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

19% in Tokyo allergic to pollen

Spring may bring happiness to some, but for one in five Tokyo residents, it also carries a little something extra in the air, according to a survey released Oct. 14 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.The number of people allergic to cedar pollen has doubled over the past 10 years, raising the ratio...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Navy port calls raise eyebrows

Was there something going on under the surface when U.S. Navy ships recently made an unprecedented string of calls across the nation?There's no evidence of that, but plenty of speculation by military analysts and elements of the general public.The port calls -- the official line is that the navy was...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

LDP rips Koizumi for stance on postal services dispute

Members of the Liberal Democratic Party's executive council criticized Junichiro Koizumi, the health and welfare minister, on Oct. 14 for commenting that bureaucratic influence has led LDP members to oppose the privatization of postal services.Koizumi made the remark on a TV talk show Oct. 12.During...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Vending machine banditry continues; man arrested

A 26-year-old Malaysian man has been arrested on suspicion of using fake 500 yen coins in vending machines, it was learned Oct. 14.Several tampering incidents have been reported in recent weeks as it has become known that certain Korean and Hungarian coins are roughly the same size as a 500 yen coin....
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Talks to mark World Food Day

A symposium on the global food crisis will be held Oct. 16 in Yokohama to coincide with World Food Day. Featured will be a keynote speech by Dr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, as well as a lecture and panel discussion.The event will be held from 1 to 5...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Bad-loan troubles force Kyoto bank to liquidate

OSAKA -- Kyoto Kyoei Bank said Oct. 14 that it will begin liquidation procedures and transfer its operations to Osaka-based Kofuku Bank by next Oct. 1, after using funds from the Deposit Insurance Corp. to get rid of its nonperforming assets.Kofuku, another second-tier regional bank with bad loans of...
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.
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.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
False report on Yasukuni Shrine visit 'extremely regrettable,' top spokesperson says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi during a news conference 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.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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