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JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Nago voters petition for heliport plebiscite

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Residents in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, presented a petition with 19,734 voter signatures to the municipal election management commission on Aug. 13, calling for an ordinance to provide for a plebiscite on construction of a U.S. Marine Corps offshore heliport.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Japan should consider tightening money policy later this year: IMF

The International Monetary Fund suggested Aug. 13 that Japan should tighten its monetary policy later this year, saying that the current low level of short-term interest rates are not appropriate over the medium term.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Community cheers as Osaka's name announced

OSAKA -- Some 600 people including politicians, businesspeople and citizens gathered at the Osaka Municipal Central Public Hall to watch the live broadcast of the Japanese Olympic Committee's announcement that Osaka has been named as a candidate to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Parties and politicians jockey for power

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Strong quake hits near Miyakojima

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale struck around 1:45 p.m. Aug. 13 near Miyakojima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, the Meteorological Agency said. A possibility of tsunami was ruled out.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Osaka named candidate for 2008 Olympic Games

The city of Osaka defeated rival Yokohama 29 to 17 in a vote by the Japanese Olympic Committee and sports officials Aug. 13 to become the nation's candidate for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Old-style shopping areas fight to survive

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Win welcomed but some fear city's profile too weak

OSAKA -- While Osaka's business community wholeheartedly welcomes the city's victory in becoming Japan's candidate to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, concerns are growing over whether the city has enough international appeal to be chosen by world officials.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Officer fatally stabbed in Fukuoka police box

FUKUOKA -- A 42-year-old police officer was found stabbed to death Aug. 13 in his "koban" in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, according to officials. A search is underway for a man who was seen fleeing the semirural area just before noon that day.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Group blesses 23 medical facilities for organ transplants

The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, a national group of medical experts, has publicized a list of 23 medical facilities that it said are appropriate hospitals to remove organs from brain-dead donors for transplants based on newly enacted legislation.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Thailand vows to protect creditors at 42 companies

Creditors and depositors at 42 financial companies to be closed by the Thai government will be protected, Thai financial authorities promised Japanese bankers Aug. 12.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Rites held for '85 JAL crash victims

MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. -- More than 200 relatives of those killed in the 1985 crash of JAL Flight 123 on Mount Osutaka, Gunma Prefecture, climbed the peak Aug. 12 to pray for the dead.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Man sentenced for killing doctor

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 39-year-old man Aug. 12 to a 12-year prison term for gunning down a doctor at a railway station in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, in October 1994 because he felt he had been the victim of malpractice by the surgeon.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Kyushu robbery nets 15 million yen

KITAKYUSHU -- A man made away with about 15 million yen in cash Aug. 12 from a credit association in Kokura Kita Ward, Kitakyushu, after threatening a customer with a knife.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Nation takes to speedy, on-line, hassle-free transactions

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Corpse drifts ashore in plastic box

NAGOYA -- Police launched a full-scale investigation Aug. 12 after a body of an adult man was found in a plastic container box that drifted into Nagoya port Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Congressmen denied true look at North Korea famine

A seven-member delegation from the U.S. Congress visited North Korea this week but was not permitted to visit any of the food aid distribution centers or the countryside of the impoverished nation, delegation members said Aug. 12.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Administrative reform debate intensifies as 11th hour nears

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Opposition to set up study group

About 70 Diet members from the Democratic Party of Japan, Shinshinto and the Taiyo Party are expected to participate in a new study group to be formed later this month, informed sources said Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Damages sought by victims of biological warfare in China

Chinese victims of Japanese germ warfare in the early 1940s filed a class-action suit with the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 11, demanding that the government acknowledge the damage and compensate them individually.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

22 die in weekend water accidents

Twenty-two people died over the weekend, 12 others were listed as missing and seven people were injured in 61 swimming accidents at beaches and rivers, the National Police Agency reported.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Two injured in blast

YOKOHAMA -- One man fell unconscious and another was slightly injured Aug. 11 when an explosion ripped through a garbage disposal facility in Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Dollar, Nikkei fall hard

The dollar's plunge in New York and elsewhere over the weekend spilled over into Tokyo on Aug. 11, sending the yen soaring and share prices plummeting broadly.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Fire from explosion razes factories

OSAKA -- An explosion rocked a battery factory in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 10 and ignited a fire that razed two buildings, police said Aug. 11. The two-floor 660 sq.-meter battery factory was recharging lithium batteries but operating without workers due to the holidays.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Japan to offer Thailand $4 billion in untied loans

Japan is ready to provide up to $4 billion in untied loans to Thailand through the Export-Import Bank to help the country climb out of its economic crisis, Finance Ministry Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Forest reform panel suggests firing, privatization,

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's working groups on forestry decided on a fundamental reform plan to streamline state-owned forestry operations on August 8, calling for a two-thirds reduction in the number of workers, to 5,000.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Typhoon set to pass near Kyushu area

Powerful Typhoon No. 11 was expected to pass near northern Kyushu late August 8 through this morning, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, the Meteorological Agency said August 8.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Current account surplus climbs 40% in first half

The nation's current account surplus for the first six months of the year rose 40.4 percent from the same period last year to 5.05 trillion yen, logging the first increase since the January-June period of 1993, provisional figures released August 8 showed.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Drunk goes for a spin in police car

OSAKA -- An intoxicated 32-year-old man commandeered a police cruiser before being apprehended and arrested 10 minutes later for alleged theft early August 8 here in Kita Ward, officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 1997

Antinuclear activists uneasy over future

NAGASAKI -- Nearly 200 activists from Japan and abroad gathered August 8 in Nagasaki for a special seminar on what citizens' groups are doing to halt nuclear weapons production.
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.
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.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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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