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JAPAN
Feb 20, 1997

Yokota base-noise hearings take off

Court hearings began Feb. 20 on a lawsuit brought by residents around the U.S. Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Tokyo, seeking a ban on night and early morning flights and damages for past jet noise.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1997

Special tax measures mulled for NTT split

Special tax measures may be temporarily applied for the planned breakup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. but they will not be applied to consolidated earnings, a top Finance Ministry official said Feb. 20.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1997

Group advises on rent discrimination

A human rights group representing Korean residents will set up a three-day hotline next week to provide support and advice to foreigners facing discrimination in trying to find apartments.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1997

Pyongyang showdown seen between Kim, reform camp

Kim Jong Il and his allies in North Korea's hierarchy could be in their final days of power, according to a prominent Tokyo-based Korea watcher.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Dragon Airlines plans more Japanese routes

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines hopes to open new routes to three Japanese cities in the near future, the new head of the carrier said Feb. 19 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Businessmen seek understanding, poll shows

Businessmen from Japan and South Korea believe the two nations must understand each others' cultures and customs to strengthen both economic ties and links with China, according to a recent poll. Their Chinese counterparts, on the other hand, stress the importance of governmental economic cooperation....
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

January trade surplus falls 91.7%

The nation's customs-cleared merchandise trade surplus for January plunged 91.7 percent from the same month last year to 5.2 billion yen, according to preliminary figures released Feb. 19.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

New rules on holding companies delayed

Due to continuing disputes over the handling of labor-management relations, the ruling coalition on Feb. 19 decided to allow one extra day for discussions before finalizing new guidelines for holding companies under a revised Antimonopoly Law.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

DPJ issues budget-cutting plan

The Democratic Party of Japan submitted a set of proposals Feb. 19 to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two smaller allies to cut by 3.4 trillion yen a planned 77.4 trillion yen budget package for fiscal 1997. Its proposals are an effort to prevent the already debt-stricken national coffers...
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Citizens' group calls for law to give Koreans war pensions

A citizens' group submitted a request Feb. 19 to both houses of the Diet calling for special legislation to make Korean residents who worked for Japan during World War II eligible to receive war pensions from the government.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Financial leaders play down worries, give support to banks

Financial authorities continued Feb. 19 to play down concerns that the nation's financial system is in dire straits, stressing that they will support banks while urging them to continue restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1997

Ministry aims to disclose '72 memo on Okinawa

The government plans to disclose as much as it can of a 1972 memorandum that set conditions for the use of military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture by U.S. military forces, Foreign Ministry officials said Feb. 19.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

No law planned for NTT breakup, minister says

The splitup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. through the formation of a holding company will not be handled by the creation of a separate taxation law, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Japan wants WTO panel to end Indonesia car row

Japan will file a request with the World Trade Organization next month for the creation of a dispute-settlement panel to deal with its simmering dispute with Indonesia over the Southeast Asian country's "national car" policy, government sources said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Kobe budgets 200 billion yen to rebuild

KOBE -- The Kobe Municipal Government has allocated about 200 billion yen of its fiscal 1997 budget to help its citizens rebuild their lives in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Shinshinto postpones national convention

Shinshinto was rocked Feb. 18 by mushrooming allegations that a former member of the main opposition party at the center of a massive fraud scandal may have bought his candidacy ahead of a 1995 Diet election.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Jupiter links with Canadian firm

Jupiter Telecommunications Co. announced Feb. 18 that it has signed a five-year contract with Canada-based digital communication device maker Northern Telecom Japan Inc. for the supply of telecommunications systems to be used in Japan's first cable TV telephone service network.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Oil-hit prefectures state their case for compensation

The governors of nine prefectures along the Sea of Japan badly affected by oil from a wrecked Russian tanker gathered Feb. 18 in Tokyo to call on the central government to remove the wreckage and pay compensation for damage caused to local fisheries.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Mothers resorting to store-bought food for infants

An increasing number of mothers are feeding their infants with store-bought baby food instead of preparing the food themselves, according to a survey recently released by the Health and Welfare Ministry.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Sex-slave fund to publish its stance

Amid smoldering opposition from some circles to the planned reference to military "comfort women" in school textbooks, the government-initiated fund to distribute atonement money to the wartime sex slaves will release a paper later this week to state its case.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Banker raps holding-company rules

Less stringent limitations than those currently proposed should be placed on financial holding companies to be allowed under a revised Antimonopoly Law, the head of the nation's banking industry said Feb. 18.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1997

Ex-Pan Am employees announce revival in Asia

Hoping to complete an ironic twist of fortune, former employees of a U.S. airline that collapsed under deregulation in 1991 said Feb. 18 that they want to revive the carrier in East Asia -- by taking advantage of ongoing deregulation in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

DPJ to submit pair of bills for more Kobe quake relief

The Democratic Party of Japan -- the second largest opposition force -- will soon submit to the Diet two bills designed to provide more financial aid to survivors of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Reform group to study 'zaito' in full

A review of the government's fiscal investment and loan program needs to be undertaken in its entirety, and not in bits and pieces, a new panel on the issue agreed at its first meeting Feb. 17.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Sanyo audio works being turned into subsidiary

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. has decided to shift its sluggish audio-equipment arm to a subsidiary that it plans to set up this spring, company officials said Feb. 17. The intention is to speed up development of products such as digital videodisks and information-related goods, the officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

TV Asahi hit over radio left at hostage site

TV Asahi came under government fire Feb. 17 for having left a radio device at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima for about one month in attempt to communicate with captives being held inside the compound by Marxist rebels.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Tomobe's second son, wife indicted in Orange Kyosai fraud scandal

Arrested Upper House member Tatsuo Tomobe's wife, his second son and two executives were indicted Feb. 17 on the charges of fraud in connection with the Orange Kyosai mutual fund scandal, prosecution sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

FTC holding firm proposals tied to zaibatsu fear

Proposed guidelines for holding companies under a revised Antimonopoly Law are too rigid to fit the times, members of an advisory study group to the finance minister said Feb. 17.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

MITI role as power plant assessor urged

An advisory body to the MITI chief said Feb. 17 that the ministry should play a key role in the environmental assessment of power plants to ensure that the facilities are ecologically friendly and energy is developed smoothly.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Hashimoto apologizes to Ota for bullet disclosure delay

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto apologized Feb. 17 to Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota over the government's delay in disclosing an incident in which the U.S. military fired uranium-depleted bullets during training near the southernmost prefecture.
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.
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.
Kotozakura unburdened by weight of history after claiming first title
Kotozakura speaks during a news conference in Fukuoka on Monday
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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