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JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Police warn against copycat poisonings

The Metropolitan Police Department requested the nation's retailers and beverage makers on Friday to tighten security in the wake of a recent series of poisoning cases in Wakayama, Niigata and Nagano prefectures.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

The Asahara trial: Defense resumes with grueling examination

After a 1 1/2 month summer recess, the murder trial of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara resumed Thursday with a grueling cross-examination of a prosecution witness by Asahara's defense counsel.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Government worker eyed in Osaka insurance scam

OSAKA -- A 46-year-old employee of the Osaka Prefectural Government is suspected of having swindled about 95 million yen in medical insurance benefits, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Time for an accounting of Mother Nature

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

DPJ demands disclosure as LTCB stance softens

Top opposition leader Naoto Kan hinted Wednesday that his Democratic Party of Japan may accept the planned injection of public money for the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan under certain conditions, such as full disclosure of the bank's management information and clarification of the responsibility...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Three held in alleged toll card scam

Tokyo prosecutors Tuesday arrested three men, including a former executive of Japan Hica Co., affiliated with Japan Highway Public Corp., on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust in connection with about 5 billion yen in losses the company suffered, officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Preventing Disaster: Safe? Leave a message after the beep

When a disaster strikes, thousands of people rush to the telephone to contact their loved ones, tying up much-needed phone lines.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

State smoking panel concludes it has no recommendations

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

Preservation of historic plane urged

A group of aircraft enthusiasts is campaigning to permanently preserve the first mass-produced model of a historic Japanese airplane that may be scrapped after 33 years of flights.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

Calls rise for Kobe airport plebiscite

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Government must act faster on economic data: SEC chief

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Foreign teachers push for equitable pensions

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 27, 1998

Factional politicians 'out of touch' with people, Tanaka says

Politicians must act in response to the public's will, not to power struggles with rival factions, and be held accountable for the outcome of their policies, Lower House lawmaker Makiko Tanaka said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1998

Nonaka says he's ready to meet Ota

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday he is ready to hold talks with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota without imposing any conditions.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

IMF tells Japan to repeal tax hike, clear bad loans

WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Thursday presented a package of policy proposals to rejuvenate Japan's ailing economy, including a cut in the national consumption tax and a revamp of the postal savings system.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Kanagawa gives foreign residents stronger voice

YOKOHAMA -- To better reflect the opinions of Kanagawa Prefecture's growing foreign population, which has more than doubled over the past decade, officials have followed other localities in creating an advisory panel to the governor.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 1998

WTO report upholds U.S. claim on apple trade

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1998

Analysis: Leadership remains tied to factional politics

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1998

LDP assembly members break ranks in Tokyo

In the wake of the Liberal Democratic Party's crushing setback in the July 12 Upper House elections, nearly half of the 52 LDP members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly decided to form a new parliamentary group, party sources said.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Opposition to let SDP join talks

Three major non-Communist opposition forces agreed Tuesday to allow the Social Democratic Party, a former political ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to join their talks on policy-related matters and Diet affairs.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Four-year sentence sought for key Aum cultist

Prosecutors demanded a four-year prison sentence Tuesday for Hisako Ishii, a core member of Aum Shinrikyo, for allegedly abetting the flight of three cult fugitives, forging accounting documents and conspiring to destroy the body of a cultist.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Obuchi panel reports globalization hurdles

Japan must revitalize and reinvigorate its economy to remain competitive as the world economy globalizes, according to an advisory panel's report submitted Tuesday to Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, who is expected to be named new prime minister this week.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

Miyazawa likely to take Finance Ministry post

Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa is likely to accept a request from Keizo Obuchi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to run the Finance Ministry, party sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Business focuses on the crew rather than the leader

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Consensus-builder to lead the nation

Keizo Obuchi, the new Liberal Democratic Party president who is certain to become prime minister next week, is known for a low-key, consensus-oriented political style that has earned him few enemies.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Kajiyama backers to form new group within LDP

Supporters of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama, the runnerup in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race Friday, plan to form a policy study group under his leadership within the LDP.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Police display wiretapping tools taken from leftists

Tokyo Metropolitan Police showed the public roughly 700 tools and devices Thursday that they believe were used by a leftist extremist to eavesdrop on telephone conversations.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Kajiyama enters LDP race; election moved to July 24

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama has decided to run for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency to succeed Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and will announce his candidacy as early as today, LDP members said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says Aum ruined his thinking

A former Aum Shinrikyo member allegedly involved in making a device used in the deadly June 1994 nerve gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, said the cult's closed society impaired his ability to think about his actions.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

Submarine keeps low, but potent, profile

Staff writerYOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Seen from dockside, the silhouette of the USS Topeka strikes an unusually humble pose.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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