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JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Monetary gifts from coffers OK'd

The limited use of taxpayer money by local government officials for private occasions such as weddings and funerals among coworkers is permissible, the Audit and Inspection Commissioners of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government decided Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

IEC annouces 39th Japanese speech contest

The International Education Center is seeking participants for the 39th annual International Speech Contest in Japanese, slated for June 6.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Riordan hopes Tokyoites love L.A.

Tokyo will be the site of the first overseas office of the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau, Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 1998

Chief insurer distances nonlife sector from recent scandals

BR>The head of the nonlife insurance industry on Thursday tried to distance his field from the nation's banking scandal, saying nonlife insurance firms do not excessively wine and dine Finance Ministry officials.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

Engineer guilty of releasing isotopes in lab

OSAKA -- A former Osaka University engineer was given a suspended prison term Tuesday for deliberately sprinkling radioactive isotopes in a laboratory in June.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 1998

Former Finance inspectors face new bribery charges

Prosecution authorities have decided to indict two former Finance Ministry bank inspectors on charges of accepting entertainment totaling more than 3 million yen from major commercial banks other four already named in the ongoing scandal, informed sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Cabinet sends Okinawa economy bill to Diet

Seeking to ease opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa, the Cabinet submitted a bill to the Diet on Friday designed to stimulate Okinawa's economy through various tax incentives.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Government guide offers foreigners help in six languages

A 376-page guidebook to help foreigners cope with life in Japan will be published at the end of this month.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Finance Ministry to send mission to Indonesia

Japan will dispatch a delegation to Indonesia to look into Jakarta's economic crisis and collect information for additional financial aid, the Finance Ministry announced Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1998

U.N. appoints Hogen undersecretary general

Kensaku Hogen, director general of an institute affiliated with the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed as the United Nations undersecretary general for communication and public information, ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1998

Surveillance finds Aum back on line in big way

In the year since Aum Shinrikyo was spared disbandment under the Antisubversive Activities Law, the cult has expanded its activities by running successful computer shops and promoting its ideals on the Internet, the Public Security Investigation Agency said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 1998

LDP offers simple solution to finance scandals

Finance Ministry inspections of financial institutions should be revised through such means as offering prior notification of when they will take place, a panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday.The party's Finance Division and the Investigation Commission for the Finance and Banking...
JAPAN
Jan 30, 1998

Case of 1946 assault on state minister finally allowed to expire

A trial that started in 1946 and was continuously resurrected to prevent the statute of limitations from running out while the defendant remained at large was formally dismissed Friday.The defendant, who was not named and who would be 76 years old now, was arrested Feb. 24, 1945, after he pulled a knife...
JAPAN
Jan 30, 1998

NTT's caller ID service makes screening easier

Staff writerEver been harassed by incessant prank calls? Felt nervous about picking up the phone, not knowing who's on the other end of the line?Based on such apprehensions and other misuses of the telephone, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. has shrewdly developed a new business. Starting Sunday,...
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1998

Taipei wants China talks held on own terms

Taipei wants to start with business-level talks with Beijing on a variety of practical, serious issues to improve the two nations' strained relations, rather than political dialogue, as China again proposed earlier this week, a Taiwan spokesman said Thursday in Tokyo.Visiting The Japan Times head office,...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

DKB data on 'sokaiya' loans allegedly erased by finance official

Koichi Miyakawa, a Finance Ministry inspector who is under arrest, deleted part of a 1994 ministry report on problem loans extended by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike, the key figure in a huge financial-sector payoff scandal, at the request of a Dai-Ichi Kangyo...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1998

NEC's profit to plunge to 45 billion yen

Due to lackluster sales of personal computers and electronic devices, NEC Corp. announced Wednesday that its consolidated net profit will plunge to 45 billion yen in the 1997 business year, down 51 percent from its previous estimate of 80 billion yen."Investment in information technology was supposed...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Mitsuzuka to step down over bureaucrat arrests

Giving in to pressure from both the opposition and allies of the Liberal Democratic Party to step down, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka announced Tuesday that he will resign to take responsibility for the arrests of two ministry inspectors accused of taking bribes.The decision was conveyed to Prime...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Finance Ministry inspectors arrested over bank bribes

Two officials of the Finance Ministry's Finance Inspection Department are under arrest on suspicion of accepting bribes from banks in the form of wining and dining, the special investigative squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office announced Monday night.The two arrested were identified...
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Koike made direct payoff demands, court told

Ryuichi Koike, a "sokaiya" corporate racketeer on trial for extortion, demanded payoffs during direct meetings with executives of firms involved in the huge financial scandal surrounding him, prosecutors said Monday during his Tokyo District Court trial.Describing Koike, 54, as a "skillful" and "aggressive"...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1998

Mitsuzuka vows internal probe of corruption

The Finance Ministry will conduct an internal probe to check on excessive wining and dining of its officials in light of the arrest of a former ministry bureaucrat for alleged acceptance of bribes, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Friday.The results of the investigation will be made public, he...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 1998

Banks, brokers lavished millions of yen on highway director

A Japan Highway Public Corp. director was entertained by some 10 banks and securities companies, including Nomura Securites Co., to the tune of about 10 million yen, it was learned Tuesday from statements made by those involved.Tekehiko Isaka, 54, was allegedly entertained by the firms over a 2 1/2...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1998

Banks under pressure to cut salaries

Several Cabinet members said Monday that banks should be urged to lower their salary levels, known to be considerably higher than those at firms in other industries, at a time when the government is preparing to use public money to handle the banking crisis.According to Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo...
JAPAN
Jan 16, 1998

MPD cop allegedly helped halt Daiwa investigation

An Metropolitan Police Department officer arrested this week on suspicion of taking bribes from Daiwa Securities Co. was asked by the brokerage to help halt a 1993 investigation into the firm, police and prosecution sources alleged Friday.It is possible the MPD's investigation targeting an employee...
JAPAN
Jan 16, 1998

Japan, EU to recognize test results on electrical goods

Staff writerIn the first breakthrough in nearly two years of tough negotiations, Japan and the 15-nation European Union have agreed in principle to mutually recognize test results for electrical goods and telecommunications peripheral devices, government officials said Friday.The Japanese government...
JAPAN
Jan 15, 1998

Donors sought for North Korean refugees

An Osaka-based civic group has launched a campaign to raise financial assistance for the children of North Korean refugees who have fled to China.According to Rescue the North Korean People/Urgent Action Network (RENK), an estimated 20,000 North Koreans have entered China over the past two years to...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1998

Debate sought as banks triple figures for sour loans

Figures indicating that the nation's banks have more than triple the amount of bad loans than originally thought will help spur Diet debate on using public funds to stabilize the financial system, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Tuesday.On Monday, the Finance Ministry said independent assessments...
JAPAN
Jan 12, 1998

Hashimoto vows efforts to protect financial system

In a departure from the norm, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto opened the 150-day Diet session Monday with a speech focusing solely on financial markets and the economy, stressing that Japan will not let its woes drag the rest of Asia and the world into more turmoil."It is our firm resolve that neither...
JAPAN
Jan 12, 1998

Dai-Ichi Kangyo executives plead guilty to payoffs

Four former executives of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank pleaded guilty Monday to extending illegal loans to a "sokaiya" corporate extortionist in violation of the Commercial Code, in their first trial hearing before the Tokyo District Court.The four, all wearing navy-blue suits and white shirts, are former Vice...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1998

Free home stays available for Paralympics participants

The Nagano Olympic and Paralympic Homestay Program Committee is inviting friends and families of officials and athletes participating in the Games to apply for free accommodation in Nagano.Between Feb. 1 and Mar. 15, qualified visitors will be able to stay two or three nights -- but no more than a week...
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Japan expands its sanctions against Russia
The additional sanctions against Russia "are to contribute to international efforts for peace," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes even as fierce winds ease
A water bomber flies over houses burned down by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday.
Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I management buyout
Apollo Global Management is discussing a commitment of as much as ¥1.5 trillion for an equity stake in a bid by Seven & I’s founding Ito family to take the convenience store operator private.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

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