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JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

ASEAN experts air agenda for bridging cultural gaps

In the past few decades, Asian countries have established strong economic ties among themselves, but when it comes to culture, do Asians really understand each other?
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Major tax changes eyed in commission meeting

The government's Tax Commission on Friday began deliberations toward making comprehensive changes to the nation's personal and corporate income tax structure that would bring rates closer to international levels.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

More firms to get better chance at government loans

Trade chief Mitsuo Horiuchi expressed his intention Friday to open the door for a larger number of retailers and wholesalers to borrow money from the government.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Magazine rapped for expose on Kobe boy

The Justice Ministry on April 16 admonished publishing company Bungei Shunju for printing what is alleged to be a copy of a Kobe youth's gruesome account of two slayings he perpetrated, including the May 1997 strangling and beheading of an 11-year-old boy.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Scalfaro cautious on Japan's quest for UNSC seat

Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro expressed reservations April 16 over Japan's bid to obtain a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

No end in sight for ANA crew strike

The strike by pilots and flight engineers of All Nippon Airways Co. over the lowering of their salaries -- which management felt were too high -- reached 11 days April 16, causing the cancellation of six more international flights.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

Matsunaga heads to Washington to explain plan

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga left April 15 for Washington -- a day later than planned -- to attend a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations and to hold talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998

LDP urged to negotiate disaster bill in the open

A citizens' group pushing for new legislation to provide financial assistance to survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake on April 15 called on the Liberal Democratic Party to submit the party's bill to the Diet, rather than negotiate behind closed doors.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

MITI may ease capital criteria for loans to smaller businesses

As part of its forthcoming economic stimulus package, the government may expand limits on the amount of capital that retailers and wholesalers can have when borrowing money from governmental financial institutions, trade chief Mitsuo Horiuchi said April 14.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Authorities denounce IMF no-growth estimate

Financial authorities expressed disagreement April 14 with an International Monetary Fund economic outlook that put the nation's growth at zero for this year.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

Hospital group leader Yasuda sent up for fraud

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court sentenced the former head of the Yasuda hospital group to three years in prison April 14 and fined him 1 million yen for swindling local governments out of 590 million yen.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Abduction issue critical to normalization, vice minister says

Before Tokyo can resume normalization talks with Pyongyang, a way must be found to resolve the matter of alleged kidnappings of Japanese by North Korean agents, a top Foreign Ministry official said April 13.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1998

Hayami rules out hike in official discount rate

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on April 13 ruled out a hike in the official discount rate in the immediate future, brushing aside suggestions from a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Raid on leftist lair yields police radio recordings

Police confiscated several thousand recordings April 10, many including conversations between investigators, during a search of a hideout of the ultra-leftist Kakumaru-ha (Revolutionary Marxist Faction).
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

BOJ reprimands 98 officials over bribery scandals

The Bank of Japan punished 98 officials April 10, including two executive directors, for their connections to the bribery scandal hanging over the central bank as well as other questionable conduct involving financial institutions.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Tokyo stocks ignore stimulus action

Tokyo share prices turned lower April 10, with the just-announced package of economic stimulus measures going largely unheeded. The dollar also fell sharply against the yen amid indications the Bank of Japan returned to the currency market to keep the Japanese currency from falling.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Fiscal austerity law put up for revision

The Conference on Fiscal Structural Reform accepted a request late April 10 by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to revise the fiscal austerity law to include a flexibility clause, conference members said.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Hashimoto vows tax cuts

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto announced Thursday that his government will double the 2 trillion yen tax cut for this year and implement a 2 trillion yen tax cut in 1999.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

Accord inked on Aha base return

U.S. and Japanese representatives signed an official agreement Thursday over the return of a U.S. military base in Aha, northern Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

IMF official calls for big income tax cuts

Japan should map out an economic stimulus package that includes large-scale income tax cuts, a senior official of the International Monetary Fund said April 8 in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Diet passes 77.67 trillion yen budget

The 77.67 trillion yen fiscal 1998 national budget was passed by the Diet late April 8 in a House of Councilors plenary session vote.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Diet approval would hamper SDF dispatch, Kyuma says

Defense Agency chief Fumio Kyuma reiterated April 7 that the government must not be hampered by the need to get the approval of the Diet before dispatching the Self-Defense Forces during an emergency near Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Greenhouse emission rights trade with Russia in works

Russia has notified Japan that it is willing to discuss Tokyo's proposal for joint implementation of energy-saving programs and trading of greenhouse gas "emission rights," which were provided for in the protocol adopted at a key global warming conference in Kyoto last December, government officials...
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Top banker wants to keep post to protect industry's image

The president of the scandal-tainted Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi hinted April 7 that he should be kept on as the head of the banking federation to avoid amplifying foreigners' distrust in Japan's banking sector.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Matsunaga cautious on income tax cuts

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga took a cautious stance April 7 toward the use of large-scale income tax cuts as an economic stimulus measure, noting that personal spending is falling even though disposable income is not declining.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Marusan Securities probed for possible breach of trust

Police have questioned Marusan Securities Co. about its rationale for shouldering most of a loss incurred by an affiliated company, the president of the midsize brokerage house said April 6.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Train experts convene for transcontinental freight debate

Railway experts from some 20 countries April 6 discussed the feasibility of transcontinental railway corridors for the smooth and fast transport of cargo through Asia and Europe.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 1998

U.S. rebuts low-level flight drill criticism

The U.S. military issued a memorandum to correspondents recently in response to Japanese media criticism of "inconsiderate low-level flight training in Japan."
JAPAN
Apr 2, 1998

Business groups unhappy with government steps

Reflecting the poor business sentiment shown by the Bank of Japan's latest "tankan" survey, business leaders Thursday criticized the government for its vague economic measures.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 1998

No changes to Yeltsin visit planned

The Japanese government has not heard of any changes in the schedule of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's planned April 11-13 visit, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Thursday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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