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JAPAN
Jun 18, 1998

Experts recommend drafting medical disclosure law

A panel of experts proposed Thursday that a law be established requiring doctors to provide patients access to their medical records upon request.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 1998

Highway exec admits taking bribes from electronics firms

A former section chief of Japan Highway Public Corp. pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking about 4.4 million yen in bribes from Omron Corp. and three other electronics companies for information about his firm's highway facility contracts.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Internet use cutting in on TV time

Warning to television broadcasters: a recent poll has confirmed that the growing popularity of the Internet means users are spending less time watching TV.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Video 'magazines' to fill foreigners' news needs

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Traffic snarl seen for Golden Week

People planning to travel by car during Golden Week, from the end of the month through the first week in May, should brace for a traffic nightmare -- as usual.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1998

Finance Ministry writes new inspection rules

The Finance Ministry on March 31 drafted new guidelines on inspecting financial institutions to increase transparency, following an eruption of scandals in which its inspectors allegedly received bribes for advance information.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1998

BOJ exec entertained by top banks

Six to seven banks spent about 7 million yen entertaining an executive of the Bank of Japan over the past five years, according to sources at the banks.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Bureaucrats applying brakes threaten freedom of info act

Last in a series
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Overseas calls made free, after word from our sponsor

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1998

New forum to reduce corruption proposed by Hashimoto

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Thursday unveiled plans to establish a new forum of exchanges between the Finance Ministry and the nation's financial firms as a way to cut down on corruption.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998

Banker wants 'MOF-tan' abolished

Banks should consider abolishing positions specifically created to maintain close contact with Finance Ministry officials, the head of the banking industry federation said Tuesday.Naotaka Saeki, president of Sanwa Bank and chairman of the Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan, put forward the...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1997

Into the Fast Lane: Freer forex laws offer multiple benefits

First in a series
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1997

Daiwa Bank, IBM form data managing venture

Daiwa Bank and IBM Japan Ltd. said Monday they have agreed to form a joint venture that will develop and operate information systems for the commercial bank.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

JICA looking for volunteers

The Japan International Cooperation Agency is recruiting 800 volunteers for 140 kinds of jobs in its Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program.Volunteers will be sent to 50 countries for two years after taking exams and undergoing training. Applicants should be between 20 and 39 years old with Japanese...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1997

Police officer admits taking bribes

OSAKA -- A police officer pleaded guilty Sept. 10 to charges of accepting 8.2 million yen for leaking information to a man at the center of a fraud investigation, letting him know when detectives would be following him.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 1997

Sato opposes split of telecommunication administration

Shinji Sato, minister for international trade and industry, expressed his opposition Friday to a proposed plan to split the administration of the information and telecommunication industry into regulation and promotion.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 1997

NOVA to refund 3.8 million yen to students

NOVA, a major language-school chain, will refund a total of 3.8 million yen to 18 students who were unable to use lesson tickets they had purchased, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government committee said June 12.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 1997

Umeda Sky Building venue for German Import Fair

OSAKA -- The German Import Fair, the first ever of its type in Osaka, will be held at the Umeda Sky Building complex here from May 16 to 18.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1997

Questions raised over Japan's crisis management system

The hostage crisis in Lima ended with the release of all but one of the hostages by Peruvian forces, but questions have been raised about Japan's readiness to deal with a similar situation in the future.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 1997

German Import Fair comes to Osaka

OSAKA -- The German Import Fair, the first ever of its type in Osaka, will be held at the Umeda Sky Building complex here from May 16 to 18.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 1997

Police desperately sought Aum arrests: Inoue

A former senior Aum Shinrikyo figure on Jan. 16 quoted a former police officer, an informant for the cult, as saying that police were desperate to arrest any Aum follower after the 1995 Tokyo subway attack to determine who committed the crime.Yoshihiro Inoue, 26, disclosing some of the conversations...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? Tune in to find out.

Modi playing on-air host to the world’s most populous nation is one way he has made himself intimately omnipresent across India’s vastness.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 21, 2023

Sumo needs to control its narrative as its popularity rises abroad

As awareness of the sport increases internationally and its global fanbase continues to expand, it’s important that sumo works hard to counter false information.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 20, 2023

As NATO increases Asia outreach, questions hang over the nature of its role

While the U.S. wants further alliance involvement in Asia as American defense planners increasingly focus on China, not all members are on board with that vision.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2023

Inside China's underground market for high-end Nvidia AI chips

U.S. export restrictions have created a de facto underground market with vendors keen not to draw scrutiny from either U.S. or Chinese authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 13, 2023

Trump didn’t do enough to counter Chinese spying, Blinken says

Trump’s administration didn’t do enough after discovering that Beiijng had been operating a spy facility in Cuba since 2019, the top U.S. diplomat said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Jun 10, 2023

Trump faces strong case over illegal retention of classified papers, experts say

Legal experts say neither the law nor the facts appear to be on the side of the former U.S. president.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2023

Japan enacts bill to nationalize defense equipment facilities

The bill, aimed at aiding the defense industry by strengthening product development and production foundations, was passed by a majority vote.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2023

Investigators' pressure seen as reason for GaaSyy's return to Japan

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department said that GaaSyy’s return was the “result of UAE authorities’ measures and not a voluntary one.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2023

Ukraine war may become a proving ground for AI

AI and quantum computing could revolutionize offensive operations and, perhaps more important, logistics.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Hanshin quake sparked changes to Japan's disaster response policies
Self-Defense Forces members search for victims in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 28, 1995, in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Fuji TV scrutinized over handling of allegations against ex-SMAP member Nakai
Fuji TV in the Odaiba waterfront area in Tokyo in 2021
Yokozuna Terunofuji retires after injury-plagued career
Terunofuji won 10 titles in sumo's top division during his career.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.

Podcast

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

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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