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JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Partyspeak: JCP pledges to repeal consumption tax hike

Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Election Equation: Lack of clear options blamed for voter apathy

Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Opposition vows to prevent LDP majority

The heads of four opposition parties criticized the administration of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Monday for failing to resuscitate the economy, vowing to keep the ruling party from taking a majority in the House of Councilors election next month.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Global outlook reshaping U.S. education

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

Partyspeak: SDP won't again share bed with archfoe LDP

Fourth in a series
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

New finance watchdog faces credibility hurdle from get-go

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1998

Harvard plans to build strong regional ties at Asia Center

Harvard University is looking for a role to play in providing a cooperative international mechanism or organization to help manage crises when they occur and even before they hit, the president of the prestigious American university said.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 1998

Panel proposes laws for protecting individual credit data

Legislation is needed to protect personal credit information, including the names and addresses of borrowers and their outstanding debts, according to a government panel report released Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 1998

Man can still claim smallpox vaccine damages: supreme court

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a high court ruling that rejected a damages claim by a 46-year-old man who suffered brain damage as a result of an inoculation required by the state, and remanded the case to the Tokyo High Court.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

World Cup fans leave for France as ticket woes continue

As confusion continued Thursday over a massive shortage of World Cup tickets for Japan matches, 319 soccer fans left Narita airport for Paris aboard a special Japan Airlines flight.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

Tax-dodging cases fall to 10-year low

OSAKA -- The total number of tax-dodging cases as well as the amount per case hit a 10-year low in 1997, according to an Osaka National Tax Administration Bureau report published Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1998

U.S. agriculture group hosting trade fair

OSAKA -- A two-day trade fair designed to introduce and promote U.S. agricultural products in the Kansai region opened Wednesday at Osaka MyDome, beside the Osaka Chamber of Commerce building.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Spaces for subcompacts to be required in January

More cities will require drivers of subcompact cars, or "kei-jidosha," to register parking spaces starting in January, according to a parking ordinance revision approved at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Hashimoto's administrative reform bill clears Diet

A government-proposed bill that will serve as the framework for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's plans for a slimmer administration -- one of his six major reform goals -- cleared the Diet late Tuesday afternoon.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Father of missing Japanese urges tough Lebanese approach

Megumi Yokota's father believes Japan should follow the example of the Lebanese government, which in 1979 repatriated its citizens who had been abducted to North Korea, after tough, behind-the-scenes negotiations with the communist government.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

New Chile ambassador sees change

New Chilean Ambassador Oscar Fuentes said Monday his country wants to consolidate its ties with Japan in trade and other areas and promote multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Public works strategy hit by corporate execs

The government should not use public works projects to help stimulate the dormant economy, and the process of implementing such projects should be reformed substantially to make them more transparent, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 1998

'Air Do' seeks approval for new Tokyo-Sapporo flights

Hokkaido International Airlines Co., a new entry in the country's aviation industry, applied Friday with the Transport Ministry to offer regular service between Tokyo and Sapporo starting Oct. 30.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 1998

Report says Japanese lifestyle unsustainable

Efforts to create an environmentally sustainable society in Japan have only just begun, according to the white paper on the environment for 1998.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Newspapers still have key role to play in high-tech age

Staff Writer
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Mahathir requests aid be resumed to Indonesia

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged international donors Thursday to resume aid to Indonesia following the launch of a new administration headed by President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

JICA member takes on Ghana ball team

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Defense quizzes cops on gassing

The defense counsel for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Thursday cross-examined police officers who were involved in the investigation of the June 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Top Hong Kong official defends dollar-to-dollar link

Hong Kong remains committed to retaining its link to the U.S. dollar through a currency board and has strong support from mainland China in defending its dollar, its top administrative officer said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Nobelist tells media to focus on rights, responsibility

BY AKEMI NAKAMURA
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Japanese mayors unite against nuclear test blasts

Denouncing the recent nuclear tests carried out by India and Pakistan, an association of city mayors from across the nation adopted an emergency resolution Wednesday at their meeting in Tokyo, urging the abolition of atomic weapons and tests.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

Public works plan to target areas of high unemployment

In an effort to improve the worsening job climate, the government said Tuesday it will focus public works projects in areas suffering from serious unemployment, such as Hokkaido, Kyushu and city areas of the southern Kanto and Kinki regions.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

Hokkaido Feature: Hungry deer made feast for farmers

ASHORO, Hokkaido -- While travelers in Hokkaido often enjoy spotting herds of deer, the recent explosion in the animal's population poses a serious threat to local farmers.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

Hotel opens on Tokyo waterfront

Le Meridien Grand Pacific Tokyo opened in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district in Minato Ward on Monday.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Seibu exec acquitted of fraud in medical equipment case

The former chief of Seibu department store's medical equipment department was acquitted of complicity Thursday in a fraud case in which six people were accused of bilking a leasing company out of about 31.1 billion yen by fabricating medical equipment deals.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
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.
Elon Musk won’t save TikTok
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has expressed ambitions to build an "everything app," and adding TikTok to X, formerly Twitter, could bring him closer to that vision.
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.
KKR considers joining Seven & I management buyout after Apollo
KKR is discussing investing several hundred billion yen for an equity stake in the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores.
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.

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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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