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JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Toa Steel to announce largest postwar liquidation

Struggling steelmaker Toa Steel Co. has decided to liquidate itself in what will become the largest manufacturing failure to date in Japan's postwar era, a corporate credit research agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Miyazawa ready to meet with Rubin

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa will leave for San Francisco this evening to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin for discussions on international economic problems and developments in the domestic economy.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Man with knife slashes student in Edogawa

A junior high school student was slashed by a man with a knife early Thursday in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Tokyo man shot with arrow dies

A man from Machida, western Tokyo, died after being shot through the neck with a metal arrow near his home late Wednesday night, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Pyongyang may be readying second launch, Nonaka says

Despite protests from Japan and its allies, North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday, quoting intelligence reports.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

Powerful quake rocks Iwate Prefecture

A strong earthquake measuring a lower 6 on the Japanese scale of 7 struck Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, at 4:58 p.m. Thursday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1998

High costs, low demand stifling Kansai airport growth

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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 3, 1998

Poisoned oolong may have killed Nagano man

A 56-year-old man in Nagano Prefecture died earlier this week shortly after drinking a can of oolong tea at his home, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Miyazawa likely to chat with Greenspan

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday he will probably speak with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan this weekend in San Francisco about internationally concerted efforts to cut interest rates, but the subject is unlikely to be discussed at any length.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Sex harassment rules should apply after work, panel says

A committee of the National Personnel Authority issued a report Wednesday stating that the government's policy against sexual harassment should apply equally to after-work social gatherings and the official work day.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Osaka reform group backs Ajisaka for governor

OSAKA -- Saying Osaka needs an honest and reliable leader, the Association to Reform the Osaka Prefectural Government has announced it will back a new candidate to replace Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama in Osaka's gubernatorial election next spring.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998

Brazilian files discrimination suit

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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

Outraged Japan suspends assistance to North Korea

The government, outraged by North Korea's launch Monday of a ballistic missile over Japanese territory, announced a major policy shift toward Pyongyang on Tuesday, suspending food aid and assistance for light-water nuclear reactor projects as well as its offer to resume normalization talks with North...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

L.A. tourist bureau opens full-time branch in Tokyo

The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau has opened in Tokyo its first full-time international office outside North America, delegates from the city announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Preventing Disaster: Flood damage dampens national drills

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country participated in annual disaster drills Tuesday, while many prefectures canceled or scale-downed their exercises in the wake of flood damage triggered by Typhoon No. 4.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Tokyo, Seoul seek Korean stability

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and South Korean Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek agreed Tuesday to improve bilateral consultations to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Preventing Disaster: Quake prediction said overemphasized

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Preventing Disaster: Preparation can save lives

It was a fateful day for Tokyo and the nation.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Ex-Defense Agency official probed over influence peddling

A former deputy director of the Defense Agency's Central Procurement Office may have improperly pressed a communications equipment supplier to hire two retired Defense Agency officials, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Tax bureau finds unreported Kimijima assets

The family of late fashion designer Ichiro Kimijima failed to report about 300 million yen in taxable inheritance assets he left behind after dying in 1996, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea launched a new long-range ballistic missile that flew over northeast Japan on Monday and into the Pacific ocean, according to the U.S. military in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

LTCB chief recants Diet statements on bank's solvency

The president of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan told the Diet on Monday that he "believes" his bank is solvent, only to recant the statement later in the day.
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 31, 1998

Sakura seeks to raise 300 billion yen in share issue

Sakura Bank plans to increase its capital by about 300 billion yen within this fiscal year by requesting major firms under the Mitsui group, the bank's largest shareholder, and other clients to purchase new shares, bank officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Firearms workshop set for September

A workshop to explore ways of restricting small firearms will be held Sept. 7 to 9 in Tokyo, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998

Death toll from slides, floods hits 13 as typhonic rains hit

Landslides and flooding triggered by the torrential rains of an approaching typhoon killed 13 people between Thursday and Friday and left four others missing, according to local officials.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
School-age suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
Rise and shine with ‘The Wakey Show’
“The Wakey Show” is NHK’s first new daily children’s program in three years, and it carries on the station’s storied past in youth-centric educational entertainment.
Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
New SDF command will be key for contingency planning, Australian commander says
A Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K "Super Auk" from JS Shiranui prepares to land on HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Malabar 2023 while off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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