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JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Radioactive waste leak reported at Tokai facility

A massive leak of uranium waste was reported August 26 at a nuclear plant operated by the government-run Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (PNC) in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Firm aims at Japan market for new-style entertainment

New types of entertainment facilities that are family-oriented and regionally based are suitable for the Japanese market and will grow in the future, the head of Orlando-based ITEC Productions, said August 26.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Toppling billboard post kills Osaka driver, 46

OSAKA -- A 3-ton billboard fell on top of a car that had stopped at traffic lights August 26 in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, crushing the car and killing the driver.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Panel to deal with weapons left in China

The Cabinet on August 26 approved the formation of a panel to handle the disposal of chemical weapons left in China by the Imperial Japanese Army.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Public corporations under reform microscope

The number of executives and employees at 95 government-affiliated corporations should be cut by 10 percent, and another 10 percent cut should be applied to expenditures on public works projects under their umbrella, according to a proposal made August 26 by a panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party....
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Aum regaining strength, surveillance operation reveals

Aum Shinrikyo has regained its organizational strength and expanded its activities since it was spared disbandment in January under the Antisubversive Activities Law, the Public Security Investigation Agency said August 26.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Wife admits hiding spouse's limbs

OSAKA -- Sakae Maruyama, now under arrest for allegedly mutilating the body of her husband in Katano, Osaka Prefecture, last year, confessed that she tried to hide parts of his body after dismembering it, police sources said August 25.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Netanyahu woos Japan's high-tech sector

Stressing Israel's status in high-technology manufacturing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 25 called on Japanese firms to take part in joint-venture projects.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Homeless turn down public assistance

Homeless people living at JR Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials clashed again August 25 as a group protested efforts by officials to provide them job counseling and accommodations at nearby facilities.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

30 hurt on Aomori line as trains crash head-on

AOMORI -- Two trains collided head-on in the town of Hiraga, Aomori Prefecture, August 25, leaving 30 people injured, seven of whom were put in the hospital.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Attorney fights for fairness

Last of three parts
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Japan-Israel talks focus on Palestinian hardship

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on August 25 called on his Israeli counterpart to reopen the West Bank and Gaza Strip to Palestinians, arguing that improving Palestinians' economic status is essential if peace is ever to be established in the Middle East.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 1997

LDP straddles wall between China, U.S. policies on Taiwan

Amid heated criticism from Chinese Premier Li Peng over Japan's support of the U.S. in a hypothetical China-Taiwan conflict, the Liberal Democratic Party said August 22 that it will not specifically define the "areas surrounding Japan" phrase of the Japan-U.S. defense cooperation pact, but that Japan...
JAPAN
Aug 22, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Most charged found guilty

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 22, 1997

Ruling allies agree to make insurance system for elderly

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two non-Cabinet allies -- the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake -- agreed in principle August 22 to create a new health insurance system solely for people 70 or older.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

PCBs at park site not Universal Studios theme

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Foreigners shoulder blame for more crime

The number of crimes blamed on foreigners almost doubled in the first half of this year, but 10 percent fewer foreigners were investigated for crimes than in the same period last year, the National Police Agency announced Aug. 21.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Asahara trial like an ongoing soap

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Panel gives glimpse of next government

The government's blue-ribbon panel on administrative reform concluded Aug. 21 that the government should be revamped into a Cabinet Office, 10 ministries and two agencies by January 2001.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Nets removed from Minamata Bay

KUMAMOTO -- The Kumamoto Prefectural Government began work Aug. 21 to remove nets from the mouth of Minamata Bay, put in place more than two decades ago to prevent mercury-contaminated fish from leaving the bay and spreading disease.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1997

Three killed as GSDF helicopter, plane collide

Three people were killed in a midair collision between a light plane and a Self-Defense Forces helicopter over Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21 in the afternoon, police reported.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Talks likely to progress over wives' Japan visits

Japan and North Korea are expected to take steps Aug. 21 in Beijing toward allowing Japanese women living in the Stalinist state to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Man faces arrest in hit-and-run spree

Police plan to arrest a 48-year-old truck driver for professional negligence after he was allegedly involved in 47 hit-and-run accidents in 30 minutes, they said Aug. 20.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Reform bang may be too soft to shake up insurance sector

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Brother and sister stabbed in elevator

NAGANO -- Police arrested a 28-year-old woman Aug. 20 for allegedly stabbing two children inside a supermarket elevator in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Police act in play on phantom attacks

Police officers and local government officials from Tokyo's Itabashi Ward staged a performance Aug. 20 in front of JR Itabashi Station to inform the public about a series of phantom attacks that have been reported recently in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Japan, China to discuss issues of WTO and tariffs

Japan and China will hold a fresh round of negotiations in Tokyo next week on Beijing's admission to the World Trade Organization, government officials said Aug. 20.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Three from Komei to join Shinshinto

While many members of Komei are concerned about the future of Shinshinto, three from the Tokyo, Fukuoka and Osaka constituencies have decided to join Shinshinto and run as the party's candidates in next summer's Upper House election, Komei chief Tomio Fujii told Shinshinto President Ichiro Ozawa on Aug....
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Tottori town shuns radioactive dirt

TOTTORI -- Mayor Shinichiro Yasuda of Misasa, Tottori Prefecture, visited the prefectural government Aug. 19 to announce opposition to plans to temporarily store uranium-tainted remnant earth near his town.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Condo plot soil highly contaminated

CHIBA -- A plot of land where a condominium is to be built in Inage Ward, Chiba Prefecture, has highly cancerous hexavalent chromium concentrations 2,400 times the environmental standard set by the government, it was learned Aug. 19.
Snowfall in Tokyo as storm sweeps country
Snow falls on a narrow drinking alley in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday morning.
Japan's record snow in February attributed to global warming
Tourists visit a park in front of the Imperial Palace amid snowfall in Tokyo on Wednesday.
‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
A signed picture by photographer Joe Rosenthal of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima is shown as part of a display at the new National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, in November 2006.
Putin spurns a Ukraine ceasefire but Trump calls talk a win
After U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's phone call, talks aimed at advancing toward a broader peace plan will begin immediately, the White House, though it was unclear whether Ukraine will be involved.
Japan’s twin obsessions meet as MLB visits sumo’s heartland
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes part in a sumo demonstration in Tokyo on Friday.
In pictures: Tokyo's weeklong celebration of baseball's best
Shohei Ohtani belts a home run in the fifth inning of the second game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs.
What's the fuss over Ishiba's gift vouchers?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waits for a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee to begin in Tokyo on Friday.
At Tokyo Dome, a stage so big that even Shohei Ohtani felt nervous
Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the opening game of the MLB season between the Dodgers and Cubs on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome
Assassin’s Creed Shadows puts samurai style over substance
Releasing on March 20, Assassin's Creed Shadows excels in atmosphere and open-world gameplay but falls short of narrative expectations.
At Ventinove, Tuscan specialties taken to new heights
Tucked away behind the historic Tsuchida sake brewery, Ventinove's location and sleek, angular architecture make for impressive destination dining.

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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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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
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