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JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Agency adds farm toxins to guidelines

The Environment Agency has decided to enact a set of comprehensive measures to regulate nitrate nitrogen, a chemical released into the environment from livestock excreta and agricultural fertilizers made of nitrogen, ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

Defense to stall request for theater missile funds

The Defense Agency will put off its request for greater funding of joint research into the theater missile defense program, partially to avoid angering Beijing before the upcoming visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1998

Focus: Nanjing Massacre can't shake ever-changing spin

Iris Chang's controversial book "The Rape of Nanking," which came out last December in the United States, has rekindled debate in Japan over the incident.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

Deregulation panel targets 16 fields for further reform

A government deregulation committee Tuesday picked 67 themes in 16 fields, including social sectors, as targets for further decontrols.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998

New law fails to preserve Ainu people's rights: U.N.

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Kajiyama backers to form new group within LDP

Supporters of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama, the runnerup in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race Friday, plan to form a policy study group under his leadership within the LDP.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Keidanren urges financial realignment

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1998

Dolly's maker speaks out against human clones

Human cloning may be acceptable to provide the cells required in the treatment of diseases, the creator of Dolly the sheep -- the world's first adult animal clone -- said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Lower dioxin levels noted in '97, but detailed study urged

Airborne dioxin levels were comparatively low last year, according to an Environmental Agency survey, but further research is necessary to more accurately determine how the toxin affected air pollution, officials said upon releasing the results Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Eigo Seinen fetes 100 years of publication

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Sperm count down 10% from 1970s, scientists say

OSAKA -- The sperm count of the average Japanese male has fallen 10 percent from levels of the 1970s, a group of researchers announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 1998

Of mice, men and mysteries behind gender determination

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 29, 1998

Court ruling favors disclosure of Tokyo assembly expenses

The Tokyo High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in an information disclosure lawsuit, ruling that the government should disclose expense documents for overseas trips by Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1998

Citizens' group protests Osaka's Olympic bid

An Osaka-based citizens' group protesting the city's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games demanded Wednesday that the Cabinet reject the city's candidacy to host the event.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1998

Carcinogens found in Matsushita groundwater

OSAKA -- High concentrations of organic chlorine compounds that can cause cancer were detected in groundwater at Matsushita group factory sites, it was announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

No ties to Russia mafia, cultist tells his counsel

Senior Aum Shinrikyo figure Kiyohide Hayakawa, appearing Monday before the Tokyo District Court, denied the widely held belief that he was connected with the Russian mafia.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998

Global outlook reshaping U.S. education

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1998

Business scholars foresee changes for Japan Inc.

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1998

BOJ debated easing rates but opted to wait, minutes show

Bank of Japan policy board members decided to forgo a further easing of monetary policy two months ago and wait to observe the effects of the government's record stimulus package, according to minutes of their April 24 meeting released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 1998

Date for Suzuki visit to Kunashiri Island set

Muneo Suzuki, director general of the Hokkaido and Okinawa development agencies, will visit Kunashiri Island June 23 to 25, becoming the first state minister to visit the disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

MITI team to probe state oil firms

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will set up an internal team to probe the finances of 122 oil exploration firms under the Japan National Oil Corp., MITI Vice Minister Osamu Watanabe said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

One-year delay hits Kobe airport project

KOBE -- The opening of the controversial Kobe airport, which had been scheduled to start up in 2004, will be delayed at least one year until autumn 2005, city officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 1998

Nobelist tells media to focus on rights, responsibility

BY AKEMI NAKAMURA
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

Japan-U.S. research on theater missile defense urged

The policy affairs chief of the Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday he thinks the government should promote a joint technical research project with the United States on theater missile defense.
JAPAN
May 27, 1998

World's mayors, city leaders examine urban problems

Mayors and representatives from 21 major international cities gave reports and exchanged views on urban and environmental problems facing their cities at a Tokyo symposium on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 21, 1998

Local Indonesian students rejoice at Suharto's resignation

Students from Indonesia expressed surprise and hope for the reform of their country following President Suharto's announcement of his resignation Thursday.
JAPAN
May 8, 1998

Panel mulls hiring outsiders to monitor finance ministry

To prevent further corruption at the Finance Ministry, it may be necessary to set up a monitoring body that includes outside people, a member of a ministry ad hoc panel said Friday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Measures on endocrine disrupters set

The Environment Agency on Thursday announced a basic framework for tackling the issue of endocrine disrupters -- chemicals that can be found in the environment and disrupt the working of natural hormones in animals.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

New chief of Ford subsidiary looks to bring focus to dealers

Eiji Iwakuni, who on April 1 became the new president of Ford Motor Co. (Japan) Ltd., knows the carmaker did not hire him for his English-speaking ability.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Taiwan urged to assist struggling neighbors

Although the stability of Taiwan's economy stands out amid the financial crisis in Asia, the island cannot remain an idle spectator as neighbor countries suffer, according to Wei-Te Liu, executive adviser of the Coordinating Council on Sino-Japanese Business Affairs.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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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