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JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

Details of stimulus package unveiled

The government on April 24 unveiled a comprehensive set of stimulus measures worth 16.65 trillion yen -- the largest package ever compiled -- in hopes of nursing the economy back to life.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

Deaftopia cafe a new spin on speak-easy

"No voice conversation please" reads a sign outside a cafe that opened in Tokyo's Nakano Ward this month.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Kobe airport opponents call for plebiscite

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JAPAN
Apr 17, 1998

Major tax changes eyed in commission meeting

The government's Tax Commission on Friday began deliberations toward making comprehensive changes to the nation's personal and corporate income tax structure that would bring rates closer to international levels.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 1998

Hospital chief supplied drug to son

A director of a Chiba hospital has been questioned by police on suspicion that she supplied her son with a government controlled drug to help him study and prepare for a dentist license exam, it was learned April 8.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1998

Deregulation plan launched to activate economy

A three-year plan was launched March 31 that targets 15 industrial sectors for deregulation, including domestic airline operations, electric power retailing and digital broadcasting, government officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

Hong Kong denies plan for Olympics

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

Aum Three Years Later: Victims struggle for redress

Last of three parts
JAPAN
Mar 18, 1998

Matsushita, Sunny launch TV recycling experiment

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sunny Metal Corp. started up operations March 18 at an experimental facility to study a television recycling system in Konohana Ward here.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 1998

Knifings prompt rethink of Juvenile Law

Justice Minister Kokichi Shimoinaba said March 10 that the issue of lowering the age at which minors who commit crimes can be punished should be included on the agenda of ongoing discussions among the Justice Ministry, the Supreme Court and the federation of bar associations.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1998

Medical, student aid to Southeast Asian countries approved

The Cabinet approved emergency measures Friday to provide Indonesia with medical supplies and to assist students from Thailand and Malaysia who want to study in Japan, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

BOJ breaks precedent, divulges minutes of policy talks

For the first time ever, the Bank of Japan disclosed Tuesday the minutes of a recent monetary policy meeting in line with recently adopted transparency rules.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1998

Doctor queried on Aum gas attack autopsy

Defense lawyers for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Friday cross-examined a professor of forensic medicine who conducted an autopsy on a victim of the March 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1998

Plan to store nuclear waste in Hokkaido withdrawn

A controversial plan to build a high-level nuclear waste storage facility in Horonobe, Hokkaido, has been withdrawn, the Science and Technology Agency made clear Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1998

LDP unveils latest plan to reinvigorate economy

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday unveiled its fourth stimulus package, hoping to boost confidence in the economy before the March 31 end of the fiscal year.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

American teenager blazes path through Japanese schools

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 18, 1998

Chinese hopes lawsuit gives Unit 731 victims closure

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

APEC draws up program to liberalize nine industrial sectors

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 13, 1998

Forum takes up Asia-Pacific's dirty air problems

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1998

Kagawa makes bid to lure more foreign tourists

KOTOHIRA, Kagawa Pref. -- In order to visit the 3,000-year-old Kompira Shrine, which still attracts millions of pilgrims and tourists here each year, a long, steep slope of 1,368 stone steps must first be conquered.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1998

Fewer foreigners studying in Japan

The number of foreign students studying in Japan declined for the second year in a row in 1997 to about 51,000, down 3.5 percent from the previous year, according to an Education Ministry survey released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Columbia crew traces mission's success to hardships of space

Crew members of the space shuttle Columbia, which returned to Earth early last month after a successful mission, said Monday the extraordinary challenge of working in space fostered a sense of unity that overrode differences in culture.Eight members of NASA's space team -- six aboard the spacecraft...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 1998

OECD sets guidelines to stop harmful tax competition

Staff writerThe 29 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have agreed in principle on guidelines for eliminating "harmful" tax competition designed to attract more foreign capital, government sources said Friday.The guidelines call for the nations to roll back what...
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1998

Three opposition parties merge to form Minseito

Three opposition parties said Wednesday they will merge Friday to form a new party with an old name in Japanese politics: Minseito, literally "Democratic Politics Party."Former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata announced the name for the new party, to be formed by Kokumin no Koe (Voice of the People), From...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1998

University allows chemistry prodigies an early start

Chiba University on Monday allowed three second-year high school students with high marks in chemistry to skip their senior year and enter college this spring, becoming the first university to do so, officials said.Seiji Kajita, 17, of Fukuoka, Kazutoshi Sato, 16, of Chiba, and another 17-year-old Fukuoka...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 1998

Finance Ministry considering new penalties for Nomura

The Ministry of Finance has begun studying whether new administrative penalties can be imposed on Nomura Securities Co. in connection with a bribery scandal that led to the arrest of two of its former executives, ministry sources said Monday.The ministry will look into whether the giant brokerage, rather...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1998

Nikkeiren says firms can't afford pay hikes

The economy is in the doldrums and corporations cannot afford to grant wage increases, according to a report adopted Tuesday at an extraordinary general meeting of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren).Prior to this year's spring labor offensive, known as "shunto," the position...
JAPAN
Jan 2, 1998

The Telecoms Race: TTNet takes lead in domestic price war

Second of two partsStaff writerDeregulation in the telecommunications sector began to be slowly implemented over a decade ago, but it is only now that the industry is entering cutthroat price competition, accelerated by the imminent breakup of NTT.On Jan. 7, Tokyo Telecommunication Network Co. (TTNet)...
JAPAN
Dec 24, 1997

Chubu gets airport funds in '98 budget

Money for the construction of Chubu International Airport in Aichi Prefecture was restored Wednesday to the fiscal 1998 budget during negotiations between the Finance and Transport ministers.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 1997

Japan offers cheap loans to ASEAN

Staff writer
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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