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JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

Navy schedules night landing practice off Iwojima

The U.S. Navy will conduct night landing practice on Iwojima Island for about 30 carrier-based from the USS Independence beginning next Saturday, the Defense Facilities Administration Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he doubted sarin's potency

A senior Aum Shinrikyo figure testified Friday that he doubted the sarin the cult produced was potent enough to be lethal when he was given bags containing the liquid nerve gas the day before the March 1995 Tokyo subway attack.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1998

Uehara exits SDP, may run against Ota

Kosuke Uehara, former head of the Hokkaido and Okinawa Development Agency, left the Social Democratic Party on Friday and indicated his intention to run in an Okinawa gubernatorial election scheduled for November.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1998

Tokyo upset with canceled visit of North Korea wives

Tokyo expressed displeasure Tuesday with Pyongyang's announcement that Japanese women living with their North Korean husbands in the reclusive state "canceled" applications to visit their homeland.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 1998

Tokyo temple offers Zen with an American touch

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 5, 1998

Volvo's hybrid car available today

Volvo Car Corp. today begins selling a more environmentally sound car that runs on both gasoline and compressed natural gas.
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
May 26, 1998

Aum doctor gets life sentence for subway sarin attack

Ikuo Hayashi, the former chief doctor for Aum Shinrikyo, was handed a life prison term Tuesday for committing mass murder in the March 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, even though the judge said he "deserves the death penalty due to the gravity of the crime."
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Free counseling sessions available to foreigners

Multilingual volunteers and specialist advisers will hold free counseling sessions today for foreigners as part of an international citizens' festival at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Kamakura takes on tourist traffic jams

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 18, 1998

Man sentenced for groping student on train

A 42-year-old man was given a suspended prison term Monday for molesting a female college student on a Toyoko Line train in February.
JAPAN
May 13, 1998

SDP protests nuclear blasts

Leaders of the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake, both non-Cabinet allies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, took to the streets Wednesday in Tokyo to protest the nuclear tests conducted by India on Monday.
JAPAN
May 7, 1998

Ota's U.S. visit to include request to move Futenma off Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota will directly ask U.S. officials later this month to relocate Futenma Air Station either to Guam or Hawaii, instead of to a site in or around the island prefecture, Vice Gov. Hiroshi Miyahira said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 1998

Peeping Tom says he 'went too far'

A Peeping Tom alleged to have followed 1,900 women and taken hundreds of photographs of them through peep holes has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing, police sources said April 29.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Venerable amusement park slates return to nature

OSAKA -- An amusement park that opened 90 years ago and is said to be the oldest in western Japan is scheduled to close at the end of May and reopen as a nature park.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Department store Tokyu hit in major jewelry heist

Jewelry and watches worth some 100 million yen were stolen from the Nihonbashi, Tokyo, branch of Tokyu Department Store Co. sometime between 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday morning, police said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist angered by order to gas subway

A senior Aum Shinrikyo follower on April 24 expressed resentment toward cult founder Shoko Asahara for appointing him, along with others, to release deadly nerve gas in the Tokyo subway system in March 1995.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1998

Curry's free if you bring a bowl

The Yokohama branch of the Ecology Special Interest Group (EcoSIG) is hosting "International Earth Day '98: The Tsurumi River Tree of Life Celebration" on Sunday in Yokohama.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Hankyu enjoys windfall from cheat-prevention ticket system

Osaka-based railway operator Hankyu Corp. has recorded more than 800 million yen in extra yearly revenue with the introduction of its new system to prevent passengers from cheating on train fares.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1998

Kobe airport opponents call for plebiscite

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 10, 1998

Albright to visit Tokyo on April 28

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will visit Japan on April 28 to meet with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, ministry officials said April 10.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says water sales mulled in Kobe quake

A senior Aum Shinrikyo figure told the Tokyo District Court on Thursday that soon after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of January 1995, he was ordered to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for water to sell in Kobe.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 1998

Fish haulers, riders take to world's longest suspension span

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which opened Sunday, began serving as a key link early April 6 in regional public transportation as commuter buses carried passengers and trucks brought fresh food from Shikoku and Awaji Island to Hyogo and Osaka prefectures.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1998

Tokyo-Okinawa dialogue urged

The central government must quickly narrow its differences with the Okinawa Prefectural Government over a controversial heliport plan for the U.S. forces, Defense Vice Minister Masahiro Akiyama stressed Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he buried VX to stop attacks

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Yasuo Hayashi testified March 27 that he volunteered in April 1995 to bury deadly VX nerve gas produced by the cult so it would not be used in a terrorist attack.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1998

Ceramics-maker turns bottles into bucks

Sixteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1998

The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he hoped for post-attack probe

A senior Aum Shinrikyo follower testified March 26 that he had hoped police would launch a full-scale investigation into the cult after the 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, because he believed a probe would have kept the cult from committing further crimes.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 1998

Cellist, violinist to play in support of Filipino street kids

A PAG-ASA charity concert featuring American cellist Evelyn Elsing and violinist Junko Ohtsu will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Casals Hall near JR Ochanomizu Station in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

Aum Three Years Later: Victims struggle for redress

Last of three parts
JAPAN
Mar 16, 1998

Mazda leader looking to revitalize dealerships, sales

Staff writer

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