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JAPAN
Dec 4, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Doctor testifies on gassing victim

A doctor who treated a woman seriously injured in the March 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system testified in court Thursday that the patient still suffers a speaking disorder and cannot eat without help.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1997

Nago battles over U.S. heliport plebiscite

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- This sleepy northern Okinawa city is gearing up to hold the first plebiscite in the nation on allowing the introduction of a U.S. military base, and the campaigns for and against the planned U.S. Marine Corps offshore heliport are getting heated.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 1997

Okinawa development steps unveiled

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JAPAN
Nov 20, 1997

New Nozomi bullet train to start full operations

The new 500-type Nozomi bullet train, which boasts a commercial operating speed of 300 kph, will debut later this month on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, linking Tokyo and Hakata Station in Fukuoka in four hours and 49 minutes.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 1997

Ota hints heliport plan may get backing

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota hinted Friday that he may approve a national government plan to construct a sea-based heliport off Nago.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1997

The Asahara Trial: Aum follower spread sarin 'out of fear'

Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Yasuo Hayashi told the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday that he was driven to spread deadly sarin gas on the Tokyo subway in March 1995 out of fear of what would happen if he refused.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1997

Defense chief presents heliport plan to Okinawa

Defense Agency Chief Fumio Kyuma visited Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday to unveil blueprints for a sea-based heliport off Nago, northern Okinawa Island, in a last-ditch effort to win local support for the plan.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 1997

Swede brings two views to Hagi pottery

HAGI, Yamaguchi Pref. -- Few have ventured outside the borders defined by tradition in the more than 400 years this town has been producing its famous pottery, renowned as among the best for use in the Japanese tea ceremony.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1997

JR's first motorwoman at freight train controls

JR's first motorwoman at freight train controls> The Japan Railway group's first female locomotive engineer, Maki Ishimura, 23, climbed into the driver's seat early Oct. 27 aboard a train at Tokyo's Shinagawa Freight Terminal and prepared to depart for the Kawasaki Freight Station in Kanagawa Prefecture....
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Vending machine banditry continues; man arrested

A 26-year-old Malaysian man has been arrested on suspicion of using fake 500 yen coins in vending machines, it was learned Oct. 14.Several tampering incidents have been reported in recent weeks as it has become known that certain Korean and Hungarian coins are roughly the same size as a 500 yen coin....
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1997

Talks to mark World Food Day

A symposium on the global food crisis will be held Oct. 16 in Yokohama to coincide with World Food Day. Featured will be a keynote speech by Dr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, as well as a lecture and panel discussion.The event will be held from 1 to 5...
JAPAN
Oct 10, 1997

Number of Tokyo's homeless people rising

The number of homeless people living in Tokyo's Sanya district and surrounding areas such as Ueno, Asakusa and near the Sumida River increased 30 percent from last year to 1,400, a homeless supporters' group said Oct. 10.The group, which helps homeless people in Taito and Sumida Wards, conducted the...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 1997

Opposition chiefs stage rally for summoning Izui

The heads of three opposition parties staged a public rally Oct. 8 outside Shimbashi Station in Tokyo, calling for support for their Diet boycott over delays in summoning oil wholesaler Junichi Izui to testify in the Diet.Shinshinto, the Democratic Party of Japan and Taiyo Party boycotted the opening...
JAPAN
Oct 3, 1997

Heliport implementation plan due by November

The government will submit to Okinawa Prefecture by November a rough draft of the plan for building a U.S. Marine helicopter facility offshore Nago, officials of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency said Oct. 3.The planned facility is designed to replace Futenma Air Station in Ginowan.In the...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 1997

Okinawa office to promote sea-based heliport

The national government's headquarters for relocating the U.S. Marines Futenma Air Station set up on Sept. 30 a local branch in Okinawa to win support from local residents for construction of a sea-based facility in Nago, northern Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 1997

Police officer sentenced for framing innocent man in drug bust

A former police officer was given a suspended sentence Sept. 12 at the Tokyo District Court for framing a man on charges of drug possession in April to boost his job performance record.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1997

Police release photos of suspect in rape-robberies

Tokyo police released on Sept. 3 photos of a man wanted in connection with a series of rapes and robberies.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 1997

Kansai police braced for gang war

OSAKA -- More than 3,200 Hyogo and Osaka police officers are on alert after the boss of a powerful gang was gunned down late August 28 in a Kobe coffee shop.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

Tokyo to put waterfront land leases up for bid

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on August 25 will begin accepting registration forms from businesses interested in bidding on 30-year leases for land along the Tokyo Bay waterfront development area.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1997

Victim attacked again

The victim of a phantom attack in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward was attacked Aug. 19 for a second time by a man who followed her from behind and scratched her arm before fleeing the scene.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 1997

Rain fails to dampen turnout at Yasukuni

Despite intermittent rain, thousands of war veterans and relatives of Japan's war dead visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 52nd anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in war.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Yamaichi employee dies after street stabbing

An employee of Yamaichi Securities Co. was stabbed in the stomach on a Tokyo street late Aug. 14. He was rushed to a hospital but died soon afterward from loss of blood, police said. The man, identified by business cards found on the body, was 57-year-old Koichiro Tarutani, chief of the securities company's...
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Nago voters petition for heliport plebiscite

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Residents in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, presented a petition with 19,734 voter signatures to the municipal election management commission on Aug. 13, calling for an ordinance to provide for a plebiscite on construction of a U.S. Marine Corps offshore heliport.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1997

Officer fatally stabbed in Fukuoka police box

FUKUOKA -- A 42-year-old police officer was found stabbed to death Aug. 13 in his "koban" in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, according to officials. A search is underway for a man who was seen fleeing the semirural area just before noon that day.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Kyushu robbery nets 15 million yen

KITAKYUSHU -- A man made away with about 15 million yen in cash Aug. 12 from a credit association in Kokura Kita Ward, Kitakyushu, after threatening a customer with a knife.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1997

Corpse drifts ashore in plastic box

NAGOYA -- Police launched a full-scale investigation Aug. 12 after a body of an adult man was found in a plastic container box that drifted into Nagoya port Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Fire from explosion razes factories

OSAKA -- An explosion rocked a battery factory in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 10 and ignited a fire that razed two buildings, police said Aug. 11. The two-floor 660 sq.-meter battery factory was recharging lithium batteries but operating without workers due to the holidays.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 1997

Man admits harassing female Diet member

A 54-year-old man from Sapporo was arrested August 5 on suspicion of making repeated harassment calls to a Lower House lawmaker, police said.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 1997

Ancient mirror finding seems to back Kinki-Yamatai theory

OSAKA -- Five bronze mirrors were found in a tumulus in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, reinforcing the theory that the ancient kingdom of Yamatai was in the Kinki region, instead of in northern Kyushu.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 1997

Public outrage unlikely to rewrite Juvenile Law

While controversy continues to rage over the Juvenile Law, the Justice Ministry said July 25 that it will not immediately try to revamp the law.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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