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JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea launched a new long-range ballistic missile that flew over northeast Japan on Monday and into the Pacific ocean, according to the U.S. military in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Nonaka urges execs to return retirement bonuses

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka put indirect pressure Wednesday on former executives of the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to return their lump-sum retirement grants.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1998

Opposition snubs Diet panel, delays financial deliberations

The Lower House's special committee on financial stabilization failed to meet Wednesday due to a boycott by the opposition camp over a procedural disagreement, but both camps agreed they would meet today.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

MITI to expand funds for small, government-tied firms

To help smaller firms counter the tight lending practices of banks, trade chief Kaoru Yosano said Tuesday his ministry is working to boost the amount of funds available for government-affiliated financial institutions and credit insurers from 25 trillion yen to 40 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Japan doesn't know whether it supports U.S. missile attacks

Japan expressed its support Friday for Washington's "firm attitude" against terrorism but reserved its position on the U.S. bombing of terrorist-linked sites in Sudan and Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Government asks for more public input on road projects

Construction Minister Katsutsugu Sekiya said Friday he will ask a ministry panel to consider measures to better reflect local residents' opinions when building and maintaining roads, ministry sources said.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

Nonaka rejects budgetary discussions with Ota

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Thursday he has decided not to meet with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota, at least for the time being, because he cannot expect "constructive" discussion with the governor.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

Obuchi denies news reports of LTCB fund infusion plan

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi denied media reports Thursday that the government has decided to inject public funds into the ailing Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to expedite LTCB's proposed merger with Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998

Nonaka eases stance on Okinawa

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Wednesday he will welcome "constructive" exchanges with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota to resolve the issue of U.S. military bases in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 1998

Nonaka now willing to discuss U.S. bases with Ota

Softening his earlier stance, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said Monday he is willing to meet with Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota Thursday afternoon to discuss the realignment of U.S. military bases in Okinawa, as long as his Diet schedule allows.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Obuchi timetable on recovery demanded

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi must set a concrete time limit on overcoming the economic crisis and stake the fate of his Cabinet on achieving this recovery, the Committee for the Promotion of Political Reforms said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

0.76% wage hike urged for civil servants

The National Personnel Agency urged the Diet and the government Wednesday to pay an average 0.76 percent wage increase (2,785 yen excluding a periodical wage hike) to civil servants this year, effective from April 1. It also suggested that bureaucrats stop receiving pay raises at age 55, instead of the...
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1998

Nikkeiren pushes state to accelerate jobs program

The Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to speed up a government program to create 7.4 million new jobs in 15 sectors by 2010, according to Nikkeiren officials.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 1998

Asian Women's Fund remains official sex slave redress policy

The government maintained its stance Monday of promoting the Asian Women's Fund to extend money to women who were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers before and during the war.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1998

JNR debt disposal bill stirs heated dispute

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Diet session to last 70 days -- if opposition parties agree

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday proposed that an extraordinary Diet session last for 70 days, from Thursday until Oct. 7, to discuss the urgent task of stabilizing the fragile financial sector and other issues.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Analysis: Fate rides on quick, effective policies

and MITSUKO NASHIMAStaff writers
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1998

Fiscal policymakers face uphill task with economy

and YOSUKE NAITOStaff writers
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 24, 1998

Web surfers pick Koizumi

If cyber politics had called the shots, Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi would have been the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Moody's casts pall over financial system

Japan's long-term government bond ratings, which currently stand at a prime Aaa, have been placed under possible downgrade, Moody's Investors Service announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1998

Koizumi, Kajiyama hope to force runoff against Obuchi

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is far ahead of the other two rival candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race, but the possibility of an upset lingers since many party members remain uncommitted, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

LDP presidential race kicks off

The race for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially got under way Tuesday as former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama, Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi filed their candidacies.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

Blair thanks Hashimoto in letter

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has sent a letter to outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto thanking him for his contribution to the development of bilateral relations, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Teijiro Furukawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Women falling under greater social pressures: white paper

Women have gained more responsibility -- along with tasks -- in the workplace, but now are also expected to devote more time to housework, according to a 1998 white paper on gender equality submitted to the Cabinet Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Business leaning toward Kajiyama

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 17, 1998

Three-way LDP race expected

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama declared their candidacies Friday for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to succeed Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Kajiyama enters LDP race; election moved to July 24

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama has decided to run for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency to succeed Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and will announce his candidacy as early as today, LDP members said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998

Support for Obuchi rises among LDP players

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi's chances of being elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party appear to be increasing as support for his candidacy is gradually spreading among the party's major factional groups, party sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Obuchi prepares to run for LDP leadership

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi has decided to pursue the post being vacated by outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and has begun preparing his policy agenda, Liberal Democratic Party sources said Tuesday.
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.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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