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JAPAN
Jul 29, 1997

Returning JOCV members to get help

The government might begin formulating measures to help find employment for those who have served as members of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers after they return to Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1997

Ota backs national plan for offshore heliport

Ending six months of silence over the issue of a sea-based heliport off the coast of Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture, Gov. Masahide Ota on July 29 planted his foot on the side of the national government.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1997

Talks progress on Japanese wives in North Korea

Tokyo and Pyongyang will continue talks on allowing Japanese women living in North Korea with their Korean husbands to visit Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said July 22.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 1997

Imported corn is from China, not North Korea

The government has discovered that the corn unloaded from a North Korean freighter at Aomori port was produced in China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said July 18.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 1997

MITI to hand small firms public works contracts

The government will aim to provide small and medium-size firms with public contracts worth a record 5.159 trillion yen during fiscal 1998, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said July 18.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1997

ASDF transports are ordered home

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto decided July 16 to recall three Air Self-Defense Force transport planes dispatched to Thailand to help in the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from Cambodia. Acting on Hashimoto's instructions, Post and Telecommunications Minister Hisao Horinouchi, who is serving...
JAPAN
Jul 11, 1997

Ministerial conference to combat 'sokaiya' planned

Government ministers will soon hold a conference to discuss problems related to "sokaiya" corporate extortionists as the reverberations of payoff scandals involving leading financial institutions continue to shake Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said July 11.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 1997

Need for Cambodia airlift recedes

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Teijiro Furukawa indicated late July 9 that the need for the government to send Air Self-Defense Force planes to Cambodia to rescue Japanese people there has decreased.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1997

Parties agree to try direct talks with North Korea

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its two non-Cabinet allies agreed July 8 to make efforts to hold direct talks with North Korea, both at the government and party level, to solve questions over emergency food aid and the alleged abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1997

Tokyo working out Cambodia evacuation plan

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said July 8 that the government is working out ways of rescuing Japanese nationals stranded in Cambodia, according to a high-ranking government official.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 1997

Hashimoto presents budget-writing rules

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on July 8 outlined basic rules for fiscal 1998 budget requests that include three special spending brackets to channel 550 billion yen into key areas as well as roughly 240 billion yen in general expenditure cuts.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1997

Tokyo issues warning against entering Cambodia

Tokyo issued a warning July 7 against entering Cambodia after a Japanese engineer died July 6 from serious wounds suffered in a firefight in Phnom Penh.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

550 billion yen to go to priority projects in '98

A total of 550 billion yen will be set aside in the fiscal 1998 state budget for three special spending brackets to better concentrate public works outlays in key sectors, a top Finance Ministry official said July 4.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 1997

Supreme court rejects Inamura appeal

The Supreme Court on July 4 rejected an appeal from a former Environment Agency director general, letting stand a lower court sentence of three years in prison and a 300 million yen fine for tax evasion.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Tanker's oil spill smaller than first feared

Oil spilled July 2 from a supertanker in Tokyo Bay amounts to about 1,550 kiloliters of crude, only one-10th the figure reported the night of the spill, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said July 3.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Sato finalizes MITI personnel lineup

Shinji Sato, minister of international trade and industry, has finalized the new lineup of his key staffers, officials said July 3. The change in personnel includes the appointment of Osamu Watanabe, director general of the ministry's Industrial Policy Bureau, as new vice minister.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Official use of 'hanko' may be coming to an end

The government started examining July 3 the possible abolition of current regulations that require the public to use "hanko" seals for administrative formalities, according to a high-ranking government official.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 1997

Errant banks, securities firms face crackdown

Government leaders reiterated July 3 the need to toughen penalties on financial institutions due to racketeering scandals involving a leading city bank and Japan's major securities firms.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1997

Major oil spill hits Tokyo Bay

A supertanker ran aground July 2 in Tokyo Bay, dumping as much as 15,000 kiloliters of crude oil in one of the worst environmental accidents in Japanese waters, the Maritime Safety Agency said.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 1997

Gender equality still elusive, white paper says

Women in Japan continue to face a wide range of difficulties in the workplace as well as in other aspects of life, according to a 1997 white paper on gender equality submitted July 1 to the Cabinet.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1997

Russian boat shoots, wounds Japanese fishermen

A Russian patrol vessel fired on a Japanese fishing boat off Nosappu Cape in Nemuro, Hokkaido, late June 25, seriously wounding two crew members, the Maritime Safety Agency office in Nemuro said June 26.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 1997

Hashimoto sets his sights on Denver, another term

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto indicated his desire June 19 to be re-elected head of the Liberal Democratic Party and stay on for another two-year term beyond the Sept. 30 end of his current term.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1997

Hanshin quake relief bill left for next Diet session

One of two legislative proposals to provide governmental assistance to survivors of the January 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and other natural disasters will be carried over to the next Diet session for further debate, according to Diet officials.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1997

Ruling alliance emerges from Diet session intact

One-hundred fifty days, some 100 laws and 16 treaties later, the ruling partnership is still intact, at least on the surface.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1997

Analysis: Health system reform falls short

With the Diet's approval of a revision to the Health Insurance Law, many observers are frustrated with the less-than-anticipated results of well over half a year of heated and repeated discussions.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1997

Diet legislates independent financial watchdog

The Diet passed a bill June 16 to create a state agency independent of the Finance Ministry for supervising the nation's financial institutions.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 1997

LDP panel delays Ex-Im merger with JDB

A task force within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to further delay until at least the end of this month a final decision on whether to merge the Export-Import Bank of Japan and the Japan Development Bank due to strong resistance from concerned parties, party sources said June 13.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 1997

Land Agency warns Tokyo about overpopulation problem

Overpopulation is hindering the Tokyo area from protecting itself from natural disasters and is causing other serious problems, a National Land Agency report warned June 13.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1997

Hashimoto to visit U.N., EU after Denver summit

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will leave Tokyo on June 19 to attend the annual summit of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations in Denver and to meet with European leaders in Europe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama announced June 9.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 1997

LDP plans Pentagon visit for security guideline review

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 9 will call on its two non-Cabinet allies -- the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake -- to form a delegation to visit the U.S. to discuss security-related matters with officials of the Pentagon, LDP policy chief Taku Yamasaki told reporters June...
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.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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