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JAPAN
May 13, 1999
Trust main issue at Kyoto power talks
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 29, 1999
Osaka feels blindsided, cheated out of summit
OSAKA -- Thursday’s announcement by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi that next year’s Group of Eight summit will be held in Okinawa, Fukuoka, and Miyazaki came as a bitter disappointment to Osaka officials, who until recently believed their city was the front-runner.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 1999
Airport foes gain ground in Kobe assembly race
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999
Local Elections: Megaprojects now nightmare to explain
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 19, 1999
Fired Kobe teaching aides win compensation, not jobs
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 9, 1999
Kobe urged to woo foreign investment
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 5, 1999
Airport, deficit likely top issues for Kobe voters
Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 26, 1999
More Maishima dioxin tests urged
Dioxin found buried on Maishima Island is approaching dangerous levels and thus more environmental testing must be carried out, a scientist with Greenpeace Australia warned.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1999
Nagano bribe suspicions spoiling Osaka’s Games plan
As the International Olympic Committee extends its investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption during Nagano’s bid for the 1998 Winter Games, Osaka officials wonder what the effect will be on their bid for the 2008 Summer Games.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 1999
Osaka floods in own disaster movie
Imagine the following: During a particularly wet rainy season, runoff water flows into tributaries of the Yodogawa River faster than a series of dams, built to avoid such a problem, can handle it.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1999
Osaka’s Olympics bid outlays probed
As the bribery scandal smolders around the International Olympic Committee, the heat is increasing for Osaka Olympic officials over allocations of city funds to various Games-related functions, including meetings with IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and payments to intermediaries for Osaka and various...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1999
Universal theme park faces developer pullout
With the recent pullout of a group of investors from plans to develop the area around Universal Studios Japan, there are growing concerns among potential investors that Osaka’s hopes for a USJ-led economic revival face a serious setback.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 1999
Century of Change: Foreign press find Japan tough to figure
In 1890, an Irish-born writer of limited success found his spiritual home after arriving upon the shores of what was then considered by the West to be the world’s most exotic country.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 1998
Osaka evicts squatter camp near school
Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 4, 1998
WHC can list sites, but can it really protect them?
Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998
Aborigines protest Osaka utility’s uranium mine link
Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998
Nara sites added to World Heritage List
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 27, 1998
Kobe mayor targeted after city hall stomps plebiscite push
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1998
Kobe mayor slights call for airport plebiscite
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 16, 1998
Hyogo quake-housing tenants starve to victory
Staff writerKOBE -- A four-day hunger strike against Hyogo Prefecture’s public housing policy helped survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake still living in temporary housing score a major victory recently when prefectural officials agreed to the protesters’ major demands.“Finally, officials realized...
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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