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Date: 1998-10-01
Title: Japan ratifies land mine treaty
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Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, (L) files ratification instruments for a global treaty banning antipersonnel land mines with an unidentified U.N. official at the U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 30. Japan is the 43rd nation to ratify the treaty, which will come into effect March 1.
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Date: 1998-10-28
Title: Japan rolls up record points in rugby qualifier
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The Japanese team celebrates after rolling up a record 134 points Tuesday Oct. 27 to crush Taiwan 134-6 in the second qualifying match at Singapore's National Stadium for next year's rugby World Cup.Japan, which romped 40-12 over South Korea last Saturday, surrendered the first points to Taiwan immediately after the start of the game.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-10-29
Title: Japan scrapes by Egypt 1-0
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Jubilo Iwata forward Masashi Nakayama runs in jubilation after converting a 25th-minute penalty to give Japan a 1-0 victory over Egypt in a friendly match at Osaka's Nagai Stadium on Wednesday Oct. 28. Running in the back is Nakayama's partner Wagner Lopes.
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Date: 1998-07-29
Title: Japan secures Olympic berth with
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Japan earns a berth in the Sydney Olympics with a 2-0 victory over Italy at the women's world softball championship in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 29. The photo shows Noriko Yamaji hitting a clutch single up the middle with two out scoring Miyo Yamada from second.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-08-30
Title: Japan to construct premier's new
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The Japanese government will begin construction of the prime minister's new official residence in fiscal 1999 starting next April 1 for completion in fiscal 2001. The photo shows a miniature of the planned residence (front L) unveiled to the press Aug. 28. The front right foreground shows the present residence.
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Date: 1998-06-17
Title: Japan trains for next match with
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Japan defender Naoki Soma, right, breaks a pass from Shinji Ono in a practice game June 16 in Japan's training base at Aix-les-Bains. Japan will meet Croatia on June 20 in Nantes for its second Group H match.
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Date: 1998-12-09
Title: Japan wins men's relay title
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Japan's 4 x 200-meter relay team wins the race at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok on Dec. 8. The Ito brothers, Shunsuke and Shusuke, and Hideaki Hara (from L to R) react to the crowd as anchor Yosuke Ichikawa comes home ahead of China followed by South Korea.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-01-22
Title: Japan to extend $1.3 bil. loan to S. Korea
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Kensaku Aomoto, deputy governor of the Ex-Import Bank of Japan (2nd from L), and Lee Kyung Jae, president of the Industrial Bank of Korea (2nd from R), shake hands at a news conference in Seoul on Jan. 22 after signing an agreement for Japan to extend a $1.3 billion loan to South Korea to aid the country's small and midsize firms.
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Date: 1998-11-25
Title: Japan, China make last-ditch efforts on war apology
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Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan make last-ditch efforts in Tokyo on Nov. 24 to iron out differences over a Japanese apology for wartime acts in China ahead of Chinese President Jiang Zemin's state visit to Japan starting Nov. 25. The apology is to be incorporated in a joint statement to be issued after the summit of Jiang and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Nov. 26.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-12-10
Title: Japan, Russia to boost talks on territory row
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Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Minoru Tamba (R) and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin shake hands at their one-day meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 9. They agreed to boost negotiations next month through two panels aiming to resolve a long-standing territorial row and realize a peace treaty by 2000.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-29
Title: Japan, S. Korea sign renewed fisheries pact
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Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (3rd from R) exchanges notes with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 28 after signing a renewed treaty permitting fishing in each other's economic waters. The signing follows a meeting of 11 cabinet ministers from the two nations. Japanese officials hope the renewed pact will go into effect in January after parliamentary approval.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-09-23
Title: Japan, U.S. hold summit talks in
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and U.S. President Bill Clinton shake hands Tuesday, Sept. 22, before their informal summit at a New York hotel. During the three-hour meeting, the two leaders agreed that Japan must quickly fix its banking system and economy to help Asian and other world economies. Obuchi also accepted an invitation from Clinton to visit Washington early next year, to continue what Obuchi called ''very candid'' talks on ''very substantive and important'' issues.
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Date: 1998-04-28
Title: Japan, U.S. sign new ACSA pact
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Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (L)(8) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before signing anagreement to revise the Japan-U.S. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing agreement in line with new bilateral defense guidelines in Tokyo on April 28.
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Date: 1999-01-14
Title: Japan, China, S. Korean environment chiefs meet
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The environment chiefs from Japan, China and South Korea meet reporters at the end of their three-way talks in Seoul on Jan. 13. They discussed wide-ranging environmental issues affecting Northeast Asia. (Fropm L to R) Japanese Environment Agency Director General Kenji Manabe, South Korean Environment Minister Choi Jae Wook and Xie Zhenhua, director of the Chinese National Environmental Protection Agency.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-01-09
Title: Japan, France sign working-holiday accord
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (back L) and French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin look at their aides as they sign an agreement in Paris on Jan. 8 to mutually issue one-year working-holiday visas for those between the ages of 18 and 30.==Kyodo
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