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Date: 1999-02-23
Title: New Hiroshima mayor Akiba starts tenure
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Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) lower house member Tadatoshi Akiba goes into the Hiroshima city hall to start his term in office Feb. 23. Akiba, 56, was elected Hiroshima mayor Jan. 31, running as an independent backed by some SDP city assembly members and labor groups. In January, Akiba gave up his seat in the House of Representatives he had held since 1990 to run in the mayoral election.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-09
Title: New justice minister takes over post from Nakamura
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Newly appointed Justice Minister Takao Jinnouchi (L) takes over the duties of his predecessor Shozaburo Nakamura on March 9. Nakamura resigned the previous day, giving into pressure from opposition parties to step down over a series of his remarks and actions, including alleged abuse of office. ==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-02-10
Title: New ''Nozomi'' bullet train model unveiled
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A new ''Nozomi'' Shinkansen bullet train model is unveiled at JR Tokyo station Feb. 10. The new model, jointly developed by Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co., will make its debut March 13 on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen Lines. The prototype of the Nozomi, which means hope in Japanese, was completed in October 1997. The new model has a maximum speed of 285 kilometers per hour, up 15 kph from the current Nozomi trains.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-02-03
Title: New ozeki Chiyotaikai joins bean-throwing
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Chiyotaikai, newly promoted to ozeki after capturing his first Emperor's Cup in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, joins in an annual bean-throwing ceremony Wednesday Feb. 3 at Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, to wish for good luck and good health throughout the year. The bean-throwing rite, or ''mamemaki'' in Japanese, is observed each year on either Feb. 3 or 4 at temples and shrines across the country.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-02-06
Title: New ozeki Chiyotaikai joins antidrug drive at Narita
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Ozeki Chiyotaikai joins a campaign against drug smuggling at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Feb. 5, together with his stable master Kokonoe. Chiyotaikai, who was promoted to ozeki after his victory at the New Year Sumo Tournament in Tokyo last month, distributed antidrug pamphlets at the airport.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-15
Title: New series of bullet trains launched
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A new series of faster, quieter bullet trains begins service March 13 on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines linking Kyushu with Tokyo. The first runs of the new 700 series ''Nozomi'' bullet trains were launched with two trains departing on the early morning of March 13 from JR Tokyo Station and JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-04-23
Title: New Tokyo Gov. Ishihara shakes hands with former governor
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Newly elected Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) shakes hands with Yukio Aoshima, his predecessor, at the Tokyo metropolitan government office building in Shinjuku Ward after Aoshima handed over his job to Ishihara on April 23, Ishihara's first day of work.
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Date: 1999-04-23
Title: New Tokyo Gov. Ishihara starts 1st day of work
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Newly elected Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara waves to employees outside the Tokyo metropolitan government office building in Shinjuku Ward who greeted him on his first day of work April 23. The prizewinning author and former Diet member succeeded in his second bid for the Tokyo governor post in the April 11 election.
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Date: 1998-10-12
Title: NHL ice hockey back in Japan
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The National Hockey League's (NHL) Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Sunday Oct. 11 in the second of two games at Tokyo's Yoyogi Stadium. The season opening Oct. 10 game, played before a crowd of 8,400, ended in a 3-3 tie. Sunday's game featured the first NHL hat-trick in Japan -- Flames' star Theoren Fleury (R) scored three goals and got two assists. NHL season openers debuted in Japan last year.
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Date: 1999-04-15
Title: Nigerian President-elect Obasanjo arrives in Tokyo
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Nigerian President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo (C) is greeted by Japanese government officials on his arrival at Narita international airport April 14. Obasanjo came to Japan for a two-day visit as part of his global tour of Europe, the United States, Asia and other African countries.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-10-28
Title: Nippon Oil, Mitsubishi Oil announce merger
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Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Oil Co., Japan's No. 2 petroleum company, and Yoshihiko Izumitani (R), president of Mitsubishi Oil Co., ranked sixth, announce a basic agreement on merger of the two companies at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Oct. 28. The merger next April will give birth to Japan's largest petroleum company to top the present industry leader Idemitsu Kosan Co. in terms of sales and market share.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-04-10
Title: No. 2 prosecutor hints at quitting over sex scandal
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A file photo shows Mamoru Norisada, Japan's No. 2 prosecutor, who hinted at resigning following media revelation April 9 of his involvement in a sex scandal.==Kyodo
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Date: 0000-00-00
Title: Nobu SHIRASE-explorer-Antarctic
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Nobu SHIRASE (1861-1946) Explorer of the Antarctic.
Inspired by Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole,
Shirase embarked with 26 men aboard the 204-ton "Kainan maru" in
1910. In his second try he succeeded in landing on the Antarctic
continent from the Ross Sea in January 1912 and reached the point
of 80'50' south latitude and 157'37 west longitude, which he
named Yamato Yukihara (The Yamato Snow Field). (Date unknown)
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Date: 1998-06-14
Title: No-confidence motion against Has
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Japan's House of Representatives (shown) rejects June 12 a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The motion was rejected 273 to 207, with votes from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake making the difference.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-01-15
Title: Noda joins Obuchi's coalition cabinet
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Emperor Akihito (L) addresses Takeshi Noda (R), newly appointed home affairs minister, in an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Jan. 14, as Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi witnesses at the center. Noda resigned as secretary general of the Liberal Party (LP) to join a coalition cabinet formed by LP and Obuchi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).==Kyodo
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