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Date: 1998-07-16
Title: Obuchi confines himself
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Japanese Foreign Ministry Keizo Obuchi, now regarded the frontrunner to be Japan's next prime minister, comes out of a toilet at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday July 15 as photographers await him outside. Obuchi confined himself to his room throughout much of the day.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-08-07
Title: Obuchi gives first policy speech
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New Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi delivers his policy speech in an extraordinary session of the Diet (parliament) on Friday Aug. 7. Obuchi launched what he calls his ''economic reconstruction'' cabinet July 30, giving the Finance Ministry portfolio to former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (seated). During the 30-minute speech, however, the yen dropped against the U.S. dollar and stock prices fell as it contained no additional economic stimulus measures.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-20
Title: Obuchi hosts dinner for Clinton
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) introduces his wife Chizuko (L) to U.S. President Bill Clinton as he arrives at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo on Nov. 19 to attend a welcome dinner.
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Date: 1998-07-17
Title: Obuchi joins LDP presidential ra
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Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi says in Tokyo on July 17 that he will run for the July 24 presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). ''I made up my mind,'' Obuchi, 61, told reporters in front of his Tokyo home.
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Date: 1998-12-15
Title: Obuchi leaves for Vietnam to attend ASEAN summit
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), accompanied by his wife Chizuko, waves at Haneda airport Dec. 15 before leaving for Vietnam to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Obuchi, who is due to arrive in Hanoi later in the day, is scheduled to make a policy speech on Dec. 16 on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-12-16
Title: Obuchi makes speech on Japan's relations with ASEAN
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi makes a policy speech on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries in Hanoi on Dec. 16 at a lecture program hosted by a Hanoi-based research institute, ahead of summit talks with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China and South Korea. In the speech, Obuchi unveiled a plan to provide special yen loans worth 600 billion yen to troubled Asian countries over a three-year period as part of an effort to revitalize the region's economy.
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Date: 1998-07-25
Title: Obuchi marks victory
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A handshake in symbol of harmony after Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from left) wins the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party July 24. Others joining in the multiple handshake are outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (left), and the two losing candidates: Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (3rd from left) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama (4th from left). Obuchi is set to be formally installed as prime minister by the Diet July 30.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-10-13
Title: Obuchi meets Brittan
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi meets European Commission Vice President Leon Brittan in Tokyo on Oct. 13. Obuchi and Brittan, who was visiting Tokyo to attend the eighth ministerial talks between Japan and the European Union, agreed that both sides would take up political and cultural issues in future bilateral talks on top of economics and trade. ==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-18
Title: Obuchi meets Canadian Prime Minister Chretien
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands Nov. 17 with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien (L) prior to bilateral talks in Kuala Lumpur. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-10-27
Title: Obuchi meets Kuwaiti first deputy premier
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Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber as-Sabah at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 26. Obuchi expressed hope Kuwait would renew oil-drilling rights for Arabian Oil Co., Japan's largest oil producer, off its Persian Gulf coast beyond the expiration in 2002 of its contract. Sabah, also minister of foreign affairs, is making a five-day visit to Japan through Oct. 29.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-07-21
Title: Obuchi outlines his policy platf
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Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi, front runner in an election to pick a successor to resigning Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, announces his policy platform at the Liberal democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on Friday July 17. He said he will implement 6 trillion yen in tax cuts if elected prime minister.
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Date: 1998-09-21
Title: Obuchi says Tokyo will prevent LTCB collapse
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi says Sept. 20 he will tell U.S. President Bill Clinton that his government will strive to keep the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) from collapsing and affecting the global financial market. Obuchi made the comments on his way to New York, where he will meet Clinton on Tuesday.
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Date: 1998-07-16
Title: Obuchi surrounded by journalists
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Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is asked for comments from journalists as he leaves his Tokyo home July 16. Obuchi is now seen certain to succeed Ryutaro Hashimoto as president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and hence as prime minister.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-05
Title: Obuchi talks to Mukai
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), flanked by Science and Technology Agency chief Yutaka Takeyama, talks to Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C in TV frame), now on board the U.S. shuttle Discovery, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 5. ''I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the success of the launching of the shuttle,'' Obuchi said during the 20-minute conversation which started shortly before 6 a.m.
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Date: 1998-11-20
Title: Obuchi talks with Clinton
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) talks with U.S. President Bill Clinton during dinner Nov. 19 at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo. The two leaders hailed bilateral cooperation such as exemplified by Japanese astronaut Chiaki Muaki's role in a space shuttle mission that also included U.S. Sen. John Glenn. Obuchi said the mission was a source of ''dreams and hopes'' for the people of Japan.==Kyodo
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