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Date: 1999-06-30
Title: Hayami says BOJ to maintain loose monetary policy
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Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami says in Tokyo on June 30 the central bank will leave its easy monetary policy unchanged as the prospects for a quick self-generating economic recovery remain grim. ''We will maintain our current, boldly easy money policy until we reach the stage where fears about deflation are wiped away,'' he told the House of Representatives' Finance Committee.
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Date: 1999-07-01
Title: ''Hello Kitty'' helps Taiwanese bank boost business
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A brochure of Taiwan's Makoto Bank features the ''Hello Kitty'' icon, the popular feline character from Japan. Liu Cheng-chao, deputy general manager of the bank, said the bank has won 190,000 new customers since it launched its ''Kitty Card'' campaign in January.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Herrera wins Mizuno Open for career 5th
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Colombian Eduardo Herrera wins the Mizuno Open golf tournament for his fifth career title on the Japanese circuit. He finished the 72-hole event at the Setonaikai Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on June 27 at 14-under 274 to win despite squandering a three-stroke advantage on his way to a final-round 70.
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Date: 1999-07-07
Title: Hiratsuka's Tanabata star festival held
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HIRATSUKA, Japan - An annual star festival called 'tanabata matsuri' is held in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 7. The city southwest of Tokyo is famous for the crowd-drawing festival. Tanabata is observed on July 7, or, in some locales, Aug. 7. Its celebration originated from a Chinese folk legend concerning two stars - the Weaver Star and the Cowherd Star - who were said to be lovers but could meet only once a year on July 7.
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Date: 1999-06-23
Title: Hitachi to sell digital VCR
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The handout photo shows a videocassette recorder which Hitachi Ltd. will release July 15. The VCR that can records analogue television programs in the D-VHS digital format will be priced at 148,000 yen (about 1,210 dollars), Hitachi said in a press release June 23.
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Date: 1999-07-06
Title: Honda unveils 'hybrid' car technology
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TOKYO, Japan - A handout photo shows a new fuel-efficient power source for a 'hybrid' car unveiled July 6 by Honda Motor Co. Called Honda Integrated Motor Assist System, it is a compact 1-liter lean burn VTEC gasoline engine combined with an electric motor. Honda claimed that using the new technologies it has achieved the world's lowest fuel consumption for a mass-produced gasoline-powered vehicle -- 35 kilometers per liter (22 miles per gallon).
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Date: 1999-06-11
Title: Hong Kong protesters march to Japanese consulate general
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A Hong Kong group demonstrates June 10 to demand Japan recompense them for military currency the Japanese government issued during World War II. Some 40 protesters staged the march up to the Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong prior to a ruling the Tokyo District Court will give on the case June 17.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Hospital head meets press after tuberculosis reports
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The photo shows Kenji Mano (2nd from L), head of Teikyo University Hospital, meeting the press on June 27 after news reports that 37 medical workers at the Tokyo hospital may have contracted tuberculosis from a surgeon in his 30s.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Hula dancers draw customers at department store
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Amid weak consumer spending, a Tokyo department store employs a team of hula dancers to attract customers and buoy spending at its ''chugen'' summer-gift section on June 27.
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Date: 1999-06-26
Title: Hydrangeas in full bloom in Kamakura
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The photo, taken June 26, shows ''Ajisai'' (hydrangeas) in full bloom at the Meigetsuin Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, amid the rainy season. The Kamakura temple is drawing a number of visitors.
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Date: 1999-06-21
Title: Ibis chick is 1-month old
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The first crested ibis bred in captivity in Japan is one month old on June 21. Officials at the ibis conservation center in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, said the bird should be able to fly in about 10 days. The baby crested ibis, hatched from an egg laid by an bird donated by China, tips the scale at 1.3 kilograms on June 21, almost the same weight as Yang Yang, its mother, which weighs 1.36 kg.
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Date: 1999-06-23
Title: Iceland government hosts dinner for Obuchi
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and Icelandic Prime Minister David Oddsson (R) toast to each other at a dinner hosted by the Icelandic government in a Reykjavik hotel June 22. At center is Chizuoko Obuchi, wife of the Japanese prime minister.
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Date: 1999-07-01
Title: Imperial couple in Laos
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Guided by Laotian President Khamtay Siphandone (3rd from R) and Mrs. Siphandone (R), Japanese Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (L) look into a pond, where two giant catfish caught in the Mekong river are kept, at the presidential palace in Vientiane on July 1.
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Date: 1999-06-16
Title: Inamoto puts Japan up 1-0 in Olympic qualifier
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Junichi Inamoto (C) pounces on a loose ball to give Japan a 1-0 lead against Malaysia in their Olympic first-round qualifying match in Hong Kong on June 16.
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Date: 1999-07-02
Title: Inter-Korea talks in Beijing fail
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Vice ministerial-level talks between North and South Korea break down in Beijing on July 2 over agenda priorities. Photo shows chief South Korean delegate, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, leaving a press conference at a Beijing hotel after the talks. Both sides failed to fix a date for the next round of talks.
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