Archive: 25 August 1994
54 articles found
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Russian, Iranian teams arrive here for Basketball c'ships
Russian, Iranian teams arrive here for Basketball c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Russia and Iran became the last teams to arrive for the fifth Independence Cup basketball championships yesterday and have less than 24 hours to recover before taking the court today. The teams looked exhausted upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta airport, but their faces were wreathed in smiles. Both tournament favorites landed at about the same time.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Truck slams into crowd
Truck slams into crowd SUKOHARDJO, Central Java: Five people were killed and eight others were seriously injured when a truck slammed into a crowd of people who were enjoying a music performance on a main road in Bentakan village on Wednesday. The truck was on its way from Kebumen to Surakarta when it crashed past the roadside markets and then into the throngs of people who were dancing in the street. The truck driver fled the scene, according to witnesses. (har/rms)
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Medan to be square city
Medan to be square city MEDAN, North Sumatra: Development of this city will be focused more on the largely slum area in the north, Mayor H. Bahtiar Djafar said. Bahtiar said this will bring about a better balance to the city and practically turn Medan into a square city. The Medan Urban Development Project contains a number of proposals for the construction of infrastructure in the northern part of the city, he said as reported by Antara.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Independence veterans' meeting ends in turmoil
Independence veterans' meeting ends in turmoil JAKARTA (JP): The gathering of veterans of the independence struggle ended in turmoil on Tuesday night when several delegates denounced the line-up of the new executive board that includes children, grandchildren and even in-laws of veterans. Twenty-two of the delegates to the Congress of the Association of Pioneers of Independence announced their intention to form their own group in protest, the Antara news agency reported yesterday.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Police complete dossier on union leader
Police complete dossier on union leader JAKARTA (JP): The North Sumatra police have turned the dossier on union leader Muchtar Pakpahan over to the local prosecution office in connection with his alleged role in the workers' riots in Medan last April. National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. I Ketut Ratta told reporters yesterday that the police built their case against Muchtar based on Chapters 160 and 161 of the Criminal Code.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Cadaver chaos rocks airport
Cadaver chaos rocks airport JAKARTA (JP): Havoc reigned at the Adisumarmo airport in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, on Monday when security officers discovered two corpses inside a box intended as a cargo bound for Banjar Baru in South Kalimantan. The airport authorities had delayed sending the box, labeled as "material for medical practice" because it smelled "very strongly of coffee", according to the Kompas daily newspaper yesterday.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
`One condition for dialog with Fretilin'
`One condition for dialog with Fretilin' DILI, East Timor (JP): East Timor governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares says he is willing to hold a dialog with leaders of the separatist movement Fretilin but on one condition. "They have to accept East Timor's integration with Indonesia first," Abilio told The Jakarta Post yesterday in his first comment on the peace gesture made by Fretilin last week.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia's Mia, Alan to miss Asian Games
Indonesia's Mia, Alan to miss Asian Games JAKARTA (JP): 1992 Olympic gold medalist Alan Budikusuma and Uber Cup heroine Mia Audina have revealed to the press that they will not be included in the country's badminton line-ups for the 12th Asian Games in Hiroshima next October. Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) itself is scheduled to announce the Asiad line-ups today. PBSI aims to win at least four gold medals in Hiroshima.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Govt defends protection of PT Chandra Asri
Govt defends protection of PT Chandra Asri JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Investment Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo defended the government's plan to protect PT Chandra Asri, the country's first olefin plant, against imports yesterday. Sanyoto said that an infant industrial plant, such as that owned by Chandra Asri, still needs the government's protection to allow it recoup its huge investment.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Veteran golfer shares lead
Veteran golfer shares lead JAKARTA (JP): Veteran player Hawani Tobing of the Jakarta Golf Club and Elizabeth Latief of the CGC shared the early lead of the Madam Tien Soeharto Cup women's amateur golf championship with 69 each after the first round yesterday.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Eco-labeling is voluntary, Minister Sarwono says
Eco-labeling is voluntary, Minister Sarwono says JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja yesterday assured entrepreneurs that the government would not compel them to label their products as environmentally friendly, stressing that the move was to be made on a voluntary basis. "The government will simply introduce eco-labeling. It does not intend to set up any regulations ... because if the industrial world cannot win the heart of its consumers, then it is their lost.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Local TV networks told to reduce foreign programs
Local TV networks told to reduce foreign programs JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information Harmoko yesterday urged all local television networks to cut down on the number of foreign programs and to promote local products. In a speech during a thanksgiving ceremony to mark the 32nd anniversary of the state-owned TVRI, Harmoko warned that the government would not hesitate to punish networks which failed to promote domestic programs.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
NZ minister due here
NZ minister due here JAKARTA (JP): New Zealand Minister for Tourism John Banks is due to arrive here today for a one day visit to explore ways of increasing cooperation with Indonesia in the tourist sector. The New Zealand embassy announced here yesterday that the minister, who will be accompanied by the chief executive of the New Zealand Tourism Board, Ian Kean, will meet with Indonesian Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Buddhist council board seeks to consolidate position
Buddhist council board seeks to consolidate position JAKARTA (JP): The government-backed executive board of the Indonesian Buddhist Council (Walubi) yesterday sought to consolidate its position by calling for a meeting with representatives of religion's nine member denominations. However, of the 80 people invited to the meeting at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, only 32 turned up, and most gave a cool response to the board's appeal for support and cooperation.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Beware of `goats' in the park
Beware of `goats' in the park The North Jakarta mayoralty will install a goat statue in all its parks to encourage the local people to take care of the gardens. North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito told newsmen that people who destroy gardens will be thought of as goats. He also criticized some private companies alongside Jl. Yos Sudarso, a major thoroughfare in the mayoralty, which ignored the administration's repeated request to preserve their gardens.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Rice market operation in city to be continued amid objections
Rice market operation in city to be continued amid objections JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta chapter of the Logistics Agency will continue to deliver rice in city markets in an effort to prevent another price speculation as in July. The chief of the agencies local chapter, Arifin Hidayat, told newsmen on Tuesday that the operation will go on despite strong objections voiced by many sellers in some wholesale markets.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Grand exhibition to display works of master painters
Grand exhibition to display works of master painters By Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): "To the historians accustomed to studying the growth of scientific or philosophical knowledge, the history of art presents a painful and disquieting spectacle, for it seems normal to proceed not forward but backwards," writes Herbert Read in his book `A Concise History of Modern Painting.' The Indonesian art world is probably under similar circumstances.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Three-day dance concert planned
Three-day dance concert planned The Jakarta Students' Communication Forum (FKPJ) in cooperation with the Jakarta Dynamic Forum (FDJ) and the FKPJ Alumni Association (IKBA-FKPJ) will hold a three-day concert featuring a colossal dance at the Senayan Sport Hall early next month. The chairman of the organizing committee, Andi Wijaya, said yesterday that a total of 200 junior and senior high schools students will take part in the concert with the theme of a youth's life in big city.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI-Malaysian palmoil plant
RI-Malaysian palmoil plant JAKARTA (JP): A Malaysian firm will establish a US$750 million palm oil plant in West Kalimantan in cooperation with Indonesian businessman Indra Rukmana, a son-in-law of President Soeharto. An official of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) said that the parties signed an agreement in Kuala Lumpur in April to set up the plant on a 200,000-hectare palmoil farm. BKPM has approved the project, which is 60 percent owned by Kretam Holdings Bhd.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Karawang imports rice from Vietnam
Karawang imports rice from Vietnam Karawang, West Java: Karawang, one of Indonesia's main "rice bowl" areas, will be supplied with 13,000 tons of rice from Vietnam soon, according to local officials. Officials of the Karawang food logistics agency (Bulog) however stressed that the Vietnamese rice would be used chiefly to beef up the local rice stocks. It is not an indication that the area has suffered from shortages, they said as reported by the Antara news agency.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Elvis Presley sighted in Shangri La hotel!
Elvis Presley sighted in Shangri La hotel! JAKARTA (JP): Elvis Presley fans in the city will have an opportunity to see the king of rock'n'roll sing again next month by way of Max Pellicano, an impersonator of the late, great superstar . Presented by PT Landas Advantage in cooperation with Sarma foundation and Tanindra organization, Pellicano will present around 30 of Elvis' hits at Shangri La hotel in Central Jakarta on Sept. 20 and 21.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
U.S. embassy guard gets 7 years in drug case
U.S. embassy guard gets 7 years in drug case JAKARTA (JP): An American Air Force officer tried over a Jakarta drug case was sentenced to seven years in prison by a military tribunal in the U.S. territory of Guam. The verdict is four years more than the sentence meted out by a Jakarta district court to his Dutch accomplices. Steven J. Bryner, formerly a security guard at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, was sentenced on Aug.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
PP to sue weekly for naming it a debt collection agency
PP to sue weekly for naming it a debt collection agency JAKARTA (JP): Amid the mysterious killing of a prominent debt collector, a powerful youth organization is threatening to file a lawsuit against Sinar weekly magazine for allegedly identifying it as a debt collection agency. "We have already formed a team of lawyers in order to sue the magazine," said Yapto S. Suryosumarno, the chairman of Pemuda Pancasila (PP). Referring to Sinar's Aug.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Japanese, Asian firms eye projects in the Philippines
Japanese, Asian firms eye projects in the Philippines MANILA (AFP): Japan's Idemitsu, Mitsubishi and Itochu are interested in investing in downstream oil projects in the Philippines as they position for the deregulation of the oil sector next year, an official said yesterday. Zenaida Monsada, chief of the Energy Department's energy resources and supply administration division, said other companies from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and India have also expressed interest.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Sanur show sheds light on mystery painter
Sanur show sheds light on mystery painter By Carla Bianpoen SANUR, Bali (JP): A bit of the shroud of mystery over the life and works of painter Emiria Sunassa, who disappeared without a trace, will be lifted soon. Thirty paintings, evidence of the thinking, feelings and creative spirit of the artist who made them, will be displayed at the Nata Ayu Contemporary Art Gallery in the Tanjung Sari Hotel, Sanur, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Violence on television
Violence on television In these past few days, as a number of our television stations are busy marking their anniversaries with a variety of special entertainment for the benefit of their viewers, many of us tend to forget that there is reason for us, Indonesians, to be grateful for their presence.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Spirit of development
Spirit of development Everything can change in this world, including age and conditions. What is now valid may be irrelevant in the future. But what should remain unchanged is the spirit of development.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
U.S. has no plan to change APEC to formal body: Barry
U.S. has no plan to change APEC to formal body: Barry JAKARTA (JP): U.S. Ambassador Robert Barry said here yesterday that his government has no intention of changing the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum into a formal body or trade grouping. Speaking at a meeting of Asia and Pacific businessmen, the U.S. ambassador said that APEC, which groups 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific rim, would be better maintained as an informal, loose organization.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Share prices continued rallying on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) yesterday with most issues gaining ground in moderate trading. The broad-based Composite Index gained 2.11 points to close at 498.54 yesterday, as compared to 496.42 on Tuesday. The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index slightly increased to 119.51 from 119.04. Among the significantly increasing shares were Bakrie & Brothers, Ever Shine (up Rp 300 each) and Semen Cibinong (up Rp 250).
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI-Australia infrastructure ties boosted
RI-Australia infrastructure ties boosted JAKARTA (JP): Australia and Indonesia agreed yesterday to initiate a tangible program to boost infrastructure development which would support national economic growth and regional cooperation. At the closing of the Second Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Forum in Canberra yesterday, ministers from the two countries agreed that, considering the important role of infrastructure, a Working Group to oversee its development would be established.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 2:30 p.m. TV Series: Tarzan 3:05 Children's Creativity 3:30 TV Series: Gunsmoke 4:30 Children's stories 5:00 Regional News 5:30 Arabic Lessons 6:05 Nusantara, the Beloved Country: Maluku 6:15 Village Program 6:25 Koran Recital 6:35 Religious Teachings: Islam 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama: Meniti Pelangi 8:05 TV Series: Combat 9:00 World News 9:30 TV Drama: Kaki Langit 10:35 Late News 10:45 Film: Izzy and Moe Program 2 4:30 p.m.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Drama on TV
Drama on TV From Media Indonesia Most of the drama stories that are shown on television concern urban life. The stories usually depict lives of well-off families which are unfamiliar with people who live in the countryside and have to struggle hard for their survival. Rarely do the drama roles adopt the lives of the common people as the theme of their productions. By showing cosmopolitan life- styles with all its glamor will only widen the social gap between the rich and the poor.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Kotjo helps save debt-ridden Kanindo
Kotjo helps save debt-ridden Kanindo JAKARTA (JP): Johannes Kotjo, a former executive of the Salim Group, is reportedly helping revive debt-ridden PT Kanindo Success Textile, a textile manufacturer in Bawen, Central Java. Legislator A. Baramuli, who successfully uncovered Eddy Tansil's huge bad debt at Bapindo, said Kotjo has provided Rp 800 million (US$370,000) in cash per day for the factory's operation since the beginning of this month.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Government drafting plan of action for AIDS
Government drafting plan of action for AIDS JAKARTA (JP): Some 380 high-ranking officials, policy-makers and activists of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended the first national workshop on AIDS, demonstrating the government's seriousness in combating the deadly disease.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Favorite horses enter top race
Favorite horses enter top race JAKARTA (JP): The second series of the 28th Soeharto Cup will see top favorite racing horses from Jakarta, North Sulawesi, West Java and Central Java in a fierce battle to help decide the winner of the trophy.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Investigation bogged down as `crucial' evidence burnt
Investigation bogged down as `crucial' evidence burnt JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday that the investigation into Johny Sembiring's kidnap-murder was complicated because his car, which could be used as key evidence, had been incinerated. "The car was an important piece of evidence. Unfortunately, it was burned along with several other, potentially important pieces of evidence inside when police recovered it," Brig. Gen. I Ketut Ratta, National police spokesman, told reporters yesterday.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Makarenko due here to boost ties
Makarenko due here to boost ties JAKARTA (JP): The Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Alexander Makarenko, was due to arrive here yesterday evening to begin a three-day visit to further solidify bilateral ties with Indonesia. The Ukrainian delegation comprises six government officials and 13 businessmen, thus highlighting the commercial mission of the visit.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
851 migrants leave for their hometowns
851 migrants leave for their hometowns The city administration has sent a total of 851 illegal migrants, many of them worked as prostitutes and squatters, to their hometowns in West, Central and East Java in the last two months. Roekanda, the head of the City Social Affairs Office, said yesterday that most of the migrants were apprehended during the routine operations targeting prostitutes operating in the city's roadsides and sidewalks in June and July.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Indonesia and prosperity
Indonesia and prosperity From Prospek Indonesia has been independent from colonial rule for almost 50 years. But so far we have not felt that prosperity is equally spread. I am not saying that our agents of development have failed in giving substance to freedom. Judging from what we could witness in real life, we should act wisely and always exercise introspection. Seen from the social economical point of view, the gap between the haves and the have-nots keeps widening.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta: Music * The Aryaduta Jakarta, Jl. Prapatan 44-48, Central Jakarta: - Ambassador Lounge: Amir (pianist) Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Boece (pianist) & Rima Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Jakarta String Fantasy Trio (chamber music) Sunday 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Yusuf (pianist), Sunday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
New hotel to operate
New hotel to operate JAKARTA (JP): The Singapore-based Equatorial Group will start operating a four-star hotel here early next month, offering some 405 rooms. The Grand Metro Equatorial, located in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, plans to compete with other well-operated hotels of the same class in the nearby area of Jl. Thamrin, including Sari Pan Pacific and Nikko's President Hotel. Equatorial's public relations manager Miriam J.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
EU duties on RI products
EU duties on RI products BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Commission is to reintroduce import duties on leather-topped shoes from Indonesia, and radio and television equipment from Malaysia and China, effective on Aug. 26, the European Union's official journal indicated yesterday. These products were covered by generalized preferences accorded by the EU to developing countries within certain limits. However imports of these goods for the period between July 1 to Dec.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Financial reform: Achievements, problems
Financial reform: Achievements, problems This is the first of a three-part article based on a keynote address given by presidential advisor Ali Wardhana at the Indonesia Update 1994 seminar at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 19. CANBERRA: Some of the early writers in the field of finance and development, such as Edward Shaw and Ron McKinnon, emphasized almost exclusively the elimination of certain controls as the key to the development of the financial system.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
City to hold a grand celebration for award
City to hold a grand celebration for award JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will hold a grand celebration as an expression of gratitude in connection with the naming of Jakarta as the recipient of the 1994 meritorious Parasamya Purnakarya Nugraha development award.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Poor fund has been tampered with: Yogie
Poor fund has been tampered with: Yogie JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. confirmed yesterday that some of the funds collected under a presidential aid program -- funds which were intended for the poor -- had been tampered with. However, he added that this was probably caused by misunderstanding about they way the Presidential Aid for Backward Villages (IDT) should be administered.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Trees at TMII
Trees at TMII From Media Indonesia The trees planted by the representatives of Non-aligned countries at TMII (Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park) will be two years old on Sept. 1, 1994. When I visited the Friendship Park of the Non-aligned countries I was very pleased to see most of the trees have thrived. Representing Indonesia, on Sept. 1, 1992 President Soeharto planted a royal banyan tree.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
BOO concept behind RI power plant projects
BOO concept behind RI power plant projects GARUT, West Java (JP): The government is offering contracts for the construction of geothermal power plants with a combined capacity of 275 megawatts (MW) in West Java to private firms under a regulation allowing contractors to build, operate and own (BOO) the plants. The new scheme was actually introduced three years ago but is just now being put into practice.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Mitsubishi motors in RI
Mitsubishi motors in RI TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Mitsubishi Material Corp. said yesterday its wholly-owned subsidiary had set up a company in Indonesia to produce small motors for consumer electrical goods, such as air conditioners, next year. PT Higashifuji Indonesia, set up Higashifuji Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was capitalized at US$1 million, the company said. It is building a factory in suburban Jakarta with investment of about 250 million yen ($2.5 million), Mitsubishi said.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
RI and Malaysia to build container port
RI and Malaysia to build container port KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia wants to jointly develop a one- billion-dollar container port with Indonesia in the Batam tourist island off Indonesia, officials said yesterday. The proposed port would be able to handle up to 20 million containers, general cargo and petrochemicals annually and serve as a catalyst for the development of Batam, they said.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Soeharto is healthy, doctors say
Soeharto is healthy, doctors say JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto checked out of the Army hospital yesterday morning after spending one night to have his kidneys checked, with doctors pronouncing that his health is fine. The President was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night to undertake tests related to kidney stone problems, Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono told reporters at the pavilion of the Gatot Soebroto Hospital.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Airport in Solo to be expanded
Airport in Solo to be expanded BOYOLALI, Central Java: Some 360 villagers say they are prepared to give up their land to make way for the expansion of the Adisumarmo airport in Surakarta (Solo) if the price is right. They insisted that the compensation must reflect the market value of the land in the area. Boyolali Regent Syahrial Makgalatung is heading the committee to negotiate and set the compensation.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Use `Bahasa', says Governor
Use `Bahasa', says Governor The public should avoid the use of foreign words which already have their Indonesian counterparts, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said. "The use of good and correct Indonesian language will strengthen national unity and reinforce our cultural personality," Surjadi said, in a written speech read by Deputy Governor Social Welfare Museno during the opening of a short course on the use of good and correct language for city officials at City Hall on Tuesday.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Bad road
Bad road From Neraca The Director General of Road Development and the Department of Public Works seem to be neglecting the need to continue repairing a certain road in Sawangan, Depok, West Java that is in extremely bad condition. The damaged part starts from the Jl. Nusantara Raya Depok Jaya crossroads until the Jl. Sawangan-Jakarta-Bogor junction. The worst parts are Bojong Sari village and near the Bank Dagang Negara complex.
Thu, 25 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB
Rubber prices fall again
Rubber prices fall again SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's rubber futures prices ended lower in line with the Japanese markets, which finished slightly down after a strong opening, dealers said yesterday. "The markets in Tokyo and Kobe opened three yen higher from their overnight closing levels but there was no buying interest and they finished one yen lower when sellers came out in full force at the final bell," a dealer said.