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JAPAN
May 15, 2001

Current account surplus dropped 4.5% in 2000

The nation's current account surplus in fiscal 2000 decreased 4.5 percent from the previous term to 12.72 trillion yen, marking the second year of decline after a 16.7 percent fall was registered in fiscal 1999, according to preliminary figures released Monday by the Finance Ministry.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 20, 2000

Euro 2000: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Euro 2000 maybe fading into the memory banks, but before it disappears it's worth recapping the tournament's pluses and minuses and, where applicable, what Japan and South Korea might learn for the 2002 World Cup. So here then is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly rundown of Euro 2000.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2000

Private think tanks predict 0.5-2.1% growth in 2000

Ten major private-sector research institutes and banks project that Japan's economy will grow an inflation-adjusted 0.5-2.1 percent in fiscal 2000, through March 31, 2001.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2001

Nissan posts record profit in fiscal 2000

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it posted record group net profits of 331.1 billion yen for fiscal 2000.
JAPAN
May 10, 2001

DoCoMo, Toyota soared in fiscal 2000

Cellular giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Wednesday reported handsome profits for fiscal 2000, and Toyota Motor Corp. appeared set to break an earnings record.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2001

Matsushita slashes fiscal 2000 projections, posts quarterly loss

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. officially revised its fiscal 2000 earnings projections Tuesday due to declining prices of personal computers and decreased demand for cellphones, company officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2000

Thousands turn out for Flora 2000

AWAJI ISLAND, Hyogo Pref. -- Under a bright sunny sky and with a cool breeze blowing off the bay, the Japan Flora 2000 international flower, gardening and landscape exhibition opened Saturday morning on Awaji Island.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2000

NTT expecting 119 billion yen profit in 2000

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. expects unconsolidated pretax profits of 119 billion yen on operating revenues of 364 billion yen for fiscal 2000.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 1999

Ready for 2000?: Expert questions official Y2K stats

Fourth in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2001

2000 taxation expected to top predictions

Tax revenues in fiscal 2000 will probably exceed the projected 49.895 trillion yen due to higher corporate and income tax receipts, Finance Ministry officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2001

JR Tokai net profits jumped 40% in 2000

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said it registered 52.96 billion yen in consolidated net profits for fiscal 2000, up 40.6 percent from the previous year.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2001

Nomura profits up; Nikko, Daiwa suffered in 2000

Nomura Securities Co. on Friday reported strong earnings for fiscal 2000, while Nikko Securities Co. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. suffered setbacks.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2001

Tokyo's prices sank record 0.9% in 2000

Consumer prices in Tokyo fell a record 0.9 percent in fiscal 2000 from the year before for the second straight year of decline, reaffirming that the economy is experiencing deflation, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Toshiba revises downward its earnings forecast for fiscal 2000

Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday revised its overall earnings projections for fiscal 2000 downward, mainly due to declining prices of personal computers in the United States, company officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

BOJ cuts print run on 2000 yen notes

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday it will reduce its print run for the new 2000 yen bank notes for the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, from the initially planned 1 billion to 770 million because of their low circulation.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 1999

Ramifications of the 2000 budget

Staff writer The 85 trillion yen fiscal 2000 state budget, approved by the Cabinet Friday, will put the nation deeper into debt. How serious is the debt and what can be done about it? Here are some questions and answers about the new budget and government debt: Why did the government prepare an aggressive...
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020

Flashbacks to Florida in 2000 as Trump heads to court to save his presidency

The White House hoped to find a "James Baker-like” figure to lead its postelection battle to somehow find a way to win a second term. But the original James Baker said the White House should stop trying to stop the votes from being counted.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2018

Trudeau, facing 2000 journalist groping allegation, says he apologized and did nothing wrong

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a supporter of feminist causes, on Thursday conceded for the first time that he had apologized in 2000 to a woman who accused him of groping her but insisted he did not feel he had done anything wrong.
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BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

BOJ repeating history, board exec from 2000 warns

When the Bank of Japan ended its "zero-interest-rate" policy at its two-day Policy Board meeting last month, Nobuyuki Nakahara recalled the last time the central bank made the same move, when he was a board member in August 2000.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2002

Explosion in child abuse reported

The number of reported child-abuse cases increased 16-fold between fiscal 1990 and 2000, according to a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2001

45 public firms rack up 306 trillion yen in liabilities

Forty-five public corporations financed by the "zaito" government fiscal investment and loan program held roughly 306 trillion yen in total liabilities as of the end of fiscal 2000, according to a Board of Audit report submitted Friday to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2001

Average life spans up to record level in 2000

The average life spans of Japanese women and men rose in 2000 to records of 84.62 years and 77.64 years, respectively, according to a survey released by Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2001

Accounting-rule changes skew financial statements in 2000

During periods of economic transition, such as the introduction of new accounting standards, companies' financial statements do not necessarily reflect their actual financial soundness. Balance sheets, income statements and other financial reports, therefore, should be analyzed from multiple viewpoints....
BUSINESS
May 26, 2001

Listed companies post sales, profit gains for 2000

The combined balance of consolidated sales and profit by listed companies was up for the first time in four years in fiscal 2000, according to a tally released Friday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001

Kyocera's profits surged in 2000

OSAKA -- Kyocera Corp. on Wednesday announced sharp increases in both group sales and pretax profit for fiscal 2000 but predicted declines in both sales and profits for the current fiscal year, citing the slowdown in U.S. growth.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2001

1,389 kg of drugs seized in 2000

The nation's customs authorities confiscated 1,389 kg of illegal drugs in 516 seizures during 2000, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

Auto output topped 10 million in 2000

Domestic production of motor vehicles in 2000 topped 10 million for the first time in two years, thanks to a pickup in domestic demand and strong exports to North America and Southeast Asia, an industry association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2001

Orders for ships leapt 67% in 2000

Shipbuilding orders received by Japanese companies in 2000 surged 66.7 percent from the previous year to total 14.56 million tons, the largest volume since 1973, when the first oil crisis hit the industry, the Japan Ship Exporters' Association said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center) with internal affairs minister Seiichiro Murakami (left) and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani. An administration with public support of under 30% is said to be in the "danger zone."
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2024

Ishiba Cabinet logs lowest initial support since 2000: Jiji poll

At 28.0%, it is the lowest starting approval rate for any administration in 24 years.

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