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Kaho Shimizu
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005
Toyota to buy Fuji shares in GM selloff
Ltd. Fuji Heavy can reduce its research and development and manufacturing costs by working with Toyota, while GM will be able to pull out of an alliance that is no longer benefiting either GM or Fuji Heavy, Matsumoto said.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005
Shipping firm chief apologizes for Hokkaido collision
The head of the Israeli shipping company that owns the containership believed involved in last week's fatal collision with a Japanese fishing boat apologized Tuesday for the loss of life it caused.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2005
Latest Bali blasts to have limited impact, travel agencies say
Japanese travelers appear to be taking Saturday's deadly bombings in Bali calmly, with relatively few tour cancellations reported by travel agents so far.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005
Narita to pare landing fees but add offsetting charges
Narita International Airport Corp. said Friday it has agreed with the International Air Transport Association to cut its notoriously high landing fees for the first time by an average of 21 percent.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005
Honda bikes to get air bags
Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed the world's first motorcycle air bag system for commercial use, to be mounted on a production model to be released in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2005
Downsizing government sounds great
Downsizing the public sector has been high on the agenda of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government, and both his Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan are promising this campaign season to reduce the number of people on the government payroll.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2005
Train crash report lays main blame on speeding
An interim report on the deadly April 25 crash of a speeding commuter train on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line touches on the driver's apparent erratic behavior but leaves many questions unanswered.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2005
Panel proposes measures to ensure trains run at safe speeds
A transport ministry panel said Thursday that it will issue proposals mainly to ensure trains don't run at unsafe speeds, after the deadly derailment on West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in April.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005
Airlines to get 14 new slots at Haneda; JAL snubbed
The government will boost the flight capacity of Haneda airport on Oct. 1 by giving domestic carriers 14 daily departure and arrival slots to meet increasing demand, the transport ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2005
Ministry to boost watch over train driver education
The transport ministry announced Friday it will increase its inspection of train driver education and testing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2005
Toyota hopes to steal BMW's thunder via Lexus
The Japan launch of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury brand next week is likely to mark the beginning of a period of intense competition in the premium car sector.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2005
JTB set to book space travel but only tycoons need apply
Private citizens in Japan who yearn to travel in space will soon get a chance to live out their fantasies -- for a suitably astronomical sum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2005
Tsukuba Express set to begin service on Aug. 24
The long-awaited Tsukuba Express line, which will cross through Saitama and Chiba prefectures to connect Tokyo's Akihabara district with Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, will begin operations Aug. 24 amid high -- and low -- expectations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 YEARS AND ONWARD
Aug 11, 2005
Remnants of war still buried in Japan
Residents in the western Tokyo suburb of Nishitokyo recently had a World War II flashback.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2005
Honda will go it alone on fuel-cell cars unless GM comes knocking
Honda Motor Co. will work alone to develop fuel-cell cars but is open to the idea of joint research with General Motors Corp., President Takeo Fukui said in an interview Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2005
Toyota sets sales record but profit drops
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that a 10.5 percent boost in sales helped it set a quarterly sales record of 4.98 trillion yen in the first quarter, thanks to thriving demand in all markets.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2005
Haneda blackout hit amid repairs
The power-unit monitoring system was not working properly when the control tower at Tokyo's Haneda airport suffered an electrical failure Tuesday because circuit breakers on the switchboard were being replaced, the transport ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2005
Control-tower power blackout amid inspection shuts Haneda
Tokyo's Haneda airport, the nation's busiest domestic air hub, was forced to shut down for an hour after the control tower lost power during an inspection of its electrical switchboard.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2005
Lufthansa to boost Eastern Europe destinations
Lufthansa German Airlines will expand its Eastern European destinations to improve access at a time of growing demand in Japan for business trips to that region, according to the carrier's executive vice president, Thierry Antinori.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2005
ANA trounced JAL in fiscal first quarter
The nation's two major airlines Friday announced contrasting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, with All Nippon Airways Co. managing to upstage Japan Airlines Corp.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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