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JAPAN

Feb 4, 1999

May deadline set to buy Narita airport land

Are three months enough time to persuade Narita landowners to sell after three decades in which they have steadfastly refused to make way for the New Tokyo International Airport?

JAPAN

Jan 15, 1999

Air Link's members-only approach winning believers

24th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Dec 11, 1998

Auto auctioneer way ahead of information highway

23rd in a series of occasional articles about venture businesses

JAPAN

Nov 24, 1998

WorldCom digs into Japanese market

JAPAN

Nov 17, 1998

Global One alliance profiting from progress

JAPAN

Jul 28, 1998

JNR debt disposal bill stirs heated dispute

JAPAN

Jul 2, 1998

JAL chief aims to run like the Bulls

JAPAN

Jun 30, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Secondhand-book vendor prices to sell

19th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Jun 17, 1998

Election Equation: Energy of disabled can inspire sea change

Third in a series

JAPAN

May 15, 1998

Weak economy means big business for movers

JAPAN

May 6, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Forval aims to become one-stop telecom shop

18th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Apr 30, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Taiwan urged to assist struggling neighbors

Although the stability of Taiwan's economy stands out amid the financial crisis in Asia, the island cannot remain an idle spectator as neighbor countries suffer, according to Wei-Te Liu, executive adviser of the Coordinating Council on Sino-Japanese Business Affairs.

JAPAN

Apr 28, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Turmoil points Philippines in right direction

Second in a series

JAPAN

Apr 3, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Entrepreneur cashes in on Internet telephony

17th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Mar 9, 1998

ANA joins code-sharing with United, Lufthansa

All Nippon Airways, the nation's second-largest airline, announced March 9 that it has reached an agreement for comprehensive partnership, including code-sharing, with United Airlines of the U.S. and Lufthansa German Airlines.

JAPAN

Mar 6, 1998

TWA plans to enter new pact at own speed

JAPAN

Jan 2, 1998

The Telecoms Race: TTNet takes lead in domestic price war

Second of two partsStaff writerDeregulation in the telecommunications sector began to be slowly implemented over a decade ago, but it is only now that the industry is entering cutthroat price competition, accelerated by the imminent breakup of NTT.On Jan. 7, Tokyo Telecommunication Network Co. (TTNet)...

JAPAN

Dec 31, 1997

Upstart airlines prepare to take to the skies

JAPAN

Oct 31, 1997

Hikari Tsushin rides crest of telecommunications wave

JAPAN

Oct 2, 1997

Economic turmoil won't deter South Korea, trade chief says

Staff writerDespite the current economic turmoil involving major business conglomerates and financial institutions, South Korea says it will maintain its deregulation and liberalization policies."We launched this market principle to strengthen company management, and it should help increase international...

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The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

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