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BUSINESS

Mar 11, 2001

'Perverse' individualist embraces opportunity where others see gloom

Makoto Naruke describes himself as a "perverse man" who avoids following the crowd and does things that others dare not. Many people questioned his actions when he quit as Microsoft Co. president last April, but Naruke simply pointed out he became sick of the post after nearly nine years of service.

JAPAN

Dec 17, 2000

Yanaka's 'forest of stone sculptures'

Just a minute's walk from JR Nippori Station spreads a vast cemetery in Tokyo's Taito Ward that covers much of the eastern half of the area known as Yanaka and a strip of the neighboring Ueno Sakuragi area.

JAPAN

Sep 12, 2000

Smiling seen as key to economy

Make people laugh -- that should make the economy better and lead to a bright future for Japan, according to Masao Kimura, board director of the Osaka-based major entertainment firm Yoshimoto Kogyo Co.

JAPAN

Mar 26, 2000

Development reaches the east

Today, it's free and takes only five minutes. But getting to the other side of JR Shinagawa Station was once no easy matter.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 17, 2000

ADB sharpens focus on the poor

MANILA -- Economic growth is a must but not the end-all in eliminating poverty and the Asian Development Bank is now determined to get to the very heart of the problem, ADB President Tadao Chino says.

JAPAN

Oct 14, 1999

Stores attempt to invent new holiday

COMMUNITY

May 2, 1999

Seed money no problem at Flower Bank

MIYASHIRO, Saitama Pref. -- While many Japanese banks are struggling to overcome their tainted image, at least one is enjoying an increasingly favorable reputation.

JAPAN

Aug 28, 1998

Government must act faster on economic data: SEC chief

JAPAN

Jun 30, 1998

Election Equation: Direct talk, bold action by Hashimoto urged

11th in a series

JAPAN

Jun 29, 1998

Election Equation: Change may require 'gaiatsu,' ACCJ says

10th in a series

JAPAN

Jun 22, 1998

Election Equation: Lack of clear options blamed for voter apathy

Fifth in a series

JAPAN

Jun 18, 1998

Election Equation: Head housewife promotes war on apathy

Despite the public's reasonable disgust with the state of Japanese politics, voters must not lose hope that they can enact change, said Hatoko Shimizu, president of the Japan Housewives' Association.

JAPAN

May 21, 1998

Businesses unsure about Indonesia's new future

and SAYURI DAIMON

JAPAN

Apr 15, 1998

Hashimoto-Yeltsin plan stimulates bilateral economic ties

Second of two parts

JAPAN

Mar 26, 1998

Ceramics-maker turns bottles into bucks

Sixteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Feb 11, 1998

Investor says timing's right for playing Tokyo property game

Fifteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses

JAPAN

Jan 27, 1998

Competition, investment needed in Japan, EU envoy says

Staff writerGreater competition stimulated by more foreign investments is what Japan needs to revive its sagging economy, according to Jorn Keck, departing ambassador of the European Union."Japan, now more than ever, needs foreign investment in order to improve the efficiency of many areas of industry,"...

JAPAN

Dec 19, 1997

Entrepreneur says a business can be ecological, profitable

JAPAN

Nov 28, 1997

COP3: Agreement on emissions is relatively easy

First in a series

JAPAN

Nov 11, 1997

Tanabe urges highest achievable emissions targets

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