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Taiga Uranaka
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004
Seibu Rail declines to offer much info on director's exit
The Seibu group's secretive reputation was further underscored Monday, as Seibu Railway Co. declined to give details about a managing director's resignation last week over his involvement in questionable sales of its shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2004
New Daiei chief rules out retreat into food sector
The newly appointed president of Daiei Inc. said Friday the firm has no intention of reducing itself to a food store chain in its efforts to turn itself around under the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004
Yahoo Japan profit jumps 46% on robust ad revenue
Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit jumped 46 percent to 8.64 billion yen, buoyed by continued growth in advertising revenue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2004
Daiei: from rags to riches back to rags
Daiei Inc. has grabbed the public's attention in recent months with its dramatic struggle to survive, culminating last week with President Kunio Takagi's resignation after being forced to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004
Daiei chief to resign over rehab fiasco
Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi announced Friday he will step down next week to take responsibility for the ailing retailer's decision to ask a state-backed bailout agency to help in its rehabilitation.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2004
Uniqlo annual net profit up 50% on women's clothes
Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, said Thursday its net profit jumped 50 percent to 31.37 billion yen for the year ended Aug. 31, with a revamped women's clothing line luring back customers.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2004
Lawson, FamilyMart see brisk earnings
Lawson Inc. and FamilyMart Co. reported brisk first-half earnings Wednesday due to the successful merchandising of original food items.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2004
Fast Retailing to open Uniqlo store in Seoul
Fast Retailing Co. said Tuesday it will open a Uniqlo casual clothing store in Seoul next fall.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2004
Matsuya to serve Chinese beef 'gyudon'
Matsuya Foods Co. said it will resume serving "gyudon" beef-on-rice bowls Wednesday with meat from China.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2004
New Nintendo console analysts' choice
The PlayStation Portable is the talk of the town, after basking in the limelight at a recent game show.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2004
Ito-Yokado first-half profit jumps 40% on subsidiaries' results
Ito-Yokado Co. said Thursday its first-half net profit jumped 40 percent from a year earlier to 32.41 billion yen, powered by the performance of Seven-Eleven Co. and other subsidiaries.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2004
Boeing lobbies Japan on proposed restart of arms sales
The head of Boeing Co.'s defense division on Wednesday welcomed recent indications that Japan is moving toward lifting its self-imposed arms export ban, saying it would help pave the way for the firm to use Japanese products worldwide.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2004
Aeon reports record-high earnings thanks to malls and credit cards
Aeon Co., the nation's largest retailer, said Tuesday its first-half net profit jumped 54 percent to a record 28.35 billion yen, with its shopping mall development and credit card businesses making up for the poor performance of its general merchandise stores.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2004
Softbank goes up against NTT with fiber-optic service
Softbank Corp. said Monday it will start offering a fiber-optic Internet connection service this month, posing another challenge to industry giant NTT Corp., a dominant player in the field.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004
New Matsushita memory card doubles as smart card
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. on Friday unveiled a new SD Memory Card that doubles as a smart card, allowing consumers to use the product as a wallet or a train ticket, as well as to store music and pictures.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2004
Mitsukoshi to shut down 10 unprofitable outlets
Department store chain Mitsukoshi Ltd. said Thursday it will close 10 unprofitable outlets across the country in 2005 in an effort to boost profitability amid weak sales.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2004
Toshiba sees boom in audiovisual biz
Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it plans to more than triple annual revenue generated by its audiovisual business to 1.5 trillion yen in fiscal 2010, through the introduction of next-generation flat-screen TVs and DVD players.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2004
New PlayStation enjoys limelight
CHIBA -- The country's largest video game show kicked off its three-day annual run here Friday, with a record 117 firms showcasing their latest products and nearly 500 new game titles unveiled.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2004
Vodafone unveils 3G models for yearend season
Vodafone K.K. on Wednesday unveiled seven cell phone models for the yearend shopping season.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2004
Smaller PlayStation 2 set to debut
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it will release a smaller PlayStation 2 model in November at home and overseas.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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