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Mayumi Negishi
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2002
Bad times spark new breed of lottery fan
Masao Kitasawa, 58, is a lottery fan. He buys about 10 lottery tickets a week, spending roughly 10,000 yen a month to "dream a little."
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2001
End to full deposit guarantee sparks fear of regional banks
Dr. Masao Sekine can't stop the bankers from coming. They come with gifts, friendly conversation and advice. But what he really wants is peace of mind.
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2001
BOJ to further ease its monetary policy
The Bank of Japan decided Wednesday to further ease its ultra-loose monetary policy, despite its past assertions that the move will do little to allay fundamental fears about the economy.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2001
Expect more firms to follow Aoki as banks clean loan mess
Major construction company Aoki Corp. filed for court protection Thursday, unable to seek further aid from its creditors. The collapse is a foretaste of more to come, as banks hurry to clear their books of bad debts.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2001
Investors fume as Enron-linked funds bleed
The phones are ringing off the hook at investment trust companies, as investors pull their cash out of money-management funds that fell below par value earlier this week.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Oct 25, 2001
Foreign equity funds' ways changing face of Japan Inc.
When hunting for a company to buy out, Kenji Ueda doesn't wait to be introduced. The Ripplewood Holdings LLC executive director makes his phone calls cold.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001
Fear, shock push Nikkei below 10,000
Tokyo stocks fell sharply Wednesday, as shock and fear pushed the benchmark Nikkei average of 225 leading stocks below the psychologically sensitive 10,000 mark for the first time in 17 years, closing at 9,610.10.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2001
Pressure on reforms likely as bleeding starts
The nation's unemployment rate, which hit an all-time high of 5 percent in July, may present the greatest threat to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reforms, begging the question, "Is reform worth the pain?"
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2001
Misfortunes in tough times spur new breed of insurance plans
In May, Yamagata University disclosed that it had bungled its entrance exam grading, irretrievably altering the course of applicants' lives.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2001
Ministry adds 71 items to consumer price index
To better reflect today's cost of living, the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry is adding 71 new items to the basket of goods it tracks in its monthly index on consumer prices.
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2001
Credit-easing calls weigh on BOJ
Bank of Japan officials began a two-day Policy Board meeting Monday amid growing pressure for the central bank to take additional credit-easing measures.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2001
Panel drafts debt-waiving guidelines for troubled corporate borrowers
A panel of debtors and creditors on Friday drafted a set of guidelines for debt waivers in an effort to raise transparency in a system accused of distorting market principles.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2001
Get a grip, brokers -- this is only a first step
The introduction in October of the much-touted U.S. 401(k)-style corporate pension system in Japan will have little impact until individual investors feel more confident about the regulatory environment and the economy, said Brian Murdoch, president and CEO of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Jun 21, 2001
Localities approach foreign firms to raise tax base
With the economy in the doldrums, cash-strapped local governments have begun warring with each other to attract foreign businesses and the jobs and tax revenue they bring. Touting tax incentives, lower land prices and proximity to factories in related industries, they are encouraging foreign firms to...
JAPAN
May 24, 2001
Koizumi must deliver before hoopla fades
Staff writers Reformist Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi seems to know too well that what counts is his image.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2001
Promise chief invited to share wisdom at Harvard University
Harvard Business School last month invited Hiroki Jinnai, president of major Japanese consumer moneylender Promise Co., to field student questions in a forum on the firm's growth strategy.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2001
IY Bank aims to change banking Monday
The battleground for retail banking will shift to convenience stores Monday when Ito-Yokado Co.'s IY Bank opens on a vast network of ATMs at Seven-Eleven stores nationwide.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2001
Yanagisawa ready to mend emergency economic plan
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will carefully review an emergency economic package adopted in early April to repair shortcomings, if there are any, according to Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001
Internet bank aims to win business with personal touch -- online
Go to a bank, look lost, and almost instantly an attendant will appear to ask how you are doing and if everything is OK.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2001
Headhunter laments sorry state of finance sector's job-hunters
The candidate on the phone has an attractive resume and, having worked his way up to bank branch manager, is now looking for another position, perhaps at a foreign investment bank.
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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