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BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2002
Shiokawa seeks tax revenue equilibrium by 2010
Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday his ministry will seek to balance tax reductions with increases by 2010, reiterating his support for quick tax breaks to spur the economy.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2002
Japan, U.S. to hold inaugural government-business meet
Japan and the United States on May 10 will hold the inaugural meeting of a government-business forum under a new framework for bilateral economic talks, a U.S. trade official said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2002
Apparel trade show coming to Osaka
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BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Colleges now cast as economic saviors
By Sachiko Hirao
The government is turning its eye to the nation's universities in a bid to uncover a potential gold mine in venture business ideas and help lift the economy out of its prolonged slump.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Shareholders to get chance to vote online
About 100 companies in Japan this year will allow or consider allowing shareholders to use the Internet to vote in place of mailing in ballots or attending meetings, according to surveys conducted by trust banks.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Oriental Land improves outlook
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland, said Tuesday it will book a consolidated net profit of 12.7 billion yen for the just-ended business year, up from 5.9 billion yen forecast in November.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Yanagisawa seeks reports from 'chogin'
Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Tuesday he is seeking reports from four pro-Pyongyang credit unions to be created to take over six failed ones, on their relations with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Apr 24, 2002
Fate of the dollar remains anybody's guess
By Yasuhiro Onakado
The latest meeting of financial officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations went nowhere as far as exchange rates are concerned.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
U.S. imports one step closer to retaliatory tariffs
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick responded coolly Tuesday to Japanese demands for compensation over U.S. steel import tariffs, meaning Japan may be closer to imposing unilateral retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Shipments of PCs suffer 13.2% slide
The number of personal computers shipped within Japan in fiscal 2001 fell 13.2 percent from the previous year to 12.14 million units, marking the first decline in four years, the Multimedia Research Institute said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
'Spirited Away' boosts Toho profits
Film producer and distributor Toho Co. said Tuesday it posted record group revenue and pretax and net profits on the success of its box-office hit "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away").
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2002
Mizuho faults known: Tokyo Gas
Tokyo Gas Co. said Tuesday that the Mizuho financial group knew it was having problems integrating the computer systems of its three component banks before the April 1 merger.
17-year-old girl found dead in Osaka hotel room was strangled
A security camera footage shows a 17-year-old girl and a man entering a hotel in the city of Osaka on Saturday. She was found dead in the hotel room several hours later.
Ban on dual nationality is constitutional, Fukuoka High Court rules
Yuri Kondo (center), who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Japan's ban on dual nationality, speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka in December 2023.
Nihon Hidankyo awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to achieve nuclear-free world
Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at an event held in November at United Nations headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the second meeting of state parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90
Nobuyo Oyama
Bank of Japan vows better messaging to avoid more market turmoil
The Bank of Japan's surprise rate increase on July 31 led to Japanese stocks plummeting into bear-market territory, with the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average falling 12.4% on Aug. 5 alone.
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! takes its final bow
Annual festival Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! was born a decade ago when Barakan (left) decided to create a platform to share his love of roots music, which he attributes to growing up in 1960s England.
Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?

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