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BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2003

PC price reductions exacerbate Toshiba loss

Toshiba Corp. said Friday its net loss widened during the first half due to sharp price reductions in its PC business.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2003

New banking hope for small firms

It appears that small-business banking in Japan is about to enter a new era. In May, the Tokyo metropolitan government unveiled a plan to create a new bank to serve smaller businesses. Now, members of the Japan Junior Chamber are pushing a similar plan. In August, they applied for permission from the...
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2003

A checkered economic recovery

During an economic recovery, it often happens that disparities in business performance between companies that are doing better and those that are not become more apparent. That is the case with Japanese companies today, as shown clearly by the Bank of Japan's latest survey of business sentiment. While...
COMMUNITY
Sep 14, 2003

Plenty of ways to escape debtors' hell

Lenders loathe him, and Hiroyuki Yagi, Buddhist monk-in-training and president of consultancy Central Research Institute, Inc., loves this reputation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 13, 2003

We can work it out

"Naze hatarakunoka (Why Do We Work?)";
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 7, 2003

Robin Maynard

Next Thursday, June 12, Robin Maynard will celebrate his 59th birthday. In October he will mark 25 continuous years of living and working in Japan. Recently he secured permanent residence here. Next year, he said, after 26 years, "I will be the longest-serving-ever insurance expat Englishman in Japan."...
EDITORIALS
May 30, 2003

Self-help is the best help for banks

The latest earnings reports from Japan's top banks confirm what everyone already knows: They are still heavily burdened with bad loans that won't be paid back. In the financial year that ended March 31, the seven largest lenders chalked up a combined deficit of 4.6 trillion yen, in large part because...
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2003

'Shunto' has lost steam

Wage bargaining is the stuff of the annual springtime labor offensive known as "shunto." This year's wage round, however, is essentially different from previous ones because wage increases are not the main subject of labor-management negotiations. The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, the...
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2003

Daiei to sell stakes in four hotels

Struggling supermarket chain Daiei Inc. said Wednesday it will sell four hotels to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of the United States for 45.4 billion yen. It also said it is also considering selling Fukuoka Dome.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2002

State seeks job opportunities for youngsters

The government urged business leaders Tuesday to boost employment opportunities for high school graduates and other juveniles who find it increasingly difficult to find jobs.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2002

Lone maker may emerge from latest chip talks

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has launched talks to sell its dynamic random access memory chip operations to NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / ANOTHER LOOK
Sep 16, 2002

Outsourcing offers Japan Inc. a viable, new cost-cutting option

Regardless of the size of a company's operations, one of the most pressing issues for management is reduction of costs. With very low economic growth likely to continue for some time and deflation placing pressure on prices in many different industry sectors, management is being called upon to make more...
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2002

Major builders' merger still under construction

Mitsui Construction Co. and Sumitomo Construction Co. said Wednesday progress is being made in their business integration talks but no specifics have been settled.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Jul 9, 2002

Burning your bridges

There was a well-known shogun who at one point was considered one of the most powerful men in the country. He built his empire swiftly and, he would be the first to admit, ruthlessly, and in the process ran over a lot of people and burned a lot of bridges. Like many feudal warlords, he rarely left the...
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2002

Fudging a few little fingers

I t's a good thing Mr. Steve Fossett doesn't play golf. Those other CEOs wouldn't stand a chance. On the other hand, many might do better than they should: In a survey published last week, a staggering 82 percent of top business executives admitted to cheating on the golf course. They shave strokes,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2002

Big companies demanding better English

Takuya Suzuki has been taking the Test of English for International Communication exams twice a year since he joined electronic parts maker Sumida Corp. two years ago.
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2002

More revenue for local governments

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is seeking tax reform to revive economic vitality, but he wants to limit tax cuts to the extent that they do not exacerbate the budget crisis. In other words, he is opposed to stimulating the economy at the expense of fiscal discipline. So no major tax cuts are planned...
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Life insurers remain negative: S&P

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Friday its outlook for Japanese life insurers remains negative, as their earnings reports released earlier this week indicate continued business contraction, a severe environment of ultra-low interest rates and a weak stock market.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2002

Kansai firms hope the Cup runneth over

OSAKA -- While economists debate the macroeconomic impact of the FIFA World Cup, which kicked off Friday, Hisako Tanigawa just hopes it will mean extra pocket money for her family.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2002

Foreign companies slightly optimistic, survey shows

Most foreign companies in Japan expect business confidence to remain flat over the next six months, although there are signs of improvement on the horizon, according to a joint survey recently released by foreign chambers of commerce.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2002

Softbank posts 88.76 billion yen net loss

Internet business investor Softbank Corp. dipped into the red in the year that ended March 31, due to costs to build infrastructure for broadband online services and a devaluation of the firm's stockholdings, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2002

Japan Telecom to cut spending

Japan Telecom Co. announced Thursday a midterm business management plan that includes cutting planned capital expenditures by up to one-third by the end of the 2004 business year.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2002

Ito-Yokado claims top supermarket slot

Ito-Yokado Co. has claimed top spot in the supermarket chain sector in terms of operating profits for the first time in two years, according to an earnings report released by the company Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 7, 2002

The trickle-down effect

It's late in Tokyo's Yurakucho district, and the pachinko parlors clustered here have shut off their garish neon signs. The consoles through which the game's trademark metal balls are sent cascading have gone quiet, and the hard-core players who hang on until closing time are scurrying out onto the pavement...
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2002

Foreign firms draw both keen, reluctant Japanese

Strictly businesslike.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2002

Sharp expects to ride wave of recovery in Europe, U.S.

Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. expects its group sales and consolidated profits to mark double-digit year-on-year growth in the next business year, buoyed by economic recovery in overseas markets, President Katsuhiko Machida said Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2002

Uniqlo earnings outlook is revised downward

The operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing store chain said Tuesday it has revised downward its earnings forecast for the current business year due to significant declines in sales.
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2002

Mazda lets buyers fine-tune Roadster

If you are a fan of Mazda Motor Corp.'s Roadster, shopping for your next new car might be a little different than what you expect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2002

Town ties fate to remnants of an industry

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido -- Although the new year was just around the corner, there was little joy to be seen in the southeast end of this port city.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.

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