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EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2006

Leading in science and technology

The government will launch a five-year science and technology development plan with the start of fiscal 2006 in April. The plan is based on the "third basic plan for science and technology" that the General Council on Science and Technology submitted to the government late last year spelling out the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Nissan issues all-new Moco in bid to tap minicar shift

Nissan Motor Co. launched a fully remodeled version of the Moco minivehicle Wednesday that is being supplied by Suzuki Motor Corp. on an original equipment manufacturing basis.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2006

ANA's profit up 11% despite surging fuel prices

All Nippon Airways Co. said Tuesday its group operating profit for the first three quarters of fiscal 2005 rose 11 percent from the previous year to 89.9 billion yen, thanks to strong demand for passenger and cargo flights that more than offset the impact of rising fuel prices.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2006

'Horiemon' draws mixed reaction from University of Tokyo students

Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie rapidly became one of Japan's most successful entrepreneurs after dropping out of the prestigious University of Tokyo, and, within a decade, fell from grace -- something many current students see as an example of how not to behave.
OLYMPICS
Jan 31, 2006

Blogs by Olympics participants to be banned

The Japanese Olympic Committee is telling athletes competing at the Turin Winter Olympic Games not to open web logs because the Olympic Charter bans athletes' journalist activities when the games are on, and violators will be disqualified.
SUMO
Jan 31, 2006

Kitanoumi re-elected as JSA chair

Former yokozuna Kitanoumi will serve a third term as Japan Sumo Association (JSA) chairman after he was re-elected after a unanimous vote by the JSA's executive committee on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2006

FSA to weigh disclosure rules for stock trading

The Financial Services Agency said Monday it will consider imposing stricter punishments on companies and executives who fail to disclose important information when trading securities.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jan 30, 2006

Alchemist or apprentice: a guide to Livedoor hype

Takafumi Horie, aka Horiemon, is in disgrace. He and other senior executives of Livedoor, the Internet company, have been arrested on suspicion of violating securities laws.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2006

Poorest nations to get help marketing specialty goods

The government will help poor nations market their specialty goods in Japan under the "one village, one product" initiative in line with an aid package presented in December, officials said Saturday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 29, 2006

Understanding, visiting and living in North Korea

NORTH KOREA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: An interpretative Guide, by J.E. Hoare and Susan Pares. Global Oriental, 2005, 253 pp., including index, references/bibliography, b/w illustrations, £14.95 (paper). Jim Hoare opened the British Embassy in Pyongyang in 2001 and was the first British diplomat and charge...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2006

Livedoor nemesis now rescuer

Livedoor Co. on Friday asked Fuji Television Network Inc. to support its efforts to recover during the two firms' first executive-level talks since prosecutors raided Livedoor's offices on Jan. 16 over alleged Securities and Exchange Law violations, Fuji TV President Koichi Murakami said.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2006

Net brokerages post record profits

Japan's top five online securities companies posted record operating revenues and net profits for the April-December period of 2005 on a jump in trading commissions, particularly from individual investors, according to the brokerages' financial results, all of which had been released by Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2006

Workers removed from families may get more holidays

The labor ministry plans to propose that employers let workers living away from their families take time off for birthdays and anniversaries related to their children and spouses, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2006

Livedoor's takeovers took investment union route

The Livedoor Co. group used investment unions in corporate takeovers done through stock swaps, having them transfer the stock-sale gains made in the deals to it in the form of dividends, and cleared the actions with a consultant and a lawyer beforehand, prosecution and other sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Individual investors frazzled in wake of 'Livedoor shock'

Yoshikazu Tsugiyama is devastated that his Livedoor shares have nosedived.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Fast Retailing, Daiei partner on apparel

Struggling retailer Daiei Inc. said Thursday it has reached an agreement with Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing stores, on a tieup to open a new low-price casual clothing chain, with outlets at all Daiei general merchandise stores.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Jan 27, 2006

New blood flows in city's heart

While Shibuya is becoming a boomtown for bars aimed at the young and casual, one small area -- right at its heart -- has been a hot spot for more than half a century.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Livedoor stock still falls in curtailed trade

Investors were able to execute transactions of Livedoor Co. shares during a brief window Wednesday for the first time since prosecutors raided the firm last week. The stock ended at 137 yen, down 39 yen, or 22 percent, from Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jan 26, 2006

Tokyo Gallery: Liu Zheng shows 'Gaudy Art' embroidery

Several of my recent columns have dealt with new art spaces and centers in Tokyo. Today I want to wrap that up with a look at a gallery that has shunned the relocation trend by remaining in the city's original contemporary art district -- Ginza.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2006

Horie no longer head of Livedoor; Fuji TV to sell

Takafumi Horie is out as head of Livedoor Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

Livedoor's Horie arrested

Prosecutors arrested Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie and three company executives Monday night on suspicion of securities law violations, investigative sources said.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

Miyauchi 'financial brain' behind firm's M&A blitz

Livedoor Co. Chief Financial Officer Ryoji Miyauchi, who prosecutors arrested Monday, was central to the company's rapid expansion since joining its predecessor, Livin' on the Edge, as a director in July 1999.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

Base moderate elected Nago mayor

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- Voters here chose continuity Sunday over change and placed promises of economic prosperity over concerns about a new U.S. military base as Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, a ruling coalition-backed candidate and the handpicked successor of former Mayor Tateo Kishimoto, headed for victory...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

Livedoor's Horie uses blog to deny wrongdoing

Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie, at the center of a high-profile probe over alleged securities law violations and financial statement falsifications, denied on his Internet blog Sunday involvement in any wrongdoing.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2006

Livedoor execs admit falsifying financial data

Senior Livedoor Co. officials have admitted during voluntary questioning that they disseminated false financial information regarding group companies but did not believe their actions were illegal, investigative sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2006

Consumers outraged by risky beef shipment

Anger, concern and a feeling of betrayal swirled among consumers, retailers and restaurants after the government announced that a shipment of beef imported from the United States contained material considered at risk of carrying mad cow disease.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 22, 2006

Realities dictate that this loyal retainer should take the reins

Japan today is a kerai state.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday

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