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BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2005

Stagnation ending, Fukui says

The economy is breaking out of its brief stagnant period and heading back toward recovery, with strength in the corporate sector spilling over to the household sector, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2005

Mail to be a privatized priority?

If the postal reform bills clear the House of Councilors by the Aug. 13 end of the current Diet session, the privatization process will begin in April 2007 and end 10 years later.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2005

New Delhi gets serious about cigarettes

MADRAS, India -- A recent study in the United States revealed that films have a powerful effect on viewers' behavior. When actors smoke on screen, they serve as a link between big tobacco companies and impressionable young people.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2005

Bookoff to open store in Vancouver

Secondhand bookseller Bookoff Corp. said Monday it will open its first Canadian store Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia, in an effort to expand its business in markets overseas.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2005

Taisho inks tieup with Yomeishu

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it has concluded a business tieup with Yomeishu Seizo Co., including acquiring a 6.6 percent equity stake in the herbal beverage maker, to develop new health-care products.
EDITORIALS
Jul 12, 2005

Some hope from the G8

It is easy to be cynical about G8 summits. The annual meetings of the heads of state of the leading industrialized nations are equal parts political theater, photo opportunity and security nightmare. Each summit produces a lofty statement that echoes its predecessors, is invariably bland despite (or...
COMMENTARY
Jul 12, 2005

A skittish reform pendulum

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills cleared the Lower House on July 5 by only five votes, demonstrating the strength of anti-Koizumi forces in the governing Liberal Democratic Party. The narrow margin reflected severe criticism of not only the legislation but also Koizumi's...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 10, 2005

NTV's "Otona no Natsu Yasumi," Fuji's "Rodo Kijun Kantokukan" and more

Several years ago, actress Shinobu Terashima won a Japan Academy Award and lots of overseas critical praise for her portrayal of a troubled young woman in the movie "Vibrator."
Japan Times
Features
Jul 10, 2005

DEPRESSION

'Istarted to get to work late -- sometimes at 11, then at 12 and then at 2; and then I had to quit my job."
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2005

University presidents take voluntary salary cuts

The heads of 10 national universities that acquired corporate status in spring 2004 have voluntarily cut their pay in an effort to promote business efficiency, it was learned Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2005

Most firms are cool to 'Cool Biz'

Only 20 percent of private-sector firms have introduced the government's "Cool Biz" program in their offices, according to a Teikoku Databank survey released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2005

Hundreds of deaths spur ministry plan to ban all asbestos use by 2008

The health ministry said Friday it plans to ban all use of asbestos by 2008 after recent announcements that hundreds of workers at various companies have died from diseases related to the toxic unburnable mineral.
COMMUNITY
Jul 9, 2005

Humanitarian paints hope for students of Vietnam

Fred Harris looks around the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Yurakucho, central Tokyo, and observes with his usual keen but fond eye, "This was the first club I joined when I came here in 1964." (He was also in Japan while serving as a U.S. soldier during the Korean War.)
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2005

Ex-Mitsui officials charged in filter scam

Prosecutors charged a former Mitsui & Co. employee and a former official of a Mitsui subsidiary Monday with fabricating test data to obtain official approval for a diesel particular filter.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2005

Ex-Mitsui officials charged in filter scam

Prosecutors charged a former Mitsui & Co. employee and a former official of a Mitsui subsidiary Monday with fabricating test data to obtain official approval for a diesel particular filter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 6, 2005

No swansong yet for a modern diva

Ballet is a fickle master. It demands years of selfless dedication from its young and beautiful devotees, only to discard them the moment they pass their prime. Ballerinas rarely remain centerstage beyond their early 30s, so when Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell became pregnant with her first child,...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2005

Standard Chartered makes Tokyo retail banking debut

Britain-based Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday opened its first branch for retail customers in Japan, aiming to gain a foothold in an increasingly focused market.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2005

'Cool Biz' helps boost Uniqlo sales

Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual-clothing store chain, said Monday its sales soared 13.7 percent in June from a year earlier on a same-store basis, the first rise in five months.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2005

Yoshinoya sales surge, 'gyudon' or no

Yoshinoya D&C Co. said Monday that sales grew 9.6 percent in June from a year earlier, marking the first upturn since November 2002.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2005

Eastern Europe in the Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia For generations of expatri ates in the days before jet travel, the first stop on the journey back to Europe from Japan was Vladivostok, Russia's easternmost city and the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jul 4, 2005

Ministries should seek corporate input when revamping statistics

There have been complaints that the economic statistics compiled by the government no longer reflect the developments of the times or the changing structure of the Japanese economy.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

Megabank plans U.S. holding firm

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. and UFJ Holdings Inc. plan to set up a financial holding company in the United States after their merger in October, industry sources said Friday.
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.
‘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
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
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.

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