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MORE SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 29, 2003

Top League looking to emulate World Cup final

While the rest of the world was watching the final stages of the action Down Under at the Rugby World Cup, it was business as usual for the players in the Top League.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2003

Gamers said turned off by overly elaborate content

Industry insiders have a theory about why Japan's home video-game market continues to contract -- the games are too difficult.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

MHI to invest in Spain power project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it has agreed to invest about 500 million yen in a Spanish independent power producer project, its first investment in a foreign IPP project.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Sumitomo Mitsui unit seeks another bailout

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. said Thursday it will seek yet another bank bailout as it slid into negative net worth of 33 billion yen during the fiscal first half.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2003

For freer budget management

In his opening shot at fiscal 2004 budget reform, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is calling for a substantial cut in government subsidies -- those strings-attached payments that have been roundly criticized for depriving local governments of fiscal freedom. Last week he told a meeting of Cabinet ministers...
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2003

Wholesaler Digicube goes belly up

Video game vender Digicube Co. said Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 9.5 billion yen, battered by a shrinking game software market.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2003

Radiant male clerks look to tempt female shoppers

Women are facing a cunning new strategy aimed at loosening their purse strings -- attractive young men working as clerks in cosmetics and women's clothing departments.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2003

Japan racing deadline for continental shelves

Japan is hoping to find under the sea what it lacks under the ground -- natural resources.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2003

Postal privatization options mulled

A government panel said Tuesday it will discuss new business models for Japan's postal services, including dividing them by region, in view of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to privatize the services.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Temple seeks special-zone status to ease its regulatory binds

Temple University Japan is seeking government designation as a special deregulation zone entity in a bid to make itself more attractive to students, according to its dean.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 25, 2003

How vital is technology to your life?

Paola VillaniStudent, 24
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2003

Ghosn, Koizumi and structural reform

Carlos Ghosn and Junichiro Koizumi are two well-known names in Japan. Ghosn, the CEO of Nissan, is famous for his rescue of the company from the brink of bankruptcy. Prime Minister Koizumi's "trademark" is structural reform, which he promised in 2001 would lead to the creation of 5 million jobs within...
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2003

Between a rock and a hard place

China continues to grow at a blistering pace. It is emerging as one of the drivers of the global economy, sucking in exports from its neighbors and providing returns for investors. Increasingly, however, there are concerns that China is overheating: Growth is bound to stall as the business cycle asserts...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Former Nihon Keizai unit execs held

Three people, including a former president and a former managing director of a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. affiliate, were arrested Sunday for alleged aggravated breach of trust by issuing checks for nonexistent transactions.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Third man arrested over writer's death

Tokyo police arrested on Sunday a third man over the death of freelance journalist Satoru Someya, whose body was found in Tokyo Bay in September, according to investigative sources.
SPORTS
Nov 23, 2003

England wins Rugby World Cup

SYDNEY - The unerring boot of Jonny Wilkinson had been the talk of the 2003 Rugby World Cup to date and in a fitting end to an epic final it was his magical right-footed drop goal that won England the William Webb Ellis Trophy for the first time in Sydney on Saturday night.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 23, 2003

State gambles with the future of 'discarded' kids

Last month there were two news stories about legal complications arising from the conception of children through special medical procedures. In one, a surrogate mother in California gave birth to twins who were the product of a Japanese man's sperm and the egg of a third-party Asian-American woman. In...
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2003

Ministry targets hotel that snubbed patients

The Justice Ministry filed a criminal complaint Friday against a Kumamoto Prefecture hot spring resort hotel that refused to accept former Hansen's disease patients as guests earlier this month.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 22, 2003

Gardener puts down roots for budding business

As a highly qualified gardener and horticulturalist, Bernd Kestler has a great idea: collaborating with homeowners who want outdoor spaces designed to suit their lifestyles, or established gardens maintained, in much the same way a personal trainer works with individuals who want a new body image or...
EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2003

On a slow but steady track

Japan's economy, though beset by uncertainties, is recovering steadily. That is the message of the latest government report on the gross domestic product (GDP), which was published last week by the Cabinet Office. In the third quarter, July through September, the real GDP -- excluding effects of falling...
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

Matsumotokiyoshi profit logs slide

Matsumotokiyoshi Co., Japan's largest drugstore chain, reported Thursday profit declines for the half year ending Sept. 30 amid higher cost burdens despite solid growth in group sales.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2003

Japan Highway to focus on profit

The newly appointed president of Japan Highway Public Corp. pledged Thursday to prioritize the quasigovernmental firm's profitability and the repayment of its huge debts ahead of its planned privatization in fiscal 2005.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

Scandal-tainted Nippon TV sees profit fall

Nippon Television Network Corp., rocked by a viewer ratings scandal, on Thursday reported double-digit profit falls for the half year to Sept. 30 amid slumping ad revenue and a lack of big events matching last year's World Cup soccer finals.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

BOJ expected to keep flooding economy with cash

The Bank of Japan Policy Board began a two-day meeting Thursday amid signs of an export-fueled economic recovery.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2003

Rakuten to add online brokerage to its portfolio

Rakuten Inc. officially announced Thursday it will acquire an online brokerage, DLJdirect SFG Securities Inc., marking the latest shopping spree by the nation's largest Internet shopping mall operator.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2003

Tanaka rips Koizumi on reform

Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, after joining a parliamentary group led by the Democratic Party of Japan, lashed out Wednesday at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's policies as she formally made her comeback to the Diet.
EDITORIALS
Nov 20, 2003

Debate needed on pension reform

Japan's underfunded public pension system -- which was a major issue in the Nov. 9 general election -- is in need of urgent reform. As expected, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's plan for 2004, unveiled Monday, calls for drastic changes that would impose a greater burden on both the younger and...
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television 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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.

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Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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