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BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2001

Ashikaga head to quit as losses mount

The president of Ashikaga Bank, a Tochigi-based regional bank, said Tuesday he intends to resign next year to take responsibility for projected heavy losses.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2001

Seiyu posts net first-half profit

Supermarket chain operator Seiyu Ltd. on Tuesday posted consolidated net profits of 617 million yen for the first half of the 2001 business year through Aug. 31.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2001

Designing women

They are all based in Stockholm, aged in their 30s, established in their field and they are all women. For Christina Sollenberg Britton, editor in chief of international fashion, design and lifestyle magazine Stockholm New, they are representative of a welcome change and something worth sharing.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2001

Sweden's other ambassador

Ewa Kumlin pondered the question, "What is Swedish style?" Then she set her mind to answering it.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2001

Future UFJ bosses pledge support for embattled Daiei

OSAKA -- The president-designate and chairman-designate of the envisioned UFJ Bank pledged Monday to maintain credit lines for financially beleaguered supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2001

Corporate failures resumed rise in September

The number of corporate bankruptcies rose 4.4 percent in September from a year earlier to 1,568, up for the first time in three months, a credit research agency said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 14, 2001

Green tourism: where town and country meet

Ajimu in Oita Prefecture isn't exactly a major tourist destination. Yes, it has luxuriant fields and picturesque farmhouses boasting unusual basque-relief paintings called kote-e, but most visitors spend a half-day at most in Ajimu, perusing its stone Buddhist carvings or the African Safari nature park,...
COMMUNITY
Oct 14, 2001

High-flying ad man comes down to earth in Shikoku

Eleven years ago, Toshihito Takahashi was a high-flying advertising copywriter with a leading Tokyo agency, one of the select few whose work regularly appeared on the nation's TV screens.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 14, 2001

The truth about the 'enemies of the people'

For the past month there's been a lot of talk about how much our sense of the world has changed since the events of Sept. 11. Actually, it's mainly changed for Americans, but as someone once said: When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 14, 2001

Country roads take them to new homes

Get away. Away from squeezing yourself into a packed train, making your way in a slow-moving human tide up stairs and through ticket gates. From walking in a crowd like a soldier ant, trotting ahead to avoid cigarette smoke from a man in front, only to breathe in foul diesel fumes at intersections on...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Diamond sales shine over Internet

The phrase "a diamond is forever" is used in commercials to tout the value and everlasting luster of the precious gems, but diamonds can be obtained inexpensively at auction or from companies doing business on the Internet.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Matsushita predicts deficit will deepen to 68 billion yen

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Vodafone's takeover bid succeeds

Vodafone Group PLC announced Friday that its wholly owned subsidiary successfully finished a takeover bid for Japan Telecom Co., receiving stock offers representing 35.4 percent of the outstanding ordinary shares of Japan's third-largest telecom carrier.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Japan to propose use of IT to cut APEC customs costs

Japan plans to propose in a ministerial meeting next week in Shanghai that information technology be used to cut procedural costs for customs clearance in the 21 Pacific Rim economies, Japanese officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2001

Popular U.S.-Japan Common Agenda hangs in limbo

Is the Common Agenda dead or alive under the Republican administration of U.S. President George W. Bush?
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001

Tax authorities search HQ of largest labor union

Tax authorities on Thursday searched the Tokyo headquarters of the nation's largest labor union over allegations it used a dummy insurance agency to secure slush funds and failed to declare taxes.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001

AIDS forum urges bold, massive efforts

Experts from global institutions, governments and nongovernmental organizations at a recent international symposium in Tokyo called for a worldwide political and social commitment, supported by sufficient financial aid, to combat AIDS, calling it one of the biggest threats to mankind in the new century....
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Bridgestone, Callaway ink golf deal

Bridgestone Sports Co. and Callaway Golf Co. said Wednesday they have signed a license agreement that permits the U.S. firm to use a number of Bridgestone Sports' three-piece golf ball patents worldwide.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Marubeni to dissolve three units

Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Wednesday it will dissolve three subsidiaries in Japan and overseas to streamline its operations.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Yamaha cuts earnings forecasts

Yamaha Corp. said Wednesday it has revised downward its group earnings forecast for the first half and full 2001 business year due to sales declines in musical instruments and information technology-related devices.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2001

Oh's treatment of Rhodes shameful

When it comes to sports, I have never been a big fan of sacred cows. The problem with them is, they just don't know when it's time to be put out to pasture.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2001

Economic slump hits new level of severity

The overall state of the economy has reached a new level of severity due to decelerating business activities and increasing unemployment, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday in a report.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2001

Daiei to sell men's suits for 9,000 yen

Supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. said Tuesday it will start selling men's suits for 9,000 yen at 250 outlets.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2001

Most Japanese workers fled before strikes in Afghanistan

Most employees of the 23 Japanese companies doing business in Pakistan had been evacuated by the time U.S. and British forces launched their strikes against Afghanistan late Sunday, but workers and their families in Iran and Central Asia have not yet been moved.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2001

Swallows finally clinch CL pennant

The Yakult Swallows ended a four-game winless streak Saturday to finally clinch their sixth Central League pennant and first in four years with a 6-4 extra-innings victory over the Yokohama BayStars.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Panel wants adequacy ratios disclosed often

A multilateral committee on banking regulations has proposed that international banks in major industrial nations disclose capital adequacy ratios every three months, banking sources said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 6, 2001

Hideo Takeda

In 1956 the College Women's Association of Japan held in Tokyo its first print show. Since then in an unbroken sequence the show has been an annual event, prestigious for the artists participating, felicitous for admirers and collectors of contemporary Japanese print art. For this year's show, CWAJ received...
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.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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