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BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2001

More days off, less pay: NKK plan

Major steelmaker NKK Corp. plans to force managers to take two days' leave -- paid at only 65 percent of their normal daily wage -- every month in an effort to reduce labor costs, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2001

Doubts linger over loan disposal

The emergency economic measures unveiled Friday, which focus on reducing banks' sour loans, leave unanswered the key questions that will determine their success.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2001

UFJ to detail extra measures for restructuring this month

UFJ Holdings Inc. is to announce further bold restructuring programs later this month, in addition to those unveiled in March.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 7, 2001

Paper and gold yield a life

PAPER SON: One Man's Story, by Tung Pok Chin, with Winifred C. Chin, with an introduction by K. Scott Wong. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000, pp. 184, 15 b/w photos, $15.96. In this account of his tribulations and triumphs in Gold Mountain (the Chinese immigrant's euphemism for the United...
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2001

State to probe towel imports, decide on trade restrictions

The government will begin a formal probe later this month to decide whether to invoke curbs on surging towel imports, primarily from China, Takeo Hiranuma, minister of economy, trade and industry, said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2001

Ito-Yokado's bank expects profit by '03

Ito-Yokado Co. said Friday it plans to launch its IY Bank in mid-May in the hope that it will swing into the black within two years.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2001

Asia dusts off some bad habits

Storm clouds are gathering over Asian economies. Although the region has recovered from the worst of the 1997 financial crisis, the slowdown in the United States will give Asia a jolt. The region can overcome those difficulties if Asian economies continue their corporate and financial reforms, but unfortunately,...
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Imported car sales up in '00

Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan turned upward in fiscal 2000 for the first time in four years, rising 0.8 percent to 276,999 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2001

Factors favoring higher yen remain elusive

The yen could come under fresh selling pressure in the weeks ahead.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Matsuo again arrested over missing cash

Police on Wednesday served Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, with a new arrest warrant on suspicion of defrauding the government out of roughly 119 million yen.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2001

Local governments update operations

Moves are afoot to dismantle the entrenched vertical structure of the administrative system as prefectural governments and municipalities try to cope with the decentralization of the central government.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Apr 5, 2001

To dabble or dive: duck lifestyle choices

DNA analysis has enabled us to peer ever closer into the intricacies of what characterizes and distinguishes species, as well as the orders, genera and families they belong to.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Ministries enlisted 345 workers from private firms

Fiscal 2000 saw 345 people dispatched from private companies to work for ministries, up 16 from the previous year, according to an annual report released by the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2001

IHI, Kawasaki Heavy to merge shipbuilding operations

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Tuesday they will integrate their shipbuilding operations into an equally owned venture to be formed on Oct. 1, 2002.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2001

The genius boy in a bubble

My mother used to say that she could read me like a book. A compliment? At the age of 15, I didn't think so -- I didn't want anyone "reading" me, let alone dear old Mom. Worshipping at the altar of cool, I wanted to be an inscrutable, unflappable James Bond, not a hapless innocent walking down the pitiless...
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2001

NTT unit jumps on rate-cut wagon

NTT Communications Corp., a key unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., said Tuesday that it will reduce daytime local-call charges on weekdays to 8.5 yen per three minutes, instead of the originally planned cut to 8.8 yen, starting May 1.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 4, 2001

And the Gold Disc goes to... well, what did you expect?

Show-biz awards ceremonies -- who needs 'em? They're formulaic, plastic, inane, banal, maudlin, crass . . . There's no end to the pejoratives one can use to describe them.
Events
Apr 3, 2001

Osaka a tale of two 'Americatowns'

OSAKA -- Many cities in Japan, Europe and the United States have a Chinatown. But Osaka now finds itself with two "Americatowns" that, although not competitors, are keeping an eye on each other.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2001

Income gap on rise as middle class deteriorates

Various data show that the income gap is widening in Japan, which has long prided itself on being a nation of equality, free of class struggle.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2001

Police bust motorcycle theft ring

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing motorcycles to export them to South Korea, police said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2001

Economic outlook uncertain: Conference Board

The economic outlook will remain uncertain for months to come, according to a set of economic indexes released Monday by an influential U.S. business research group.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Apr 3, 2001

Japan stuck in the Twilight Zone

Now that the dust has settled after "Le Flop," Japan coach Philippe Troussier will have a clearer idea of what he needs to do to put his team's chemistry right before this month's friendly against Spain in Cordoba.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2001

1.05 million grads enter workforce

An estimated 1.05 million new hires attended the fiscal 2001 entrance ceremonies at companies and government agencies nationwide Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2001

Government likely to unveil market measures this week

Tokyo stocks are unlikely to fall sharply this week as the market expects the government to take necessary action to cope with the nation's faltering economy.
COMMENTARY
Apr 1, 2001

Banks offer no miracle cures

LONDON -- This is a tale of two banks, combined with a large dose of blind faith and credulity.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2001

A time of hopeful change in the Philippines

MANILA -- Political life is always exciting in this fascinating country of over 7,000 islands, be it in periods of great upheavals, as with the two famous "EDSA" popular movements or during subsequent periods of transition in search of calm and stability, as at the present moment.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2001

Tokyo Mutual gets court approval to start rehabilitation

Failed Tokyo Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Saturday that it has received approval from the Tokyo District Court to begin rehabilitation procedures.
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.
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.
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.
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 and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
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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