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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 3, 2005

Beautiful Losers to play at Amnesty rights benefit

Everyone who knows them agrees they are beautiful people. We also agree that Brett Boyd and Raj Ramayya deserve the recognition they are achieving. All this makes their name, as musicians, an interesting irony: The Beautiful Losers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2005

Engineers, pop singers feted at Innovator Awards

Painless syringes, therapeutic planetariums, cards embedded with IC chips that allow cashless payments, and a singing duo who inspired a U.S. cartoon were among the products and people winning honors Wednesday for innovation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2005

Condo repairs to cost at least 14 billion yen

The cost of repairing hotels, condominium complexes and other structures built with false quake-resistance data has so far been tallied at over 14 billion yen, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2005

Rakuten and TBS bury hatchet, agree to start tieup talks

After intense 11th-hour negotiations, Rakuten Inc. and Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. agreed Wednesday to launch talks on potential business tieups after the Internet firm withdrew its proposal to merge with the private broadcaster.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2005

Seibu to shut anemic Shizuoka, Toyama outlets by end of '06

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. plans to close its outlets in the cities of Toyama and Shizuoka by the end of 2006, it was learned Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2005

Lawmakers check Aneha-tainted building

Lawmakers visited the building site Tuesday morning of a condominium complex that was designed using quake-resistance data fabricated by Chiba-based architect Hidetsugu Aneha as part of their investigation into the shoddy construction fraud.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2005

Charity swim event to aid Thai tsunami orphans

Two foreign athletes who survived the South Asian tsunamis last year will hold a charity swimming event in Thailand on Dec. 24 to raise funds for Thai children who lost parents in the disaster.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2005

NEC, Philips form joint venture

NEC Corp. announced Tuesday it has reached a basic agreement with Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands to set up a joint venture to provide office networking services in the European market.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2005

TBS ready to talk with Rakuten on program distribution

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. has decided to negotiate with major Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. on a business tieup in the form of online distribution of programs via Rakuten's portal site, sources said Sunday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 27, 2005

Yoko just can't keep her hands off her John

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, who was murdered in front of his apartment building in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. In Japan, owing to the time difference, the anniversary is Dec. 9, a day after the anniversary of that other day that will live in infamy. Recently,...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Individual investors being hit by suspicious stock schemes

Individual investors looking for places to invest their money are getting dragged into shady schemes that persuade them to buy unlisted stocks with the promise of getting high returns once they get listed.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

Fujitsu heads' pay cut for TSE glitch

Fujitsu Ltd. said Friday it will cut the salary of President Hiroaki Kurokawa and six other executives as a penalty for a series of computer system malfunctions at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other Japanese bourses earlier this month.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

FSA issues improvement orders to 26 nonlife insurers

The Financial Services Agency ordered 26 nonlife insurers Friday to make improvements after failing to honor more than 8 billion yen in legitimate insurance claims in a scandal that has deepened worries about the faltering industry.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2005

Government inspects eHomes over Aneha's faulty designs

enters the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry building in Tokyo for a hearing on falsified building data.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Tepco founds Bahama tanker unit

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has founded a new firm in the Bahamas to own a tanker for transporting liquefied natural gas to Japan under the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project off the Russian island of Sakhalin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Economic challenges and opportunities lie ahead for Japan

The rapid aging of the Japanese population is both a challenge and an opportunity as it will force the nation to confront structural problems with its economy and make tough choices, visiting French journalists said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2005

Condo developer to pay residents' hotel bills

A Tokyo-based condominium developer that sold seven apartment buildings in the Tokyo area with faked quake-resistance data from Aneha Architect Design Office said Tuesday it will pay hotel bills for residents who vacate the structures.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2005

Major insurers profit thanks to fewer disasters

The nation's six major nonlife insurers reported higher first-half net profits from a year ago thanks to a decline in natural disasters, according to parent-only earnings reports released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2005

MFG sees sharp rise in net profit

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the country's second-largest banking group by assets, said Monday its group net profit for the first half of fiscal 2005 through September rose 44.7 percent from a year earlier, as the economic recovery boosted the financial health of its corporate borrowers.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2005

Murakami Fund makes bid for New Japan Radio

The Murakami Fund announced Monday it has launched a tender offer for New Japan Radio Co., challenging an ongoing friendly bid for the manufacturer of semiconductor-related products by cotton spinner Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Nov 22, 2005

Bob Sliwa

Bob Sliwa, 50, who hails from Massachusetts, has lived in Japan for 22 years. He is the Advance Design Director at COBO Design Co., Ltd., one of the biggest industrial design firms in Japan, and a judge for the Japan Car of the Year Award. He followed the success of his 2004 book "Lexus ga Ichiban ni...
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2005

N-Tech head suspected in bid-rigging

Amid suspicions that bids were rigged for contracts involving the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, the president of a Tokyo-based construction materials company allegedly acted as an intermediary for electrical machinery companies seeking orders from the agency.
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, deeper 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.
Kotozakura unburdened by weight of history after claiming first title
Kotozakura speaks during a news conference in Fukuoka on Monday
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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