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JAPAN
Jul 7, 2002

Government to rate nuclear plants on safety levels

Plans are being drawn up to rate Japan's nuclear power plants for safety to better monitor risk-prone plants and reduce inspection costs.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2002

Unemployment insurance in peril

Rising unemployment is creating serious financial problems for the government, making it likely that jobless insurance premiums will be increased. In fact, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi suggested the other day that the premium rate would be raised on an emergency basis, perhaps...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Nissan Diesel to follow Ghosn's plan

The president of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. said Friday his company will promote team work among middle-management personnel, in line with the business strategy of Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Increase in computer virus reports seen

The number of reports of computer virus damage in Japan in the first six months of the year has already surpassed the total for all of 2001, software firm Trend Micro Inc. said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Four people collapse in dry-ice store

OSAKA -- Four people were found collapsed Thursday at a dry-ice store in Kita Ward here and were hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition and the other two seriously ill, police said.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

BTM to lend 1 trillion yen by '05

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi plans to make 1 trillion yen in new loans to corporate and individual customers by March 2005, bank officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

JAL-JAS to give up slots at Haneda

Japan Airlines and Japan Air System said Thursday they will give up a combined nine slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport in connection with their integration plan in October, although two of the slots will be returned to the tieup.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Sanyo to make plasma panel TVs in China

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. plans to start production of liquid crystal display projectors and plasma display panel television sets in China early next year, a company official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

Tax evasion regained 30 billion yen level in 2001

Tax authorities found 30.9 billion yen in tax evasion cases in fiscal 2001, the same level as in the early 1980s and a reflection of the sluggish economy, according to a National Tax Agency tally released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2002

RoboNavigator to offer accurate parts assembly

Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Wednesday it has developed with two business allies a control system capable of recognizing the spatial location of industrial parts to be picked up and assembled by robot arms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

Nissan lauds NPO-study scholarship recipients

Nissan Motor Co. has marked the completion of the fourth term of its Nissan-NPO Learning Scholarship Program and held an orientation seminar for the start of the fifth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

Program empowers disabled Asians

Lokesh Khadka, a 23-year-old deaf Nepalese, is determined to change the society of his home country so that it will accept people with hearing disabilities.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2002

Matsushita unit's first-half profits plunge 83.2%

Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday its group net profits for the first half of this business year plunged 83.2 percent from a year earlier to 1.84 billion yen.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 3, 2002

Baseball steps back up to the plate

Let's begin the first baseball column following the World Cup with some words of congratulations and praise to everyone involved in that spectacular event. It was an exciting tournament that mesmerized most of Japan and South Korea, especially during the first half of June prior to the elimination of...
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2002

Merger forms nonlife insurer Sompo Japan

Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. merged Monday to form Japan's second-largest nonlife insurer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2002

Hitachi group's operating balance looking better: Shoyama

Hitachi Ltd.'s group operating balance may have returned to the black in the April-June quarter of the 2002 business year, according to Hitachi President Etsuhiko Shoyama.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2002

FSA punishes Barclays Capital

The Financial Services Agency took administrative action Thursday against the Tokyo branch of Barclays Capital Japan Ltd. over failure to follow proper procedures in conducting securities and nonsecurities transactions.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 27, 2002

Newshungry TV viewers fighting for English service

To start off, we have a request from "Friends of Foxnews," who are working to keep Foxnews, the up and coming challenge to CNN and BBC and the only non-edited English language news program on SkyPerfecTV here in Japan.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2002

Mitsubishi Heavy develops reusable polymer screw

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it has developed a recyclable polymer screw that "remembers" its original shape and becomes smooth when heated, allowing it to be easily removed from household electric appliances.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2002

Shareholders vent anger at Mizuho

Mizuho Financial Holdings Inc. executives issued a stream of apologies at the banking group's general shareholders' meeting Tuesday, as shareholders demanded explanations for the widespread ATM failures and account mixups that marred the banking group's official launch in April.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Jun 26, 2002

Bringing the tabletop into the gallery

On the cover of the catalog for an exhibition now at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo is -- ready for this? -- a shoyusashi (soy-sauce bottle). I find that quite odd, as the museum houses the hallowed arts of painting, sculpture and the like. A shoyusashi? Come on now, it just doesn't seem...
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2002

Air Do files for court protection

Hokkaido International Airlines Co., the ailing carrier better known as Air Do, filed for court protection from creditors Tuesday after giving up on self-rehabilitation efforts, company officials said.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?