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Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 24, 2007

Lesson in absurd comedy

Named in homage to the Romanian-born Absurdist playwright of the same name, the Eugene Ionesco Theater company will this month make its fourth visit to Japan to present Ionesco's dark comedy "Jugyo (The Lesson)."
BUSINESS / Q&A
Jul 12, 2007

What is significance of Bull-Dog action?

Bull-Dog Sauce Co. on Wednesday became the first company in Japan to implement takeover defenses, issuing rights for new shares to block Steel Partners' takeover attempt.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2007

Companies fend off the funds

Shareholder meetings of companies that closed their books in March are over. The peak day saw 1,457 companies holding meetings. At many of the meetings, investment funds saw their proposals, most of them calling for payment of higher dividends, killed one after another due to opposition from other shareholders....
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BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2007

Doutor investors OK tieup with restaurant operator

Doutor Coffee Co. shareholders voted in favor of the company's proposed integration with Nippon Restaurant System Inc. on Thursday, undeterred by opposition from investment fund Harbinger Capital Partners, the largest outside shareholder in Doutor.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2007

Skeptical shareholders get apology from Fujiya

Fujiya Co. President Yasufumi Sakurai apologized Wednesday to shareholders for the confectioner's food sanitation problems that forced the suspension of operations at nearly 900 retail outlets and restaurants.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2007

Sony to enter growth mode: Stringer

Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer promised Thursday to shift the struggling electronics and entertainment giant from recovery mode to growth and to boost game offerings for the PlayStation 3, calling the console a key profit driver despite its bungled rollout.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2007

TSE rules out delisting of Nikko stock

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will not delist scandal-tainted Nikko Cordial Corp. because it cannot confirm whether the brokerage falsified its financial statements in a systematic manner, TSE President Taizo Nishimuro announced Monday.
COMMUNITY
Mar 13, 2007

Coaching helps women avail of new opportunities

Ritsuko Hatano, an energetic sales manager, has steadily climbed the career ladder after she graduated from university a decade ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 10, 2007

Hit's failure to woo Japan baffles inventor

In the U.K. over Christmas, 300,000 electronic Test Tube Aliens flew off toy store shelves to encourage kids to be both active and interactive nurturers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 22, 2007

Drama despite the Establishment

At last December's press conference heralding this year's Tokyo International Arts Festival, Artistic Director Sachio Ichimura was in a less than festive mood.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 18, 2007

TIRED OR EMOTIONAL: A space robot knows

Office meetings occasionally flit between two extremes. Either they're so tedious that you want to sleep, or they take an interesting turn when someone gets hot under the collar and starts ranting without listening to anyone else.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2007

Deadly heaters not recalled

and other officials bow at the start of a news conference in the company's headquarters early Saturday. KYODO PHOTO
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 4, 2007

Super temp worker who saves day is a nonconformist heroine

Prior to the start of the current Diet session, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the ruling coalition would not submit previously announced bills to revise the Labor Standards Law. The move was seen as being cautionary, since there will be an Upper House election in July and the bills would have contained...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2007

Horie ends trial in defiant, tearful plea

Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie broke into tears during the closing arguments of his high-profile trial Friday, claiming prosecutors lacked impartiality and overlooked evidence in their drive to have him found guilty.
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2007

FSA imposes record fine on Nikko for accounting violations

The Financial Services Agency has fined Nikko Cordial Corp., a major brokerage, 500 million yen for padding profits, the biggest penalty ever levied by the agency, an official said Friday.
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 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.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
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.
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.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu

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