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BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2005

Chubachi reaffirms faith in Sony recovery plan

Sony Corp. President Ryoji Chubachi expressed confidence Monday the embattled electronics giant can meet its revenue target of more than 8 trillion yen in fiscal 2007 by expanding sales of LCD TVs, DVD recorders and key electronics components.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Sting units making dent in narcotics trade on Internet

The health ministry set up special units in January to crack down on illegal drug trade on the Internet, with investigators arresting about 60 people in the seven-month period through July, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Kanebo will sell off core fashion division

Kanebo Ltd., undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, plans to sell its fashion division, company officials said Thursday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2005

Service industry activity falls 0.8%

Japan's service industry activity index fell 0.8 percent in July from the previous month due to lackluster sales of software and, apparently, weak electricity demand caused by bad weather, the government said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2005

'Manga' publishers see cell phones as the future

Cartoon-strip publishers, whose printed-matter sales have been losing steam, are actively embracing mobile media because cell phones are what young people are spending their time and money on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Sep 19, 2005

The Gathering 2005 preview -- return to Tsumagoi

Ready or not, here comes the spectacular end of another amazing summer season.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Kanebo to offload resin-making unit

Kanebo Ltd. said Thursday it will quit the polyester resin business by selling its resin manufacturing subsidiary to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. at the end of September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2005

Consumers reaping benefits of farm deregulation

Fresh tomatoes, sweet oranges and bright green lettuce grown organically and tracked by computer may soon arrive on consumers' tables directly from farms, thanks to agricultural deregulation.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2005

Nitto, Fuji Flours to merge on April 1

Nitto Flour Milling Co. and Fuji Flour Milling Co. announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement to merge on April 1, creating the nation's fourth-largest flour milling firm.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 11, 2005

Desperate drones are content to be 'conned' into buying a condo

As long as I've lived in Tokyo I've received phone calls from condominium salespeople. In the past, these solicitations seemed accidental, as if the salespeople had dialed my number at random. But in the last five years the calls have been more deliberate. The salespeople know where I live -- not just...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 4, 2005

How to beat the high price of Japanese pro baseball tickets

Have you ever thought about going to a Japanese baseball game but, upon checking prices, thought the tickets are rather expensive?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2005

'Warm Biz' windfall may trump 'Cool'

The government's "Warm Biz" campaign to encourage offices to set thermostats lower in winter will generate 232.3 billion yen in economic ripple effects, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc. figures.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2005

Japan Post outlets to start selling investment trust products

Japan Post has chosen three investment-trust products, offered by Nomura Asset Management Co., Daiwa Asset Management Co. and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Japan Ltd., to sell at post offices in October, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2005

Kanebo Cosmetics performs well

Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, reported Wednesday better-than-expected earnings for the January-June period.
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2005

Fujitsu server going to U.S., Europe

Fujitsu Ltd. announced Friday it will start selling servers that have multiple communications functions, including router and fire-wall capabilities, in the United States and Europe next year.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2005

Workers eagerly embrace 'Cool Biz'

Nearly half of Japan's businessmen have spent their office and commuting hours without ties and jackets this summer, under the "Cool Biz" dress code, a recent poll shows.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2005

Investor funds flourish, but caveat emptor

Ranging from hip-hop music to premium wines and a ramen court, funds are emerging in myriad fields to whet the appetites of investors tired of the minuscule interest on regular bank deposits and eager for a taste of adventure.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Itoham Aussie unit sells beef to China

Itoham Foods Inc. said Thursday its Sydney-based subsidiary began selling Australian beef in Beijing in July, in a bid to expand overseas sales.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2005

ANA trounced JAL in fiscal first quarter

The nation's two major airlines Friday announced contrasting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, with All Nippon Airways Co. managing to upstage Japan Airlines Corp.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2005

Toyota, Nissan, Honda set records

Three of Japan's five major automakers posted record overseas production for any first half of a calendar year during the January-June period due to strong demand overseas, according to statistics they released Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 26, 2005

Cleaning the body

Summer is upon us, and spring-cleaning of your body may be long overdue.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

Shiseido plans new cosmetics line

Top Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. will launch its new makeup line Maquillage in August, aiming to chalk up annual sales of 50 billion yen with one of its largest-ever advertising campaigns.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

Crude oil price spike dents trade surplus

Japan's merchandise trade surplus for the first half of 2005 shrank 26.4 percent from the previous year to 4.53 trillion, yen the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2005

Shutting down business fraud

Today's communities in Japan, especially impersonal big cities, are becoming hostile places in many ways for elderly people living alone. New gangs of criminals, who often pose as kind and soft-spoken business operators, are eager to swindle the elderly out of their life savings. These con artists know...
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2005

Japan Highway retiree, four bridge execs held in bid-rigging

Prosecutors Tuesday arrested a former board member of Japan Highway Public Corp. and four officials of major bridge builders for alleged bid-rigging on projects ordered by the government-affiliated body.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2005

Three major home improvement centers to merge in 2006

Three major home center operators said Monday they will merge their operations under a joint holding company Sept. 1, 2006, to create Japan's largest home center group.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki 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.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
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.

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