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BUSINESS
May 13, 2004

Foreign reserves fall amid lull in market intervention

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves fell in April for the first time in eight months because the government refrained from intervening in the currency market to weaken the yen, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 13, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso faces release delays

The transport ministry will not certify any new truck or bus from Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. equipped with the firm's latest F-type wheel hub until the hub's safety is confirmed, according to ministry officials.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2004

Suzuki posts record group net profit

Suzuki Motor Corp. said Wednesday its group net profit rose 2 percent in fiscal 2003 to a record 43.8 billion yen.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2004

Kan, and DPJ, pay for mistakes

Once again the Democratic Party of Japan is in disarray. Mr. Naoto Kan, the head of the largest opposition party, has resigned over his failure to make mandatory contributions to the national pension fund. In a reversal of the leadership contest that put Mr. Kan back in the saddle in December 2002, the...
BUSINESS
May 12, 2004

Bandai net profit hits record 14.2 billion yen

Bandai Co. said Tuesday its net profit rose 12 percent to a record 14.21 billion yen for the year through March, with Power Rangers characters enjoying strong popularity overseas.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2004

Top trading houses post record earnings

Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co., Japan's two largest trading houses, on Tuesday reported record earnings for the year through March, helped by surging petrochemical and natural resources markets.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2004

Most firms upbeat about China's economic growth

Sixty-five percent of major Japanese companies say the rapid growth of the Chinese economy is having a favorable effect on the Japanese economy, according to a recent survey by Kyodo News.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 12, 2004

Where everybody can be a jury member

Who are film festivals for, really? The biggest of all, Cannes, is strictly for industry professionals (or rather, anyone with enough connections to wangle accreditation). But many other festivals have turned in a more populist direction, as indicated by the ubiquity of audience awards, which make anyone...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2004

Kan falls on his sword over failure to pay pension fees

Naoto Kan announced Monday that he will resign as chief of the Democratic Party of Japan over his past failure to pay mandatory state pension premiums.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2004

Interest-rate rise would cut profits

A 1 percentage point increase in interest rates on loans outstanding to companies would eat into their combined pretax profit by up to 4 trillion yen, according to estimates released Monday by the Cabinet Office.
JAPAN
May 11, 2004

Dog malpractice death fetches 810,000 yen

Two veterinarians accused of malpractice that led to the death of a pet dog were jointly ordered to pay approximately 810,000 yen Monday in compensation to the dog's owners.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2004

Softbank sinks deeper into red

Softbank Corp. said Monday its net loss widened in fiscal 2003 for the third consecutive year in the red due to heavy spending to attract subscribers to its high-speed Internet connection service.
SOCCER / J. League
May 10, 2004

Reds beat Albirex

Brazilian striker Emerson grabbed a hat trick as Urawa Reds swept aside lowly Albirex Niigata 3-0 away in the J. League on Sunday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 9, 2004

Translating a Heian court lady into an Edwardian

ORIENTING ARTHUR WALEY: Japonism, Orientalism, and the Creation of Japanese Literature in English, by John Walter de Gruchy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003, 210 pp., $34.00 (cloth). Arthur Waley's translations from Chinese and Japanese "should be read as contributions to English literature."...
COMMENTARY
May 9, 2004

Democratic model for developing nations

NEW DELHI -- At a time when international terrorism has intensified debate on the potential role of democracy in moderating extremist trends, the world's largest-ever election in India is a reminder that democracy and freedom are not luxuries but central to the building of stable, pluralistic and prospering...
Features
May 9, 2004

Translators' icon with rhythm writ large in his lexicon

When people decide to read a book by a foreign author, they may be drawn by what they know of the writer, or by an intriguing title. But for many Japanese readers, the attraction is that a book was translated by Motoyuki Shibata -- and will therefore likely be to their taste as well as his.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 8, 2004

Porto's Mourinho in line to be new manager of Chelsea

LONDON -- According to various back-page "exclusives" over the past week, Chelsea is buying Walter Samuel (Roma -- £15 million), David Beckham and Ronaldo (Real Madrid -- combined fee of £100,000 million), Ronaldinho (Barcelona -- £60 million), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool -- £30 million) and any other...
BUSINESS
May 8, 2004

DoCoMo saw record profit in '03

NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Friday a record net profit of 650 billion yen for the year that ended March 31, up more than three-fold from 212.49 billion yen a year ago.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2004

Don't fret China competition: ADB economist

Japan's fears over China's status as a rival for economic supremacy in Asia are misplaced, according to the chief economist at the Asian Development Bank.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Teijin posts 8.45 billion yen net profit

Textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Thursday its group net balance in fiscal 2003 returned to the black due to increased operating profit.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Jasdaq chief to resign over unreported Yahoo trading

Jasdaq Market Inc. President Nobuo Kurakazu said Thursday he will resign to take the blame for his unreported trading in shares of Yahoo Japan Corp. in 2002.
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Chinese here feel sting of prejudice

Huang Tianshu came to Japan from China five years ago, hoping to learn more about the language and culture of her peers at a China subsidiary of a Kobe-based car navigation system manufacturer, where she worked for six years after graduating from college.
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Dental group wined and dined ministry officials

The Japan Dental Association entertained health ministry officials at expensive restaurants and gave them money described as taxi fees, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Language schools fight image war

Students at the Japanese-language school Tokyo Nichigo Gakuin are encouraged to speak their minds, and to do so as fluently as possible.
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Chinese here feel sting of prejudice

Huang Tianshu came to Japan from China five years ago, hoping to learn more about the language and culture of her peers at a China subsidiary of a Kobe-based car navigation system manufacturer, where she worked for six years after graduating from college.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
May 5, 2004

Hara solo gives Rika Noguchi liftoff

Sometimes, for whatever reason, a "buzz" develops around an art exhibition, and soon everybody is talking about it. I'm still not sure exactly why, but there was a real buzz at the vernissage for "I Dreamt of Flying," a new Rika Noguchi show comprising about 40 photographic prints that is now showing...
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Dental group wined and dined ministry officials

The Japan Dental Association entertained health ministry officials at expensive restaurants and gave them money described as taxi fees, sources said Tuesday.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
BOJ likely to raise rates this week in absence of immediate Trump tariffs
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is still signaling caution ahead of the central bank's January meeting.
'Quad' diplomats meet in signal of Trump commitment to grouping
Top "Quad" diplomats — Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi (left to right), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong — walk to their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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