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BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2004

Dollar plunges to lowest level since April 2000

The dollar fell into the 103 yen range Wednesday in Tokyo for the first time in nearly four years amid lingering speculation that Japan has ended its campaign of heavy yen-selling intervention.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2003

Pension system in crisis, 2000, 2001 data show

Unpaid national pension premiums for fiscal 2000 and 2001 amounted to 1.88 trillion yen, and employers were 430 billion yen behind in corporate-based pension scheme dues as of the end of fiscal 2001, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2002

Rivers, lakes slightly cleaner in 2000

Water quality in the nation's rivers and lakes improved slightly in 2000 compared with a year earlier, with almost 80 percent of sites meeting environmental standards, the Environment Ministry announced Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Mitsubishi Motors posted record loss of 278 billion yen during fiscal 2000

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., hit hard by the repercussions of a recall coverup scandal, suffered consolidated net losses of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000 -- the biggest in the firm's history -- due to smaller sales and extraordinary losses.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

KDDI reports net profits surge of 318% for fiscal 2000

KDDI Corp., the nation's No. 2 telecom operator, announced Friday its earnings results for fiscal 2000, which ended in March.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2001

Imports of food products increased 3.9% in 2000

Japan's imports of food products in 2000 rose 3.9 percent from the previous year to $46.05 billion, marking the second consecutive year of increase, data from the Japan External Trade Organization showed Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2001

Aum membership grew in 2000

The number of Aum Shinrikyo members living in the cult's facilities nationwide increased by about 150 to around 650 in the year 2000, Justice Minister Masahiko Komura said during a Cabinet meeting Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Tokyo families spend more on education in 2000

Despite the prolonged recession, Tokyo households spent more on their children's education during the 2000 academic year -- which ended last month -- than during the previous year, according to an annual survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Domestic wholesale prices flat in 2000

Domestic wholesale prices were flat in fiscal 2000, following a 1 percent decline in fiscal 1999 and a 2.1 percent drop in fiscal 1998, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2001

Nikkei ends fiscal 2000 at 12,999

The Nikkei stock average closed a fraction below 13,000 Friday, the last trading day of the fiscal year, as sharp morning advances prompted profit-taking in the afternoon.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2001

Record-low 40 bureaucrats took 'amakudari' jobs in 2000

A record-low 40 former government officials were hired in 2000 by companies linked to the ministries and agencies they worked for, according to an annual report compiled by the National Personnel Authority.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

M&As rose 41% in 2000 to new high

The number of merger and acquisition deals involving Japanese companies jumped 40.8 percent to a record high of 1,768 in 2000, a research division of Nomura Securities Co. said in a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2001

Tokyo department store sales fell in 2000

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards dropped 0.9 percent in 2000 from the previous year to 2.176 trillion yen, the Japan Department Stores Association said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 7, 2001

Beyond technical perfection: the best from 2000

It is time once again to look back over some of the most significant musical events of the year 2000.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2000

Nikkei flirts with two-year low as 2000 trading draws to gloomy close

The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday bid farewell to 2000 with the main gauge falling enough to flirt with a two-year low.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2000

GDP forecast rises to 1.5% for fiscal 2000

The Economic Planning Agency announced Thursday it has revised upward its economic growth projection for fiscal 2000 to around 1.5 percent in real terms from the original 1 percent predicted last December.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2000

Summer of 2000 headed for record books

This summer appears set to become one of Tokyo's hottest on record after Monday marked the 66th day this season that temperatures in the capital have soared above 30, the Meteorological Agency said.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2000

2000 Noma Concours for book illustrations

The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations is accepting works from nationals of UNESCO-member states in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Arab world, Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2000 contest. Organized by the Asia-Pacific Culture Center for UNESCO (ACCU) in Tokyo, the biennial contest...
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2000

Economic institutes more optimistic about fiscal 2000 growth

Revised projections by several private think tanks show that many of them believe the economy will expand by about 2 percent during this fiscal year, greater than the government target of 1 percent growth in real terms.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2000

3.8 trillion yen eyed for extra 2000 budget

The government plans to inject 3.8 trillion yen in state funds for a fiscal 2000 supplementary budget aimed both at ensuring economic recovery and avoiding issuing deficit-covering bonds to secure funds, government and ruling coalition sources said.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 23, 2000

Quilt Fest Tokyo 2000 -- bee there

Eleven antique quilts with the log-cabin pattern will be specially exhibited during the Quilt Festival Tokyo 2000, Sept. 7-13 on the 7th floor of Shibuya's Tokyu department store (main store in Dogenzaka).
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2000

2000 first-half vehicle output up 4.8% to 5.2 million units

Japanese automakers built 5,172,216 cars, trucks and buses in the first half of 2000, up 4.8 percent from the corresponding period in 1999, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

Four carmakers raised output in first half of 2000

Four of Japan's five largest automakers increased domestic production in the first half of 2000 from the same period last year, according to data released by the companies Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2000

2000 Kyoto Prize winners named

KYOTO — A British computer scientist, a Swiss developmental biologist and a French philosopher will receive the 2000 Kyoto Prize in recognition of their contributions to mankind's scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment, it was announced Friday.
LIFE / Digital
May 17, 2000

Webby winners for 2000

SFMOMA Webby Prizefor Excellence in Online Art Entropy8Zuper (www.entropy8zuper.org)
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 1, 2000

BayStars open 2000 with a bang

YOKOHAMA -- The Yokohama BayStars began the post-Kazuhiro Sasaki era with a bang on Friday night, opening the 2000 season with a 7-6 victory over the Hanshin Tigers in 11 innings before a capacity crowd of 30,000 at Yokohama Stadium.
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2000

Fiscal 2000 budget clears Lower House

The Lower House on Tuesday approved the government's 85 trillion yen fiscal 2000 budget, which the ruling bloc calls "a final push" to put the economy back on a recovery track. Now that the budget has cleared the Lower House, it is certain that it will clear the Diet before the new fiscal year starts...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2000

Hearings on 2000 budget bumped up

The Lower House Budget Committee voted Friday to hold hearings on the record 84.98 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2000 on Thursday, paving the way for its passage through the lower chamber by the end of the month. Despite the opposition's call for more deliberation, the Budget Committee approved...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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