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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

U.N. seeks ongoing assistance from Japan

The United Nations is seeking Japan's continued support for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and other countries, despite tight fiscal conditions, a top visiting U.N. official said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2001

FTA with Singapore won't be signed this year

Japan and Singapore are now not expected to sign a free trade agreement until after early next year, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Fitch downgrades Japan's long-term currency ratings

International credit-rating agency Fitch Ltd. said Monday that it has downgraded Japan's long-term local and foreign currency sovereign ratings to AA from AA-plus, with the negative outlook intact.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 25, 2001

Debut designs bring paradise to mind

Mauritius, the theme of Koji Aruga's first collection, might seem at first to be a bit of a misnomer.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2001

Fuji Bank's Maeda to take charge at Mizuho

Mizuho Holdings Inc., the holding company for the world's largest banking group, the Mizuho Financial Group, is planning to reshuffle its top management next April and will name Terunobu Maeda as its new president, banking industry sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 25, 2001

Japan's designers show they're going places

Sitting under the glare of the runway lights for three weeks of fashion shows, watching model after model sashaying up and down the catwalk, isn't such a bad way to spend time. It's kind of like traveling.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2001

UFJ writeoffs will balloon to 2 trillion yen

UFJ Holdings Inc. said Thursday its member banks' total bad-loan writeoffs will balloon sixfold from original estimates to an unprecedented 2 trillion yen for the full business year ending March 31, on the back of likely failures among major borrowers.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2001

Colleges for teachers face drastic cuts

An education ministry panel recommended Thursday that the number of government-run teachers' universities and education departments at other schools should be cut in half.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2001

Plans call for construction of cow crematoriums

The government is drafting plans for the construction of eight state-of-the-art incinerators to burn cow carcasses and parts that may transmit mad cow disease, government sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2001

NTT reports 262 billion yen net loss for '01 first half

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group reported its first interim net loss Thursday, brought on by special losses of 762.4 billion yen incurred by failed investments in overseas carriers.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2001

UFJ writeoffs will balloon to 2 trillion yen

UFJ Holdings Inc. said Thursday its member banks' total bad-loan writeoffs will balloon sixfold from original estimates to an unprecedented 2 trillion yen for the full business year ending March 31, on the back of likely failures among major borrowers.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2001

Colleges for teachers face drastic cuts

An education ministry panel recommended Thursday that the number of government-run teachers' universities and education departments at other schools should be cut in half.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2001

Bank of Yokohama's profits plunge as bad loans bite

The Bank of Yokohama said Thursday its group net profits fell 53.3 percent in the first half ending Sept. 30, mainly due to hefty loan-loss charges and appraisal losses on its stockholdings.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2001

Be more flexible, Mr. Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a "town meeting" with Tokyo residents on Sunday, called for a package privatization of Japan Highway Public Corp. and three other road-related government-affiliated entities. He also proposed a review of the tollway expansion project and an end to the 300-billion-yen-a-year...
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2001

Koizumi, partners agree on 2.5 trillion yen in extra spending

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his two coalition partners agreed Wednesday to compile a 2.5 trillion yen second extra budget for this fiscal year to prop up the ailing economy, lawmakers of the coalition parties said.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2001

Koizumi adamant on reform of state firms

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his determination Wednesday to reform loss-making public corporations despite strong opposition from within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 22, 2001

When cartoons go wacky

The brains at Microsoft could have fixed it so that you had to purchase an Xbox game console to play "Cel Damage," but they didn't.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Minister favors tobacco 'health tax'

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Tuesday he is in favor of introducing a "health tax" on tobacco, an idea being considered by the government and the three-party ruling coalition.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Honda best Fit for car of the year

Honda Motor Co.'s compact car Fit has been named the 2001 RJC Car of the Year, a group of automobile researchers, critics and journalists said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Asahi Bank forecasts net loss of 520 billion yen

Asahi Bank on Tuesday said it projects a 520 billion yen unconsolidated net loss for this business year as it sets aside a hefty 400 billion yen in loan loss reserves to rein in its ballooning bad-loan problem.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Minister favors tobacco 'health tax'

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Tuesday he is in favor of introducing a "health tax" on tobacco, an idea being considered by the government and the three-party ruling coalition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2001

Automakers now turning to 'telematics'

Automakers around the world are increasingly turning to information technology to improve the driving experience for commuters facing longer periods of time in their vehicles.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Upper House passes 2.99 trillion yen budget

The Diet on Friday enacted a 2.99 trillion yen supplementary budget for the current fiscal year that earmarks 1 trillion yen to ease the burden of structural reforms on workers and small firms.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2001

Tax revenue in '02 expected to fall short of projection

The Finance Ministry is estimating that tax revenues for the next fiscal year will be around 47.6 trillion yen, 2.8 trillion yen below the 50.4 trillion yen projected in the midterm outlook, officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2001

Upper House passes 2.99 trillion yen budget

The Diet on Friday enacted a 2.99 trillion yen supplementary budget for the current fiscal year that earmarks 1 trillion yen to ease the burden of structural reforms on workers and small firms.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 16, 2001

Interleague play possible

Yomiuri Giants chairman of the board Tsuneo Watanabe on Wednesday said the Central League is willing to consider interleague play in Japan in the future, but suggested that 2002 may be too soon.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2001

Omron to intensify restructuring

Omron Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will embark on a new two-year restructuring program after chalking up consolidated net profits of 2.15 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2001, down 73.8 percent from a year earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2001

Patients, professionals slam health insurance reform

The winter after an unusually hot summer is especially risky for the elderly, whose vulnerable immune systems have been taxed by intense heat.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
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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