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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Antiterror bill debate to continue

A special committee of the House of Representatives decided Friday to carry over to the next Diet session a bill to extend the antiterrorism law for two years.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Joint venture to open in Kentucky

Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsui & Co., and Toyota Tsusho Corp. said Friday they have formed a joint venture, Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2003

Japan Highway accused of hiding data that show it riddled with debt

Japan Highway Public Corp. may be keeping a secret.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2003

New Toshiba gadget firm to open

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will establish a new engineering company in Kawasaki to provide advanced engineering support for discrete devices.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2003

Firms required to have child-care facilities

The Diet, in a bid to encourage working women to have children, enacted legislation Wednesday requiring employers to provide child-care facilities and programs.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2003

JFE Steel to join iron ore project

JFE Steel Corp. will participate in an iron ore development project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, to secure a stable supply source.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2003

Revolutionary engine makes new GX rocket too heavy

The GX rocket, a next-generation craft being developed by Japanese and U.S. concerns, is too heavy and needs to be slimmed down, sources familiar with its development said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2003

Computer use up in schools, but over year tardy

Nearly all public schools in Japan are connected to the Internet, and 58 percent of these have their own Web site, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2003

Famed sailor Horie plots nonstop circumnavigation

Yachtsman Kenichi Horie, who has twice circumnavigated the globe, will take up a new challenge in October 2004 when he embarks on a solo nonstop voyage around the world eastbound around Cape Horn in a boat made of recycled materials.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Canon Inc. to spend more on R&D

Canon Inc. will spend more than 900 billion yen on research and development through 2005, up by more than 30 percent from the previous three-year period, with the focus on cutting-edge technologies, company officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2003

Firms vie to release first home-use fuel-cell system

Allow oxygen to meet hydrogen at your home, and you'll get electricity and hot water cheaper and with less pollution.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2003

35 prefectures eyeing taxes to fund forest conservation

Thirty-five prefectural governments have decided to introduce or are considering introducing an additional tax to promote forest conservation and regeneration, according to a Forest Agency report.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2003

ANA orders 45 Boeing 737-700s

All Nippon Airways Co. said Monday it has placed orders Saturday with Boeing Co. of the United States for 45 142-seat Boeing 737-700s.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2003

Mr. Vajpayee breaks new ground

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has just concluded a historic weeklong visit to China. A meeting of the minds between these two countries -- home to one-third of the world's population -- is long overdue. Both India and China, their neighbors and their entire region, will benefit from better...
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2003

Shareholders OK TSE buyback bid

Shareholders of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday approved the bourse's plans to buy back up to 8.5 billion yen of its stock.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2003

Hu recasting China's foreign policy

SINGAPORE -- China's new president, Hu Jintao, appears to be remaking his country's foreign policy. Taking over in mid-March after the 16th Communist Party Congress, Hu was immediately plunged into one of China's biggest crises in modern times, the battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Decontrols seen leading to tuition hike

Roughly half of 92 national university presidents predict some form of tuition hike after their schools become independent administrative institutions in fiscal 2004 and are allowed to determine how much they will charge students, according to a Kyodo News survey.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2003

A breakthrough for Thaksin

BANGKOK -- Nearly 2 1/2 years after his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party's unprecedented electoral victory, recent weeks have seen Thailand's Premier Thaksin Shinawatra score an unmistakable psychological breakthrough. The change has nothing to do with Thaksin's own psychology; his supreme self-confidence seems...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Jun 19, 2003

Ice cream companies turning to high-end treats

Facing a steady decline in sales of traditional ice cream, domestic frozen treat makers are turning their eyes to the upscale market -- a growing sector so far dominated by Haagen-Dazs.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2003

Toyota network to assess cars' environmental impact

In response to mounting pressure on industries to cope with environmental problems, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will introduce an environment-assessment system in 2004 to produce cleaner vehicles.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Japan urged to adopt U.S. missile defense

The chief of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency urged Japan on Friday to introduce a U.S.-developed missile defense system at an early date.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Japan urged to adopt U.S. missile defense

The chief of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency urged Japan on Friday to introduce a U.S.-developed missile defense system at an early date.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 14, 2003

Japanese body plans to get organized

The All Japan Kyudo Federation is planning to establish a world governing body for Japanese archery, called "kyudo," in 2005 with a view to staging World Championships the following year in Japan, federation sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Domestic auto retailers revamping sales channels

Domestic automobile retailers find themselves in a state of flux as intensified competition due to structural and demographic changes in the market lead many Japanese automakers to revamp their sales networks.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Group opposes changes to mark-to-market rules

An influential accounting study group formally expressed its opposition Friday to a proposal by ruling coalition lawmakers to change accounting rules on corporate shareholdings to limit damage from stock market declines.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Manufacturing ties eyed with ASEAN, China

Japan should share manufacturing roles with China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by capitalizing on the advantages of each region, the government said in a white paper on foundations for production released Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2003

Accounting board hits at firms hiding losses

The organization that sets the nation's accounting standards said Tuesday it will officially declare later this week that it is against a proposal to allow companies to hide latent losses on their shareholdings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 10, 2003

Security firm develops fuel-cell robot

Fuel cells that generate electricity via a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen are emerging as an environment-friendly alternative source of power.
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2003

Mr. Abbas in the hot seat

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is a brave man. He took his job knowing that his every move would be attacked from three sides: by Israelis, by Islamic militants and by the Palestinian leadership he replaced, in particular Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. And within...
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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