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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 27, 2004

Business documentary "Dawn of Gaia" on TV Tokyo and more

Recently, the news has been filled with stories about customer data being leaked from large companies to shady individuals. This activity, which is called "information theft," is explored in depth on TV Tokyo's business documentary program "Dawn of Gaia" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.). Such leaks are not a new phenomenon,...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 21, 2004

Translating laws into English would make good business sense

Japan is pushing for judicial reform, and efforts to establish a judicial system that the public can clearly understand and feel familiar with -- including the recent enactment of a law introducing the so-called citizen judge system -- are fully under way.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2004

Small firms said creating new business

Small and midsize companies have contributed to the creation of new businesses, particularly in the services sector, despite the economic doldrums of recent years, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency said in an annual white paper released Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2004

Indian candidates take care of business

MADRAS -- India's elections are sometimes compared to a circus. Some call it the greatest show on Earth. I prefer to call the national elections, the first phase of which began last week, the greatest "family show" on Earth.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2004

Nippon Shinko Bank opens for business

Nippon Shinko Bank began operating Wednesday as an entity dedicated to offering unsecured loans to small and midsize companies in the area centering on Tokyo.
Japan Times
Features
Feb 29, 2004

Creature comforts fuel business boom

The growing popularity in Japan of dogs as pets has turned its pet industry into a lucrative market in which suppliers and sellers are eagerly competing to offer products and services from the pet's cradle to its grave.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2004

Coca-Cola Japan eyes new business strategy

The Japanese unit of The Coca-Cola Co. plans to strengthen its four main products through advertising campaigns and develop health drinks and other new products to respond more quickly to changing beverage trends.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2004

Diet business resumes with apology by Koizumi

Diet business reopened Thursday after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi retracted an earlier remark about the security situation in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2003

Mizuho Corporate Bank set to expand China business

Mizuho Corporate Bank President Hiroshi Saito said Tuesday the company will greatly expand operations to take advantage of the rapid growth of the Chinese economy.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2003

Slumping business hits execs' bonuses

Just over half of the companies responding to a survey did not give executives bonuses for fiscal 2002 as a result of poor business results, according to Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2003

Consortium to push eBook business

Nineteen electronics companies, publishing houses and other firms announced Wednesday they will set up a consortium Oct. 1 to promote the use of eBooks and the devices that display them.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2003

Environment Ministry greening up

The Environment Ministry said Tuesday it is preparing a bill to encourage more companies to reduce industrial pollution and protect the environment.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

Chinese expert to help firms do business in China

Four prefectural governments will jointly hire a Chinese consultant who will help their local firms do business in China, officials said Thursday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 12, 2003

Business Japanese using Braille method

I have learned business Japanese through trial and error, which is very similar to the Braille method of learning to parallel park your car.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2003

Business services see mixed results

Sales for half of the nation's six key business service industries declined in May from a year earlier, while those for the other three increased or remained the same.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

Business as usual at Resona branches

Operations continued as usual at Resona group banks Monday, the first day of business following the government's decision to inject the capital-starved banking group with public funds.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2003

Business chief advocates splitting war costs

The chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said Monday that the private sector should cooperate with the government in the event that Japan shoulders part of the cost of the Iraq war and subsequent reconstruction efforts.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2003

Isetan business plan looks to cut workers, boost profit

Isetan Co. said Tuesday it will try to boost its operating profit to 15 billion yen in fiscal 2005 from an estimated 10 billion yen in fiscal 2002 under a three-year business plan featuring drastic cuts in personnel costs.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2003

Assessment of business conditions downgraded

The government on Wednesday downgraded its assessment of business conditions with the release of a key economic indicator that was below the boom-or-bust line for the second consecutive month in December, thanks to weak production and consumption indicators.
COMMENTARY
Jan 22, 2003

Politics still trumps business in China-Taiwan relations

HONG KONG -- The new year has begun with conciliatory messages from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, suggesting that both China and Taiwan want to avoid too much tension in their relationship, although neither side seems likely in the short term to yield any ground on the sensitive issue of "One China."...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Business chief proposes hike in consumption tax

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), on Tuesday proposed hiking the rate of the consumption tax 1 percentage point per year beginning fiscal 2004 until it reaches 16 percent in 2014 to stabilize Japan's finances.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Business lobby rejects bank nationalization story

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on Thursday denied a report in The Times of London that paraphrases the group's chairman as predicting at least one of Japan's top four banks will probably be nationalized next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 15, 2002

University-business tieup breathing life into crafts

KYOTO -- Kimiko Oike, a professional maker of "mizuhiki," or decorative strings, knows she has a lot to learn from amateurs.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2002

Makers name China best business area

Nearly 90 percent of Japanese manufacturers with overseas bases see China as the most promising business area in the medium term, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation said Friday in an annual survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Business leaders plan investment proposal

A forum set up by business leaders to help attract more foreign investment agreed Thursday in Tokyo at its first meeting to present a proposal to the government in December.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2002

Government asks Nippon Ham unit to limit beef-related business activity

The farm ministry on Wednesday asked Nippon Food Inc. to limit its beef-related business activities and will consider filing criminal complaints against a senior managing director of its parent firm, officials said.

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