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Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Sep 18, 2016

Fukushima unveils grand plan for alternative energy transmission line networks

A public-private sector consortium tasked with promoting alternative energy in Fukushima Prefecture will start building new power transmission networks next fiscal year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Apr 11, 2016

Japan pins tech hopes on game-changing nanofiber

Carbon fiber may often be dubbed the next-generation material, but it's another product — cellulose nanofiber — that is increasingly attracting attention among manufacturers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2015

Japan offers to build subs in Australia 'from day one'

The Japanese consortium bidding for a $35 billion project to build submarines for Australia said Tuesday it is confident it can build the boats in Australia from the outset should the Australian government request it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2015

Japan seen seeking U.K. help to best German bid for Aussie sub deal

A Japanese government team is in talks with at least two top British firms to help a Japanese consortium land one of the world's most lucrative defense contracts, sources in Tokyo said, a $50 billion project to build submarines for Australia.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2015

China's CRCC likely to win in new bidding for Mexico train project: sources

China Railway Construction Corp. (CRCC) looks poised to clinch a contract to build a $3.75 billion Mexican high-speed train system even after its original winning bid was revoked when it became engulfed in a political scandal, say sources with knowledge of the bidding.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2014

Putin allies channeled billions to Ukraine oligarch with sweetheart deals

In Russia, powerful friends helped him make a fortune. In the United States, officials want him extradited and put behind bars. In Austria, where he is currently free on bail of $155 million, authorities have yet to decide what to do with him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2014

China eyes selling high-speed trains to California

State-backed China CNR Corp. is making a pitch to sell its high-speed trains to California, signaling the country's growing export ambitions for such technology after building the world's longest network in just seven years.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2010

Groups concoct iffy bid to turn Futenma plot into theme park

GINOWAN, Okinawa Pref. — A new rub, or possibly an incentive, has been stirred into the mix of opinions, debate, politicking and posturing that is the pressure-cooker of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Jul 13, 2009

Japanese choices in aviation market reveal overreliance on U.S.

For decades, Japan's military partner of choice has been the United States. The reasons are well known: The influence of the Occupation after World War II and the adoption of an American-style Constitution that put strong restrictions on Japan's ability to maintain any kind of martial force.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 27, 2007

Japan zeroes in on homegrown jetliner

On Sept. 30, 2006, Japan retired the last of its only domestically produced airliner, the YS-11.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2006

First China bullet train delivery is low-key affair

A consortium of six Japanese firms, including Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., has begun shipping the first batch of shinkansen-type train cars to China, it was learned Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

IRCJ taps Nippon Steel group over U.S. fund to revive Mitsui Mining

The state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan said Wednesday it has named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of ailing Mitsui Mining Co.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2005

Japan group to win Mitsui Mining rehab

The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan intends to pick a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. for rebuilding Mitsui Mining Co., sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2004

Kepco inks LNG deal with Sakhalin

Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with an international consortium to buy liquefied natural gas to be tapped at the Sakhalin 2 gas field in Russia for 22 years beginning fiscal 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2004

Japan ignores U.S. pressure, will develop Iranian oil field

Choosing money in the face of diplomatic pressure from the U.S., the government said Thursday it has struck a long-delayed deal with Tehran to grant a Japanese consortium rights to develop Iran's huge Azadegan oil field.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Daiei's Fukuoka units to go to Colony Capital

Struggling retailer Daiei Inc. has decided to sell its Fukuoka businesses to U.S. investment firm Colony Capital LLC, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2002

Shinsei, Mellon to launch asset management venture

Shinsei Bank and Mellon Financial Corp. of the United States said Thursday they will launch a 50-50 asset management joint venture in Tokyo later this year.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2001

Royal Dutch/Shell to join Iran deal

The Royal Dutch/Shell group plans to join a Japanese public-private consortium in an oil development project in Iran's biggest oil field, industry sources have revealed.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2000

Sakura group granted approval to set up Internet bank

The Financial Reconstruction Commission said Tuesday it has formally approved a plan by a consortium led by Sakura Bank to form an Internet bank -- the first to be licensed for Web-based banking services.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

FRC to approve first Internet bank

The government's Financial Reconstruction Commission will provisionally approve today a plan by a consortium led by Sakura Bank to form an Internet bank, making it the first to be granted a license to offer Web-based banking services, FRC officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2000

State finalizes sale of NCB to Softbank

The government said Friday it completed the sale of the nationalized Nippon Credit Bank to a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., ending 21 months of state control of the bank.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Reborn NCB to reach for the skies as Aozora Bank

The new buyers of Nippon Credit Bank plan to rename the lender Aozora Bank, sources close to the consortium said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2000

Shinsei Bank yields in row over 2 billion yen advisory fees

In response to public criticism and pressure from the Japanese government, Shinsei Bank, formerly the nationalized Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, announced Wednesday that two U.S. consulting firms with links to members of its board will return 2.1 billion yen the bank had paid them as advisory fees....
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Mori backs NCB sales contract

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori told the Diet on Wednesday that the government's decision not to renegotiate the contract for selling Nippon Credit Bank to a consortium led by Softbank Corp. "is the position of the government."
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2000

Financial law to stay despite sale of NCB, Aizawa says

The government will not meddle with the financial system revival law for the sake of renegotiating the sale of Nippon Credit Bank to a consortium led by Softbank Corp., Hideyuki Aizawa, newly appointed chief of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, said Tuesday.
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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