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BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Hot summer hits Disney operator Oriental Land

Oriental Land Co., the operator of Disney theme parks in Japan, said Monday its net profit for fiscal 2004 dropped 7 percent to 17.22 billion yen as an unusually hot summer hit visitor numbers.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Teijin posts 8.3% rise in net profit

Textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Monday it posted a group net profit in fiscal 2004 for the second straight year due mainly to cost cuts and disposal of loss-making businesses.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 8, 2005

Nearly all agree Kuehnert wasn't given fair shot by Eagles

The week of April 25-30 was not a good one for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles or Marty Kuehnert.
Japan Times
Features
May 8, 2005

Grilling he who would be Barbecue King

Steven Raichlen, a.k.a. the Barbecue King, is an award-winning American author, journalist, cookery teacher and television host. He is the author of 26 books on international foods and grilling, including the "Barbecue Bible" cookbook series that has clocked up sales over 3 million. His show, "Barbecue...
EDITORIALS
May 7, 2005

Roots of corporate value

What makes a good corporation? The answer depends partly on whether it takes a long-term and broad-gauged view of its activities. This may help clarify a question raised during the recent takeover battle for Nippon Broadcasting System: To whom does a corporation belong? The question may also serve as...
COMMENTARY
May 3, 2005

University gap set to widen

One year has passed since Japan's national universities gained corporate status. How have they changed? Following are my personal views on the merits and demerits of some of the changes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2005

Are dress codes key to global warming?

Just as a 1,000-km journey begins with a single step, it seems that the arduous process of reducing Japan's greenhouse gas emissions starts with the simple removal of a few neckties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 29, 2005

Reliving the good life in the country

Visitors to Japan often go into a form of shock not long after they arrive. It is not the different language, cuisine, or social customs that are the cause, but, rather, the realization that Japanese cities are vast, crowded, hyper-modern jungles of humanity where life seems to be constantly on warp...
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

'Superjumbo' no threat, Boeing says

A senior Boeing Co. official on Wednesday brushed off the threat of European rival Airbus SAS's "superjumbo," saying orders for Boeing's smaller, more fuel-efficient Dreamliner were robust.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2005

U.S. official sees beef issue making 'painfully slow' progress

The United States is frustrated with Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports but believes Tokyo is moving toward reopening its market despite consumer fears over mad cow disease, a U.S. agriculture official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 27, 2005

Russian diva's voice to die for

"Russians always need a little shit in our lives. If everything is good and we seem completely happy, then we become suspicious of that." This is Russian opera star Anna Netrebko's philosophy -- slightly incongruous for one who, at a glance, seems to have it all and to be enjoying every bit of it.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Apr 26, 2005

Chinese, a visa poser and used book sales

Chinese learning Is there a Chinese-language school in Tokyo that teaches Chinese to English speakers (only in English; my Japanese skills are beginner level)?
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2005

Bug in antivirus software hits LANs at JR East, some media

Computer local area networks at East Japan Railway Co. and some media organizations were inaccessible Saturday morning, apparently due to a bug in antivirus software made by Trend Micro Inc.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Inagaki faces prison for investor product sales

Prosecutors demanded a two-year prison sentence Thursday for former Cabinet member Jitsuo Inagaki, who is charged with illegally selling 24 million yen worth of investment products.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Japanese firms' answer to undersea energy rivalry: share

Tense relations between Japan and China risk being further inflamed by their competing claims to undersea natural gas and oil deposits.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Diet beefs up Antimonopoly Law

The Diet passed a measure Wednesday to toughen the Antimonopoly Law, increasing penalties for companies that rig bids, form cartels or engage in other illegal trade practices.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

Chiba store to get first IY Bank branch

IY Bank Co., a subsidiary of major retailer Ito-Yokado Co., will open its first branch offering a full range of financial services inside an Ito-Yokado outlet in the city of Chiba on April 27, bank officials said Monday.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Apr 17, 2005

'Man Friday' recalls time in line at Japan's first record expo

With the 2005 World Expo Aichi in full swing until September in Nagoya, it may come as a surprise to some that Japan's first world exposition was to have taken place as long ago as in 1912. But that was cancelled due to the death of Emperor Meiji. Another one, to have run in conjunction with Tokyo's...
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2005

Hewlett-Packard president may take ailing Daiei's helm

Daiei Inc. is expected to name Yasuyuki Higuchi, 47, current president of Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd., as its new president, company sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2005

Cost-cutting a safety threat: JAL unions

Unions at Japan Airlines Corp. are taking the opportunity of JAL being reprimanded by the government over recent safety shortcomings to fault the policies of management, especially its drastic cost-reduction efforts.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Wholesale prices post first rise in seven years

Wholesale prices for fiscal 2004 rose 1.5 percent from a year earlier for the first increase since fiscal 1997.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2005

Last Tsutsumi-handled, pricey Prince Hotel opens

Tokyo Prince Hotel Park Tower opened Monday -- the last in the Prince chain to be handled by former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who has been charged with making false financial reports and insider trading in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
Japan Times
Features
Apr 10, 2005

Drop-dead gorgeous

Eiko Koike is a leggy, lushly upholstered Japanese celebrity, famous for her doe eyes and D-cup breasts.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 10, 2005

An English waking of 'Winter Sleep'

WINTER SLEEP, by Kenzo Kitakata. Vertical, 2005, 282 pp., $14.95 (paper). In a recent article for the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators, D. Patrick Dimick has defined the great trade deficit in literary translation between Japanese and other languages: "In 2002 the ratio of foreign books translated...
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2005

Thousands in Beijing march against Japan

BEIJING -- Thousands of Chinese protesters held a rally here Saturday, chanting "Down with Japan" and pelting the Japanese embassy and businesses with rocks and bottles.
COMMENTARY
Apr 9, 2005

School kitchens need a nanny

LONDON -- Turkey twizzlers once divided the nation; now they appear to have united it in a surge of national purpose for reform. This is thanks to a new political hero, chef Jamie Oliver, who, from one of the most despised backgrounds in Britain -- white working-class boy from Essex -- has shown imagination...
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2005

Mr. Koizumi's privatization battle

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration, which has just completed a skeleton draft bill to privatize postal services, is trying hard to iron out the remaining differences with the Liberal Democratic Party -- a crucial process that will largely determine the nature and direction of postal privatization....
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Kirin enters fray for near-beer with new brew

Competition for beerlike beverages heated up Wednesday as Kirin Brewery Co. entered the market with a new beverage.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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