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BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2004

Softbank feels confident it will take over Hawks

Softbank Corp.'s chief executive said Wednesday it is making solid progress in its bid for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and is confident the pro baseball team will start the next season under new ownership.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2004

Net services lift NTT earnings 3%

NTT Corp. reported a 3 percent rise in earnings Wednesday for the first half of the fiscal year on higher revenue for its Internet services.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2004

Daiei may deal Hawks to Softbank this month

Struggling retailer Daiei Inc. will try to seal a deal, possibly by the end of the month, to sell the Daiei Hawks professional baseball club to Internet service provider Softbank Corp., sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Toyota unveils successor to the Mark II

Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday took the wraps off its successor to the Mark II luxury sedan series, popular with baby boomers for 36 years, in a bid to lure younger generations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2004

Suzuki fined, handed two-year term

The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki to two years in prison and fined him 11 million yen for accepting bribes, falsifying a political funds report and perjury.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2004

Kokudo chief to quit over Seibu Railway scam

Kokudo Corp. President Minoru Mikami will resign to take responsibility for a scandal surrounding the falsification of Kokudo's shareholdings in group firm Seibu Railway Co., industry sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2004

JAL back in black, sees rate hikes over fuel costs

Japan Airlines Corp. reported Friday that it returned to profit in the first half of the fiscal year as international travel recovered from a decline a year ago caused by the war in Iraq and the outbreak of SARS in Asia, and added that rising fuel costs will lead to fare increases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2004

GPS school bags keep tabs on kids

The increasing frequency of crimes against children has caused the birth of yet another high-tech product.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 31, 2004

Papa's parenting barriers begin to fall

As well as the ever-present danger of cars speeding around narrow roads and the hassle of lugging strollers up and down staircases, parents in Japan with babies in tow have long had to struggle with public restrooms the size of telephone booths.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2004

Blame game at the U.N.

Revelations about the U.N. Oil for Food Program get uglier and uglier. Designed to allow Iraq to collect revenues to pay for humanitarian supplies such as food and medicine, it appears to have been manipulated by Baghdad to reward friends of the regime and enrich the country's leadership. The damage...
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Tanigaki hints at sales tax increase

Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Thursday the government might raise the consumption tax rate in fiscal 2007.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2004

Seibu, Sogo stores mark Lions' win with sales

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. and Sogo Co. on Tuesday began a three-day sale at their outlets to celebrate the Seibu Lions' victory in the Japan Series.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004

Seibu Rail declines to offer much info on director's exit

The Seibu group's secretive reputation was further underscored Monday, as Seibu Railway Co. declined to give details about a managing director's resignation last week over his involvement in questionable sales of its shares.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 24, 2004

You put a spell on us

"Earnest, to me, is a bad word." Dean Wareham is reclining on a cream-colored couch in the offices of P-Vine, his Japanese record label, looking over a list of adjectives a popular Web site uses to describe his band, Luna. Curious, amused and slightly wary, he skims the list, eyebrows raised, quickly...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 23, 2004

Thi Diu Nguyen

The ancient Dong Son period in Vietnam left a treasured legacy of artistic and cultural accomplishments. Two years ago when Tokyo artist Dr. Frederick Harris was setting up a foundation to benefit Vietnamese art students, he gave it the significant name Dong Son. He invited Thi Diu Nguyen to be art adviser...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2004

Activist arrested for unauthorized pill sales

Police on Friday arrested peace activist Chiyo Takahashi and three other people on suspicion of selling unapproved medicine.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Japan Post says Lawson parcel tieup not 'dumping'

Japan Post claimed at a court hearing Thursday that its tieup with convenience store operator Lawson Inc. in the parcel delivery business does not constitute dumping in violation of the Antimonopoly Law.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Oct 21, 2004

New life patterns for a new age

The end of the high-growth period and of the go-go bubble years has brought both new opportunities and great uncertainty as the old social system based on lifetime employment crumbles and even the outlines of its successor system remain hazy. Such uncertainty no doubt played a role in propelling novelist...
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

Yahoo Japan profit jumps 46% on robust ad revenue

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit jumped 46 percent to 8.64 billion yen, buoyed by continued growth in advertising revenue.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Oct 17, 2004

Drawing on love

She is a Japanese manga artist with a piercingly sharp eye for human traits and foibles. He is an American writer and language buff who can chat with equal ease in four languages. Together, they make for a magnetic -- not to say a "mangaetic" -- couple.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2004

Firms learn from VCR war, seek early mortal blow

Japanese electronics makers are waging battles in various digital home appliance sectors, aware that those who claim initial victories will likely remain dominant.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2004

Firms lied to get state loans: board

Many small companies that received loans from the state-backed National Life Finance Corp. filed false financial reports and used false identities in applying for loans, Board of Audit officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2004

Workers see benefits in performance-linked pay

Aika Momma is a financial adviser at Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. with a renewable one-year contract and he -- along with a growing number of young professionals -- is happy with his situation.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2004

Spaniard wins world Monopoly title

A Spaniard captured the World Monopoly Championship after building up a fortune from just $1,500 -- in fake money -- and ruthlessly forcing three other would-be tycoons from Europe into bankruptcy.
Japan Times
Features
Oct 10, 2004

Altogether now for the business of peace

LAYTONVILLE, Calif. -- Running a nonprofit organization with a global mission of promoting peace activities and sustainability might seem noble but naive to the skeptical, but Chris Deckker takes his role seriously as the founder of Earthdance.
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.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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