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JAPAN
Mar 18, 2004

Court halts weekly over story on Tanaka daughter

The latest issue of Shukan Bunshun was removed from newsstands Wednesday after the Tokyo District Court ordered a temporary injunction barring the sale of the Japanese-language weekly magazine.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2004

LDP against insurance sales by banks

The Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday it will urge the government to change its plan to allow banks to sell all types of insurance.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2004

Personal financial assets up 1.6%

The outstanding balance of Japan's personal financial assets rose in 2003, marking its first gain in three years, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 13, 2004

Usual suspects set to do battle for J. League honors

Turkish World Cup star Ilhan Mansiz lining up for big-spending Vissel Kobe. Japan international Alessandro Santos in an Urawa Reds shirt. Veteran defender Yutaka Akita battling it out at the back for Nagoya Grampus Eight.
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BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Yoshinoya hopes discount pork dish will draw crowd

Restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. launched a five-day campaign Thursday to promote sales of pork-on-rice dishes, which it introduced after running out of beef last month due to a ban on imported U.S. beef.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2004

IRCJ commits to 366 billion yen bailout of Kanebo

The state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan said Wednesday it has decided to bail out the country's No. 2 cosmetics maker, Kanebo Ltd., using 366 billion yen in public money.
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JAPAN
Mar 10, 2004

Unions playing softball despite lift in economy

Labor unions at large companies, debilitated by falling membership and record unemployment, have given up all hope of obtaining wage increases for their members this year.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2004

Part-timers seek some respect; unions step up

Longtime part-time employee Yasue Kitamura found her job becoming more worthwhile after being assigned responsibility for the Calvin Klein bedroom items corner at Takashimaya Co.'s Nihonbashi flagship department store five years ago.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 9, 2004

Rumble in the whiteboard jungle

Our article on the state of eikaiwa teaching in Japan provoked a flurry of responses. Here's a selection of readers' letters
COMMENTARY
Mar 9, 2004

Perilous drop in readership

One long-standing trend in Japan has been the "shift away from print" -- an aversion to serious reading. For example, in the past four years, book sales have continued to decline. Compared with other countries, the books being read woefully lags in quality and quantity.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2004

Two more arrested over Seibu Railway payoff scandal

Two more men have been arrested in connection with suspected payoffs by Seibu Railway Co. to a corporate racketeer, bringing the number of arrests in the case to 11, Tokyo police said.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2004

Jewel shop heist nets 3.5 billion yen

Two men robbed a jewelry shop in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo's Chuo Ward of 3.5 billion yen worth of jewelry Friday, police said.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2004

Economy expanded again in January

The government said Friday that its key gauge of the state of the economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the ninth straight month in January.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2004

Opportunity for mutual prosperity

In the not so distant future, China probably will eclipse the United States as Japan's largest trading partner. That could happen before 2008 when Beijing hosts the Summer Olympics. Setting the pace of China's economic growth is investment in infrastructure, whose momentum is expected to increase in...
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BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2004

Cut-price Bentley coupe to be launched in Japan

A cut-price coupe of the British luxury brand Bentley will be launched in Japan, possibly in May, Bentley Motors Japan Vice President Tim Mackinlay said Wednesday.
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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.
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Features
Feb 29, 2004

Pooch paradise

A dog's life in Japan can be about as close to canine heaven on earth as it gets.
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JAPAN
Feb 29, 2004

Iraqi residents of Japan to visit Samawah to support SDF

Sarmad Ali, a college student from Iraq who lives in Japan, is planning to visit the southern Iraqi city of Samawah in early March to help locals communicate with Japanese troops stationed there with a phrase book he published in Japan last year.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2004

Six charged in abduction of Mainichi's president

Six men were charged Friday with abducting and confining the president of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun for about two hours in January, police said.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004

Kikkoman, Kibun Foods plan capital tieup

Kikkoman Corp. and the Kibun Foods Inc. group said Thursday they will conclude a capital tieup to establish a strategic partnership in the fields of chilled foods, beverages, overseas sales and product distribution.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004

ANA, Air China make code-sharing agreement

BEIJING -- All Nippon Airways Co. and Air China said here Thursday they have agreed to share flight codes starting March 28 to meet growing demand for passenger and cargo transportation between Japan and China.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2004

IBM Japan sees profit slide 16.6%

IBM Japan Ltd. said Thursday its group net profit fell 16.6 percent in the business year to Dec. 31 to 79.28 billion yen for the fourth straight annual decline.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2004

Suntory posts 13.3% net profit gain

Beverage maker Suntory Ltd. said Wednesday its group net profit for the business year to Dec. 31 grew 13.3 percent over a year earlier to 22.99 billion yen.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2004

Three killed in yakuza violence

Two men linked to the same gang died Sunday after being stabbed in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture and another gangster was shot to death in what police suspect is a war between two crime organizations.

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