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JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Feb 7, 2001

LDP still kowtows to vested interests at the economy's expense

Pop into a convenience store and you may still find inconvenience: They don't sell medicine and you may not find cigarettes or alcohol at some shops.
LIFE / Digital
Feb 7, 2001

Post-Dreamcast, Sega set to become world's top game publisher

SEATTLE -- With its recent decision to abandon the 128-bit Dreamcast video game console and to publish games for PlayStation2 and other gaming platforms, Sega appears to be leaving the game hardware business permanently. Sega Enterprises cofounder David Rosen says it's about time.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Index shows brighter outlook in December after bleak November showing

The diffusion index of coincident economic indicators, a key gauge of Japan's economic activity, topped the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in December, after falling below the line in November, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Index shows brighter outlook in December after bleak November showing

The diffusion index of coincident economic indicators, a key gauge of Japan's economic activity, topped the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in December, after falling below the line in November, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Tokyo bourse may have reached bottom

After peaking out last April, Tokyo stocks have fallen past one major threshold after another and are now languishing at the lowest level since late 1998.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Tokyo bourse may have reached bottom

After peaking out last April, Tokyo stocks have fallen past one major threshold after another and are now languishing at the lowest level since late 1998.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Condos ride tax breaks to powerful market surge

The number of condominiums put up for sale in Japan's major cities in 2000 came to 182,067, the second-largest number on record, thanks to tax cuts for housing loan borrowers and low mortgage rates, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Osaka prepares for visit from IOC

OSAKA -- In a few weeks, International Olympic Committee officials will visit Osaka to assess the city's 2008 Olympic Games bid.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Osaka prepares for visit from IOC

OSAKA -- In a few weeks, International Olympic Committee officials will visit Osaka to assess the city's 2008 Olympic Games bid.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

Indian IT experts to get three-year visas for Japan

The government decided Friday to expand its visa issuance to Indian nationals involved in the information technology industry as a means of promoting exchanges between Japanese and Indian IT experts, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Mazda opens online auto shop to market built-to-order cars

Mazda Motor Corp. today will open an Internet site that will allow Japanese customers to custom-build their own cars.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2001

Sony applies for Internet bank license

Sony Corp. applied to the Financial Services Agency on Wednesday for a provisional license to operate an Internet bank it will launch in June.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Clothing firm called for tax evasion

Tax authorities have filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo-based apparel maker/wholesaler Cocue Co. on suspicion of hiding about 280 million yen in taxable income and evading some 90 million yen in corporate taxes.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2001

Clothing firm called for tax evasion

Tax authorities have filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo-based apparel maker/wholesaler Cocue Co. on suspicion of hiding about 280 million yen in taxable income and evading some 90 million yen in corporate taxes.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2001

Toray acquires PPS fibers unit in U.S.

Toray Industries Inc. said Wednesday it has acquired the polyphenylene sulfide fiber unit of California-based American Fibers & Yarns Co. to take more than 60 percent of the global PPS fiber market.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2001

Toray acquires PPS fibers unit in U.S.

Toray Industries Inc. said Wednesday it has acquired the polyphenylene sulfide fiber unit of California-based American Fibers & Yarns Co. to take more than 60 percent of the global PPS fiber market.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2001

Popular Chinese chef suspected of tax evasion

A Yokohama restaurant chain owned by popular Chinese cuisine chef Zhou Fuhui, known in Japan as Tomiteru Shu, allegedly evaded around 50 million yen in taxes in the three years through June 1999.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2001

Nissan aiming to turn profit in Europe in 2001

Nissan Motor Co. aims to bring its European operations back to profitability in fiscal 2001, provided foreign exchange rates remain stable, Nissan President Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2001

The view from Davos

The pompous and the powerful are wrapping up their annual get-together in Davos, the Swiss alpine village made famous in recent years by the World Economic Forum. This year, there were as many police and security officials as attendees, an indication of the real dangers that threaten the global economy....
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2001

Ajinomoto to dissolve investment unit in Singapore

Ajinomoto Co. said Monday it will dissolve A.I.F. Investment Pte. Ltd., its wholly owned Singaporean subsidiary, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Jan 30, 2001

Stocks' correction may be near an end

Tokyo stock prices are likely to stay weak and stage only moderate, occasional rallies, amid concerns that the U.S economy could be facing a possible hard landing and amid uncertainty surrounding the domestic economy and corporate earnings.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2001

Mycal to unload health club stake

OSAKA -- Mycal Corp. supermarket chain and game software developer Konami Co. said Monday they have agreed on the sale of a majority stake in People Co., a major health club chain belonging to the Mycal group, by late February.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2001

Differences arise over bank reform

Financial Services Agency Commissioner Shoji Mori on Monday appeared to contradict LDP policymaker Shizuka Kamei, who one day earlier declared that another postponement of the limited deposit protection may become necessary.
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 28, 2001

Playing 'The Mikado' in the 'Town of Titipu'

At a handsome old farmhouse turned coffee shop in Chichibu, western Saitama Prefecture, Yasuichi Tsukagoshi, 58, anxiously awaits March 10 when his cherished dream will come true.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 28, 2001

Elegance in everyday sculptures

In the 19th century, ukiyo-e wood block prints and ornamental toggles for pouches -- netsuke -- were greatly prized in the West. But to most Japanese, in the whirl of modernization, they were simply old-fashioned aspects of a fading way of life.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

Auto output topped 10 million in 2000

Domestic production of motor vehicles in 2000 topped 10 million for the first time in two years, thanks to a pickup in domestic demand and strong exports to North America and Southeast Asia, an industry association said Friday.
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.
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.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
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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