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JAPAN
Aug 20, 2000

Police to probe Snow plant toxin

SAPPORO -- Hokkaido Prefectural Police have decided to launch an investigation into the discovery of toxin that can cause food poisoning in powdered skim milk produced at a Snow Brand Milk Products Co. factory in southern Hokkaido, police sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2000

Yoshimoto Kogyo branches into entertainment catering

OSAKA -- Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., a major, Osaka-based entertainment firm, has found yet another business area to cash in on -- entertainment catering. The move, according to Yoshimoto officials, is part of its business diversification plan as it goes into the 21st century.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Aug 18, 2000

Incubators nurture the American dream

Since the Beatles crossed the Atlantic in 1964, success in the United States has been the Holy Grail of foreign artists, no matter how popular they are in their home countries.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

MITI to expand loan guarantees

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is planning to expand its loan-guarantee program for small businesses to direct fundraising from the market starting in fiscal 2001, MITI officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2000

Farm households' income drops again

The average annual income of farming households in Japan dropped 2.5 percent to 8.46 million yen in 1999 for the third consecutive year of decline, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2000

NTT Communications, U.S. firm announce DSL tieup

NTT Communications Corp. said Thursday that it will tie up with a U.S. firm to enter the Japanese broadband data market and offer Internet access over on digital lines.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2000

Lasting decline likely in the offing for yen

With selloffs of Japanese stocks by foreign investors weighing heavily on its value, the yen has given up much of its recent gains against the dollar.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2000

MITI to ask FTC to probe Tepco over power deals

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry plans to file a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission over Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s involvement in an upcoming bid to be the power supplier of the ministry's main building, MITI sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2000

Lawson recalls 7,700 'bento'

OSAKA -- Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. said it was recalling 7,700 box lunches from its stores in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures in western Japan following complaints from customers.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2000

FTC probes Tepco over questionable practices

The Fair Trade Commission has questioned Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials over possible violation of the Antimonopoly Law in connection with an upcoming bid to select a power supplier for a government building, industry sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Chip plants won't take usual summer holiday

Major Japanese semiconductor makers are planning to keep their plants open during the summer holidays to take advantage of growing demand across the world as companies update their information technology facilities, according to officials of the companies.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Selling pressure unsettling stock market

A spate of unnerving developments has seriously unsettled the Tokyo stock market in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Counterfeit cigarette trade rampant in rural areas of China

Kyodo News On the surface, several farming villages near the port of Xiamen in Fujian Province appear as calm as any other Chinese village, with no outsiders believing in the existence of clandestine bases.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Drink machines called handy polluters

They never sleep, gripe about overtime or quibble over paychecks. And -- with more than 5 million of them scattered around the nation -- they are ubiquitous.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Nissan plastic fuel tank unit sold to Solvay

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will sell its plastic fuel tank operations in Japan to Solvay Automotive Asia, K.K., a Japanese subsidiary of international pharmaceutical and chemical group Solvay S.A.
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."
LIFE / ALTERNATIVE LUXURIES
Aug 3, 2000

Lessons of the past inspire a future

Calligraphy by Nako Oizumi The evolution of a single human neither starts with their birth, nor stops with the end of their childhood. Each of us has been given pieces of the past by previous generations from which we make new meaning and, in turn, hand it on to the young.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2000

Native birds' habitats are disappearing

The breeding grounds of a number of native bird species, including skylarks and shrikes, have sharply decreased over the past two decades, but several species imported originally as pets are becoming established in the wild, according to an interim report on bird habitats released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2000

Bangalore emerges as Asia's high-tech hub

BANGALORE, India -- At a recent roadshow for India's Karnataka state, one proud exhibit was a slide of the cover of Newsweek's issue of Nov. 9, 1998, showing a list of the world's "hottest tech cites." The magazine had chosen 10, of which only two were in Asia -- Singapore and Bangalore, Karnataka's...
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2000

Daikyo helped Kuze with 100 million yen

Kimitaka Kuze, head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, received 100 million yen from the then president of Daikyo Inc., a leading condominium sales company, to help him fulfill his quota as a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker in recruiting new party members in 1991, his secretary said Saturday....
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2000

Defense Agency cautious over Korean developments

Although the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung last month is expected to ease military tension on the peninsula, how this will affect the Asia-Pacific security equation remains unclear, according to the Defense Agency's 2000 white paper, released...
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2000

Bridgestone sues Callaway over golf-ball patents

Bridgestone Sports Co., an arm of Bridgestone Corp. that manufactures golf equipment, said Tuesday it has sued U.S. golf-club maker Callaway Golf Co. for allegedly infringing on four of its U.S. patents for golf-ball manufacturing.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2000

Hayami still warns of end to 'zero-rate' policy

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami indicated Monday that the bank is close to ending its "zero-interest-rate" policy, citing brighter prospects for an economic recovery and diminishing deflationary risks.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2000

Dollar likely to test upper limit against yen this week: dealers

The U.S. dollar will likely test its upper limit against the yen this week amid lingering doubts over the health of the Japanese economy.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2000

As mighty as the mouse

Here is an odd thing: The more people use electronic means of communication -- PCs, Internet-linked cell phones and organizers, and the like -- the more stationery stores there seem to be and the more customers they attract. These are not all mauve-haired old ladies in kimono either, although if you...
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2000

Greenpeace calls for action on forests

Environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday urged the Group of Eight countries to stop subsidizing "destruction of the last ancient forests" within two years.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2000

Next-generation TVs set to bring interactive future

Following NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s success in turning cellular phones into gateways to the Internet, Japanese electronics makers are putting their efforts into making TV sets the next doorway to cyberspace.

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