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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.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Initial quote for Xinhua Finance falls below IPO

Xinhua Finance Ltd. fetched an initial quote of 163,000 yen in its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Matsushita and Sony report soaring net profits for first half

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sony Corp. said Thursday that their net profits more than doubled in the first half, though there was a stark contrast in how the archrivals made their money.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Sumitomo still resisting merger of MTFG, UFJ

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. sought a court order Thursday to halt negotiations between UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. on merging their trust banking operations.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Deadly quakes unlikely to devastate insurers

The deadly earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture caused catastrophic landslides and destroyed buildings, but they will not cause much damage to nonlife insurance firms because their high reserves and the state's financial safety net will protect them, according to insurance specialists.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 29, 2004

Adventures abound in city's toy towns

It may be all Halloween pumpkins in the shops right now, but just around the corner is Christmas -- the season of peace, goodwill and bank accounts plundered for presents, both for your own progeny and for all those nieces and nephews you've somehow acquired. In the runup to the festive season, here...
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Kanebo may hit execs who cooked books

Kanebo Ltd. might file a criminal complaint against its former management for allegedly window-dressing its financial statements for fiscal 2001 and 2002, President Akiyoshi Nakajima said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2004

Emperor does not support compulsory anthem policy

Emperor Akihito said Thursday that he prefers teachers and students not be forced to sing the "Kimigayo" national anthem and pay respect to the Hinomaru national at school ceremonies.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Power, gas charges to rise in January

Thirteen electric power and gas companies said Thursday they will raise their charges beginning in the first quarter of next year due to higher fuel costs and changes in foreign-exchange rates.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Retail sales chalk up second straight month of decline

Japan's retail sales inched down 0.3 percent in September from a year earlier to 10.17 trillion yen for the second straight month of decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2004

Was Koda just silly or was his curiosity justified? Young people have their say

Young people gave a range of opinions Thursday on the decision of a 24-year-old man taken hostage by militants in Iraq to enter the country alone.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 28, 2004

Yamamoto signs deal to manage Jubilo

Jubilo Iwata said Wednesday former Japan Olympic team coach Masakuni Yamamoto has signed a contract with the J. League first-division side that will make him the new manager.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2004

Koizumi denies LDP diverted donations

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday denied allegations that his Liberal Democratic Party had diverted donations from the Japan Dental Association to individual lawmakers.
OLYMPICS
Oct 28, 2004

Tsutsumi steps down from JOC

Former Seibu Lions owner Yoshiaki Tsutsumi has stepped down from his post as the honorary president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, JOC chairman Tsunekazu Takeda said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2004

Dealing with a murderous past

The 1970s in Cambodia is described as one of the darkest periods in modern history. That was when the Communist Pol Pot regime, or the Khmer Rouge, exterminated nearly 2 million people during its rule from 1975 to 1979. Now, a quarter of a century since the regime collapsed, some of its former leaders...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 28, 2004

Mavs may lose out over Dampier's knees

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JAPAN
Oct 28, 2004

Information on quake relief funds and volunteer efforts

More than 100,000 survivors of the earthquakes that have hit the Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture have had to take shelter in schools and vehicles.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 28, 2004

For Japanese, family names are the worst growing pains

Japanese family relationships have never been simple.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2004

Dental body tied to Ishihara faction

The scandal-tainted Japan Dental Association gave 10 million yen in political donations last December to a Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by former transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara, according to the 2003 political funds report released Wednesday by the Tokyo election board.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2004

Japanese traveler held hostage in Iraq

An armed group in Iraq has taken a Japanese traveler hostage and threatened to kill him unless Tokyo withdraws its Self-Defense Forces troops from the country within 48 hours, government officials said in Tokyo on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 28, 2004

Inoue to sit out Kodokan Cup

Kosei Inoue, who missed out on a chance for a second straight gold medal in the men's 100-kg at the Athens Olympics, will skip the weight class nationals next month citing lack of enthusiasm, judo officials said Wednesday.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
'Very strong' Typhoon Shanshan could see Kyushu landfall on Thursday
The Meteorological Agency forecasts that warm, moist air surrounding the typhoon will create unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to thunderstorms.
Around 1 in 4 married couples in Japan under 40 used dating apps, survey finds
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. The lack of opportunities to meet people was the biggest hurdle for marriage for both married and unmarried respondents, which may explain the rise in popularity of dating apps.
Japan calls Chinese military aircraft incursion 'unacceptable' threat to safety
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Black myth, Black samurai and gaming nationalism
A cardboard cutout of the Monkey King character, or Sun Wukong, from the Chinese action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong is displayed on the day of its launch in Beijing on Aug. 20.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Hokkaido more plugged in to renewable energy than rest of Japan
A Rapidus factory construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido, on July 24. The plan to ramp up renewable energy usage in the region to 60% by 2030 is part of a larger concept known as “Hokkaido Valley.”
Masterful and stirring, ‘Pachinko’ returns with more depth
Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they move through the 20th century.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.
Japan calls Chinese military aircraft incursion 'unacceptable' threat to safety
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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