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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2004

Daiei: from rags to riches back to rags

Daiei Inc. has grabbed the public's attention in recent months with its dramatic struggle to survive, culminating last week with President Kunio Takagi's resignation after being forced to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2004

Consumer sentiment seen at highest level in eight years

Sentiment among consumers continued to improve in September, hitting an all-time high since the data first was compiled in March 1996, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2004

Friction on Asia's flywheel

MANILA -- The economies of developing Asia are expected to grow 7 percent this year, equaling their performance of 2000, which saw the fastest growth since the Asian financial crisis (1997-98). Growth has been strong in all regions, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Is this pace sustainable?
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2004

Noono delays Diet session with unsure responses

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday questioned Chieko Noono's credentials to be justice minister after she repeatedly gave contradictory statements over a political funding scandal.
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2004

Prioritizing aid for Iraq

Last week's Iraqi donor conference in Tokyo provided an "opportunity to reaffirm solidarity between the international community and the Iraqi people," as the chairman declared in his concluding statement. In practical terms, however, the meeting produced few results. With violence still prevalent in...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

LDP body accused of hiding donations with faked receipts

Opposition lawmakers charged Monday that a fund management body of the Liberal Democratic Party issued fake receipts for political donations from the Japan Dental Association in 1999 and 2001, even though the money had been delivered to individual LDP lawmakers.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

Fewer unwanted pets perish as lab fodder

The government turned over 734 unwanted animals to research labs for experiments in fiscal 2003, down from more than 100,000 two decades ago, an animal protection and welfare group said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

Plan finalized on return of six U.S. military facilities

The Japan-U.S. Joint Committee reached agreement Monday on the U.S. military returning land used by six facilities in Yokohama and reducing the amount of new military housing to be built in the city.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

108 active volcanoes keep agency shaking

A recent series of eruptions at Mount Asama that began last month is the latest reminder that Japan is a country of volcanoes.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Diplomatic war over gas rumbles on

Japan will ask China to halt natural gas exploration projects if they encroach on Japan's economic waters, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 19, 2004

Agents, China dance and culture

Ole Latina! In addition to Dagmusic, (introduced in Lifelines; Sept. 24), there are quite a number of other companies in Tokyo who specialize in contracting foreign professional singers and musicians for TV CMs and soundlogos.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Fukui confident over outlook, wary of oil prices

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui on Monday remained confident over the economic outlook but warned that soaring crude oil prices could hit the domestic and overseas economies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Oct 19, 2004

Law of probability proves bid-rigging is rife

The bid-rigging took place at breakfast, recalls the son of a former official at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Port and Harbor Bureau.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 19, 2004

Is the word gaijin offensive to you?

Makiko Okawa Video Editor, 29 I always use "gaikokujin." The word gaijin can have a negative image; like foreign men trawling bars in Roppongi for women.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2004

Dragons starter Kawakami receives first Sawamura Award

Chunichi Dragons pitcher Kenshin Kawakami received his first Sawamura Award on Monday after recording 17 wins for the most in both leagues during the regular season.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Hitachi, GE to work together on new reactor type

Hitachi Ltd. will build a next-generation nuclear power reactor jointly with General Electric Co., participating in a U.S. project to resume the construction of nuclear power plants, Hitachi officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

Civil rights lawyer blasts U.S. over detention of chess legend

An American civil rights lawyer hired to breathe new life into chess legend Bobby Fischer's efforts to fight deportation to the United States accused U.S. officials on Monday of "grotesque" abuse of their powers and threatened to take the case to the Supreme Court.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Delivery personnel's right to strike to be restricted

The government will restrict the right of mail delivery staff to strike after postal privatization begins in April 2007, government sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

JAL, ANA meet different needs

In February, Japan Airlines Corp. surprised the industry by announcing it would replace its super-seat luxury class, which had been in place for 18 years, with a new, cheaper class on domestic flights.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2004

Livedoor to clean up Web site

Livedoor Co., the Internet service provider that has applied to own a professional baseball team, said Monday it will hire a force of 180 new employees to help eliminate obscene images from its Web site.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 19, 2004

Foreign branding

Being called a 'gaijin' is not unusual or harmful, says Cai Evans Before I start, let's get one thing straight: I am well aware that the term "gaijin" has pejorative overtones and that its etymology is grounded in a history of discrimination and exclusion.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

BOJ considered effects of IT slump

Bank of Japan policymakers have weighed the effects of a possible slowdown in the global information technology industry on the domestic recovery, according to minutes of last month's meeting released Monday.
Japan says Chinese military violated territorial airspace for first time
A Chinese military Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane that entered Japanese airspace on Monday.
Typhoon Shanshan to hit western Japan on Tuesday
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to become more powerful and hit western Japan on Tuesday, after which it is forecast to make its way north throughout the week.
'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.
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.
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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