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BUSINESS
May 16, 2002

Mazda returns to profitability

Mazda Motor Corp. said Wednesday it returned to the black in the 2001 business year thanks to cost-cutting measures and a weakened yen.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2002

Steel-trade row's global jolts

With the world economy globalizing as never before, the possibility is growing that trade disputes may also assume global dimensions, with dire implications for the world's free-trade system. A case in point is the current international trade dispute sparked by the U.S. decision last month to impose...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2002

Threat of new Iraqi war has neighboring Turkey on edge

ANKARA -- At his shop in the ancient citadel of this busy capital city, Satilimish Sutchuoglu and three fellow carpet sellers gather to drink tea and trade forecasts of economic doom.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Mar 26, 2002

For Tokyo shares, the worst may be over

Tokyo share purchases are expected to increase on the back of an improved supply and demand balance and rapidly growing expectations of a recovery in Japan's economic fundamentals.
LIFE / Language
Mar 22, 2002

The boy who's been everywhere

Over the last 73 years, this boy's been everywhere. He's zoomed to the moon in a red-and-white checkered rocket, trekked snow-covered Tibet in search of the yeti and has been saved at the last minute from being sacrificed to the Sun God by angry Aztecs. For all his hair-raising adventures, he hasn't...
COMMUNITY
Mar 10, 2002

One nation under a hip-hop groove

Downtown West Shinjuku. The company workers have all gone home, leaving the streets quiet except for the sound of traffic.
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 10, 2002

A few blooming good wines

The month of March moves us toward spring and the brilliant profusion of cherry trees in bloom. During the gray, damp days on the late edge of winter, we daydream of hanami parties. In Tokyo, we'll play a guitar on a blanket in Inokashira Park, eat sushi rolls under the tunnel of blossoms in Aoyama Cemetery,...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / TALK OF THE TIMES
Mar 4, 2002

Cerezo hopes to take Kashima to third J. League title

Kashima Antlers boss Toninho Cerezo has had a remarkable two seasons with his J. League Division One club despite his short coaching experience.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2002

Moody's eyeballs Japan for two-notch downgrade

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Wednesday it will review for possible downgrade the Aa3 rating of yen-denominated domestic securities issued or guaranteed by the Japanese government.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2002

Matsushita to close U.S. compressor unit

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will discontinue production of refrigerator compressors at its U.S. unit on March 28.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2002

Sanyo seeks Samsung link in tech sector

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea are discussing the possibility of forming an alliance aimed at codeveloping advanced technologies, according to Sanyo officials.
EDITORIALS
Jan 5, 2002

Flicker of peace in a unipolar world

Uncertainty envelopes the world as it moves into the second year of the 21st century. U.S. President George W. Bush, who launched a "new war" against international terrorism after Sept. 11, is resolved to carry on the campaign in 2002. It is ironic that the end of the Cold War -- which supposedly marked...
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2002

Accelerating deflation, slack investment to keep economy weak in 2002

Although an anticipated economic recovery in the United States may help Japanese fortunes during the latter half of 2002, the overall tone of the domestic economy will remain weak due to accelerating deflation and slack capital investment.
COMMUNITY
Dec 16, 2001

Photo-news loses its focus

Last August's demise of Shinchosha's weekly photo newsmagazine Focus marked a major publishing milestone in Japan.
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2001

Panel threatens NTT with splitup

An advisory panel to the telecommunications minister said that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. should be reorganized or split up if steps to promote competition in the telecom market fail.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2001

Experts offer solutions for Japan's malaise

Is there going to be a simple solution to Japan's prolonged economic problems? Experts from U.S.-based think tanks taking part in a recent symposium in Tokyo discussed a variety of prescriptions for both the long- and short-term illnesses that the country faces.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LAST CALL FOR SAKE
Dec 12, 2001

Sake purists are feeling the pinch as recession reins in the big spenders

NIIGATA -- Motoaki Isono, the 73-year-old owner of a tavern called Suzuden in Tokyo's Minato Ward, said the name Niigata no longer works magic in alluring serious sake drinkers.
COMMENTARY
Dec 8, 2001

Look of Japan belies reality

LONDON -- A recent, short visit to Japan made me doubt whether there was much sense of an economic crisis threatening Japan's future and how far the recession has affected ordinary people.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2001

Jobless rate hits 5.4%

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent in October, hitting a record high as more people lost jobs due to corporate restructuring, the government said Friday.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2001

Yo, what's with this Dostoevski?

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia Rating: * * * Director: Rob Schmidt Running time: 128 minutes Language: English Now showing
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Securitize home loans: panel

A framework for the securitization of housing loans should be created before Government Housing Loan Corp. is privatized, the head of an advisory panel to the land minister proposed Tuesday.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 8, 2001

Take your golf game with you

"ESPN Final Round Golf 2002" from Konami for the Game Boy Advance may surprise you.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2001

Major electronics makers suffer first-half losses

Five electronics makers swung into losses in the first half of the 2001 business year, plagued by the global slump in the information technology industry, according to interim earnings reports released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Hitachi plans to spin off two divisions by April

Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will spin off its home appliance group and industrial components and equipment group in an effort to speed up management decisions.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Draft solid reform plan, Koizumi tells Cabinet

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi instructed his Cabinet on Friday to devise concrete reform measures on priority areas such as education, urban renewal, job creation within the public sector and deregulation of health care.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Nikkei hits postbubble closing low

An overnight tumble on Wall Street and investors' disappointment in what they see as lukewarm government action on structural reform kept Tokyo stocks weak Friday and again sent the key price index to a new postbubble closing low.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2001

Nikkei plummets below 11,000 mark

The key Nikkei stock average closed on Wednesday below the psychologically important 11,000 line for the first time in nearly 17 years as Japanese investors became worried by signs of a further delay in a U.S. economic recovery.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 28, 2001

Whither the mighty Mekong?

"The boat moves off, the river banks remain." -- Old Khmer proverb
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 11, 2001

Playing chicken with telecommunication big boys

To some he is a hero. To others an anathema. For this writer, who lives in trepidation of meeting with Japanese CEOs because (sorry guys) they tend to be so predictable, Sachio Semmoto is a breath of fresh air.

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