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BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Cerebrus set to win Aozora sweepstakes

The Cerberus Group has entered final negotiations with Softbank Corp. to buy, along with another U.S. investment fund, all of its Aozora Bank shares, sources close to the deal said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Seven-Eleven earnings up 23rd straight year

Convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Thursday it racked up its 23rd consecutive year of record earnings in the year through Feb. 28, thanks to aggressive store openings.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

BOJ chief issues plea for global coordination

In a rare glimpse of the man behind the cautious rhetoric, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui made a passionate plea Thursday for coordinated economic policy in an increasingly fractious world.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Takashimaya swings to net profit

Takashimaya Co. said Thursday its group net balance swung into the black for the year to Feb. 28 but that its consolidated revenue and pretax profit dropped due to continued economic stagnation.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2003

Bank plans women-only home loan

Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. will launch on Wednesday a housing loan exclusively for women, featuring a special discount in interest rates when a recipient gives birth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2003

Futility felt by journalist drives him to show war's true face

Hearing U.S. bombs find their targets and feeling the ground shake under his Baghdad hotel, Kosuke Tsuneoka was struck by the futility of his plan to serve as a "human shield" and stop the war.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 11, 2003

Jubilo whips Verdy in Nabisco Cup

A double strike from Ryoichi Maeda helped bring to a halt Jubilo Iwata's dismal run of recent results as the J. League champion cruised to a 4-0 win at home to Tokyo Verdy in the Nabisco Cup on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Homeboy now heads Reuters Japan

Reuters Group PLC has appointed Yuji Takei as president of Reuters Japan Ltd., the local arm of the London-based global news organization said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2003

Japan to make 'responsible contribution' to rebuilding Iraq

Japan will make a "responsible contribution" to the reconstruction of postwar Iraq, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday, responding to the effective collapse of President Saddam Hussein's regime the previous day.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Exports to Asia help account surplus grow

Japan's current account surplus rose in February for the first time in three months due to strong exports, particularly to other parts of Asia experiencing robust economic growth, the Finance Ministry said Thursday in a preliminary report.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 11, 2003

The word's finally out on 'obscure' Albarino

There has been a tremendous buzz recently in Tokyo sommelier circles about an obscure white wine that combines the minerality of Reisling, the zest of Sauvignon Blanc and the floral character of Viognier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2003

Restructuring costs slam Ito-Yokado

Ito-Yokado Co. posted a group net profit of 21.02 billion yen for its business year through Feb. 28, a plunge of 59.8 percent from a year earlier, Japan's largest retailer said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 11, 2003

Tarlum: The big breakfast

Tokyo is not big on breakfast. Granted, there's no shortage of places to grab a sandwich or a Danish with your long latte mochacino. A kissaten "morning set" should furnish a boiled egg with a slab of faintly browned igirsu-pan (they blame white bread on the English, here). And a family restaurant can...
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2003

Diet member indicted for fraud

House of Representatives member Takanori Sakai was indicted Thursday on a fresh charge of defrauding the government of some 24 million yen as salary for his policy secretary.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 10, 2003

Right time for Bulls owner to dump Krause

PHILADELPHIA -- Who would have thought Jerry Krause's regime would topple before Saddam Hussein's? In power since March of 1985, the bellicose Chicago Bulls GM took a well-deserved, long overdue hit Monday -- five games before his five-year-old rebuilding permit (following six championship Michael Jordan-emblazoned...
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2003

LDP seen doing well in weekend elections

The Liberal Democratic Party is likely to secure nearly 1,400 of the 2,634 seats up for grabs in 44 prefectural assemblies in local elections on Sunday, according to a Kyodo News survey released Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IN WITH THE NEW
Apr 10, 2003

Japan needs spine to stand up, cut its losers: Koike

ITAMI, Hyogo Pref. -- While many Japanese politicians claim knowledge of or interest in Middle Eastern affairs, few if any can match the credentials of Lower House member Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2003

Japan fetes Matsui grand slam

Japan wasted little time in celebrating Hideki Matsui's first home run as a Yankee.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2003

More firms turn to 401(k) programs

The slump in the stock market and other unfavorable investment conditions prompted 291 companies to adopt 401(k)-style pension plans in fiscal 2002 to reduce their financial burden, up from 70 the previous year, according to a government report compiled Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2003

Japan Post to cut procurement costs by 10% to stay in black, Ikuta says

Japan Post aims to slash procurement costs in its mail delivery operations by 10 percent this fiscal year, according to Masaharu Ikuta, president of the new government-affiliated corporation that took over the Postal Services Agency on April 1.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2003

China firm, Toyota pen production deal

Toyota Motor Corp. and FAW Group Corp., China's largest automaker, signed an agreement Wednesday to jointly manufacture four Toyota models in China to cash in on the world's fastest growing auto market.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2003

$100 million in Iraq aid pledged

Japan unveiled Wednesday a framework for humanitarian aid to Iraq that sets a limit of $100 million on financial support for international organizations.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2003

The SARS toll mounts

Concern over severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, continues to rise. Two weeks ago, we reported 350 cases of the disease worldwide that had resulted in 10 deaths. At the beginning of this week, the World Health Organization reported more than 2,600 cases, with 100 deaths, in 18 countries; it is...
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2003

Dial-up 'adult' services soaring under new law

The number of "adult entertainment" telephone services registered with the government has grown 4.5-fold in three years, and such businesses are believed to involve prostitution and provide income for organized crime, the National Police Agency said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2003

Options in Korea after Iraq

SEOUL -- The war in Iraq is casting a long shadow over the impending crisis on the Korean Peninsula and, in particular, on North Korea's nuclear ambitions and intentions. Last month in Seoul, antiwar protesters succeeded in delaying a vote in the National Assembly on dispatching 700 noncombat engineers...
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
LDP pinning hope on boost from leader change
The ruling Liberal Democratic Praty hopes to capitalize on a sense of renewal stemming from the election of a new president to succeed Fumio Kishida, who has said he will not seek reelection.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
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