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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

Uniqlo chain plans to enter U.S. market in 2006

Fast Retailing Co., a casual-clothing store chain known for its Uniqlo brand, will try to enter the U.S. market as early as 2006, company President Genichi Tamatsuka said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

NTT firms set to enter price war

Two firms in the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group will probably lower charges for their fixed-line phone service in the face of discount campaigns by rival carriers, including KDDI Corp. and the Softbank Corp. group, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

Summit not expected to see beef ban's end

Japan and the United States will probably not make major progress toward lifting Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports during next week's bilateral summit, farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei indicated Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2004

Players strike

Japanese baseball players elected to stage the first strike in the history of the sport in Japan on Friday after extended negotiations with team officials failed to reach an agreement.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 18, 2004

Shakespeare goes Gothic at New National Theater

As a law unto himself, Dwayne Lawler is well named. Tense -- intense is the better word -- and charismatic, he is driven by powerful forces to make his mark on Japan, his native Australia and the world at large. At the same time he is incredibly nervous, and so polite and desperate to please that I want...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 18, 2004

Ian Nish

LONDON -- Forward-thinking programs drawn up during World War II gave opportunity to many non-Japanese young people to become specialists in Japanese studies. An undergraduate at that time, Ian Nish joined the ranks of those who embarked upon sterling work that turned them into Japan experts. He speaks...
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

Road tolls to get cheaper -- for some

The government plans to cut expressway tolls nationwide by 30 percent between midnight and 4 a.m. for cars equipped with an electronic toll collection system, transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2004

Strengthen monitoring in Sudan

The dispute that is continuing in the western part of Sudan is threatening the stability of the surrounding region. Peace negotiations mediated by the African Union have run into difficulties and there are no signs of an imminent settlement. The United Nations is reportedly considering imposing economic...
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

San-Ai Oil to buy Exxon Mobil unit Kygnus Sekiyu

Oil retailer San-Ai Oil Co. said Friday it will purchase Kygnus Sekiyu K.K., an oil distributor affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corp., in December.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

MTFG jumps gun on UFJ capital boost

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. said Friday it has injected 700 billion yen into UFJ Bank, two weeks ahead of schedule, apparently to block a hostile takeover bid for UFJ Holdings Inc. by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

Environment tax plan flatly opposed by top biz lobby

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said Friday a proposed environment tax carries the danger of undercutting firms' international competitiveness.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 18, 2004

The perfect touch for fall: Christmas

Every eight years, our neighborhood has "matsuri toban," or festival duty, which means we are in charge of all the island festivals for the year. One house within that neighborhood volunteers to set up decorations, receive guests at festival times and host the Shinto gods for the year.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2004

IRCJ begins assessing Daiei's assets

The state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan has begun analyzing financial data provided by Daiei Inc. without a formal request from the struggling retailer, the minister in charge of industrial revitalization said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2004

Mr. Putin's power grab

I t should come as no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan in southern Russia to justify the consolidation of power in his own hands. Plainly, the Russian government has not been able to counter the threat posed by Chechen separatists. The problem...
Rugby
Sep 17, 2004

Rugby's top stars hoping to help Top League live up to its name

Toutai Kefu, Matt Cockbain, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Tony Brown, Leon MacDonald. Besides being a who's who of some of the biggest names to have played in the Super 12 in recent years they are also just a few of the world-class players who will be turning out this year in Japan's Top League.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Food body seeks swift end to ban on U.S. beef

A federation of nine food industry associations called on the government Thursday to quickly end its ban on U.S. beef imports, saying it has disrupted supply and demand in the beef market.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Ministry issues wake-up call on food self-sufficiency target

The government target of raising Japan's food self-sufficiency ratio to 45 percent by fiscal 2010 is a pipe dream, the farm ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Chinese firm wins Mothers IPO nod

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday it has given approval for Xinhua Finance Ltd. to become the first Chinese firm to make an initial public offering on the TSE Mothers market for startups Oct. 28.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

JEPX gears up for wholesale electricity trade

The Japan Electric Power Exchange said Thursday it will begin receiving membership applications Oct. 1 during the runup to its launch of wholesale electricity trading next April.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

METI targets outside takeovers

A new panel at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Thursday began discussing measures aimed at helping Japanese companies beat hostile takeover bids by foreign firms.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 17, 2004

Shiroyama bravely battles on

In matters of war, history is most often recounted from the perspective of the conqueror and rarely, if ever, passed down from the point of view of the defeated. So it's not surprising that the historical significance of the remnants of 16th-century Hachioji Castle on western Tokyo's Mount Fukazawa --...
SUMO
Sep 17, 2004

Asashoryu loses second straight

Grand champion Asashoryu was handed his second straight defeat Thursday when he was shoved out by Iwakiyama on the fifth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Private universities stage central Tokyo comeback

After relocating some departments to the outskirts of Tokyo to cope with increasing enrollments, private universities are now increasingly returning to the city center to survive amid a declining birthrate.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Sega Sammy has sights set on joining industry top five

Hajime Satomi, chairman and president of Sega Sammy Holdings Co., said Thursday the firm will actively seek mergers and acquisitions to become one of the world's top five companies in the video game publishing industry.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

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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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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