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Kaho Shimizu
For Kaho Shimizu's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BUSINESS
May 16, 2007
TBS demands Rakuten answer all questions
Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., the target of an unwanted takeover bid by Rakuten Inc., said Tuesday it has asked the Internet mall operator for more information about its intentions.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2007
Pentax can let go of Hoya ties: camera exec
Backed by brisk earnings in 2006, a senior executive at Pentax Corp. said Friday the firm was confident it could go it alone without Hoya Corp.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2007
Toyota profit hits record 2.24 trillion yen
Toyota Motor Corp. became the first Japanese firm to top the 2 trillion yen line in profits, driven by brisk sales in North America and Europe and the weaker yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2007
Vietnam-Myanmar road raises hopes, skepticism
DANANG, Vietnam — As the East-West Economic Corridor nears completion, hope is mounting here that the 1,450-km highway will boost traffic and jump-start the economies it traverses, but Japanese companies have yet to warm to its potential.
BUSINESS
May 3, 2007
JAL saw profit, but logs 16 billion yen loss
Japan Airlines Corp. said Wednesday it will log a net loss of 16.2 billion yen for the business year that ended March 31 instead of 3 billion yen in net profit as it earlier pledged, after its auditor required the carrier to apply stricter accounting rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2007
Japanese firms flock to booming Vietnam
HANOI — Fueled by the latest investment boom, Vietnam is one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2007
With ODA, Vietnam begins to pull itself out of poverty
QUANG TRI, Vietnam — Filled with the constant roar of motorcycle traffic, Vietnam's cities, including Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, are bustling with excitement as the country enjoys rapid economic growth.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 1, 2007
Are new rules kind to hostile mergers?
Delayed for a year because of strong opposition from domestic firms frightened by the prospect of being taken over, the so-called triangular merger system becomes legal Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2007
Business seat bookings lift ANA's profit 22% in 2006
All Nippon Airways Co. said Friday its net profit for its 2006 business year jumped 22.2 percent from the previous year to 32.6 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2007
Nissan logs double-digit profit drop in '06
Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported a double-digit drop in profit for the business year ended March 31, marking its first full-year dip since Carlos Ghosn took charge in 1999.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2007
Hoya to keep up Pentax TOB talks through May
Leading optical glass maker Hoya Corp. said Monday its board of directors will continue negotiating its takeover bid with Pentax Corp. through the end of May to give the camera maker, which scrapped an earlier stock-swap merger plan, more time to respond.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2007
MOS burger makeover, coupons eyed for revival
MOS Burger will start a big campaign Friday to try to win back customers who have drifted away in the increasingly competitive fast food industry.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2007
Dodge cars to make Japan debut in June
DaimlerChrysler Japan Co. on Wednesday showed off the four cars that will launch the Dodge line in the Japanese market in June, part of the automaker's campaign to turn Dodge into a global brand.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2007
Pentax board stops Hoya merger
Pentax Corp. said Tuesday that its board of directors scrapped a planned merger with leading optical glass maker Hoya Corp. and replaced its president.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2007
Sapporo investors approve poison pill
Sapporo Holdings Ltd. shareholders Thursday voted two-thirds in favor of the company's proposed takeover defense measures.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2007
Other Asian economies to grow 7.6%: ADB
Asian economies, excluding Japan, will expand a combined 7.6 percent in 2007, compared to 8.3 percent growth achieved by the region in 2006, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Asian Development Bank.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2007
Court upholds family's deportation order
The Tokyo District Court dismissed a lawsuit Friday by a Turkish Kurd, his Filipino wife and their 6-year-old daughter seeking to reverse a deportation order for overstaying their visas.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2007
Mazda aims for 27% profit rise to 200 billion yen by '10
Mazda Motor Corp. announced its new midterm business plan Thursday, aiming to raise its operating profit to 200 billion yen in its 2010 business year, up 26.5 percent from its projection for fiscal 2006.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2007
Daiei proposes Aeon Mall president to be its new chairman
Struggling Daiei Inc. said Tuesday it will invite Yoshiharu Kawato from the Aeon supermarket chain to be its chairman as part of the business and capital alliance between the two retailers.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2007
A CEO in prison? About time, some say
would be found guilty, but I was thinking maybe he would be handed a prison sentence of less than a year, so I was relieved," Ichiro Shimizu, who lost about 5 million yen on Livedoor shares, told a news conference. "In my opinion, the ruling is acceptable. The court made a sound judgment . . . and I think sentencing him to 2 1/2 years is a heavy sentence."
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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