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BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Mazda set to log group profit

Mazda Motor Corp. reversed its earlier projection of losses Thursday, saying it likely turned a group profit for the April-September first half of this year due to restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Lower House passes SDF dispatch bill

The Lower House approved a bill Thursday that will enable the Self-Defense Forces to lend rear-area support to U.S.-led retaliatory strikes against the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Nissan posts record half-year results

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will post a record consolidated operating profit of 187 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2001, due to continued progress in its ongoing three-year restructuring plan.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2001

Bosch units set to merge on July 1

Bosch Automotive Systems Corp. and Bosch Braking Systems Co. -- both Japanese affiliates of German auto parts maker Robert Bosch GmbH -- on Thursday signed an agreement to merge July 1.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Hands-free messages set for debut

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have developed a new communication system for vehicles that lets drivers exchange e-mail and make telephone calls without using their hands.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Pocari Sweat gets space-based ad

Advertising agency Dentsu Inc. said Wednesday it will head into space to shoot a television commercial on the International Space Station for the popular sports drink Pocari Sweat.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

Three ex-cops held over allegations of extortion

Three former police officers from Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of demanding payment from a Tokyo company in return for silencing hecklers at a shareholders' meeting.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Oct 18, 2001

Japan moves to compete on greener side of the street

Gone are the days when Japanese businesses felt a healthy environment was a concept that could only be achieved at the expense of economic growth.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 18, 2001

World currency market groping for path

The world currency market is struggling to find its way amid uncertainty about what will ensue after the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

GSDF reprimands officers over misfired howitzer shell

The Ground Self-Defense Force announced Wednesday that it punished the commanding general of the 6th Division and 11 other officers for the accidental firing of a 155mm howitzer shell out of the practice range and over a hot spring resort in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 7.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Toshiba, Matsushita plan two joint ventures

Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced Wednesday they will set up two joint ventures in April, each dealing with a different type of electronic display.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Bankruptcy rush simmering: Teikoku Databank expert

Katsuyuki Kumagai has witnessed an abundance of corporate bankruptcies during his 17-year tenure at a credit research firm.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

FTC probes four medical goods firms

The Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday began investigating four medical equipment companies suspected of forming a price-fixing cartel for bone-fracture materials and other medical supplies, according to sources.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Moody's eyes JBIC's Aa2 bonds

Moody's Investors Service Inc. assigned an Aa2 rating Wednesday to two types of yen-denominated domestic bonds newly issued by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. At the same time, however, it placed the ratings under review for possible downgrade.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 18, 2001

Osaka mayor gives Rhodes special award

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes on Wednesday received a special award from Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura for his contributions to the city.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

GM, Suzuki to tie up on fuel-cell vehicles

General Motors Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. announced Wednesday that the two automakers have agreed to collaborate on the development of fuel-cell vehicles.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

Havel lauds Nippon Foundation

Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel has honored Yohei Sasakawa, president of the Nippon Foundation, for the foundation's involvement over the past five years in Forum 2000, foundation officials said Wednesday.
SUMO
Oct 18, 2001

Taka aiming for March comeback

Grand champion Takanohana is on the road to recovery and could be making his comeback on sumo's raised ring at the spring tournament in Osaka next March, sumo sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

Bioterrorists face life prison term

The government is hoping to mandate life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for the use of biological weapons under its proposed legislation to ratify the U.N. convention on terrorist attacks, according to government sources.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Bond cap pledge no longer a pledge

The government will consider making antiterrorism measures and logistic support to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan exempt from the 30 trillion yen cap on new bond issues for this fiscal year, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 18, 2001

Tigers to dump Perez, keep Carlyle

The Hanshin Tigers said Tuesday they will release Eduardo Perez after the former St. Louis Cardinals infielder struggled through a disappointing season with the Central League's cellar dweller.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

Most local governments unable to dispose of MBM

Most local governments are ill-equipped to immediately dispose of meat-and-bone meal, which is suspected of spreading mad cow disease, according to a survey released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2001

Ex-Afghan ambassador fears statelessness

Former Afghan Ambassador to Japan Hassani Mohammad Asif says his greatest worry as U.S.-led forces pound his native land is that he and his family will be left stateless.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2001

Matsushita to reduce contracted staff

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. plans to cut half its approximately 16,000 contract workers as part of cost-saving measures, company officials said Wednesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 18, 2001

Jubilo sub nails hat trick

Jubilo substitute forward Norihisa Shimizu scored a hat trick in the second half as J. League Division One second-stage leader Iwata downed FC Tokyo 5-2 at Tokyo's National Stadium Wednesday.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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