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BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Yahoo to launch online insurance

Leading Internet portal operator Yahoo Japan Corp. said Thursday it will launch an online insurance business in Japan through an alliance with major U.S. insurance broker Aon Corp.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

BOJ keeps monetary policy intact

The Bank of Japan's policy-setting panel left its monetary policy unchanged Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

U.S. beef ban now claims Sukiya 'gyudon'

Fast-food chain Zensho Co. stopped serving "gyudon" -- bowls of rice topped with seasoned beef -- Thursday after it exhausted its beef inventory following the government's ban on U.S. beef.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Government to help firms issuing bonds in Southeast Asia

The government plans to establish a new guarantee system to help domestic companies issue bonds in local currencies in Southeast Asia, a government official said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2004

'Bank account brokers' find robust trade

"Bank Accounts for Sale."
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Fuji looks to boost output of cameras

Fuji Photo Film Co. unveiled a five-year business plan on Thursday featuring calls to double its digital camera output to 13 million units in fiscal 2006.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Orix group net profit grows 30.3%

Orix Corp. said Thursday its group net profit for the nine months to Dec. 31 rose 30.3 percent from a year earlier to 45.89 billion yen.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 6, 2004

Media blames 'coach killers'

NEW YORK --Byron Scott's firing encouraged an irresistibly, hysterical deduction by the player-hating segment of the media: The NBA is a (cancerous) cluster of coach killers.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Talks eyed over chicken imports

Japan will hold negotiations with China and Thailand on resuming imports of their cooked chicken products, officials of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Feb 6, 2004

Candidates in sudden death

WASHINGTON -- What a difference a month can make in the campaign to win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. As the election year started, we had a front-runner with a big bankroll and double-digit leads in the polls: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was threatening to run away with the nomination,...
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2004

Kepco allowed to get MOX fuel from overseas

The government on Thursday approved a plan by Kansai Electric Power Co. to procure mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel from overseas.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

Sega Corp.'s profit almost doubles

Profit at video-game maker Sega Corp. nearly doubled during the April-December period on strong sales of arcade-game machines in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2004

NTT unit eyes global IP phone service

NTT Communications Corp. will start offering this spring an Internet protocol-based international phone service as part of its global IP-based intranet data communications services.
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Feb 6, 2004

Spanning eras at Edo's vibrant hub

First of three parts Nihonbashi -- "Bridge of Japan" -- is the most famous and important bridge of Edo Period Japan. Designated by Shogun Ieyasu in 1603 as the hub of the country's highway network, with all distances measured from there, the small wooden structure with a 50-meter span was where journeys...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 6, 2004

Dhaba India: a South Indian oasis in central Tokyo

Fans of Indian food -- and the Food File is a lifelong member of that happy congregation -- are always pleased to discover new places to satisfy those insistent cravings for the spicy flavors of the subcontinent. As we sat down for dinner at Dhaba India, though, we felt overjoyed.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2004

Coalition irons out pension plan

The ruling coalition reached final agreement Wednesday on a pension reform program that includes a phased premium increase for salaried workers and benefit decrease to cope with the rapidly graying society.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2004

Fears over depleted uranium lead to GSDF use of dosimeters

Responding to concerns over the use of depleted uranium rounds by the U.S. military during the Iraq war, the Defense Agency is equipping Ground Self-Defense Force troops in the country with hundreds of radiation dosimeters.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 5, 2004

Mori hospitalized

Seibu Lions right-hander Shinji Mori was hospitalized Tuesday after he was diagnosed with an irregular pulse rate, which heightens the risk of stroke.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2004

Effort on to curb Sumatra logging

A fund to preserve Sumatra's forests was established recently by a nongovernmental organization and Japanese firms importing paper from the Indonesian island.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2004

Honda workers seek record bonus

The labor union of Honda Motor Co. will demand a record-high annual bonus equivalent to 6.6 months' salary during this year's spring wage negotiations.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2004

Standard sought for Net appliances

A group of 14 electronics and telecom companies will set up a forum aimed at creating a single industry standard for Internet-capable digital home appliances, industry officials said Wednesday.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Feb 5, 2004

Japan mulls its future with Koizumi

What stance should Japan take in a world dominated by the American superpower? Is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi no more than an errand boy for bullyboy George W. Bush, as a Shukan Gendai headline implied last March? Is he an incompetent know-nothing who has casually thrown away Japan's precious pacifist...
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2004

Think tanks see 4.9% growth in October-December period

The economy is estimated to have expanded at an average annualized rate of 4.9 percent in real terms in the October-December quarter, according to projections by nine major economic research institutes.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2004

Hitachi profit jumps in third quarter

Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it chalked up a group net profit of 2.52 billion yen in the October-December quarter, marking a turnaround from a loss of 2.26 billion yen posted a year ago.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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