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JAPAN
Jan 28, 2006

Livedoor nemesis now rescuer

Livedoor Co. on Friday asked Fuji Television Network Inc. to support its efforts to recover during the two firms' first executive-level talks since prosecutors raided Livedoor's offices on Jan. 16 over alleged Securities and Exchange Law violations, Fuji TV President Koichi Murakami said.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2006

No single recipe for facing challenges of globalization

T here are multiple ways for companies to stay competitive in a globalized world, and even firms in what are often perceived as sunset industries have the potential for success, scholars and business executives said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Individual investors frazzled in wake of 'Livedoor shock'

Yoshikazu Tsugiyama is devastated that his Livedoor shares have nosedived.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Bravia, Vaio sales buoy Sony earnings forecast

Sony Corp. said Thursday it revised its earnings forecast for the full year through March 31 from a net loss of 10 billion yen to a net profit of 70 billion yen, buoyed by stronger-than-expected sales of Bravia TVs and Vaio PCs over the holidays.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 27, 2006

Japan's future up for discussion

With the Japanese government edging closer to revising war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution and Japan's Self-Defense Force prolonging their mission in Iraq, American filmmaker John Junkerman brings the timely documentary "Japan's Peace Constitution (Eiga Nihon-koku)" to the Roppongi events and...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 27, 2006

Visual- kei goes traditional

It isn't only Demon Kogure's appearance -- as extravagantly coiffed and heavily made-up as befits any visual-kei singer -- that makes him an unlikely candidate to be presenting a lecture-style concert on hogaku (traditional Japanese music). Kogure -- or His Excellency Demon Kogure as he prefers to be...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 27, 2006

Provocative dance

Led by choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj has become one of the best-known contemporary dance troupes in France. Preljocaj studied classical ballet before turning to contemporary dance under Merce Cunningham, and also spent a year in Japan studying Noh theater.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

China toxin spill Hokkaido-bound?

A chemical spill in a river that has already caused an ecological disaster in parts of China and Russia could eventually reach the sea and wash ashore in Japan, researchers warn.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Chanter's 'harem' of 10 in Tokyo investigated

Police said Wednesday they are investigating a 57-year-old man who is apparently living in Tokyo with 10 women in their 20s and 30s and a baby.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Access to courts no given under freedom of press, judge rules

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a journalist's suit Wednesday over the press club system and government discrimination against freelance reporters, ruling media access to court proceedings does not fall under freedom of the press.
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2006

Horie resigns from Livedoor board

Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie, who stepped down as the Internet firm's president Tuesday, resigned from the boards of all Livedoor group firms Wednesday, the company said.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2006

Horie involved in buyouts, execs now say

Livedoor Co. executives, including Ryoji Miyauchi, the Internet company's No. 2 man, have reversed themselves and are now telling prosecutors that President Takafumi Horie was involved in corporate takeovers currently under scrutiny, investigative sources said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 25, 2006

Congressional group aims to improve U.S.-China ties

HONG KONG -- Quietly and without fanfare, an organization has been formed that may help smooth the course of the development of relations between the United States and China. This is the U.S.-China Working Group in the House of Representatives, set up in mid-2005 and now includes 35 members of congress....
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2006

Kerosene prices hit record high

The average retail price of kerosene hit a record high 1,354 yen per 18 liters in January, up 103 yen from the previous month, according to the results of a monthly survey released Monday by an industry body.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2006

Cross-eyed over abuses by North Korea

HONOLULU -- Among the policy differences dividing the United States and South Korea, one that stands out is divergence over the issue of North Korea's abuses of the human rights of its own citizens.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jan 23, 2006

Regional cooperation with Japan belies focus on Yasukuni problem

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in his first news conference of the year, argued that Yasukuni is not a diplomatic issue, rebutting claims that Japan is being isolated in Asia because of his repeated visits to the war-related Shinto shrine.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2006

Something wiki this way comes

'W ikipedia": Anyone looking for information online in the last few years is bound to have come across this funny word. Type any search term into Google, and a Wikipedia entry will probably pop up somewhere on the first page or two. On "Japan," for example, the Wikipedia entry comes in an impressive...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2006

Livedoor execs admit falsifying financial data

Senior Livedoor Co. officials have admitted during voluntary questioning that they disseminated false financial information regarding group companies but did not believe their actions were illegal, investigative sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 22, 2006

Yokohama: model city for the nation?

'Change Japan -- from Yokohama."
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2006

Tokyo, Seoul ink bilateral crime pact

Japan and South Korea signed a bilateral treaty Friday to facilitate and speed up their cooperation on criminal investigations, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2006

Kanebo asks ex-Ascii chief Komori to step in as president

Struggling personal care and cosmetics maker Kanebo Ltd. said Friday it will appoint as president Tetsuo Komori, the 47-year-old ex-president of computer information magazine publisher Ascii Corp.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2006

Defusing the Iran nuclear crisis

Iran has resumed nuclear-fuel research, causing serious concerns in the international community. On Monday, representatives from three European nations -- Britain, France and Germany -- as well as the United States, Russia and China met in London to discuss the matter. With the European Union and the...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 20, 2006

Serfs up, say TIP

Written at a time when his country was faltering after the Crimean War but was still clinging to feudalism, Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" examines a Russia in the midst of social transformation. Tokyo International Players aim to give fresh impetus to this ageless play, to be performed from Jan....
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2006

Tokyo, New Delhi, agree to promote Japan investment in India

Tokyo and new Delhi agreed Wednesday to expand bilateral economic ties by encouraging Japanese companies to invest more in India, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 19, 2006

"Stuff Happens" : So what do you think about it?

The night I got back home from the premiere of "Stuff Happens," the BBC World television news led off with a report on a further mess in Iraq -- the chief judge in the trial of deposed president Saddam Hussein had resigned following criticism of his "soft attitude" toward the defendant. I felt strongly...
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2006

Computer to predict terrorist damage

The government plans to put into operation a computer simulator that can predict the damage caused by a large-scale terrorist attack, an official said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2006

Miracle fruit tablets can be bought online

Tablets made from miracle fruit, which makes sour food taste sweet, are now for sale on the Internet, the developer of the technology said.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2006

Internet drugstores want bill to limit online trade killed

Dozens of companies that specialize in selling pharmaceuticals over the Internet will ask the health ministry to scrap a bill that would limit such sales, some of the firms said Monday.

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