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BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

January eyed for stock tax reform

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday he hopes to implement securities tax reforms in January after discussing them during the extraordinary Diet session to be convened this month.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Household savings lower than last year: survey

Households have an average 14.39 million yen in savings and other financial assets, down 90,000 yen from a year ago, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by a semipublic organization.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Nikkei hits 10,195 in lowest close since 1984

The Nikkei stock average plunged to a fresh 17-year low Monday after Friday's tumble on Wall Street and a negative report on domestic machinery orders erased a rally sparked by a Finance Ministry comment out of Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Patent confab kicks off in Tokyo

A meeting of patent office chiefs from 12 Asian countries started today in Tokyo, the Patent Office said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Core machinery orders down for third month

Core private-sector machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in July from the previous month to 931.5 billion yen, the third monthly drop in a row, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Arabian Oil reaches basic agreement with Kuwait

Japan's largest oil producer, Arabian Oil Co., has reached a basic agreement with Kuwait on extending its drilling rights in the Khafji oil field, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2001

Japan ready to lift sanctions on India

Japan is considering lifting economic sanctions on India, imposed in 1998 to protest nuclear tests by New Delhi, before the end of the year in order to get bilateral relations back on a normal footing, government sources said Saturday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 9, 2001

For your regular viewing pleasure

Those who believe young people don't have proper peer models should check out TBS's "Sekai Ururun Taizai (World Sojourn)," which, every Sunday at 10 p.m., features a young celebrity traveling to a distant corner of the globe and living with a local family while learning a local skill or craft.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2001

Steel firms drop earnings outlook

Five major steelmakers on Friday revised downward earnings forecasts for the year to March due to decreased profitability springing from flagging demand and product prices.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

Tokyo fails to stem suspected oil exploration

After two hours of nothing but the vast expanse of the East China Sea, a steel structure topped by a streak of flame and a helicopter pad appears on the horizon, growing rapidly in the window of a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol plane.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

0.8% contraction in GDP underlines Koizumi's task

Japan's economy shrank a real 0.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Friday, underscoring the challenges ahead for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as he juggles structural reform and the weakening economy.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Matsushita says it will postpone issue of IT-linked stock

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Thursday it will postpone its plan to issue special stocks linked to the performance of electronics-related business divisions due to the ongoing slump in the information technology sector.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Gartner reports steady server sales

Gartner Japan Ltd. said Friday that domestic demand for servers during the first half of this year remained steady despite a slump in the global information technology market.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

End to market decline may be in sight

Tokyo stocks plunged yet again this week, sending the 225-issue Nikkei average below 10,500 -- a level unseen since August 1984.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Business sentiment darkens despite capital spending rise

Corporate pessimism over the economy grew in the July-September quarter, overshadowing a 2.3 percent rise in capital spending during the April-June period.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

Nippon Steel expands ties with POSCO to include IT

Nippon Steel Corp. has said its strategic business alliance with South Korea's Pohang Iron & Steel Co., or POSCO, will be extended into such areas as information technology and resource development to strengthen their presence in the global market.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 5, 2001

Luxury ticket packages set to go on sale

Luxury ticket packages for World Cup games to be played in Japan next year, called "Prestige Program," will go on sale on Wednesday, the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee announced Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

Ministry looks into growing suicide problem

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has begun compiling measures to stem the growing number of suicides in Japan, according to ministry officials.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

National tax revenue rose 3.6% in July

Tax revenue in July rose 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 4.615 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2001

44 die in fire, blast at Tokyo nightspot

A powerful fire and explosion ripped through a mah-jongg parlor and an adult entertainment club in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward early Saturday, killing at least 44 people and injuring three others, authorities said.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Sep 2, 2001

Standing out in the crowd: the joys of tachinomiya

Tachinomiya hold a special position among drinking establishments. There is something about standing while drinking that puts a whole new spin on the sake experience. What such places lack in serenity they more than make up for in value and fun.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Britain probes Blackman case 'con artist'

British police are investigating the man who claimed to be offering a 77 million yen reward in last year's search for hostess Lucie Blackman on suspicion of fraud.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

Islanders' concerns over cash grow

More than half of the people evacuated from Miyake Island following the eruption of Mount Oyama a year ago are experiencing economic difficulties, according to a recent survey by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2001

14,700 Hitachi staff to be cut in IT slump

Hitachi Ltd. said Friday that it will abolish 14,700 jobs, or 4.5 percent of its 324,000-strong group workforce, by the end of March to help turn around declining earnings amid the slump in the information technology sector.
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
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
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