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BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2010

AIG may sell Japan insurance units to help reshape company

American International Group Inc., the insurer selling assets to repay a U.S. rescue, may seek buyers for its Japanese life units as Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche reshapes the firm.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Mar 30, 2010

A fresh approach to Japanese food

Nicolas Soergel graciously brings two tiny plates to the table. They each contain three pinkish "umeboshi" (salted, dry plums), but those on one of the plates have been preserved for just one year; the ones on the other plate — whose skins are a little more wrinkled — are three years old. "Please...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2008

Toy company CEOs dress up to play Santa

To help boost the sagging toy market, toy company executives transformed themselves into one-day Santa Clauses on Saturday to promote their products for Christmas.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2008

Mazda to maintain alliance with Ford, company president says

Mazda Motor Co. will maintain its alliance with Ford Motor Co., which owns one-third of Mazda's stake, despite the ongoing realignment in the U.S. auto industry, Mazda President and CEO Hisakazu Imaki said Thursday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 26, 2007

Israeli dance company finds friends in Saitama

With ever-more dance productions being staged at such mainstream Tokyo venues as Theater Cocoon in Shibuya, Setagaya Public Theater in Sangenjaya and even the New National Theater in Hatsudai, dance has clearly become an integral component of the performance-arts scene here.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 14, 2007

Once in keeping with some of the best company

In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature, by Jim Reichert. Stanford University Press, 2006, 282 pp., illustrations XI, $60.00 (cloth). The search for modernity in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) involved not only the discovery of some new subject matter but also the...
BUSINESS
May 19, 2006

Softbank, Vodafone set up firm

Softbank Corp. and Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, which recently sold its Japanese subsidiary to Softbank, announced Thursday that they are setting up a joint venture to develop and procure mobile phone handsets, software and digital content.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2004

Renown, D'urban form holding company

Apparel makers Renown Inc. and D'urban Inc. on Monday established Renown D'urban Holdings Inc. through a share exchange deal and integrated their operations in a bid to overcome a difficult market environment.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2003

Prostitute buying not systematic, company says

An Osaka-based construction firm again denied it had been involved in any systematic procurement of prostitutes during a recent employee trip to China, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aizawa said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2002

Itochu to help frozen-food company

Yukijirushi Access Inc., a frozen-food distributor operating within the Snow Brand Milk Products Co. group, said Tuesday it will take on two Itochu Corp. officials as directors.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2002

Second transport company opts out of mail service

A second transportation company made it known Wednesday that onerous conditions attached to a postal deregulation bill will keep it from entering the mail delivery business.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2002

Famed Kawana Hotel goes bust

The Tokyo-based firm that runs the Kawana Hotel, an internationally known resort in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, filed for court protection Tuesday with the aim of rehabilitating itself under different ownership, hotel officials said.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2002

UFJ Bank makes shaky debut

UFJ Holdings Inc. decided Tuesday to dip into its reserves to the tune of 1 trillion yen to make dividend payments, indicating that the group's new bank, which officially began operations the same day, is already desperately low on capital.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 22, 2001

Kobe defends company rugby league title

Kobe Steel clinched the National Company Rugby Union Championship for the second consecutive year and ninth time overall after beating Toyota Motor 29-26 on Sunday at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 10, 2000

Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Thomson to part company

J. League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima and manager Eddie Thomson have agreed to part company at the end of this season.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2000

Heo denies swindling petrol company

Heo Young Joong, a real estate developer suspected of causing financial damage to defunct trading house Itoman Corp., pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he swindled a petroleum goods seller out of 18 billion yen in promissory notes.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 1997

Two die in company dormitory fire

OSAKA -- Two people were killed early April 30 in a fire that destroyed a wooden dormitory for employees of a construction company in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2023

Sequoia’s split sends warning to every company doing U.S.-China business

While the dramatic separation may insulate Sequoia from pending regulation, it’s a signal that ties to China are a growing liability in Silicon Valley.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2023

Toyota wants to make more than just EVs — and has plenty of company

The harmony of Japan’s car lobby stands in stark contrast to its European counterpart, which lost several members last year that didn’t see eye to eye.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2023

Henry Ford and the lesson crypto enthusiasts must learn

As with automakers at the turn of the last century, the more promising investment approach to digital assets now is to think about what technologies will be needed if the sector takes off.

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