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BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2001

Sony to take new IC cash card overseas

Sony Corp. plans to offer a new electronic payment service based on an integrated circuit card, domestically and overseas, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Revised GDP data shows economy shrank 0.6%

Revisions to gross domestic product data show the economy contracted 0.6 percent in real terms in the July-September quarter, rather than growing 0.2 percent as reported earlier, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

Revised GDP data shows economy shrank 0.6%

Revisions to gross domestic product data show the economy contracted 0.6 percent in real terms in the July-September quarter, rather than growing 0.2 percent as reported earlier, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Opposition boycotts budget session

All four opposition parties boycotted the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Wednesday after the ruling coalition refused to meet its demand that LDP members linked to the recent money-for-favors scandal testify in the committee.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Auto unions begin spring wage talks

Labor organizations representing employees of major automakers on Wednesday presented their annual list of wage and benefits demands to management as another difficult year looms for Japan's blue-collar workers.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Auto unions begin spring wage talks

Labor organizations representing employees of major automakers on Wednesday presented their annual list of wage and benefits demands to management as another difficult year looms for Japan's blue-collar workers.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Rothschild plans to enter M&A business in Japan

Major European financial institution N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd. will enter Japan's accelerating merger-and-acquisition market, officials at the group's Japan office said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Rothschild plans to enter M&A business in Japan

Major European financial institution N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd. will enter Japan's accelerating merger-and-acquisition market, officials at the group's Japan office said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Price falls have Miyazawa, BOJ at odds

The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors are likely to join the debate over Japanese prices later this month in Italy — a debate in which the government and BOJ continue to see falling prices in a different light.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Keidanren, Nikkeiren become JBF

An organization to be formed from the merger of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will take its acronym from its English-language name, the Japan Business Federation, the Nikkeiren chairman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Mori's credit card data not stolen by hackers

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's credit card details were not stolen by computer hackers who allegedly infiltrated the World Economic Forum, as was claimed by a British newspaper, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

NKK, Sumitomo Heavy, Hitachi Zosen agree to unite steel businesses

NKK Corp., Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Zosen Corp. said Tuesday they have agreed on a broad business tieup with an eye toward integrating steel plant and engineering operations by the end of March 2003.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Mori, Lebanon leader seek stronger relations

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri have agreed to deepen business and cultural exchanges between Japan and the Middle Eastern state while acknowledging that obstacles remain.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Opposition may boycott budget committee

The ruling and opposition camps on Tuesday locked horns over the recent money-for-favors scandal, with the LDP saying one of its Diet members implicated in the case will not testify until after the fiscal 2001 budget clears the Lower House.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2001

Opposition may boycott budget committee

The ruling and opposition camps on Tuesday locked horns over the recent money-for-favors scandal, with the LDP saying one of its Diet members implicated in the case will not testify until after the fiscal 2001 budget clears the Lower House.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Panel seeks ways to aid ailing life insurers

The Financial System Council, an advisory panel to the government, will consider ways to help Japanese life insurers restore their financial health, officials of the Financial Services Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Panel seeks ways to aid ailing life insurers

The Financial System Council, an advisory panel to the government, will consider ways to help Japanese life insurers restore their financial health, officials of the Financial Services Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

State eyes enforcement of oil stockpiling

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry was poised to submit a bill Tuesday that would tighten regulations on domestic oil refiners and sellers to ensure they meet stockpiling requirements.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

State eyes enforcement of oil stockpiling

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry was poised to submit a bill Tuesday that would tighten regulations on domestic oil refiners and sellers to ensure they meet stockpiling requirements.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Feb 7, 2001

Top 10 alternative reasons to go ADSL

www.icebox.com Like most of the Net's other starving-artist showcases, there's an overwhelming choice here, but the favorite appears to be Queer Duck. The episodes, about a gay mallard, are sharp social satire in which it's difficult, at least at first, to determine whether the author is preaching discrimination...
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Mazda directors' pay cut by 10%

Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will implement a uniform 10 percent pay cut for all its 25 directors on the board for one year from March.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Mazda directors' pay cut by 10%

Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will implement a uniform 10 percent pay cut for all its 25 directors on the board for one year from March.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Jusco to liquidate Dutch subsidiary

Major Japanese supermarket chain operator Jusco Co. said Tuesday that it will dissolve its Netherlands-based subsidiary as it is no longer needed as a fundraising channel.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Feb 7, 2001

Why not join the marine corps?

Welcome to the second week of the second month of the United Nations-designated "International Year of Volunteers." To mark this joyous occasion, we are pleased to announce the release of a book named "Kokusai Volunteer Guido," aka "Inside International Volunteer Work," published by The Japan Times and...
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2001

Jusco to liquidate Dutch subsidiary

Major Japanese supermarket chain operator Jusco Co. said Tuesday that it will dissolve its Netherlands-based subsidiary as it is no longer needed as a fundraising channel.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001

Japanese-Chinese translation software goes mobile

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it has developed bidirectional speech translation technology for Japanese and Chinese that can be used in compact mobile devices such as cellular phones.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Bomb blast rocks city hall men's room

OSAKA -- Two explosions ripped through a first floor restroom in Osaka City Hall Monday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of some 3,000 employees for about an hour.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to 'immediate ceasefire'
A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top tariff negotiator, speaks to the press on Friday. Japan and the United States are still discussing what to negotiate.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

Podcast

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

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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