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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 20, 2006

What the Merchant of Venice might think about BOJ policy

"The quality of mercy is not strained."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2006

Chicken farm operator held over obstruction

MITO, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Police said Saturday they arrested the former owner of a chicken farm operation in Ibaraki Prefecture on suspicion he colluded with other veterinarians at the company to obstruct inspections for avian flu.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2006

Skymark repair lapse scrutinized

Skymark Airlines Co. came under a Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry inspection Friday because it had until recently flown a jet for nine months without required repairs, and then admitted later in the day that the same jet should have been fixed instead of flown after it was hit by lightning...
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2006

TSE eyes 30% order cap on buying a firm's shares

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will limit the size of individual stock purchase orders to less than 30 percent of a company's outstanding shares by the end of April, Liberal Democratic Party and TSE sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2006

TSE will keep Nishimuro at the helm

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. will ask Taizo Nishimuro to stay on as president after its June shareholders' meeting, TSE officials said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2006

DPJ runs apologies in six newspapers for e-mail fiasco

The Democratic Party of Japan placed an ad in six newspapers Wednesday to apologize for falsely claiming that scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. sent illicit money to a son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2006

Firms on a roll OK first raises since '01

Production workers at major automakers and electronics companies won increases in basic monthly pay Wednesday for the first time in five years, with Toyota Motor Corp. agreeing to the 1,000 yen raise demanded by its union.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2006

Wage increases reflect growing pay disparity

The pay raises at major carmakers and electronics firms announced Wednesday may be the first increases in five years but illustrate the fact that there are growing wage disparities between industries, companies and individuals.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2006

Nippon Oil to curb Iran imports

Nippon Oil Corp. will reduce its oil imports from Iran in view of uncertainties over the row between that country and Western nations about its nuclear designs, company President Fumiaki Watari said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

New chief vows to steady JAL

Japan Airlines Corp. should restructure itself into an airline that can consistently make an operating profit of at least 100 billion yen so it can survive in volatile business conditions, the troubled carrier's incoming president said in an interview with The Japan Times.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

Livedoor's stock up first day on liquidation post

Livedoor Co. shares rose 10 yen Tuesday in its first day on the liquidation post after being moved in response to alleged securities law violations. The Tokyo Stock Exchange will delist the company on April 14.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Skymark maintenance oversight draws scrutiny

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry announced Tuesday it will tighten its inspections of Skymark Airlines after the carrier reported it had been operating a plane for about nine months past a repair deadline.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2006

TSE elects to delist Livedoor

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Monday it will delist scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. and subsidiary Livedoor Marketing Co. from its Mothers market for emerging firms on April 14 due to alleged accounting fraud.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 14, 2006

Who is paying the price of health care?

Japan's health-insurance program is touted as being egalitarian, with treatment available at any medical institution in the nation to those people who pay monthly insurance premiums and 30 percent of their medical treatment, including diagnoses, tests and prescriptions.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 12, 2006

Equality still has a long way to go

International Women's Day, commemorated March 8, was a chance to celebrate women's achievements. But it also highlighted the fact that discrimination continues to be a major problem for women around the globe -- and Japanese women, unfortunately, are no exception. In fact, the world's second-largest...
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2006

U.S. firm gets Toshiba DNA chip license

Toshiba Corp. said Friday it has signed a licensing agreement with U.S. firm Antara BioSciences Inc. to transfer its expertise on compact, low-cost DNA chips and DNA diagnostic equipment.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2006

Aeon seeks to add banking operations to supermarkets by '07

Major supermarket chain Aeon Co. said Friday it will enter the banking business as early as spring 2007, building on its 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 11, 2006

No more nude surfing in Bali

A few weeks ago, while surfing on the Bukit, Bali's southernmost peninsula, where the population is small and the waves big, I paddled my board out among a group of three young Japanese surfers who were obviously on vacation. They chatted among themselves, not really giving me much notice, when suddenly...
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2006

FSA punishes J.P. Morgan unit

The Financial Services Agency on Thursday ordered J.P. Morgan Securities Asia Pte. to suspend part of its Tokyo operations for about two weeks for violating the Securities and Exchange Law, agency officials said.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

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Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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