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BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2004

EBC upset over bill to ban prepaid cell phones

The European Business Community in Japan on Wednesday criticized a plan by Japan's governing coalition to present a bill to the Diet, possibly during the current session, to ban the use and sale of prepaid mobile phones on grounds that they are often used in crimes.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2004

Softbank feels confident it will take over Hawks

Softbank Corp.'s chief executive said Wednesday it is making solid progress in its bid for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and is confident the pro baseball team will start the next season under new ownership.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2004

Net services lift NTT earnings 3%

NTT Corp. reported a 3 percent rise in earnings Wednesday for the first half of the fiscal year on higher revenue for its Internet services.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Toyota unveils successor to the Mark II

Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday took the wraps off its successor to the Mark II luxury sedan series, popular with baby boomers for 36 years, in a bid to lure younger generations.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 10, 2004

Shakespeare's lovers seduce audiences

"The most wooden performances ever," wrote one London critic of the latest Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production. "Superb!"
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 10, 2004

Ishii, Otsuka do their best to fill shoes of Japan's biggest stars

The organizers of the Major League Baseball All-Star show currently touring Japan were not able to convince Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners or Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees to play in this year's Nichibei yakyu, but the appearance of Japanese pitchers Kazuhisa Ishii and Akinori Otsuka has...
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Toshiba sues ex-partner Hynix over patent infringement case

Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. both in Japan and the United States, claiming it has violated Toshiba's flash memory patents.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2004

Yamato Transport reports 158.8% rise in net profit

Yamato Transport Co. said Tuesday it posted a group net profit of 16.56 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2004, up 158.8 percent over a year earlier.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004

Romania, Japan eye emissions trading deal

Japan is negotiating with Romania on facilitating emissions trading of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol, which enters into force in February, officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2004

Japan Post, China to top the agenda in EU talks

Senior officials from Japan and the European Union will hold a series of talks in Tokyo this week focusing on the privatization of Japan's postal services, China's economy, the progress in Japan's bad-loan problem and the impact of EU expansion on bilateral relations.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2004

Brooks cuts through a lot of red tape

Andrew Brooks has the confident aplomb of a producer and musician with two highly lauded records. His first album, a house-inflected dance record titled "You, Me & Us," brought him jobs remixing songs of Outkast and Scissor Sisters. His second album, released on Soundslike, the label of influential producer...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Seibu Lions ballclub up for sale

Scandal-tainted Kokudo Corp. has decided to sell the Seibu Lions baseball team for more than 20 billion yen, sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2004

Kokudo chief to quit over Seibu Railway scam

Kokudo Corp. President Minoru Mikami will resign to take responsibility for a scandal surrounding the falsification of Kokudo's shareholdings in group firm Seibu Railway Co., industry sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2004

JAL back in black, sees rate hikes over fuel costs

Japan Airlines Corp. reported Friday that it returned to profit in the first half of the fiscal year as international travel recovered from a decline a year ago caused by the war in Iraq and the outbreak of SARS in Asia, and added that rising fuel costs will lead to fare increases.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 5, 2004

BlueWave GM presents list of 25 protected players

Orix BlueWave general manager Katsuhiro Nakamura visited the baseball commissioner's office on Thursday to present a list of 25 protected players who will receive preferential signing rights with the new team created by the merger with the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 4, 2004

Nintendo DS: A wacky winner

Let's discuss the hard facts first.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2004

Nakao's prison term suspended due to sickness

The Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office decided Tuesday to suspend a prison sentence handed down against former construction minister Eiichi Nakao, who was found guilty of bribe taking, because he is ill.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2004

Media get sneak preview of latest models

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- The 38th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the media Tuesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center here, showcasing low-emission commercial vehicles and so-called welfare vehicles.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Kanebo announces new president

Kanebo Ltd. announced Monday that a 43-year-old former bureaucrat has replaced Akiyoshi Nakajima as president as part of the company's rehabilitation efforts.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Toyota sets record half-year profits, sales

Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday reported record first-half profits and sales due to cost-cutting and higher performance in all regions that more than offset the impact of a stronger yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / BY THE NUMBERS
Nov 2, 2004

Free the workers to be better consumers

The government is encouraging companies to ensure their employees take time off because it wants workers to get out and be better consumers.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Builders hot on TSE in wake of disasters

Construction-related shares drew active buying Monday from investors betting such firms will see sharply higher demand due to the recent string of natural disasters hitting the nation.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Fuji to build LCD sheet film plant

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Monday it plans to invest more than 100 billion yen to build a factory in Kumamoto Prefecture to manufacture parts for liquid crystal display panels.
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.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
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.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.

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