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JAPAN
Jul 25, 2004

MTFG's leaders eyed to head merged group

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. and UFJ Holdings Inc., eyeing a merger in the next fiscal year, are considering having the president and chairman of MTFG take the same positions in the merged banking group, informed sources said Saturday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 24, 2004

Rent-a-cats bring women love at first bite

It has long been said that for men, walking a dog is a good way to meet girls. I have to admit, I'm a sucker for a cute dog too. Whenever I see a dog, especially a black Labrador retriever, I run over and pet it, hug it, kiss it and tell it how beautiful it is. So walking a dog is a good way to meet...
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2004

Japan, China urged to cooperate on energy

OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japan and China must find ways to cooperate over energy resources, business leaders said Friday during an annual Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) forum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2004

Portable digital-audio player market heating up

Competition is intensifying in Japan over a new breed of portable digital-audio players that allows music lovers to carry around a vast library of their favorite tracks.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2004

Toyota to hire some MMC workers

Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to hire some 400 workers at Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s assembly plant in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, MMC said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 21, 2004

Too deep for tears

Greece has been buzzing with excitement following the Euro 2004 victory and before the countdown to this summer's Olympics. When I arrived in Athens on July 1, it looked like the whole city was being given a long overdue clean-up. After strolling around the Acropolis gardens where people were chatting...
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2004

Sony-Bertelsmann deal approved

BERLIN The European Commission has approved unconditionally a merger between the music units of Sony Corp. and Germany's Bertelsmann AG to create the world's second-largest music company, with a 25 percent market share, the two companies said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2004

Toyota expects record global output this year

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it expects its group's global production for calendar 2004 to hit a record 7.54 million units 260,000 more than an earlier forecast thanks to brisk overseas sales.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Jul 20, 2004

More credit and readers need help

More free credit Reader "Tokyo Angel" got a no-charge credit card after hunting around for a while. She currently has a Nicos Visa card through the post office (application forms are available from all post offices) that has no annual fee and which includes full travel insurance aswell, even if you don't...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2004

Going global with civic virtues

How do we instill civic virtue in the global marketplace to civilize and tame it so that we arrive at the place where the market serves the people instead of where people are served up to the market? Around half of the world's 100 largest economies are private companies. This gives the private sector...
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Sojitz Holdings may seek 300 billion yen

Sojitz Holdings Corp. is considering seeking about 300 billion yen in financial aid from its main creditor, UFJ Bank, to help bolster its capital base, sources close to the move said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2004

Sumitomo Trust tries to block tieup

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Corp. on Friday filed an application with the Tokyo District Court to seek an injunction to halt merger talks between UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., saying the UFJ group's decision to cancel its plan to sell UFJ Trust Bank to Sumitomo is a breach...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2004

Asia seizing new opportunities in Africa

In the Senegalese city of Thies, a new enterprise, "Senbus," is assembling 30-seat buses for the domestic and regional markets. The first units of this first vehicle factory in Senegal rolled out the plant's doors in September 2003, thanks to a partnership between Senegalese investors and Tata International,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 17, 2004

Benjamin Lee

Six years ago when the Chen Kaige movie "First Emperor" was being made in China, celebrity photographer Benjamin Lee went along from Tokyo for the filming. "I had the chance to meet the producer, and in an interesting way followed the crew around," he said. He did more than look on. He spent six months...
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2004

Publisher must pay redress over suicide

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering Bungeishunju Ltd. to pay 9.2 million yen in damages to the family of an archaeologist who killed himself in 2001 because of reports in the publishing company's weekly magazine.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

Mitsubishi hit by more truck defects

Seven more cases of cracked clutch housings have been found in large vehicles made by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and its spun-off maker, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., since a recall was announced in May, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

Struggling UFJ pursues merger deal with MTFG

Ailing UFJ Holdings Inc. on Wednesday asked rival Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. to merge with it in a deal that would create the world's biggest banking group, with 190 trillion yen in assets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2004

SDF aid mission mars Japan's peace image, Arab interviewees say in film

The deployment of Self-Defense Forces troops to Iraq on a humanitarian mission puzzles Arabs because it runs counter to their long-held image of a peaceful Japan, according to a documentary film based on eight interviews with people in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 14, 2004

A 'Steamboy' timeline

1995 After enjoying international success with his debut feature "Akira" (1988), Katsuhiro Otomo comes up with the idea for his second feature, "Steamboy," from an animated short, "Cannon Fodder." One of three segments in his 1995 animation omnibus "Memories," "Cannon Fodder" tells an Orwellian tale,...
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2004

FTC tells Microsoft to cut restrictive contract clause

The Fair Trade Commission slapped a warning against Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday, demanding that the U.S. software giant remove what it said was an unfair clause from contracts with Japanese personal computer makers.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2004

DoCoMo to invest in TI in quest for dual-mode chips

Japan's top mobile carrier said Tuesday it will invest about 5.5 billion yen in Texas Instruments Inc. of the United States to jointly develop a chip to enable cell phones to work in two different networks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2004

Poor LDP showing suggests Koizumi magic wearing thin

The setback suffered by the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's House of Councilors election indicates that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's magical voter appeal is ebbing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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