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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2003

Too rich, too complex to be run by slaves

HONG KONG -- China's new premier, Wen Jiabao, on his first visit to Hong Kong in his new job gave a resounding speech, declaring that local people were in charge of their own destiny. The question now is whether he meant it and whether the leaders in Beijing are prepared to trust the maturity of Hong...
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2003

Roche to use Chugai MRA patents

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. said Thursday it has agreed to license its patents on medicine to treat rheumatoid arthritis to Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche Holding AG.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2003

Toshiba's net loss almost doubled in April-June quarter

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday its group net loss widened to 36.85 billion yen in the April-June quarter from 18.8 billion yen a year earlier.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2003

Insurer probes leak of client list

A client list used by Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. has been leaked, officials of the insurer said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 30, 2003

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

New Jersey native Ted Leo, who learned his trade in the East Coast hardcore scene of the late '80s, has been toiling as an indie idol in the Washington D.C. underground for more than a decade, first fronting Chisel, which prefigured the current mod-punk revival, and then the Sin Eaters, a power-pop band...
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2003

Tsujimoto loaned out illegal cash

Arrested former lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto used some 40 million yen of her office's illegally pooled funds to loan to her friends, sources alleged Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jul 29, 2003

Winds of change mean big profits for Eco Power

When Eco Power Co. President Toshio Katano joined the firm in 1998 from its parent, Ebara Corp., a Tokyo-based industrial machinery manufacturer, he doubted whether the nation's largest wind power firm would turn a profit.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2003

Daihatsu posts 1.52 billion yen profit

Daihatsu Motor Co., an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., said Monday it posted a group net profit of 1.52 billion yen in the April-June quarter on sales of 238.87 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2003

SARS fears still hurting flights to Asia: JAL head

Japan Airlines System Corp. President Isao Kaneko said that although flights to the United States and Europe are recovering from the effects of the Iraq war, SARS fears continue to affect flights to the rest of Asia.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jul 28, 2003

Commodore Perry's legacy of curiosity

NEW YORK -- In the sesquicentennial of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, I am happy to imagine that I must be one of the few owners of the original edition of his report: "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2003

Demystifying the meow

So, the geniuses at Takara Co. Ltd. who last year gave this country the "Bowlingual," the gadget that supposedly translates dogs' thoughts into human language, have now announced a November launch for "Meowlingual," which is touted as doing the same for cats. (One sign that the inventors might actually...
Events
Jul 27, 2003

KANSAI: Who & What

Council to put Takarazuka in spotlight: The British Council's Kyoto office is inviting 60 people to a showing of a documentary film on the Takarazuka Revue, the Japanese all-women revue company, from 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Japan Foundation's Kyoto Office in Nakagyo Ward.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2003

Foreign bond sales drive up Nikko Cordial group net profit

Nikko Cordial Corp., Japan's third-largest securities firm, said Friday its group net profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2003 soared more than three-fold, thanks to a jump in sales of foreign bonds.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2003

Mitsui Mining, Dia Kensetsu mull seeking IRCJ assistance

Natural resources firm Mitsui Mining Co. and condominium builder Dia Kensetsu Co. are considering seeking a bailout from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2003

Japan Highway to dismiss, sue whistle-blower

Japan Highway Public Corp. will dismiss a senior branch official for his recent allegation in a monthly magazine that Japan Highway President Haruho Fujii hid a financial report showing the corporation had a negative net worth, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2003

Trucker to pay damages in installments

A former truck driver, his former employer and other concerns were handed a court order Thursday to pay 250 million yen in compensation to the parents of two infant sisters killed in a traffic accident he caused while driving drunk in 1999.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2003

Political donations to get murkier?

The ruling coalition's new proposal on corporate donations to political parties would probably conceal the identities of most donors, according to a recent Kyodo News study.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2003

Tokio Marine is accused of hiding billions in income

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has accused Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. of hiding about 4.3 billion yen in income through dealings in earthquake reinsurance transactions, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2003

Auditors unhappy with rush on Japan Highway review

Japan's big four auditing firms have expressed concern about auditing Japan Highway Public Corp.'s financial statements by the end of August, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 24, 2003

Making a BEE line for 'green living' throughout Japan

School's out for summer, and just about everyone seems to be on the road heading for the beach, the mountains or the mall. Chances are, though, many of those drivers will spend most of their time caught up in traffic.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2003

Can Ms. Doi restore trust in SDP?

The Metropolitan Police Department last week arrested Ms. Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former Lower House member of the Social Democratic Party, on suspicion of misappropriating salaries paid by the government to her two public secretaries in charge of policy affairs. The MPD also arrested those former secretaries...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Top lobby set to restart party donations

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) hopes to restore its political influence by encouraging member firms to pay donations to parties and by evaluating how the parties measure up.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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