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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2002

Mitsui will be urged to halt ODA bids

The Foreign Ministry will urge major trading house Mitsui & Co. to temporarily refrain from bidding on projects related to official development assistance, ministry sources said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 12, 2002

Carp owner dies

The owner of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp professional baseball team Kohei Matsuda died of stomach cancer at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday. He was 80.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CLOSE NEIGHBORS
Jul 11, 2002

Japan's carmakers tooling up for China

BEIJING -- Zhao Xue Bo, an international relations researcher at Beijing Broadcasting Institute, a national university, has been saving money for some time to buy a new car.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

NTT to launch Web chat service

NTT Communications Corp. said Wednesday it will start a new Web chat service in which animated characters augment written messages.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

Honda to export cars from China

The president of Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday his company will set up a joint manufacturing plant in the Chinese coastal city of Guangzhou to produce and export small cars to the rest of Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 11, 2002

Permanent status and foreign driving licences in Japan

Reader AEB from Kyushu writes: "I am single, have lived here in Japan for almost 10 years, and have a stable job. I hope to apply for permanent residency. I heard that you must have lived here for 10 years consecutively, or be married to a Japanese national.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2002

EU trade chief seeks overhaul of U.S. steel industry

European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy called Tuesday for a bold restructuring of the U.S. steel industry to resolve the global trade row prompted by Washington's imposition of emergency steel import tariffs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 10, 2002

Seigen Ono: 'So Peaceful, Simple and Strong'

Last month, when Marc Ribot was playing Aoyama Cay, one of Seigen Ono's people proffered an advance copy of "So Peaceful, Simple and Strong" to him backstage, saying, "It's good, Marc. It's really good." Ribot, heavy-lidded with jet lag and fatigue from touring Europe, grimaced and dropped the disc onto...
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2002

BIS calls for honesty in banking policy

The Bank for International Settlements on Monday issued a dire warning to Japan over the shaky position of its banking system, urging the government to explain to taxpayers that their money could again be needed to clean up the problem-loan situation.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2002

MMC plans aluminum-chassis truck

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. next year will introduce an extra-light, environmentally friendly truck that has an aluminum chassis, marking a world first for the automaker.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2002

Government to rate nuclear plants on safety levels

Plans are being drawn up to rate Japan's nuclear power plants for safety to better monitor risk-prone plants and reduce inspection costs.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2002

Unemployment insurance in peril

Rising unemployment is creating serious financial problems for the government, making it likely that jobless insurance premiums will be increased. In fact, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi suggested the other day that the premium rate would be raised on an emergency basis, perhaps...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Nissan Diesel to follow Ghosn's plan

The president of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. said Friday his company will promote team work among middle-management personnel, in line with the business strategy of Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Increase in computer virus reports seen

The number of reports of computer virus damage in Japan in the first six months of the year has already surpassed the total for all of 2001, software firm Trend Micro Inc. said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Four people collapse in dry-ice store

OSAKA -- Four people were found collapsed Thursday at a dry-ice store in Kita Ward here and were hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition and the other two seriously ill, police said.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

BTM to lend 1 trillion yen by '05

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi plans to make 1 trillion yen in new loans to corporate and individual customers by March 2005, bank officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

JAL-JAS to give up slots at Haneda

Japan Airlines and Japan Air System said Thursday they will give up a combined nine slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport in connection with their integration plan in October, although two of the slots will be returned to the tieup.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Sanyo to make plasma panel TVs in China

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. plans to start production of liquid crystal display projectors and plasma display panel television sets in China early next year, a company official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

Tax evasion regained 30 billion yen level in 2001

Tax authorities found 30.9 billion yen in tax evasion cases in fiscal 2001, the same level as in the early 1980s and a reflection of the sluggish economy, according to a National Tax Agency tally released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2002

RoboNavigator to offer accurate parts assembly

Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Wednesday it has developed with two business allies a control system capable of recognizing the spatial location of industrial parts to be picked up and assembled by robot arms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

Nissan lauds NPO-study scholarship recipients

Nissan Motor Co. has marked the completion of the fourth term of its Nissan-NPO Learning Scholarship Program and held an orientation seminar for the start of the fifth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

Program empowers disabled Asians

Lokesh Khadka, a 23-year-old deaf Nepalese, is determined to change the society of his home country so that it will accept people with hearing disabilities.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2002

Matsushita unit's first-half profits plunge 83.2%

Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday its group net profits for the first half of this business year plunged 83.2 percent from a year earlier to 1.84 billion yen.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 3, 2002

Baseball steps back up to the plate

Let's begin the first baseball column following the World Cup with some words of congratulations and praise to everyone involved in that spectacular event. It was an exciting tournament that mesmerized most of Japan and South Korea, especially during the first half of June prior to the elimination of...
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2002

Merger forms nonlife insurer Sompo Japan

Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. merged Monday to form Japan's second-largest nonlife insurer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

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