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BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2002

Matsushita plots Chinese alliance

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will form an alliance with Chinese home appliance maker TCL Holdings Co. to engage in sales and product development in China, a company official said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002

Nuclear Safety Commission urges MOX fuel use

The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan made assurances Tuesday over the safety of using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel at nuclear plants.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2002

Yamaha to boost presence in China, Asian markets

Yamaha Motor Co. said Tuesday it has launched a three-year business plan that focuses on sales growth in China and other Asian markets.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Apr 10, 2002

Investor focus shifts to corporate prospects

The Tokyo stock market is shifting attention to corporate earnings projections to be made public shortly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002

Nakata promotes Cup with Internet cafe

An Internet cafe set up by Japanese soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata will open in Tokyo from April 19 to July 14 in concert with the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, which are being cohosted by Japan and South Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 10, 2002

Helicoid 0222MB

Helicoid 0222MB is a robot created and operated by three chicks from Osaka. Their ultimate goal is not to make this fantasy robot rid Japan of evil bands like Snail Ramp and Bump of Chicken, but simply to make it dance. Ho-hum.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Apr 10, 2002

Gallery grazing perfect for a spring day

After visiting the Ginza galleries Saturday afternoon, I found myself unable to decide which of a number of good shows to feature in my column this week. So, instead of zooming in on a particular exhibition, allow me to present an overview.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2002

Investors eye redress over dud securities

OSAKA -- Some 6,000 investors, most of them elderly, are seeking compensation for purchases of worthless securities.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2002

Mitsui creates unit for alternative investments

Mitsui & Co. has established a brokerage subsidiary to cater to institutional investors seeking to invest in alternative financial instruments in addition to stocks and bonds, the major trading house said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2002

Aeon logs record profits, sales

Aeon Co., which operates the Jusco supermarket chain, reported record sales and record profits on a consolidated basis for its business year, which ended Feb. 20, company officials said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2002

Four-stroke bikes dominate at Suzuka

Piloting a four-stroke Honda RC211V that he'd taken to 315 kph in dry practice, Valentino Rossi won Sunday's rain-soaked Japan MotoGP at the Suzuka circuit in Mie Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2002

Three years sought over padding of G-8 limo fees

Prosecutors demanded a three-year prison term Monday for a former Foreign Ministry official accused of swindling the state out of about 21 million yen by padding limousine fees related to the 2000 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2002

Man dies after being stabbed in car

OSAKA -- A 36-year-old man died after being stabbed in his car in the city of Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, early Saturday, local police said.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Mitsubishi to sell U.S. cancer test

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. will begin domestic sales of a U.S.-made screening device for cervical cancer in mid-April, company officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

Computer glitches cripple transactions at Mizuho

Mizuho Financial Group, the world's largest banking group, confirmed Friday that it has a backlog of at least 2.5 million incomplete transactions due to computer system glitches.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Tepco ready for market liberalization

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is ready to accept full liberalization of the power market, company president Nobuya Minami said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Komatsu, Volvo announce tieup

Komatsu Ltd. said Thursday it has reached a basic agreement with a Belgium-based construction equipment unit of Sweden's AB Volvo to jointly produce and develop construction equipment components.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Asahi Mutual's new policy contracts see 17% increase

Struggling Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Thursday the number of new policy contracts in the 2001 business year is estimated to have grown 17 percent due to brisk sales of new products.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2002

Builder Nissan to repay small claims

Failed Nissan Construction Co. unveiled a plan Thursday committing itself to the repayment of small liabilities of up to 2 million yen.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2002

Nippon Steel in talks over unit merger

Nippon Steel Corp. is engaged in final negotiations with its two group firms on the proposed merger of the units this business year, informed sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2002

Mitsubishi Chemical sets up medical ethics think tank

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Wednesday it has set up in Kawasaki the nation's first private think tank to specialize in the ethics of life and medical care.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2002

Asahi, Maxxium reach liquor deal

Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Wednesday it has reached a basic agreement with Dutch liquor wholesaler Maxxium Worldwide to acquire the exclusive rights to sell Remy Martin and other premium spirits on the Japanese market, excluding Okinawa.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 4, 2002

Better to skip this 'adventure' and just go to Osaka

You've probably already been inundated with news that Universal Studios opened a theme park last year in Osaka. If you have any interest in seeing that park, do not try to preview it with "Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure" (UA), a relatively new game for the Nintendo GameCube published by a company...
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2002

Man dies following sex-change operation

OSAKA -- A 35-year-old man from Tokyo died several hours after undergoing a sex-change operation in February at an Osaka clinic suspected of malpractice, sources close to the case said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 3, 2002

Reverend Horton Heat: 'Lucky 7'

Honky-tonks, hot rods and a half-dozen bottles of bourbon. Welcome to the wild and woolly world of the Reverend Horton Heat. It's been 10 years, four record labels and endless gallons of booze and premium unleaded since the good Reverend (aka Chris Heath) first introduced us to his blistering brand of...
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2002

Yozan to offer fast mobile Net access

Yozan Inc., a Tokyo-based mobile technology venture, said Tuesday it will start providing broadband mobile Internet access of up to 8 megabits per second in the fall after setting up 4,000 antenna bases across Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 3, 2002

Still chasing their dream

And then there were two . . . Dreams Come True keyboard player Takahiro Nishikawa's announcement on March 24 that he had left the pop trio wasn't all that surprising. For a long time Nishikawa had been very much the odd man out in the DCT lineup, especially after his involvement in a car accident a few...
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2002

Ikea to begin massive Japan crusade in summer

Swedish furniture giant Ikea plans to launch operations in Japan this summer, marking what a representative of the firm has described as the "biggest greenfield foreign investment ever made in Japan."

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