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JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Yasuda joins Direct Line on variable-risk auto insurance

Major life insurer Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. and U.K.-based Direct Line Group announced Wednesday they will form a joint venture to sell automobile insurance through direct channels.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 1999

Mitsubishi, Volvo form bus-truck alliance

In the latest realignment in the global automotive industry, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and AB Volvo of Sweden will form a strategic alliance in the field of trucks and buses that includes a capital tieup, top officials of the two firms announced Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 1999

Auto sector shakeup has parts makers playing catchup

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JAPAN
Aug 3, 1999

Nissho Iwai announces major restructuring

Nissho Iwai Corp., a major trading firm struggling under heavy financial burdens, will carry out a drastic restructuring that will halve its textile business, company sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 1999

Telecom Realignment: Rival carriers prepare to combat Goliath

Second in a five-part series on reorganizing the domestic telecommunications industry
JAPAN
May 13, 1999

Bill could enlarge temp workforce, magnify woes

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JAPAN
May 11, 1999

Electronic music sales rocking the boat

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JAPAN
Apr 19, 1999

In with a Bang: Allstate banks on discount edge

Last in our series on financial deregulation
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Feb 17, 1999

Designing for dollars

Say what you will about Jeff Bezos, president of Amazon.com, but he is a savvy guy. He and his company may not be worth the gazillions of dollars that the market is throwing at them, but he deserves credit for making the market believe in him.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1999

Mitsubishi Chemical to absorb Tokyo Tanabe

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., the nation's largest comprehensive chemical firm, and Tokyo Tanabe Co., a medium-size medicine maker, announced Thursday they will merge Oct. 1, a development that could trigger a realignment of the nation's pharmaceutical industry.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jan 20, 1999

Toys today, tools tomorrow

Cybersurfers never had it so good. The efforts of Apple's Steven Jobs to revive his legacy mean that we can order the iMac in one of five "flavors." Thanks, Steve. Bill Gates wants you to be able to go anywhere you want on the Net -- as long as Microsoft escorts you on the journey
JAPAN
Dec 21, 1998

Woman wins against Sagawa Express harassment

OSAKA -- A female employee of Sagawa Express Co. was awarded 1.1 million yen in damages Monday by the Osaka District Court for being sexually harassed by her boss.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 1998

Mitsubishi to layoff 1,000 U.S. autoworkers

Posting huge losses in midterm earnings, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced plans Friday to lay off about 1,000 of the 4,600 workers at two major U.S. subsidiaries as part of restructuring efforts.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1998

Hino Motors posts 21 billion yen first-half loss

Leading truck maker Hino Motors Ltd. plunged into red ink in the first half of the current fiscal year, with sales decreasing mainly due to the Asian economic crisis and the prolonged recession in Japan, the company said on Tuesday.Unconsolidated net losses for the April-September period were reported...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1998

Daiei reports first-half net loss of 983 million yen

Suffering from weak consumer spending and restructuring costs to close poorly performing shops, supermarket giant Daiei Inc. reported a net loss of 983 million yen Wednesday for the March-August period on a nonconsolidated basis.This is the first time the company has posted an after-tax loss in an interim...
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Sumitomo Life buys into Taiheiyo

In an aggressive move to expand its financial services, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has purchased about 10 percent of outstanding shares in ailing Taiheiyo Securities Co. and its subsidiary Taiheiyo Investment Trust Management Co., the two companies announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Oki Electric forecasts loss, announces restructuring

Oki Electric Industry Co. said Tuesday the company is likely to suffer an after-tax loss of 31 billion yen in the current business year to March 1999, due to sagging semiconductor prices and lower demand for telecommunications devices.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998

Kansai airport chief sentenced for taking bribes

A former president of Kansai International Airport Co. was sentenced Tuesday to 1 1/2 years in prison, suspended for three years, by the Tokyo District Court for accepting bribes worth 2.16 million yen from an oil wholesaler.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 1998

Firms hold shareholder meetings; police stave off 'sokaiya'

More than 2,300 major companies across the country hosted general shareholders' meetings Friday as police mobilized about 10,000 officers to prevent possible disruptions by "sokaiya" corporate extortionists.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1998

White elephant tries to move decades of debt

BY SAYURI DAIMONStaff writer
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1998

Suzuki-India venture set for overhaul

Three days after settling a drawn out dispute over their joint auto venture, Suzuki Motor Corp. and the Indian government have decided to review overall production at Maruti Udyog Ltd. in a bid to boost its competitiveness, the automaker's president said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 1998

In with a Bang: Credit Suisse upbeat over assets boom

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JAPAN
May 13, 1998

Lawsuits seek to put dent in massive tobacco industry

Staff writer
JAPAN
May 12, 1998

Language teachers' union protests Nichibei dismissals

OSAKA -- An English-language schools' labor union filed a complaint Tuesday with the Osaka Prefectural Local Labor Relations Commission, claiming an Osaka-based language school violated the Labor Union Law in its handling of employees.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1998

UPS counts on Olympics to help build Japanese presence

Advertisers spend millions creating it, marketing researchers spend months trying to perfect it and companies spend years living up to it.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 1997

Electronics makers post mixed first-half results

Three of the nation's major electronics firms posted mixed business results for the first half of the 1997 business year through September 30.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1997

Automaker looks to bring Mercedes touch to other segments

Automaker looks to bring Mercedes touch to other segments> Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 29, 1997

Takashimaya execs get suspended sentences for payoffs

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on August 29 handed down suspended jail terms ranging from three to nine months to four former executives of Takashimaya Co.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Condo plot soil highly contaminated

CHIBA -- A plot of land where a condominium is to be built in Inage Ward, Chiba Prefecture, has highly cancerous hexavalent chromium concentrations 2,400 times the environmental standard set by the government, it was learned Aug. 19.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1997

Consortium offers building owners energy-savings windfall

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