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BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2004

New car sales fell 1.6% in February

A total 361,787 new cars, trucks and buses were sold in Japan in February, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2004

New metro bank to be profitable in third year: plan

The new bank planned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is expected to become profitable in its third year of operations, according to a master plan announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2004

Koizumi proposes new IT ministry to reduce red tape

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has instructed Cabinet ministers to consider integrating the various information technology sections of different ministries, possibly into a new ministry, to reduce red tape, sources familiar with the issue said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2004

Sales of new vehicles rise for first time in three years

Domestic sales of new motor vehicles, excluding minicars, rose 1.5 percent in 2003 to 4.03 million units, the first year-on-year increase in three years, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2004

New Komeito cautious on Iraq situation

New Komeito, despite its coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party, may oppose the dispatch of troops to Iraq if the security situation there worsens, its leader said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2004

Emperor offers New Year's greetings

Emperor Akihito offered his annual New Year's greetings to well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 21, 2003

Jazz clubs on New Year's Eve

Most evenings, jazz in Tokyo is squashed into a minuscule four hours, politely finishing early enough for customers to catch the last train home. By other countries' standards, the lack of a late-night set starting at 11 or midnight is almost unbelievable. On New Year's Eve, however, all that changes....
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

New Ashikaga Bank president named

Norito Ikeda, former chief personnel officer of the Bank of Yokohama, became on Tuesday the new president of the recently nationalized Ashikaga Bank.
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2003

New Ricoh machine looks to plug leaks

Ricoh Co. said Tuesday it has developed a printer-photocopier capable of automatically blocking the unauthorized duplication of classified documents.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2003

New life insurance contracts slide

The Life Insurance Association of Japan said Friday that new individual life insurance contracts held by its 42 member firms were down 12.1 percent in the fiscal first half of 2003 from a year earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

New Osaka mayor claims mandate; voters 'no longer care'

OSAKA -- Osaka Mayor-elect Junichi Seki said Monday he will do his utmost to remedy the city's problems.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2003

Ex-Toyota exec tapped to head new Tokyo bank

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is going to appoint a former Toyota Motor Corp. official as head of a new bank that will finance small and midsize companies.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2003

Tanigaki against New Komeito tax plan

Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki indicated Tuesday that he opposes New Komeito's proposal to scrap income tax cuts to allow the government to step up its contributions to the crisis-ridden pension program.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2003

Resona seeks profits via new plan

Resona Holdings Inc. aims to swing back into the black in fiscal 2004 under a new two-year business improvement plan that will be unveiled soon, company sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 12, 2003

Season of 'new faces' sees an old master take a bow

This month the Kabukiza, Ginza, is sporting a yagura (turret) on its gabled facade, covered with a blue curtain on which is written "Kyogenzukushi (All kyogen plays)." To those in the know, the turret is announcing the arrival of the annual kaomise ("face-showing") season. This was the most important...
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2003

Intervention reaches new quarterly high

The nation's monetary authorities used 7.55 trillion yen between July and September to weaken the yen, setting a record quarterly high for currency market intervention for a second straight quarter, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2003

Chrysler to boost profile in Japan via new models

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- Chrysler hopes to lift its profile in Japan by rolling out many new models in the near future, a top marketing official of the North American unit of DaimlerChrysler Corp. said.
COMMUNITY
Oct 19, 2003

Labor pains

On a recent Saturday, some 80 delegates from the National Union of General Workers, Tokyo South, trudged through cold rain to gather at a conference hall near Mount Fuji for their annual meeting. Greetings were kept brief and to the point. After all, with the sour economy putting such pressure on unions,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2003

Smaller tax panel starts new term

The government's downsized tax panel embarked on a new three-year term Monday, tasked with addressing a pile of reform issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2003

Ishihara lauds new rules to curb emissions from trucks and buses

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara hailed Wednesday's enforcement of new regulations to curb emissions from diesel-powered trucks and buses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2003

New Mazda chief sets sights on U.S., China

Mazda Motor Corp. is gearing up to gain ground on rivals, especially in the United States and China, according to President Hisakazu Imaki.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2003

Clothing manufacturers create new fad: nutritional T-shirts

Japanese fabric and clothing makers are competing fiercely in a brand new field: T-shirts and other clothing containing popular dietary supplements.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 5, 2003

Rise of new Roman empire truly amazing

LONDON -- There are only 86 more non-shopping days until the transfer window opens again on Jan. 1. You can almost imagine Roman Abramovich counting the days, like a prisoner awaiting release from jail.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2003

Sony unveils new version of Aibo

Inc. on Thursday unveiled a new version of the robot dog Aibo that is better at recognizing images and moving around.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2003

Toyota puts new Prius hybrid on sale

Toyota Motor Corp. launched a redesigned Prius in Japan on Monday as part of a drive to spearhead the development of environmentally friendly technology.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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