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BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2003

Bridgestone cuts earnings outlook after fire

Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp. released a revised earnings outlook Wednesday that includes the impact of a fire at its Tochigi factory earlier this month, lowering net and pretax profit forecasts for the year ending Dec. 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2003

Yamaha Motor eyes big bio-business growth

Yamaha Motor Co. has developed a photosynthesis technology capable of mass-producing a type of rare phytoplankton used in fish farming.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2003

Hino, Isuzu to delay merger of bus units

Hino Motors Ltd. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Friday they will delay the full merger of their bus-manufacturing operations until October 2004.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2003

Carmakers worried about effects of Bridgestone plant fire

Automaker officials voiced concerns Monday about the possible impact of suspended operations at tire maker Bridgestone Corp.'s plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, which caught fire earlier in the day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2003

Over 100 million yen withdrawn with stolen bank card

Police are searching for a man suspected of stealing a company president's bank card and using it to withdraw more than 100 million yen from an Internet banking service, officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Aug 19, 2003

Residents wake up to transparent need for security

Japanese used to say water and security are free, but with the rise in home burglaries, one of those commodities is no longer a given.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2003

Uniqlo to sex up its product line as part of image makeover

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and chief executive of the company that owns the Uniqlo chain, used to liken his casual clothing stores to "vending machines" that continuously spit out products to thirsty consumers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 6, 2003

O, what a tangled web we weave

Though nowhere near as all-encompassing as the Renaissance in Europe, the closed, feudal world of shogunal Japan did throw up a few periods of vigorous artistic expression in the more than two and a half control-freak centuries it lasted. One of these was about 200 years ago, from 1804-1830, during what...
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2003

Honda saw net profit fall 5.4% in first quarter

Honda Motor Co. reported a consolidated net profit of 101.82 billion yen in the April-June quarter, down 5.4 percent from the same period last year, company officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2003

Tokyo bike couriers pedal their wares

Tokyo's perennial gridlock first prompted the birth of motorbike messenger services, but bicycle courier businesses are fast establishing themselves as viable.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 27, 2003

Have a Bali good time at Shiseido's spa

BALI, Indonesia -- Imagine, if you will, a paradise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2003

Foreign banks excel in lending with measure of risk, realism

Reiko Kinoshita, senior vice president of Tokyo Star Bank's principal finance division, doesn't mince words. Neither she nor her clients have the time.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2003

Honda leases out fuel-cell car to Iwatani

Honda Motor Co. leased out a fuel-cell vehicle Tuesday to Iwatani International Corp., company officials said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 13, 2003

Opportunity knocks for women in Japan's climate of change

With the days of the Asian Tigers long gone, and Japan Inc. now more of a pussy cat gone belly up, the talk is no longer about the world's second-biggest economy taking over the world, but about the profound structural changes that will be necessary just to keep it afloat.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2003

New Toshiba gadget firm to open

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will establish a new engineering company in Kawasaki to provide advanced engineering support for discrete devices.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2003

Forgers target prepaid Quo Cards

Quo Card Co., a Tokyo-based issuer of prepaid cash cards, has been hit by a large number of forged cards that the company says have been used to purchase some 60 million yen in goods and services.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2003

City Hall raided after mayor's arrest for bribery

Police searched City Hall in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and several other locations Sunday in connection with a bribery probe involving allegations that the mayor gave favors to a crematory construction company in exchange for money.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2003

Some firms hold early stock meetings

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Nissan Motor Co. and NEC Corp. were among firms that held general shareholders' meetings Thursday, ahead of a slew of such meetings June 27.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 15, 2003

The albatross of nuclear power in Japan

According the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the residents of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area are facing the crisis of a power shortage this summer because most of the company's nuclear reactors will remain shut down for inspections and repairs stemming from last year's discovery that the...
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 11, 2003

Kumakawa spreads his wings with 'Swan Lake'

When Tetsuya Kumakawa left The Royal Ballet five years ago at the age of 26, most people said it was too early for the Ferrari-driving superstar to leave his position as a principal dancer with the legendary company he joined in 1989. That was probably because most people didn't know what Kumakawa himself...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 10, 2003

Security firm develops fuel-cell robot

Fuel cells that generate electricity via a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen are emerging as an environment-friendly alternative source of power.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2003

Slush fund claim heats Duskin case

Duskin Co., a major cleaning equipment rental firm under investigation for a series of questionable transactions, provided 5 million yen to a struggling business partner in 1998 through a company slush fund, sources familiar with the case said Thursday.

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