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BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002

Temp firms gear for manufacturing entry

The lift of a statutory ban on dispatching temporary workers to the manufacturing sector has long been a fervent wish for many such businesses and personnel providers.
BUSINESS / ANOTHER LOOK
Sep 16, 2002

Outsourcing offers Japan Inc. a viable, new cost-cutting option

Regardless of the size of a company's operations, one of the most pressing issues for management is reduction of costs. With very low economic growth likely to continue for some time and deflation placing pressure on prices in many different industry sectors, management is being called upon to make more...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Space only the first frontier for H-IIA

The government and industry alike are pinning their hopes on the successful launch of the third H-IIA rocket, due to be sent into space Tuesday on its first full-scale operational mission.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Sep 6, 2002

Demographic shift prompts toy makers to reach out to adults

Faced with an ever declining number of children, Japan's toy makers have started courting their parents, alluring them with frothy beer dispensers and matchbox luxury sedans.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2002

Ministry deems Nippon Ham fit to resume beef operations

The farm ministry said Monday that Nippon Meat Packers Inc. and its scandal-tainted subsidiary can resume their beef-related operations because it has deemed as acceptable the group's steps to prevent further fraud targeting the government's beef buyback subsidies.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2002

Mitsubishi Securities launches operations

Mitsubishi Securities Co. began operations Monday after being launched over the weekend by Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. through the merger of four affiliated brokerages.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2002

Tepco chairman, president announce resignations over nuclear coverups

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that President Nobuya Minami and Chairman Hiroshi Araki will resign over reported coverups of damage at the utility's nuclear power plants.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2002

Prima Meat Packers recalled sauce products in June 2001

Prima Meat Packers Ltd., the nation's third-largest meat processor, recalled some of its products in June 2001 after discovering that sauce in them had exceeded its best-before date, a company spokesman said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2002

Kyoei Mutual pulls out of Millea group merger

Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Thursday formally announced that it will not join the Millea Insurance Group, bidding to instead strengthen its finances as a subsidiary of the National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Zenkyoren).
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2002

Cash gone in suspected arson-murder

Police determined Wednesday that 6.5 million yen in cash is missing from two large safes at a financial futures dealer in Tokyo's Minato Ward where two men died in a suspected arson-murder Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2002

Takebe slams Nippon Ham punishments

OSAKA -- Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe on Wednesday blasted disciplinary measures taken by Nippon Meat Packers Inc. over a beef mislabeling scandal as "incomplete and incomprehensible to the public," as ministry officials searched the company's offices in Osaka and Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2002

Nippon Ham founder Okoso to step down as chairman

Nippon Meat Packers Inc. on Tuesday told the farm ministry that its founder, Yoshinori Okoso, will resign as chairman of the firm over a suspected beef-labeling scam, according to informed sources.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 18, 2002

59 yen burgers wolfed down by bargain-hunters

Late last month, a man in New York filed a lawsuit against four fast-food restaurant chains claiming that they were responsible for his obesity problems. Blaming advertisements that supposedly mislead consumers into thinking that their products "are good for you," the man and his lawyers hope to win...
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2002

Isuzu may take advantage of special tax breaks

Isuzu Motors Ltd. may accelerate its restructuring moves under the industrial revitalization law to take advantage of tax breaks and other favorable treatment, company sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2002

Government to file charges against Nippon Ham subsidiary

The government will file a criminal complaint against a unit of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. if it finds that the firm abused a beef-buyback program by disguising imported meat as domestic, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2002

S&P lowers credit ratings of Fujitsu and Toshiba

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Friday it has cut the corporate credit rating of electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd. to BBB minus pi from BBBpi, citing weak earnings from sluggish sales of telecommunications equipment and semiconductor products.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2002

Suzuki served fresh arrest warrant over bribery

Prosecutors served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on a second bribery charge.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2002

Official suspected of taking bribe

An official of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is suspected of accepting a bribe of more than 10 million yen from a computer software company executive while working for the former Science and Technology Agency, sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2002

Some key questions skirted

Seventeen years ago, following the Lockheed payoff scandal that culminated in the arrest and indictment of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, the Diet set up an ethics council in both chambers. In an eerie flashback to that episode, the Lower House ethics panel on Wednesday grilled former Foreign Minister...
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2002

Toshiba seeking to bolster reactor-dismantling business

Toshiba Corp. will set up a team of nuclear-plant experts to beef up the company's reactor-decommissioning business, company officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2002

Asian trainees keep Kawaguchi's furnaces blasting

After a hard day's work at a blast furnace in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Vietnamese trainees cheered as they watched a recent World Cup soccer match on TV.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

TV Tokyo paid heist informant

Television Tokyo Channel 12 Ltd. employees paid 350,000 yen to an informant who told them about a planned heist at a Tokyo company that the broadcaster filmed and aired in May, it was acknowledged Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2002

Developer appeals ruling in Ishibashi Sangyo fraud case

Heo Young Joong, sentenced last week to seven years in prison for defrauding an oil materials sales company out of nearly 18 billion yen, filed an appeal Monday against the ruling.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2002

Taisei Fire rehab plan entails claim payout reductions

Taisei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which failed last year, will reduce some insurance claim payouts to corporate clients by 25.8 percent, according to a rehabilitation plan submitted Friday to the Tokyo District Court.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2002

Mazda chief sees bright future

The next two years at Mazda Motor Corp. will be a period of "product-led growth," new company President and CEO Lewis Booth said Thursday.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Rich Japanese still fear yen crash, wealth manager says
The yen slumped more than 2% on Monday alone, nearing ¥150 to the dollar, after the U.S. and China temporarily lowered tariffs, triggering a reversal of bearish dollar bets.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues
Mount Fuji fills the skyline above a bridge connecting stores at a popular outlet shopping center in the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in November 2024.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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