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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.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2002

Snow, Lotte forge deal to sell ice cream

Struggling dairy products maker Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Monday it has signed an agreement with confectioner Lotte Co. to jointly set up a firm to manufacture and sell ice cream.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2002

Big companies demanding better English

Takuya Suzuki has been taking the Test of English for International Communication exams twice a year since he joined electronic parts maker Sumida Corp. two years ago.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2002

Abtronic aside, couch potatoes make TV shopping 110 billion yen juggernaut

The growing legion of TV shoppers in Japan has turned the relatively new market into a 110 billion yen colossus.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Mitsubishi elevator firm given sabotage warning

The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday warned Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno-Service Co. to stop sabotaging its competitors.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Seibu to cut 15% of full-time jobs

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. plans to cut some 800 jobs, or about 15 percent of its full-time workforce of 5,300, by the end of March, company officials said Friday.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jun 7, 2002

Working with people to save the Earth

Money was not Fareeha Ibrahim's reason for joining the JET program. In fact, as a senior policy adviser in Australia's Environment Department, her annual income was significantly more than the 3.6 million yen she gets as a JET.
COMMENTARY / JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ERA
Jun 3, 2002

Can a nation learn from Nissan's success?

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The twin announcements that Nissan made a record profit of 372 billion yen last year and that Carlos Ghosn has been appointed chief executive officer of the parent company, Renault, as well as retaining the presidency of Nissan, are an extraordinary landmark.
BUSINESS
May 31, 2002

Hakuhodo eyes TSE listing in fall

Toshio Miyagawa, president of advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc., said Thursday his company hopes to list on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the fall. "Our aim to be listed next fall remains unchanged," Miyagawa told reporters during a briefing on Hakuhodo's earnings reports for fiscal...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / THE WRITERS' SPIN
May 31, 2002

Keio professor applies soccer tactics to business

Watching World Cup soccer games may give corporate managers a good clue about productive organization. Shunsuke Takahashi, an expert on human resources management, said that in a "soccer style" organization, team members work autonomously and flexibly. Even defenders can take shots on goal.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2002

American Express arm, Mitsui unit sign tieup

Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. and American Express Financial Corp. said Wednesday they have signed a tieup in the asset management business for individual investors.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2002

Nippon Mitsubishi buys North Sea oil rights

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired operational rights in Britain's Brae oil and natural gas fields in the North Sea, and rights to use transportation facilities.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2002

Yakult group net profits up 5.4%

Yakult Honsha Co. said Friday its group net profits for the 2001 business year increased 5.4 percent to 11.11 billion yen due mainly to nonoperating income, such as royalties.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2002

Nippon Steel loses 28.4 billion yen

Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday it posted a group net loss of 28.4 billion yen in the year to March 31, hit mainly by valuation losses on its securities holdings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2002

Snow Brand Milk posts 71.74 billion yen net loss

Struggling Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Thursday it posted a group net loss of 71.74 billion yen for the 2001 business year, 35 percent worse than the year before, due to plunging sales in the wake of a food mislabeling scandal at its meat packing subsidiary.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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