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BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2006

Toshiba, LG ink patent-sharing pact

Toshiba Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. of South Korea said Thursday they have signed a cross-licensing agreement to allow each to use the other's patented optical disc technologies.
Features
Sep 25, 2005

Shinobazu Pond

"Listen," said Nishizawa-san.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Contractor held in DoCoMo customer data leak

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of leaking personal information on 24,600 customers of NTT DoCoMo Inc., police officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2005

Alleged al-Qaeda link seeks vindication

A Bangladeshi businessman who was incorrectly alleged by police and the media last year as being linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist network is seeking vindication.
SUMO
Feb 24, 2005

Futagoyama waging battle against cancer

Sumo stablemaster Futagoyama is waging a battle with mouth cancer, his son and former grand champion Takanohana revealed Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2005

Justsystem defies ruling

Justsystem Corp. filed an appeal Tuesday with the Tokyo High Court, seeking to repeal an order to stop producing and selling its Ichitaro word-processing and Hanako graphics software on grounds that they have a function that infringes on a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. patent.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2005

Nippon Shinpan, UFJ to adopt JCB credit card software

Nippon Shinpan Co. and UFJ Card Co. said Monday they have agreed to adopt JCB's computer software to control key functions in their credit card operations, possibly by the end of fiscal 2008.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2005

Get ready, hay fever sufferers

Cedar pollen, a major cause of hay fever, may be prevalent in Japan until mid-May, about a month longer than average, according to weather information provider Weathernews Inc.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004

Seibu Rail declines to offer much info on director's exit

The Seibu group's secretive reputation was further underscored Monday, as Seibu Railway Co. declined to give details about a managing director's resignation last week over his involvement in questionable sales of its shares.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 31, 2004

'I want to clear my name and the name of my country'

One morning Islam Mohamed Himu woke up to find the Japanese media camped outside his home, and plainclothes police officers banging on his front door.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2004

Sumitomo, UFJ aim to merge in fall

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. and UFJ Trust Bank are in the final stages of negotiations aimed at moving up the completion of their business integration to the fall, sources close to the deal said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
May 5, 2004

Hara solo gives Rika Noguchi liftoff

Sometimes, for whatever reason, a "buzz" develops around an art exhibition, and soon everybody is talking about it. I'm still not sure exactly why, but there was a real buzz at the vernissage for "I Dreamt of Flying," a new Rika Noguchi show comprising about 40 photographic prints that is now showing...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2004

Freed hostage pair face press, speak of their ordeal in Iraq

Two of the five Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq and freed unharmed last month faced reporters Friday in Tokyo to talk for the first time about their captivity.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2004

JAL raises Japan Asia Airways stake

Japan Airlines System Corp. said Thursday it will raise its stake in Japan Asia Airways to 100 percent from the current 90.5 percent on April 1 through an equity swap deal.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

Honda successfully tests jet plane

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it successfully conducted test flights of its small business jet earlier this month in the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 12, 2003

A mini 'Mahabharata' of epic proportions

How is your "geijitsu no aki" going? If you haven't got out to enjoy the splendors of "artistic autumn" yet, the Ku Na'uka Theatre Company's new play, "Mahabharata-Nalacaritam (Prince Nala's Adventure)" is as romantic and colorful a spectacle as any laid on by nature.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2003

McDonald's Japan set to log second yearly loss

said Friday it will probably post a net loss of 3.7 billion yen in the year ending Dec. 31, having earlier pledged to return to profitability following last year's first-ever loss in nearly three decades. In August, the firm forecast a net profit of 2.1 billion yen.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2003

Recipe for a leaner, keener Pentagon

HONOLULU -- In a leaked memo that caused a stir in Washington and throughout the far-flung American military forces last week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld asked: "Is the DoD [Department of Defense] changing fast enough to meet the new 21st Century security environment?"
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2003

Nagoya's new pretender to EL theater throne

Black lipstick, grommet belts and thrash metal music are an integral part of Rising Sun Theatre's debut production, William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." So are noh masks, hakama (trousers) and a huge Shinto torii.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Jun 19, 2003

Top-selling authors go abroad

Once again, the Japanese tax office has issued its annual list of top taxpayers for the previous year. Not surprisingly, it reflects the continuing economic slump, with a contraction in the amounts paid. What's more, six of the top 100 taxpayers are Wall Street bankers -- and five of them are foreigners....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 15, 2003

Hard balls from the dugout

Professional athletes are a tight-lipped bunch, and even those who are relatively voluble rarely step outside the usual collection of bromides about "doing my best" and "taking one day at a time."
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2003

JGC wins Saudi Arabia contract

Plant engineering firm JGC Corp. said Wednesday it has won a lump-sum contract from Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) to build cogeneration facilities at the state-run Saudi oil company's Berri gas plant.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2003

Mizuho eyes borrower-revival units

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday it will form five financial affiliates specializing in reviving feeble corporate borrowers.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2003

MHI plans to green Saudi desert

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it will begin to draw up plans this fiscal year to create a greenbelt of about 50 sq. km in the Saudi Arabian desert beside the Red Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2003

Deprived, ignored and scorned, North Korea driven into a corner

CAMBRIDGE, England -- For several years now North Korea has been carrying out a process of economic reform and opening up. Sound familiar? That is what the Chinese did 25 years ago when they, too, realized that their economic system was out-of-date and unable to meet the aspirations of its people.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 1, 2003

Ackerman and tpt bend theater's rules

Whether a person becomes a theatergoer often depends on a crucial encounter with this dramatic art form -- and a play that just opened at the Benisan Pit in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is indubitably the stuff that makes theatergoers.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

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