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COMMUNITY
Jun 3, 2001

A new lease on life

Prosperous economies produce waste. Throw in rampant consumerism and a laissez-faire attitude toward the environment, and you've got the makings of a serious problem. Welcome to Japan. A host of treasures awaits you . . .
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2001

Shiokawa eyes abolition of capital gains levies

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa plans to call on the ruling parties to consider an early abolition of the withholding tax on stock transactions.
BUSINESS
May 31, 2001

More Gucci stores, brands coming

Italian fashion giant Gucci Group N.V. will open more stores in Japan and introduce new brands this year, Gucci Group President Domenico De Sole said Wednesday at a news conference in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001

Debt-waiver puts Hazama in the black

Hazama Corp. said Monday its group net balance in fiscal 2000 swung back into the black as a one-time gain from a 105 billion yen debt-waiver wiped out most of its extraordinary losses.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001

Fast track eyed for easing capital-gains tax

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Monday he wants to accelerate the schedule for simplifying the capital-gains taxes on stock sales.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001

Petrochemical firms will have to disband price cartel

The Fair Trade Commission will order seven major petrochemical firms to scrap a polypropylene price cartel and pay billions of yen in penalties, sources familiar with the case said Monday.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2001

Isuzu plans to cut 9,000 jobs by 2004

Isuzu Motors Ltd. plans to cut costs by slashing 9,000 jobs over the next three years, reducing its 38,000-strong group workforce by 25 percent, company sources said.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 27, 2001

Who says that women can't have it all?

Several weeks ago, this column covered TBS's romantic comedy series "Love Story," in which Miho Nakayama plays a not-so-successful book editor whose employer tries to force her to quit by assigning her to its most difficult author. Though, as with all "trendy dramas," this one is mainly about love, Nakayama's...
BUSINESS
May 26, 2001

Two major banking groups suffer losses

Bad loans continued to make a dent in major banks' profits in fiscal 2000, even as the heat intensified to get to the bottom of the problem, according to fiscal earnings reports announced by Friday.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2001

Four new execs for Japan Telecom

Japan Telecom Co. announced Thursday that four executives from Vodafone Group PLC of Britain will be members of its board, which is expected to be approved at the shareholders meeting June 28.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2001

Recommendations on new tax system due by yearend

A government tax panel plans to compile recommendations regarding taxation on securities transactions by the end of this year, with an eye to introducing a comprehensive tax system with a broader basis.
JAPAN
May 23, 2001

Bridgestone president blames Ford for failing to explain tire problems

Bridgestone Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe on Tuesday said that the firm's move to end almost 100 years of supplying tires to Ford Motor Co. was a "wrenching decision."
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Nonresidents continue their spending spree

Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks for the eighth straight week last week.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2001

Sony, Toshiba to make thinner chip technology

Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. will jointly develop processing and design technology for producing system large-scale integrated circuits with widths of 0.07 micron to 0.1 micron, the two announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2001

Omron unveils earnings targets

KYOTO -- Omron Corp., a major automated control equipment manufacturer, said Thursday it intends to raise return on equity to 10 percent from the current 6.7 percent through sales of 750 billion yen and pretax profits of 80 billion yen by the end of fiscal 2004.
JAPAN
May 10, 2001

Tax evasion nets seafood giant

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday arrested a former senior official of Maruha Corp., Japan's seafood industry leader, on suspicion of tax evasion, prosecutors said.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
May 9, 2001

3G phones -- putting your music where your mouth is

Today's topic, class, is how to promote music in Japan and keep the Japanese music biz afloat. Are you ready? Then I'll begin.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2001

Competition fuels plastic tank firm's quest for market share

As global groupings of carmakers force auto parts makers to intensify domestic competition, Inergy Automotive Systems SA, a French plastic fuel-tank maker, is gearing up to take a larger bite of the fuel tank market in Japan with its advanced technology and worldwide activities.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2001

Floodgates release mistrust

Prospects for the controversial Isahaya Bay reclamation project in Nagasaki Prefecture are growing dim given the mistrust generated by the government's politicization of the issue. The floodgates are to be opened next spring (at the earliest), following a round of scientific surveys. But no one, including...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 29, 2001

The clothes make the pooch

It's an expensive wardrobe, but extremely chic and doggish: A Burberry trench coat, Coach jacket and Prada bag are complemented by a Hermes hairbrush and limited-edition perfume.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2001

Companies predict 1.3% economic growth: survey

Major Japanese companies have predicted 1.3 percent real growth for the economy in fiscal 2001, topping 1 percent for the first time in four years, the government said Friday in releasing results of an annual survey.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2001

Auto output tops 10 million

Auto production in Japan topped 10 million vehicles in fiscal 2000 for the first time in three years, helped by favorable sales at home and overseas, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2001

Business confidence plunged in latest quarter

Business confidence in Japan deteriorated sharply in the January-March quarter amid declines in share prices and the deceleration in the U.S. economy, according to a government survey released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2001

FTC asked to probe NTT marketing tactics

A Japan-based affiliate of British telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless PLC has asked the Fair Trade Commission to probe sales practices by Japan's dominant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group over the Myline service for registering preferred carriers.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2001

LDP panel agrees on tax breaks for investors

The tax panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Thursday on its draft tax revision proposals in response to the government's emergency economic package compiled April 6.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2001

USJ attacked over disclosure stance

OSAKA -- Only a month into its grand opening, the management of Universal Studios Japan is under fire from citizens groups and the local media for refusing to divulge information about the park's operations.
COMMUNITY
Apr 15, 2001

A yen for thrift

There was a time when Japan prided itself on its thriftiness. Hard times after World War II produced the need to save money and cut every corner. Children were taught that each grain of rice was sacred and not to be wasted. Sardines and mackerel were standard fare, beef reserved only for special occasions....
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2001

Steel giants NKK, Kawasaki to join

NKK Corp., Japan's second-largest steelmaker, and Kawasaki Steel Corp., No. 3 in the field, announced Friday that they have agreed to integrate their operations in October 2002 under a joint holding company.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2001

The Bank of Japan's new policy is sound

On March 19, the Bank of Japan decided that it would focus more on money supply than on interest rates and that the new policy would be continued until it was confident that the consumer price index, which has been declining continuously for over two years, was rising.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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