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BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2001

Asahi Bank to unload 200 billion yen in bad loans

Asahi Bank announced plans Monday to cut roughly 200 billion yen in bad loans in two years through a tieup with U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc., allaying market fears about Asahi's financial strength.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2001

0.9% contraction is expected

The government looks set to revise downward its economic forecast for fiscal 2001 to negative growth of around minus 0.9 percent from its original projection of 1.7 percent growth, government sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2001

Takebe hits back at criticism from Washington over WTO

Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe rebuked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Friday for criticizing Japan's "narrow minded" attitude toward the launch of a new round of trade liberalization negotiations under the World Trade Organization.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2001

Takebe hits back at criticism from Washington over WTO

Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe rebuked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Friday for criticizing Japan's "narrow minded" attitude toward the launch of a new round of trade liberalization negotiations under the World Trade Organization.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2001

Public skeptical about safety of Japanese beef

More than 56 percent of the public do not believe the government declaration made earlier this month that domestic beef is safe from mad cow disease, according to a Kyodo News survey released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2001

Tanaka at odds with ministry again

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka on Tuesday reiterated her demand for the transfer of Akitaka Saiki, head of the ministry's Personnel Division, claiming he was "manipulating personnel matters."
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Japan may let import curbs expire

Japan may allow its emergency curbs on agricultural imports to expire Nov. 8 so as to allow for flexibility in negotiations with China, the minister of economy, trade and industry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

GM to advise ailing Isuzu

General Motors Corp. will help the financially struggling Isuzu Motors Ltd. manage its operations, but it does not intend to increase its stake in the truck maker, Richard Wagoner, president and chief executive officer of GM, said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001

Pakistan, India sanctions may end

Japan is considering lifting economic sanctions on Pakistan and India, with a view to helping the two nations better deal with increasing instability due to the continued military strikes in Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Ministries declare beef safe on launch of cow-screening

The government on Thursday declared domestic beef to be free of mad cow disease and at the same time began a nationwide screening of cows for any signs of the disorder.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2001

Automakers rev up search for ultimate clean car

Driven by concerns over global warming and the prospect of tougher restrictions, automakers worldwide have moved up a gear in the race to build the ultimate clean car.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Oct 18, 2001

No-fry zones a must during World Cup

It used to be good being Swiss, apparently. Now the country that gave us the cuckoo clock and Toblerone finds itself without an airline and, worse still, without World Cup soccer on the telly next year.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2001

Ashikaga head to quit as losses mount

The president of Ashikaga Bank, a Tochigi-based regional bank, said Tuesday he intends to resign next year to take responsibility for projected heavy losses.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2001

Government to cover cost of mad cow incinerations

The government will cover the entire cost of incinerating the scrap meat and bones of cows under its comprehensive ban on meat-and-bone meal, the farm ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2001

Koizumi voices support for military strike

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed full support Monday for U.S. and British military action against targets in Afghanistan, saying Japan will do everything it can to help.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Oct 4, 2001

A look at terror

www.newyorker.com/FROM_THE_ARCHIVE/ARCHIVES/?010924fr_archive05 As modern journalism sinks ever deeper into its spoon-feed-me mentality, William T. Vollman, a novelist and magazine reporter, actually does the hard research. Before embarking on an assignment to Afghanistan to find out what the Taliban...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

All meat-and-bone meal feed banned

The government formally announced Monday that it will impose a comprehensive ban starting Thursday on the distribution of imported and domestically produced meat-and-bone meal, an animal feed suspected of causing mad cow disease.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2001

Toyota keeps schedules intact despite market concerns

Toyota Motor Corp. has no plans to change its current output or sales schedule for either the North American or domestic markets, despite fears surrounding the possible impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the global auto market, President Fujio Cho said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001

Vodafone denies rumor of selloff

The chief of Vodafone Group PLC strongly denied Tuesday a recent British media report that the company is planning to sell off Japan Telecom Co.'s fixed-line business.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2001

Asahi and Daiwa formally announce tieup plans

Asahi Bank and Daiwa Bank announced Friday that they have reached a basic agreement to join forces under a single holding company in a bid to survive as stock price tumbles eat away at their capital.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2001

Mycal expects sponsor

Kozo Yamashita, president of the failed supermarket chain Mycal Corp., said Friday he expects a sponsor for the company's rehabilitation to take over its 100 profitable outlets.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Koizumi starts preparations so SDF could support U.S.

Japan will prepare for the dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombatant support to U.S. forces should Washington take retaliatory action against terrorists, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

'Tale of Genji' goes to the opera

An operatic version of the classic 1,000-year-old Japanese court novel "The Tale of Genji" will open in Tokyo next week staged by an American artistic director and a Japanese composer.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Flight ban having impact on trade: Hiranuma

Trade minister Takeo Hiranuma on Thursday voiced concern over collateral effects this week's horrific terrorist attacks will have on the 24.7 billion yen in goods Japan and the U.S. trade each day.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Police have arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims.
Japan considers toughening rules on driver's license conversions
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Itsunori Onodera (fourth from left) visits a driver's license center in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday to see how foreign driver's licenses are converted into Japanese ones.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

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