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BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2002

Ministry panel to weigh creation of economic zones

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry asked an advisory panel Thursday to look into the creation of more special economic zones in Japan in an attempt to reinvigorate the sluggish economy.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2002

Union Jichiro mulls way to remove scandal taint

Jichiro, the All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union, opened a two-day special convention Thursday in Tokyo to discuss how to rebuild the organization in the wake of a tax evasion scandal involving former executives and the revelation of massive off-the-book debts.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2002

Temple U. dean seeking larger enrollment

About 30 American universities established branch schools in Japan during the 1980s and early 1990s, and although many of them have since departed, the new dean of Temple University Japan is seeking to expand enrollment.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2002

Slump shows no indication of letting up

Decelerating business activity and deteriorating employment conditions show no signs of abating, the Finance Ministry said in a report Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2002

Snow Brand admits units in Kanto also in on scams

Snow Brand Food Co. acknowledged Tuesday that two of its Kanto-based meat units also misstated imported beef as domestic meat in early November in an attempt to reduce inventories and win government subsidies related to the outbreak of mad cow disease in mid-September.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2002

Snow Brand Food admits additional labeling fraud

Snow Brand Food Co., already hit by a scandal relating to mad cow disease and falsely labeled meat, on Monday admitted that two Snow Brand employees intentionally mislabeled beef originating from Hokkaido to pass it off as being from Kumamoto Prefecture.
COMMENTARY
Jan 29, 2002

Work-sharing accord nears

Amid the prolonged recession, Japanese officials are giving serious consideration to a work-sharing system that has been common in Europe for a long time. Last month, government, labor and management officials held a top-level meeting to discuss the issue under orders from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi....
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2002

Osaka consultant stiffs clothing market tenants

OSAKA -- A Japanese consulting firm has failed to pay 25 million yen to South Korean merchants in a failed wholesale clothing market it managed, sources close to the case said Monday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 27, 2002

Can't start a fire without a match

A popular format for variety specials is the omiai, bringing together single men and women for the purpose of making couples. Often the stated goal is nothing more than dating, but of course the ultimate goal is matrimony.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2002

Houston, we have a problem

The fallout from the collapse of Enron, the Houston, Texas-based energy conglomerate, continues to accumulate. Enron's spectacular implosion -- the largest bankruptcy in history -- raises questions on issues ranging from accounting rules to White House access and influence. It might be a cautionary tale...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 20, 2002

Fifty lashings for serving up wet noodles

This week, former teenage beauty queen Ryoko Sakaguchi returns to "Tuesday Suspense Theater" (Nippon TV; 9:03 p.m.) for the fifth time. She stars in "Rinsho Shinrishi (Clinical Psychologist)" as college lecturer Yuri Matsunami, who uses her psychoanalytical skills to solve murder mysteries that leave...
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Dire economic assessment unchanged in latest report

The Bank of Japan left its assessment of the nation's economy unchanged in its January economic and financial report, saying it continues to worsen.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2002

Matsushita Electric Industrial to streamline group firms

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. formally announced Thursday that it will transform five group firms into wholly owned subsidiaries Oct. 1.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2002

Lower House member's ex-aide involved in construction scandal

A company connected to the former secretary of a senior politician received more than 10 million yen from construction companies in return for introducing local government heads and major contractors, industry sources said.
COMMENTARY
Jan 10, 2002

Nuclear deployment danger

HONOLULU -- The handshake between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Nepal last Saturday caused an international sigh of relief as the two nuclear powers took a tentative step back from the brink of war. Tensions will remain high on the Indian subcontinent,...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Japan Times Readership Survey results

More than 90 percent of respondents to The Japan Times Readership Survey conducted in July rated our paper's news coverage favorably, both domestic and foreign.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2001

Nippon Steel, French firm holding talks

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday it is engaged in talks with French steelmaker Usinor SA over cooperation in the U.S. market but nothing has been finalized.
Japan Times
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Dec 26, 2001

Reforms shake higher education's foundations

Scholars at Japan's universities have long been criticized for enjoying "splendid isolation" within their ivory towers.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2001

BOJ lowers economic view, again

The Bank of Japan on Thursday downgraded its assessment of the nation's economy for the seventh consecutive month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Dec 19, 2001

Foreign retailers relying on adaptability to survive

When French retailer Carrefour and U.S.-based Costco Wholesale Corp. opened their outlets in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture, a year ago, many saw the foreign stores as a threat to domestic supermarkets.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2001

November bankruptcies surge 10% to new high

The number of corporate bankruptcies last month rose 10 percent from a year earlier to 1,683, setting a new record for the month of November in the postwar period, a credit-research agency said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2001

Caught in a worsening recession

Japan's economy is in serious condition. Despite years of recovery efforts, its vital signs continue to worsen. Gross domestic product in July through September contracted at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, posting two straight quarters of negative growth -- a condition that is technically defined as...
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2001

Big steelmakers make it official

Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., Japan's biggest and fourth-largest steelmakers, officially announced Wednesday their intentions to begin negotiations on a business alliance that would slash production, distribution and material-procurement costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2001

'Tankan' reveals sentiment falling but not as steeply

Business sentiment is continuing to fall at Japanese companies as they struggle against declining exports and prices amid the global economic slump, according to the Bank of Japan's latest "tankan" quarterly survey.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2001

Ex-Jichiro executives indicted over tax evasion

The former chairman of the nation's largest trade union and the union secretariat's former business chief were indicted Wednesday on suspicion of hiding roughly 600 million yen in income and evading 200 million yen in corporate income tax over a two-year period.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2001

Aoki goes under with 522 billion yen in liabilities

The construction industry was dealt another blow on Thursday when general contractor Aoki Corp. effectively went bankrupt, filing for court protection from creditors under a civil rehabilitation law.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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