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BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2000

Miyazawa advocates reserve budget

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday that the 500 billion yen reserve budget should be used to shore up the economy soon after the June 25 general election, bolstering the ruling coalition's joint campaign pledge.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2000

Daihyaku Life told to cease operations

The Financial Supervisory Agency announced Wednesday that it has ordered Daihyaku Mutual Life Insurance Co. to suspend operations -- the third collapse in the nation's life insurance sector.
JAPAN
May 2, 2000

Daiichi Mutual ordered to shut down

The Financial Supervisory Agency ordered financially troubled Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. to suspend its operations Monday. It is the first bankruptcy in the nation's nonlife insurance sector.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Y2K problem wrecks holiday season for finance industry

Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1999

Miyazawa mum on splitting Finance

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Friday he will wait and see how the Finance Ministry is to share its policy-planning authority with the proposed Financial Agency.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 1999

Hayami urges new deposit insurance plan

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami said Tuesday that a new depositor-protection system should replace a "payoff" plan scheduled to begin in April 2001.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 1998

Public funds for banks, stimulus get panel's nod

The government should inject a substantial amount of public funds into financial institutions and implement large-scale fiscal stimulus measures to prop up the economy, members of an advisory body to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Wednesday.During the day's discussions of the Strategic Economic Council,...
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1998

Opposition, LDP policy chiefs agree to meet

After several days of wrangling over financial stabilization bills, opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to a policy chiefs-level meeting with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998

Opposition plan targeted by the FSA

A top official of the Financial Supervisory Agency on Tuesday voiced disapproval at a portion of the financial-stabilization bills submitted by opposition parties to the Diet.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1998

Major banks should merge rather than fail, Hayami says

The nation's 19 major banks should be prevented from failing at all costs, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami indicated, adding that troubled institutions should be merged with healthy ones instead of being left to collapse.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998

Expand 'bridge bank' plan to majors, Hayami urges

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami hinted Thursday that the government's "bridge bank" plan to enable fund flows to continue to sound borrowers at failed financial institutions should also be applied to the nation's 19 major banks.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 1998

Stimulus impact to be 'limited,' BOJ says

The government's comprehensive economic stimulus package featuring additional public works projects and special tax reductions will probably have only a limited impact on contracted private demand, the Bank of Japan said in a report Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1998

Government approves 'bridge bank' scheme

The government on Thursday formally approved a "bridge bank" plan to take over banks that fail and extend loans to their sound borrowers.
JAPAN
May 22, 1998

Credit situation remains tight for smaller firms

Financial institutions appear to have loosened their lending stance toward large companies, but small and midsize firms continue to suffer from the credit crunch, Mitsuo Horiuchi, head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 1998

Finance chief punishes 112; two key bureaucrats resign

Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga took punitive action Monday against 112 ministry officials, including Securities Bureau head Atsushi Nagano, for being excessively entertained by financial sector firms.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 1998

'Layman' stands behind BOJ chief

Sakuya Fujiwara, the Bank of Japan's new senior deputy governor, said he wants to contribute to the central bank from his unique position as a "layman who does not know the theory and practice" of financial issues.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1997

Hashimoto to stay in charge by default, despite recession

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Sanyo receives 10 billion yen in loans

Ailing Sanyo Securities Co. acknowledged Oct. 6 that it received 10 billion yen in loans from three banks with which it has close ties but did not say whether the money was emergency assistance to keep the brokerage afloat.A senior Sanyo official said his firm borrowed the money from the Bank of Tokyo...
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1997

Use tax funds to save depositors, banker urges

Taxpayer money should be made available to rescue depositors if financial institutions fail, the head of the nation's regional banks said Feb. 12.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023

Credit Suisse AT1 bond writeoff hands $1 billion loss to Japan investors

It’s 'regrettable” that the fallout from Credit Suisse’s woes affected investors in Japan, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2023

Topix down, but long-term damage from SVB crash unlikely in Japan

Experts say the factors that led to the U.S. bank's collapse mean it is unlikely to have a big impact on Japan or East Asia.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2023

What to expect from the first academic economist to be BOJ governor

Kazuo Ueda's distance from the BOJ is seen as a plus when it comes to unraveling the central bank's ultraeasy policy, but that process will still be far from easy.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2023

Barcelona goes to court to keep a star player on its roster

With the Spanish league unequivocal in its refusal to bend regulations to allow Barcelona to register any more players, the club’s board took its plea to the local court.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 7, 2022

The Church, the State and Kishida's headache

Kanako Takahara joins this week's Deep Dive to discuss what's behind a new bill regulating faith-driven donations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021

Hong Kong’s media crackdown portends tough 2022 for free press

Governments appear poised for more steps to silence critical media coverage in the year ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2021

Facebook hobbled its team in charge of stemming harmful content

Detailed reports show that the social media giant's algorithms were geared toward keeping people on the platform.
JAPAN / Media
Jun 23, 2021

Takashi Tachibana, who shed light on Lockheed scandal, dies at 80

Tachibana's work is often credited with having played a major role in bringing down the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Japan's most powerful leader in the postwar era.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2018

Trump's bogus Google claims stir up a tech risk

Trump is wrong on the facts, but his complaints underscore the business threats to tech companies from growing and largely disingenuous complaints by right-wingers.
Fuji Television's poor handling of sexual misconduct allegations against celebrity Masahiro Nakai has led to an exodus of sponsors from the broadcaster.
JAPAN / Media / FOCUS
Jan 24, 2025

What are the real issues behind the Fuji TV scandal?

Fuji TV's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against TV personality Masahiro Nakai led to a firestorm of public disapproval. Where did it go wrong?
How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines
Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) Chairman Raul Lambino shakes hands with guests during a ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding at The Manila Hotel in Manila in June.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Takaichi's leadership lineup favors Aso and his allies while shutting out rivals
The LDP's newly-appointed election chief Keiji Furuya (far left), general affairs council chair Haruko Arimura (second from left), vice president Taro Aso (center left), president Sanae Takaichi (center right), secretary-general Shunichi Suzuki (second from right) and policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Qilin cybercrime gang claims hack on Japan's Asahi
The Asahi Group headquarters complex in Tokyo
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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