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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2002

Restructuring has Imperial Hotel ready to strike

As foreign hoteliers invade the Tokyo market, the prestigious Imperial Hotel Ltd. is busy planning a counteroffensive.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2002

Nagasaki governor gives OK to open Isahaya Bay gates

Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko has agreed to allow the floodgates on Isahaya Bay in Kyushu to be opened for a survey to see how a controversial land reclamation project is affecting the local ecosystem.
EDITORIALS
Mar 27, 2002

Developing a new perspective

In an era of unprecedented prosperity, it is important to remember how unevenly this vast wealth is spread. More than 1 billion people -- one-fifth of the world's population -- must live on less than $1 a day; nearly half the population survives on twice that amount. There has long been agreement that...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2002

Invest in the world's future

In rural areas of Bangladesh, most girls marry at a very young age -- not because they wish to, but because their families cannot afford to send them to school.
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 9, 2002

Manager Eriksson thrives on World Cup pressure

Among the 32 teams competing in the coming World Cup, England will be one of the centers of attention, and manager Sven-Goran Eriksson holds the key to the team's success.
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2002

Panels agree on new recycling scheme for PCs

The advisory panels of the trade and environment ministries basically agreed at a joint meeting Thursday to establish a recycling system for home-use personal computers separate from that for commercial-use PCs.
Japan Times
Events
Feb 19, 2002

Gene study sheds light on Alzheimer's disease

OSAKA -- Researchers at Osaka University have announced a breakthrough in determining the cause of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes for improvements in the treatment of the currently incurable ailment that reportedly affects 1 million Japanese aged over 65.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2002

DoCoMo announces 10-year bond issue to raise 70 billion yen

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's dominant mobile phone service provider, said Wednesday it will raise 70 billion yen with 1.64 percent coupon, 10-year domestic bonds.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2002

An optimistic economic outlook

How will Japan's economy develop from fiscal 2002 through 2006? The official answer, in a nutshell, is that it will stage a slow but steady recovery led by private demand. Under the circumstances, that is probably the most the government can hope for. The big question is whether this scenario will come...
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2002

Population seen peaking at 127.74 million in '06

Japan's population is expected to fall to about 100.59 million in 2050 after peaking at roughly 127.74 million in 2006 -- a year earlier than in the last report -- according to an estimate released Wednesday by an institute affiliated with the health ministry.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2002

Itochu-Jeanne Lanvin tieup finalized

Itochu Corp. said Monday it has concluded a tieup agreement with Jeanne Lanvin s.a. of France, giving the major trading house the exclusive right to import products of the luxurious Lanvin fashion brand into Japan. The 10-year agreement, effective retroactively from Jan. 1, covers all Lanvin products...
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Jan 19, 2002

Coffee shops on different tracks in Japan

Three specialty coffee chains from Seattle -- Starbucks, Tully's Coffee and Seattle's Best Coffee -- are aggressively expanding their business in Tokyo, changing the face of the capital with the rich aroma of espresso.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2002

End of deflation expected in '03

Japan will see the end of deflation and achieve slight positive growth in fiscal 2003, when the government's structural reform programs and the Bank of Japan's credit-easing steps begin to take effect, a key government panel said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2002

State expects flat growth in fiscal 2002: Shiokawa

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday he expects flat economic growth in fiscal 2002, a slight improvement from the estimated 0.1 percent contraction for fiscal 2001.
EDITORIALS
Jan 8, 2002

AFTA becomes reality

Since 1997, and the onset of the Asian financial crisis, there has been little for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to celebrate. But ASEAN rang in this New Year with a much needed boost. On Jan. 1, six of its 10 member-nations completed their plans to create an ASEAN Free Trade Area. Creation...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2002

Town ties fate to remnants of an industry

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido -- Although the new year was just around the corner, there was little joy to be seen in the southeast end of this port city.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2001

Cabinet OKs civil-servant merit system

The government agreed Tuesday on a civil service reform framework that includes a merit-based salary system and rules governing the employment of retired civil servants in the private sector.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Dec 26, 2001

At last, Congress tackles election reform

WASHINGTON -- It was just a year ago last week that the Supreme Court elected George W. Bush our 43rd president. The mess of the elections in 2000, from the faulty voting machines in Florida to the long counts in western states (remember it took almost a month to declare a winner in the Senate election...
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2001

Asahi Bank to be wholly owned unit

Daiwa Bank Holdings Inc. will make Asahi Bank a wholly owned subsidiary on March 1 through a share-swap scheme, the banks announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2001

Bloc agrees to reform civil-servant pay system

The three ruling parties approved a government plan Friday to introduce a new wage system for national government officials based on competency and achievements, party officials said.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2001

UFJ Financial Group pulls a switch on choice for new Sanwa chief

Masashi Teranishi, senior managing director at Sanwa Bank, will become president of UFJ Bank when it is launched Jan. 15, instead of Sanwa Bank President Kaneo Muromachi, as had been earlier decided, a Sanwa Bank spokesman said Friday.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Dec 14, 2001

Barbie dolls, Muppets battle to bore draw

We all wait with an impending sense of dread to see what South Korean soccer chief Chung Mong Joon and his cronies have got up their sleeves for the opening ceremony of the World Cup next year.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2001

Cabinet approves budget plan modified to please coalition

The Cabinet has endorsed guidelines for the fiscal 2002 budget, in which a 30 trillion yen cap on new government bonds for that year forms the centerpiece of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reforms.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 6, 2001

Is FIFA manipulating its balls correctly?

With 13 pots to pick the balls out of, you can probably say one of two things about last Saturday's World Cup draw in Korea: it was either potty or a load of balls.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

KHI selected to build new SDF planes

The Defense Agency has selected Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to be the main developer of a new Air Self-Defense Force transport plane and a new Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane, agency officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2001

BTM to close 50 outlets, lay off staff

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi plans to close around 50 of its 310 outlets nationwide -- some 15 percent of the total -- and lay off 3,500 staff by the end of March 2005 to cut costs, bank sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Nov 15, 2001

Automakers steering toward financial markets

As the nation's banking sector continues to struggle with bad debts and falling stock prices, major automakers from Japan, Europe and the United States are seeking to expand the scale and scope of their financial businesses here.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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