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BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2007

Sony looking to cut jobs at U.S. video-game unit

Sony's U.S. video-game unit is cutting jobs to become more competitive, the company said Thursday, as the PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2006

Okinawa base issue not cut and dried with locals

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- It's a chilly, rainy evening in late January, but more than 1,000 people pack the center of town to hear a speech by Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, the head of the Nago Municipal Assembly.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2006

Fuji Photo plans to ax 5,000 jobs, reduce its film lineup

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Tuesday it will cut 5,000 workers, one-third of its image product division, due to the rapidly shrinking photo-film market.
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2005

Matsushita to cut 1,400 jobs from foreign cell phone units

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it will downsize its struggling overseas mobile phone operations and trim as many as 1,400 jobs.
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JAPAN / PARTY LINE
Jul 2, 2004

JCP says Koizumi's reforms to hurt small companies, jobs

The Japanese Communist Party hopes to thwart Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform initiatives, saying they favor big corporations and would destroy small companies and erode job security, JCP leader Kazuo Shii said.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2004

More high school grads landing jobs

The employment rate among new high school graduates at the end of March rose to 89.0 percent from 86.7 percent a year ago, reflecting signs of an economic recovery, a government survey showed Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Waterfront development credited for creating jobs

Waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay have been commercialized rapidly and are creating many jobs in an otherwise stagnant economy, according to a government report released Tuesday.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 14, 2003

Take heart! Japan can beat deflation, create jobs through 2010: JBF

People are becoming increasingly wary of the condition of the Japanese economy and uncertain of its future. Some media commentators and economists speak as if the economic slump is going to continue for another decade, or even another century.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 15, 2002

From jobs to robots it's all about chance

It's that time of year again, when hundreds of people can be seen lining up in front of the shopping arcades in Ginza and Shinjuku. No, we're not talking about Christmas. We're talking about the big Yearend Lottery.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2002

Nagano's Tanaka vows to create additional jobs

Ousted but popular former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka on Monday pledged to create jobs in local industries while continuing to reform public works spending.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2002

Seibu to cut 15% of full-time jobs

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. plans to cut some 800 jobs, or about 15 percent of its full-time workforce of 5,300, by the end of March, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2002

Daiei bailout calls for slashing 6,000 jobs

Limping retailer Daiei Inc. announced Friday the outline of a new three-year restructuring plan that includes cutting 6,000 jobs, closing 50 unprofitable stores and asking its main banks for a 420 billion yen bailout.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Afghans denied refugee status

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Monday rejected applications by nine Afghan men for refugee status, saying the applicants "lack credibility as refugees because some left their country for the purpose of getting jobs."
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Afghans denied refugee status

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Monday rejected applications by nine Afghan men for refugee status, saying the applicants "lack credibility as refugees because some left their country for the purpose of getting jobs."
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2001

Public sector seen as jobs key

Government and labor union leaders agreed Wednesday on the need to create additional jobs in the public sector to prevent the record-high unemployment rate from rising even further.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2001

Toshiba to slash 20,000 jobs worldwide amid IT slump

Toshiba Corp. will slash 20,000 jobs from its group workforce of 190,000 to cope with deteriorating earnings in its semiconductor business amid the worldwide slump in the information technology sector, company officials said Saturday.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001

Isuzu to cut jobs, close Kawasaki plant

Isuzu Motors Ltd. announced Monday that its group of companies will cut one-quarter of its 38,000 workforce over three years to help ease its debt burden.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2001

Record-low 40 bureaucrats took 'amakudari' jobs in 2000

A record-low 40 former government officials were hired in 2000 by companies linked to the ministries and agencies they worked for, according to an annual report compiled by the National Personnel Authority.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Dreamcast nightmare to cost Sega 300 jobs

Moving along with its decision to quit production of its Dreamcast game console, Sega Corp. said Monday it will solicit applications from 300 of its 2,600 employees to leave their jobs.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2000

Mitsui sets five-year reconstruction plan

Mitsui Construction Co. announced a five-year restructuring plan Friday under which the ailing general contractor will ask about 10 creditor financial institutions, including Sakura Bank, to forgive debts totaling 163 billion yen.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Teachers losing jobs over indecency

A record 115 teachers at public schools were reprimanded for sexually indecent acts in fiscal 1999, with a record 67 losing their jobs, according to an Education Ministry survey released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2000

Mycal to shut 45 stores, cut jobs in restructuring

OSAKA -- Major retailer Mycal Corp. plans to close some 45 struggling stores and cut about 1,500 jobs from its group workforce by introducing an early retirement program, company officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2000

Comsn cuts jobs due to profit decline

Major home-care service provider Comsn Co. announced Thursday that it plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or about one-quarter of its workforce, due to weaker-than-expected earnings from services covered by the newly launched public nursing-care insurance.
JAPAN
May 13, 2000

Record-low level of new graduates obtained jobs

A record-low 91.1 percent of job-seeking college graduates found full-time jobs this spring, down 0.9 percentage point from the previous year, according to a joint survey by the Education and Labor ministries released Friday.

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