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BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2005

Nireco to be first to use 'poison pill'

Nireco Corp., a maker of high-tech measuring devices and controllers, has said its board has approved a motion to introduce a "poison pill" scheme to fend off hostile takeovers, becoming Japan's first company to do so.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Nippon Express, Mitsubishi tie up

Nippon Express Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. plan to integrate their distribution networks in China to better cater to Japanese companies operating in the Chinese market, officials from both companies said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2005

Millea Holdings chairman to resign

Millea Holdings Inc. Chairman Tomio Higuchi will resign from the post at the end of this month as well as from his concurrent chairmanship of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., and become adviser to the insurer on April 1, the company said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2005

Sankyo, Daiichi Pharmaceutical to merge in October

Sankyo Co. and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday they have reached a basic agreement to integrate their business operations in October, creating Japan's second-largest drugmaker.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2005

Don Quijote sees strong earnings despite fires

Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. said Tuesday it expects double-digit earnings growth for the year through June, despite a spate of apparent arson fires, including a fatal blaze, that hit its outlets late last year.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Toshiba names Nishida to be next president

Toshiba Corp. plans to appoint Senior Managing Director Atsutoshi Nishida, 61, as the company's new president to succeed Tadashi Okamura, 66, who will assume the chairmanship, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Livedoor to go distance for Fujisankei

Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie said Friday the company was prepared for a long struggle to take control of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. in order to form a business alliance with the Fujisankei media group.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

SMFG, Daiwa units to merge

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Friday their venture capital units will merge Oct. 1.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Ex-MMC chief to head U.S. unit

Hideyasu Tagaya, who resigned last month as president of ailing Mitsubishi Motors Corp., will become chairman of the automaker's North American unit effective March 1, according to company sources.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2005

Livedoor logs 283.4% sales jump

Internet service provider Livedoor Co. said Wednesday it posted 12.11 billion yen in group sales in the October-December first quarter of the current business year, up 283.4 percent over a year earlier, a result the company attributed to the rapid growth of the market for Internet-related services.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2005

Toshiba outlook cut as chips plunge

Toshiba Corp. said Monday it has slashed its projected operating profit for the full year to March by 30 billion yen to 160 billion yen, joining a growing list of technology firms that are revising their outlooks due to a slowdown in the sector.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Feb 1, 2005

Used CDs, pensions and a good resource

More used CD info On the subject of where to buy and sell used CDs in and around Tokyo, there are a number of shops that will take your old discs off you as well as Recofan (mentioned in our column of Jan. 18).
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2005

Clarifying a whale of an impact

The Diet has begun debating postal services reform, the most important issue of its current regular session. The question at stake is how best to privatize the mammoth system that provides savings, insurance and mail services. It is a question that will deeply affect financial markets in Japan as well...
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2005

Seibu Railway panel to seek four bank execs

A Seibu Railway group reform panel will ask four banks to dispatch representatives to the board of directors of a new company to lead the scandal-tainted group, panel sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2005

Digital machines replacing conventional photo booths

Coin-operated digital photo booths that offer high-quality passport and other photos are spreading.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 26, 2005

Sub Pop's second coming

In the late '80s and early '90s, Seattle and its music scene became the center of the pop culture universe. Sub Pop, the small label founded by sometime journalist Bruce Pavitt and nurtured with his partner Jonathan Poneman was its primary documenter.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2005

Lower house official arrested for allegedly taking bribe

A 58-year-old official of the House of Representatives secretariat has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe in exchange for favoring a communications equipment maker that was bidding for a state contract, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 15, 2005

Jamie Mclnnes

Many a young international resident of Tokyo sooner or later finds his way to Tokyo International Players. Jamie McInnes' way was through going to see a performance. He followed on by auditioning for the next production. "Then I became involved," he said. He brought to TIP a professional edge of his...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 9, 2005

NTV's "87 percent — My Five-Year Chance of Survival" and more

A new year means a whole new set of drama series, though the themes remain the same. Fans of terminal illness stories will find a lot to cry over in "87 percent -- My Five-Year Chance of Survival," which premieres Wednesday on Nihon TV at 10 p.m. Yui Natsukawa plays Akiko, a 35-year-old insurance saleslady...
JAPAN / DEMOGRAPHIC DILEMMAS
Jan 4, 2005

Marital expectations help ensure singles ranks soar

She's a 38-year-old Tokyo working woman, enjoys single life, drives a sports car and dines at gourmet restaurants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2004

Vodafone to play 3G hardball with customers

Vodafone K.K. President Shiro Tsuda has said the company will stop offering new second-generation cell phone handsets in 2005 to force customers to switch to 3G handsets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2004

Toyota sets sales target of 8 million cars in 2005

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it is aiming to sell 8.03 million vehicles worldwide in calendar 2005, the first time the nation's top automaker has released a sales target of more than 8 million units.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 12, 2004

Lord Shrimp gets deep-fried over New Year's special

While surfing for coverage of the most recent NHK scandal on commercial television, I naturally had my radar tuned for expressions of schadenfreude, especially on the wide shows, where commentators enjoy a little more freedom to be critical. But there hasn't been much gloating. Last Monday, the host...
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Yahoo targets Net content dangers

Yahoo Japan Corp., Japan's largest Internet portal site operator, plans to offer a service that lets parents restrict their children's access to Web sites with harmful content by using filtering technology from a company it recently acquired, company sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

NHK can skip correction, but not redress

Although it upheld a redress award against NHK for defamation, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a 58-year-old woman's claim against the broadcaster, reversing a lower court ruling that had ordered it to air a correction to a 1996 program that referred to her divorce.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Bic Camera searched over unpaid overtime

The Tokyo Labor Bureau on Thursday searched the offices of discount electrical appliance retailer Bic Camera Co., which is suspected of failing to pay employees for overtime.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes.
Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record
The fourth consecutive year of increase came after many firms raised their monthly wages this spring and as a result of solid earnings mainly among manufacturers.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.

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