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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 24, 2003

Takara says its ready to go fetch overseas success

Do dogs in the United States, Japan and South Korea have the same emotions?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2003

Simpler may be better but it's Tu-Ka's only choice

The head of Japan's fourth-biggest mobile phone company is banking on the old maxim that simpler means better.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2003

Nissho Iwai union accepts bonus ban

Nissho Iwai Corp.'s union has accepted the company's proposal to pay no bonuses to nonmanagement staff this summer, union members said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2003

NEC to spin off laser operations

NEC Corp. said Friday it will spin off the group's laser-processing operations into a new company that the electronics firm and two other concerns will establish in December.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2003

Shareholders OK huge payoff for former Sony boss

Sony Corp. shareholders on Friday approved the company's plan to pay 1.6 billion yen in retirement allowances to Norio Ohga, Sony's former president and chairman.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 17, 2003

Lost in translation

A few summers ago, while on an obligatory trip back to my homeland, I found myself at the center of the attention of a small crowd of curious Canadians.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2003

Clamp down on illegal exports

The Metropolitan Police Department last week arrested executives of a Japanese engineering company, Seishin Enterprise Co., on suspicion of illegally exporting to Iran sensitive military-related equipment that could be used in the manufacture of solid fuel for missiles. Investigations have also revealed...
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Home video-game industry now in a tight corner

Since Nintendo Co. began selling its "family computer" in 1983, the company and other manufacturers have sold millions of home video-game machines, including portable versions, not to mention several hundred million units of software.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 7, 2003

Robin Maynard

Next Thursday, June 12, Robin Maynard will celebrate his 59th birthday. In October he will mark 25 continuous years of living and working in Japan. Recently he secured permanent residence here. Next year, he said, after 26 years, "I will be the longest-serving-ever insurance expat Englishman in Japan."...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2003

Matsushita to keep gaming goods distinct

Electronics maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has no plans to develop new crossover gadgets that straddle video-game machines and electronic appliances, a senior official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2003

Millennium Retailing born from Seibu, Sogo coupling

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. and Sogo Co. integrated their operations Sunday to form one of Japan's largest department store groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2003

Is Resona the tip of the iceberg?

The whistle-blowing erupted a few days before May 17, the day Resona, the nation's fifth-largest banking group, announced its capital had tumbled below regulation levels.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

No retirement bonus for Seibu execs

Seibu Department Stores Ltd., set to integrate operations with the Sogo retail group next month, will not pay retirement bonuses to Chairman Kotaro Matsumoto and seven other departing top executives, company officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 25, 2003

Soaked in the city

Though you may not have seen Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning animated film "Spirited Away," which is set in an opulent bathhouse for the gods, even the most fleeting acquaintance with Japan will have made it clear that soaking in a hot tub is an almost celestial experience for the inhabitants of these...
BUSINESS
May 24, 2003

Fuji Heavy banking on new Legacy

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., which makes Subaru vehicles, launched a remodeled Legacy wagon on the domestic market Friday, hoping the key product will reinvigorate the carmaker's sluggish sales.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2003

Hazama logs net loss of 122 billion yen

Ailing contractor Hazama Corp. said Friday its group net loss swelled to 122.6 billion yen in fiscal 2002, due to valuation losses on its asset holdings, including stocks. The firm posted a group net loss of 1.66 billion yen in fiscal 2001.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2003

Nintendo's record profit run ends

Nintendo Co. said Thursday its consolidated net profit fell 36.8 percent to 67.27 billion yen in fiscal 2002, largely due to lower-than-expected sales of game consoles.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2003

Rising fuel costs bludgeon Tepco profits

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s group net profit dropped 18.1 percent to 165.27 billion yen in fiscal 2002, with the increasing cost of fuel used to fire up thermal power generators weighing heavily on its earnings, the utility said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2003

Medical firm pins hopes on skin-graft technology

Masaharu Inami received a call in 1996 from a Nara doctor desperate to save the life of a 17-month-old girl who had fallen into a bathtub of boiling water and had been scalded over 65 percent of her body.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2003

C&W IDC chief upbeat about prospects in Japan

Phil Green makes no bones about it: he's an optimist.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2003

Mitsubishi Materials cuts net loss

Major nonferrous metal smelter Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Thursday it slashed its group net loss to 26.85 billion yen in fiscal 2002 from the previous year's 61.32 billion yen on the strength of cost cuts and fewer special losses.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2003

Takara learns how to spin big profits

Takara Co. on Wednesday reported better-than-expected results for fiscal 2002, thanks to strong overseas sales of its modern-day gizmos, like turbocharged tops.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2003

JR East posts increases in revenue, profit

East Japan Railway Co. reported Tuesday an increase in revenue and consolidated profit in fiscal 2002, despite seeing a 3 billion yen decline in its core transport business due to the sluggish business environment, officials said.
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.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
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.

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