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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 7, 2006

Fans lift J-culture over language barrier

Global interest in Japanese entertainment continues to heat up. Quite literally.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2006

Shares in baby goods take a dive after birth

Shares in baby goods makers tumbled Wednesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after Princess Kiko gave birth to a baby boy, the first male heir born to the world's oldest hereditary monarchy since 1965.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2006

Oji Paper declares bid for Hokuetsu is a bust

Top papermaker Oji Paper Co. made it official Tuesday that it has failed in a hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2006

Paper makers race to raise output in wake of failed Oji bid

Oji Paper Co. abandoned its bid to take over Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. after an alliance was formed against it, forcing the company to change its strategy and giving rise to fears of a glut in the paper market.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Capital spending up 16.6% in April-June quarter

Companies' capital spending rose 16.6 percent in the April-June quarter on an all-industry basis from a year earlier, marking the sharpest expansion since comparative data became available in July-September 2002, according to a Finance Ministry survey released Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Hokuetsu won't need poison pill as Oji's bid fails

Top papermaker Oji Paper Co.'s public tender offer for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. ended in failure Monday, as less than 5 percent of the shareholders had applied for the offer, an Oji Paper executive said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2006

Lessons from a paper chase

by Oji Paper Co., Japan's largest paper producer, for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd., the nation's sixth-largest paper maker, was Japan's first-ever hostile TOB mounted by a major company against a domestic rival. The bid eventually failed as Oji President Kazuhisa Shinoda admitted Aug. 29 that the deal was...
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2006

Truck theft exposes Nike customers

Sports gear maker Nike Japan Corp. has lost magnetic tapes containing personal data on its customers in the theft of a truckload of its products in Tokyo in August, police sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Asahi Tec to buy U.S. car parts rival Metaldyne

Auto parts maker Asahi Tec announced Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp. for $1.2 billion.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Oji Paper moves to upgrade outdated equipment

Oji Paper Co., which effectively has given up its attempt to take over Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd., plans to install cutting-edge equipment in Tokushima Prefecture in fiscal 2008, Oji executives said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Nippon Paper to court Hokuetsu

Nippon Paper Group Inc., the country's second-largest pulp and paper company, will propose a tieup with Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. next week, sources said late Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Japan may extend fiber import duties

Japan said Thursday it will consider extending past next June its antidumping duties levied on South Korean and Taiwan firms for cheap fiber imports.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2006

JT to stub out 12 cigarette brands for good

Japan Tobacco Inc. will cut 12 relatively new cigarette brands, nine of which have been marketed in target areas to gauge consumer interest, company officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2006

Daiwa succeeds with Hinode TOB

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Tuesday its takeover bid for the Osaka-based brokerage Hinode Securities Co. has been successfully completed, paving the way to make the target a subsidiary.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2006

Matsushita to sell cable TV stake to its rival J:COM

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it agreed Monday to sell its controlling 56 percent stake in Cable West Inc., Japan's third-largest cable TV service, to industry leader Jupiter Telecommunications Co., known as J:COM.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2006

Tokyo subway allows uncensored Spears ad

Tokyo's subway authority will allow a station advertisement featuring a nude and pregnant Britney Spears starting Monday, officials said, dropping an earlier plan to censor the photo.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Aug 27, 2006

Korean voices from Japan's colonial past

HIDDEN TREASURES: Lives of First-Generation Korean Women in Japan, by Jackie J. Kim, introduction by Sonia Ryang. Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2005, 240 pp., with b/w photos, $32.95 (paper). Jackie Kim, an unaffiliated freelance writer, has here compiled the oral histories of 10 first-generation...
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2006

Man's plunge into the Eros trap

ERO-SAMURAI by David D. Duff. iUniverse Inc., 138 pp., 2006, $14.95 (paper). Hearing several malicious comments about this book, I was eagerly predisposed toward it. Sub-titled "An Obsessed Man's Loving Tribute to Japanese Women," this is not the first politically incorrect work on Japan, but because...
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2006

Ministry to keep track of who runs the railways

The transport ministry plans to conduct hearings with major shareholders and holding companies of railways whenever deemed necessary to strengthen its monitoring of train safety, ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2006

Shredder safety probed after mishaps

The government urged paper shredder manufacturers Wednesday to work out measures to prevent accidents following two cases earlier this year in which two 2-year-old children lost fingers in the machines.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006

Marubeni names exec to head Daiei

Toru Nishimi, corporate senior vice president of Marubeni Corp., will succeed Daiei Inc. President Yasuyuki Higuchi as part of the trading house's efforts to rehabilitate the troubled retailer, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Yokota film to debut here in November

The critically acclaimed documentary "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story," about the girl kidnapped by North Korean agents, will hit Japanese screens in November, a distributor said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Marubeni to dominate Daiei board, helm

Marubeni Corp., the largest shareholder in Daiei Inc., will stake out a majority on the troubled retailer's board to have a more forceful say in its reconstruction efforts, officials at the trading house said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Seiyu cuts first-half loss to 1.36 billion yen

Seiyu Ltd. said Tuesday its first-half group operating loss narrowed to 1.36 billion yen from 2.48 billion yen for the same period last year, thanks to higher sales of household goods.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2006

Japanese, U.S. firms tie up on phone parts

NEC Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Texas Instruments Inc. said Monday they have set up a joint venture in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, to develop key cell phone components.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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