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JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Ghosn says in book that being a foreigner is a hindrance

In a book scheduled to hit stores Wednesday, Carlos Ghosn, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., says being a foreigner in Japan has not been a benefit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Sep 9, 2003

'Yakiniku' chain weathers hike in beef tariff

The fallout from the Aug. 1 tariff increase on beef has not yet reached the nation's largest "yakiniku" grilled-beef restaurant chains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2003

Sony unveils new version of Aibo

Inc. on Thursday unveiled a new version of the robot dog Aibo that is better at recognizing images and moving around.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2003

Sony goes tiny with video camera

Inc. said Wednesday it will put the world's smallest and lightest video camera on the domestic market Oct. 18. The 1.07 megapixel DCR-IP1K video camera measures 39 mm in width, 91mm in height and 69mm in length and weighs 230 grams, excluding the battery, said the marketing unit of Sony Corp.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2003

POLA star shines bright in Hakone

The POLA Museum of Art is celebrating its first anniversary, and its excellent exhibition -- "Paris, City of Artists" -- capitalizes on the museum's fine standing collection, proving just what an asset the POLA is to the the hot-spring resort area of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2003

Resona Holdings to pare group

Resona Holdings Inc. will reduce the number of its subsidiaries and affiliates to a quarter of the current level, President Eiji Hosoya said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2003

Daiei units ordered to pay off loans Kyodo News

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered two Fukuoka subsidiaries of struggling retailer Daiei Inc. to repay 1.38 billion yen in overdue loans to a Cayman Islands investment firm.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2003

Toyota declares most income for the fourth straight year

Toyota Motor Corp. has retained its spot as the biggest declared income earner in Japan for the fourth straight year, a private research firm said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2003

Japan to wait longer for Power Macs

Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it will postpone the release of what it says are "the world's fastest personal computers" on the Japanese market by one month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2003

Bandai's sword-brandishing robot begets yet another corporate acronym

CEO, COO, CFO and even CSO (chief strategy officer) are part of today's simmering pot of corporate alphabet soup as Japan Inc. increasingly adopts U.S.-style management regimens.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2003

Rakuten posts record sales, profit

Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. said Thursday it posted record group sales and operating profit in the January-June first half of the current fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2003

Aggressive marketing for antidepressants giving drug companies a lift

With more and more people in Japan complaining of depression, drug companies are enjoying a bonanza in pushing antidepressants.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2003

Asian Bond Fund not just a pipe dream

There's little hype. Certainly no fanfare. But quietly and with infinite patience, Asia's economies are hoping to bond together.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2003

Baron of porn spills it all

HONG KONG -- His pictures beamed across the nation's television stations and front pages of all of its newspapers from down market tabloids to sober-sided broadsheets: the grin on his face was as wide as a melon and he held, fanlike, a huge wad of currency notes for all the world, like a television game...
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2003

BTM set to return pension assets

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. said Thursday that the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi will return the portion of employee pension assets it manages on behalf of the government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2003

Looking for a SARS-free holiday option? Try Alaska

More vacationers are heading for domestic destinations and fewer venturing overseas, in part due to the lingering impact of SARS and a slumping economy.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2003

BOJ poised for ABCP purchase

The Bank of Japan said Monday it will buy 50 billion yen worth of asset-backed commercial paper outright Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2003

Goodwill sees record profit on outsourcing demand

Human-resources firm Goodwill Group Inc. on Monday reported a record group net profit for the year through June, thanks to strong demand for its outsourcing and nursing-care services.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

Fuji TV posts 9.02 billion yen profit

Fuji Television Network Inc. said Thursday its group net profit in the April-June period came to 9.02 billion yen, or 51.51 percent of its net profit projection of 17.5 billion yen for the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Yoyogi Post Office now sells Lawson goods

Postal Lawson, Japan's first convenience store outlet inside a post office, opened Tuesday at the Yoyogi Post Office in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
COMMUNITY
Aug 3, 2003

Greg's compassion with a camera was thousands of words

Big and burly, Greg Davis could walk into our club wearing his customary boots, windbreaker, open-necked shirt and wide grin, and we would be transported to some dusty Central Asian dictatorship or clawing Cambodian jungle -- a remembrance that the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan started off as...
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2003

Monacan concern buys into UFJ

Monacan investment fund Sovereign Asset Management has purchased an equity stake of more than 5 percent in UFJ Holdings Inc., making it the biggest single shareholder in Japan's fourth-largest banking group.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2003

Canon Sales sees net profit slip 33%

Canon Sales Co. said Monday its group net profit for the business first half through June 30 fell 33 percent from a year earlier to 1.11 billion yen, despite a 4.6 percent rise in sales to 360.02 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2003

Toshiba gets Honeywell LCD license

Toshiba Corp. said Friday it has obtained a license from Honeywell International Inc. to use two Honeywell U.S. patents relating to liquid crystal displays found in a wide variety of electronic consumer and business products.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami