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BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2001

Snow to offload shares in subsidiary

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Friday it will sell 18.34 million shares in its wholesale subsidiary, Yukijirusi Access Inc., to six companies including Itochu Corp. at the end of the month for some 13.7 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2001

Vodafone unit to launch Japan Telecom takeover

British cellular operator Vodafone Group PLC will today launch an agreed takeover bid over Japan Telecom Co. through a wholly owned subsidiary and take full control of the nation's third-largest operator with up to a 66.7 percent stake, Vodafone announced Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Koizumi starts preparations so SDF could support U.S.

Japan will prepare for the dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombatant support to U.S. forces should Washington take retaliatory action against terrorists, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Navy bases busy ahead of possible retaliatory action

U.S. Navy bases across Japan were busy Wednesday as the United States prepares to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Computer virus hits Japan

A newly detected computer virus was confirmed as being present in Japan on Wednesday, affecting computer servers of the farm ministry, travel agencies, hospitals and news organizations, including Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2001

Obituary: Mami Yonemori

Mami Yonemori, a former TV anchorwoman who later formed the trio known as Dora, died of an undisclosed cause earlier this month, acquaintances said Wednesday. She was 34.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Miyazaki animation museum to open Oct. 1 in Mitaka

An animation museum designed by Hayao Miyazaki, a popular director of animated films, was opened to the media Monday ahead of its official opening on Oct. 1.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2001

Public housing strategy at the crossroads

National housing policy is set for change with the reformist Koizumi Cabinet having launched a political battle to abolish or privatize all unprofitable semigovernmental corporations.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

NTT likely to take 550 billion yen loss over Verio

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. may book a latent loss of up to 550 billion yen this business year due to the depreciated value of Verio Inc., its U.S. Internet wholesale service subsidiary, NTT sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2001

Vodafone confirms bid for J-Phone

Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary is negotiating with East Japan Railway Co. over a possible takeover bid for Japan Telecom Co.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2001

Mizuho changes profit forecast into 260 billion yen loss on Mycal

Mizuho Holdings Inc., the largest banking group in Japan, has announced that it will plunge deeply into the red in the first half of fiscal 2001 on losses incurred by the collapse of Mycal Corp. and losses at one of its subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Mitsubishi revises down profit outlook

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Friday revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, blaming the plunge in global demand for semiconductors and mobile phones.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Moody's lowers NEC rating in wake of global downturn

Moody's Investors Service Inc. has lowered its rating outlook for the Baa1 senior unsecured long-term debt of NEC Corp. from positive to stable.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

SDF reinforces security at bases

The Defense Agency has reinforced security at Self-Defense Forces facilities nationwide, especially those used jointly with U.S. forces, agency officials said Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 13, 2001

Shaping up the economy: more parks, fewer highways

One of the joys of visiting the United States is having a chance to check out the alternative press. This summer, while in Vermont (which some say is a state, and some a state of mind), I picked up a free copy of "Green Living: A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment."
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Toyota Motor named earnings king for 2000

Toyota Motor Corp. retained its status as top earner of taxable income for the second year in a row in fiscal 2000, according to rankings of the top 50 corporate earners released Thursday by the national taxation authority.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

NEC plans Web-based telephones

NEC Corp. said Thursday that it will launch a Web-based phone service in mid-October allowing subscribers to make phone calls to the United States and South Korea from personal computers.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Gartner reports steady server sales

Gartner Japan Ltd. said Friday that domestic demand for servers during the first half of this year remained steady despite a slump in the global information technology market.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2001

Renault bond gets positive rating

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Wednesday it assigned a Baa2 rating to the 50 billion yen in "Samurai" bonds of Renault S.A., the biggest shareholder in Nissan Motor Co., citing expectations Renault will benefit from its new models and its deepening ties with Nissan.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 6, 2001

Kofu upsets Omiya Ardija 2-1

SAITAMA -- J. League Division Two cellar dweller Ventforet Kofu stunned Division One hopeful Omiya Ardija 2-1 at Omiya Soccer Stadium on Wednesday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

Uniqlo to open first U.K. stores

Uniqlo casual clothing will open four of its first overseas stores in and around London on Sept. 28, the operator of the chain said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2001

Hitachi receives debt-rating warnings

Moody's Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor's Corp. issued warnings Tuesday on their debt ratings for Hitachi Ltd. following the major electronics maker's downgraded fiscal 2001 earnings forecast announced last week.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2001

'Eiken' tests to go on despite ministry

The Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc. said Tuesday that it will continue to hold its "eiken" English proficiency test despite an education ministry decision to halt official recognition of the exam.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2001

JR East's imported 'bento' found light on meat, fish

Some of the roughly 21 tons of "bento" boxed lunches imported between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20 from the United States by an affiliate of East Japan Railway Co. did not contain sufficient meat and fish, according to company sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2001

Dream Incubator postpones IPO

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Monday it canceled its approval to list Dream Incubator Inc., a Tokyo-based consulting company for venture businesses, on the Mothers market after the company decided to postpone its initial public offering due to ongoing decline in the stock market.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2001

Daiei to triple intake of graduates

Daiei Inc. plans to more than triple the number of graduating students it will hire to 400 in 2002, company officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2001

Kyocera to shed 20% of workforce amid IT slump

The Kyocera Corp. group will cut about 10,000 jobs from its global workforce of 51,000, possibly within this year, to deal with the worldwide slump in the information technology sector, company officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2001

JT to launch early retirement plan

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Wednesday it will launch an early retirement program on Nov. 19.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Japan to boost support for joint ride-hailing services
Tatsuaki Igarashi, mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, exits a ride-sharing vehicle at Tsukuba Station in January.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.

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