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BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2001

Chiyoda Mutual negative value still up in air

Administrators of failed insurer Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Friday that they are close to determining the firm's negative net worth -- somewhere around 311.9 billion yen -- and that the final figure will be released by the end of the month.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2001

NEC plans Japan's biggest job site

NEC Corp. said Friday it will launch the largest job Web site in Japan next Thursday in cooperation with 14 major employment agencies, including Recruit Co. and Pasona Softbank Inc.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2001

Obituary: Isao Okawa

Sega Corp. President Isao Okawa died Friday of heart failure, the company said. He was 74. Okawa, concurrently honorary chairman of CSK Corp., died at a Tokyo hospital. In 1984, he assumed the chairmanship of Sega Enterprises Inc., the predecessor of Sega. Okawa, a graduate of Waseda University's engineering...
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2001

NTT president slams new 'control' law

NTT Corp. President Junichiro Miyazu on Friday reiterated his opposition to legislation proposed by the telecommunications ministry to tighten control on the telecom giant, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2001

20% of mayors mulling mergers

While almost half of Japan's city mayors see the need for mergers between municipalities, only 20 percent are actually considering such moves, according to a recently released survey by publisher Toyo Keizai Inc.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2001

DoCoMo sees higher sales of advanced cellphones

NTT DoCoMo Inc. is considering raising its initial-year sales projection for its next-generation mobile phone series to be released in May, from 150,000 units to 200,000, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2001

Bill to tighten copntrol over NTT, boost competition

Telecom Minister Toranosuke Katayama said Friday he is ready to persuade Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to accept a proposed bill tightening regulations on NTT aimed at promoting competition within the telecom market.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2001

LDP lawmakers appear set to block key NTT reforms

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday blasted proposed changes to the telecom law, claiming they would undermine Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s international competitiveness, LDP officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2001

Crime rise fuels quest for security

Increasing numbers of people are flocking to the home-security sections of their local hardware and do-it-yourself stores on weekends amid reports of a growing crime wave in Japan.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2001

Matsushita Communication in tieup

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it has teamed up with U.S.-based Iridian Technologies Inc. to license basic biometric recognition technology and jointly develop next-generation systems for recognizing irises.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

One in every four Tokyo elementary, junior high students has a cellphone

One out of every four elementary and junior high school students in the Tokyo metropolitan area has a mobile phone, according to a survey released Tuesday by NTT DoCoMo Inc.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2001

Technical glitch forces J-Phone to delay launch of 3G mobile telephone

Cellular operator J-Phone Group announced Tuesday that it will postpone the planned launch of the next-generation mobile phone service (3G) from December to June 2002, due to technical problems caused by the latest version update of an international standard for the multimedia cellular phone.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001

Mitsubishi Chemical, Fujitsu unite on genetic drugs

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. have agreed to form an alliance in biotechnology to focus on the research and development of pharmaceuticals using data from the human genome, the two firms said Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2001

Subscribers to i-mode top 20 million

The number of subscribers to NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode mobile phone service has topped 20 million, reaching the mark only two years after it began, NTT DoCoMo said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2001

Controversial history text under revision

The authors and publisher of a controversial junior high school history textbook being screened by the government are ready to comply with all of the revision requests made by an education ministry panel, sources close to the group said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2001

Salmonella detected in imported heart sacs

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has detected salmonella in unused U.S.-made heart sacs -- products suspected of causing inflammation in some 70 heart patients in Japan, ministry sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2001

DoCoMo to raise discounts, reduce rates in price war

NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to raise its family phone discount rate to 20 percent from the current 15 percent and to reduce call rates for its mobile phone service, although the size of the cut has not yet been decided, in response to competition from other carriers, company officials said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2001

Japanese textile firms request duties

Five major Japanese textile makers have asked the Finance Ministry to impose antidumping duties on polyester staple fiber allegedly being imported from South Korea and Taiwan at unfairly low prices.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2001

Moody's expects securities to grow

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Wednesday that Japan's securitization market is expected to grow 20 percent to 40 percent in 2001 from the previous year to be worth between 3 trillion yen and 3.5 trillion yen.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2001

Nestle Japan, Seiyo Food plot Italian job

Seiyo Food Systems Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed with the Nestle Japan Group to jointly set up and operate a new chain of Italian restaurants.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2001

Mitsui Wood, Nichiha to integrate

Mitsui Wood Systems Inc., a subsidiary of trading house Mitsui & Co., will integrate its ceramic and fiberboard housing material operations with those of Nichiha Corp., enabling the Mitsui group to pull the plug on the loss-making housing materials business, the three companies announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Fuji TV halts airing of 'Titanic'

Fuji Television Network Inc. has decided to put off indefinitely the airing of the movie "Titanic" out of concern for those distressed by the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese ship after being hit by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii, company sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Matsushita joins 2Roam on mobile Web solutions

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Monday it has allied with 2Roam Inc., a U.S. wireless software and service provider, to offer a mobile solutions service in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

Dreamcast nightmare to cost Sega 300 jobs

Moving along with its decision to quit production of its Dreamcast game console, Sega Corp. said Monday it will solicit applications from 300 of its 2,600 employees to leave their jobs.
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2001

Insurer signs sponsorship deal

Administrators of failed insurer Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced Friday that the company has signed a sponsorship agreement with American International Group Inc., which will support its rehabilitation.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

S&P downgrades Japan's credit

NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's Corp. said Thursday it had lowered its long-term local and foreign currency credit ratings on Japan from AAA to AA plus.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

S&P downgrades Japan's credit

NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's Corp. said Thursday it had lowered its long-term local and foreign currency credit ratings on Japan from AAA to AA plus.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2001

Bridgestone sees 80% fall in profit

Bridgestone Corp., Japan's biggest automobile tire maker, said Thursday it posted a consolidated net profit of 17.74 billion yen in the business year which ended December, down 80 percent from the previous year.
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.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
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.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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