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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 3, 2004

Struggling Spurs lining up Hiddink as next manager

LONDON -- It may be a meaningless statistic in terms of promotion or relegation, but Tottenham Hotspur has earned fewer points -- 36 -- than any other club in the Premiership during 2003.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 3, 2004

A primer for Japanese holidays

If you're like me, the one thing you need at the end of a long run of holidays is . . . yet another holiday.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2004

Safety, security first purpose of Net Kaden

The Net Kaden's first purpose is to secure safety and security, according to Yoshiaki Kushiki, executive director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which last year began marketing the system for controlling and monitoring homes with wireless technology.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2003

Yoshinoya 'gyudon' may vanish over U.S. beef ban

Yoshinoya D&C Co. became one of the first casualties in Japan of the mad cow disease case in the United States, announcing Tuesday it will stop serving its mainstay "gyudon" beef-over-rice at its outlets in early February if there is still an import ban on U.S. beef.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2003

Chip-making equipment orders up

Orders for Japanese-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose 2.7-fold in November from a year earlier to 151.1 billion yen, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 30, 2003

What are your New Year's resolutions for 2004?

Bronwyn Edwards Student, 30
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2003

Chip firms lose holidays to demand

Several major Japanese microchip makers have told staff to give up their New Year holidays to meet a surge in demand resulting from spirited sales of digital home appliances, according to company officials.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 27, 2003

Homeless activist makes plea to save the trees

As you clear up after Christmas and prepare for New Year, spare a thought for American Vincent Dodson. He is spending his "holiday" as he passes every day, sleeping rough in the park beside the JR Yamanote line near Shibuya Station, and demonstrating against what he describes as "the wantonly wasteful...
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2003

Banks to receive green light to enter securities business

Banks are set to be allowed into the securities business following a recommendation Wednesday by a government panel that banks and other financial institutions be given the ability to act as sales agents for brokerage houses.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 23, 2003

At home in japan without the kinks

So is this what they mean by globalization?
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2003

McDonald's founder's exit doubles loss

The Japanese unit of U.S. fast-food chain McDonald's expects its loss for this fiscal year to double because of a special loss it will book for costs related to cutting ties with a longtime management consultant.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

Premiums rise, benefits fall under pension plan

The government and the ruling parties on Wednesday approved a public pension-reform plan that will increase premiums paid by workers and cut their benefits over the coming decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

NPO opens craft shop to fund effort to eradicate land mines

A nonprofit organization engaged in the elimination of land mines has opened a shop in Tokyo that sells handbags, table cloths and other items from kimono material to help fund its activities.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Kasyanov sees pipeline merits but remains noncommital

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov agreed Tuesday that a pipeline project linking East Siberia and Nakhodka, a port in Russia's Far East, would benefit both countries.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 16, 2003

Computers trains and sewing tips

Driving and computers I seem to remember that some time ago you gave information about driving lessons in English. I wonder if you could let me have the details as I neglected to note them down at the time.
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2003

Boards here in need of outsiders: U.S. headhunter

A leading U.S. executive search firm has found that Japan's corporate boards have a smaller number of external directors than any other nation.
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2003

Top drug wholesaler to buy two of its rivals

Kuraya Sanseido Inc., the country's largest drug wholesaler, said Friday it will acquire two rivals, marking the latest profit-driven realignment within the sector.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2003

Mobile phone shipments rise 30%

Domestic shipments of mobile phones, including personal handy-phone system equipment, grew 30.2 percent in October from a year earlier to 4.11 million units, up for the 12th consecutive month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2003

Mitsukoshi to sell ad space in 'fukubukuro'

Tokyo-based department store chain Mitsukoshi Ltd. plans to offer customers the right to display their photos on its advertising spaces in Tokyo subway trains next year -- at a cost of 10 million yen.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2003

Key economic gauge at 100% for October

A key gauge of the current state of Japan's economy stood at 100 percent for October, way above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent, the government said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Dec 4, 2003

Chirac still feeling the heat

PARIS -- France has not finished paying for the August heat wave and its 10,000 deaths. Vegetable and beef prices have risen, tourism has declined, forest fires have devastated wide areas and the financial impact on the budget has postponed an economic upswing.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2003

Ex-MMC executives to pay for defect-complaints coverup

Eleven former managers of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. agreed to an out-of-court settlement Tuesday in a shareholder suit filed by an investor who demanded they pay damages to the company for a drop in sales caused by the automaker's coverup of defect complaints.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2003

Companies pursue image boost via programs for disabled

Japanese corporations are steadily expanding their social action programs to support physically disabled people in an apparent bid to look better to foreign investors.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

High court for intellectual property considered

The government is studying the creation of a high court devoted exclusively to creations of the mind.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2003

Jittery JT to launch six new products next month

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Monday it will launch six new cigarette products simultaneously early next month in a bid to sustain revenue amid a rapidly shrinking market.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2003

Sony seeks capital via bond issue

Sony Corp. said Monday it will raise funds for capital investment by issuing up to 250 billion yen worth of five-year Euroyen zero-coupon convertible bonds on Dec. 18.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 29, 2003

Carol Smith-Wright

This year the International Ladies Benevolent Society marks its half century of uninterrupted philanthropic activities on behalf of organizations and people in need, mostly in Japan. Principally through its annual ball and its Christmas Fair, ILBS raises money that it donates to approved institutions...
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
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.
U.S. and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
The United States and Ukraine signed a minerals deal on Wednesday, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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