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BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2004

Tertiary industry index up 1.6% to four-year high in April-June term

Japan's tertiary industry activity index rose during the April-June quarter to its highest level in four years, the government said Friday, reinforcing the view that the country's economic recovery has taken root among nonmanufacturers.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2004

UFJ may tap Toyota to aid Misawa

UFJ Bank is poised to ask Toyota Motor Corp. for assistance in rebuilding ailing borrower Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. by investing in the company's core unit, Misawa Homes Co., sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2004

Japan hopes opening bond sales to foreigners will solve woes

The Finance Ministry is increasingly hoping to sell Japanese government bonds to foreigners. And the economic recovery is forcing this effort to be accelerated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2004

Offshore fever grips heavy equipment auctions

YOKOHAMA -- On a scorching mid-July day, hundreds of huge hulks were slowly paraded along a 30-meter tarmac in front of a circus tent packed with sweaty buyers.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2004

Firms to set up hotel investment trust

Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. and the Japan unit of Creative Renovation Group, a Canadian hotel consulting firm, will set up an investment trust next summer to invest exclusively in hotels, company officials said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2004

State debt no boon for financial markets

PRAGUE -- There is a palpable schizophrenia concerning public-sector debt. On one hand, a high proportion of public-sector debt relative to gross domestic product is seen as a warning sign that a country is suffering from macroeconomic imbalances. Similarly, a high ratio of government debt to total debt...
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2004

Corporate bankruptcies continue decline into 19th month

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan dropped 16.8 percent in July from a year earlier to 1,151, down for the 19th straight month.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2004

Information-leak insurance in works

Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. and NTT Communications Corp. plan to tie up to launch an insurance product next month to cover companies damaged by information leaks, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 11, 2004

UA: Fluid beauty

UA is not your average pop star. She arrives at an interview in the western Tokyo suburb that is her home on her bike. In a cut-off T-shirt and long, billowing peasant skirt, she looks like a hipster mama, and after the interview in this ordinary cafe, she's off to pick up her son from elementary school....
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

McDonald's Japan to invite foreign execs

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Monday it will invite five or six senior officials from McDonald's Corp. of the United States and other overseas firms to assume executive posts at McDonald's Co. (Japan).
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

'Cats' due for a return to Tokyo

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats," which became a sensation across Japan when performed by the Shiki (Four Seasons) Theater Company, will be restaged in Tokyo in November for the first time in eight years and the fourth time in the capital since its first Japanese performance in 1983.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 8, 2004

Three glorious days in musical heaven

The Fuji Rock Festival went off without a hitch or a typhoon this year. Philip Brasor, Simon Bartz, Jason Jenkins and Mark Thompson were there to bear witness.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2004

Economic assessment again goes unchanged

The government left its upbeat assessment of Japan's economy unchanged in a monthly report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

Investigation is launched into Hynix chip imports

The government is investigating whether to impose punitive import taxes on computer chips made by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea after receiving complaints from Japanese companies.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2004

Tax revenues see 10.9% rise

Tax revenues rose 10.9 percent in June from a year earlier to 2.047 trillion yen for the fifth straight monthly increase, due to the widening economic recovery, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2004

Ichiban Shibori to go to Philippines

Kirin Brewery Co. plans to market its Ichiban Shibori beer in the Philippines through the sales network of Manila-based San Miguel Corp. beginning in August, company sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2004

Daiei rescue package calls for 300 billion yen

Struggling retail giant Daiei Inc. has worked out a new three-year rehabilitation package, including 300 billion yen in financial aid from three creditor banks, sources close to the plan said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2004

DoCoMo profit falls 13% in line with fee discounts

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Friday its first-quarter net profit dropped 13 percent to 170.38 billion yen due to an expanded discount program to protect its subscriber base.
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Jul 30, 2004

Antitheft devices now not just for luxury cars

A few years ago, car-security devices were found mainly in luxury vehicles. But as crimes involving vehicles increase, security gadgets are becoming more widely used, even in economy cars.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2004

Government looks to hike sales tax while still honoring Koizumi's pledge

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government could decide to raise the 5 percent consumption tax rate for implementation after the fall of 2006, when Koizumi's tenure expires, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi reacts to applauding lawmakers after being elected prime minister at the Lower House on Tuesday.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Takaichi government will likely spend less than expected
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Monday
Who is Minoru Kihara, Takaichi’s new 'cool-headed' spokesman?
Minoru Kihara (second from left) attends a Lower House plenary session on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
How Japan’s greatest psychological horror game came home
Series composer Akira Yamaoka and writer Ryukishi07 were integral figures in helping one of Japan's greatest horror gaming franchises land a Japanese setting.
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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