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BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2001

Nomura, IBJ to end derivatives tieup

Nomura Securities Co. and the Industrial Bank of Japan, a member of the Mizuho Financial Group, said Thursday that they will dissolve a London-based joint venture specializing in financial derivatives.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2001

Miyazawa says 10% sales tax inevitable

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday that raising Japan's consumption tax rate to around 10 percent, the same level as in European nations, from the current 5 percent is inevitable in order to realize fiscal reconstruction.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2001

FSA urges banks to dispose of bad loans

The Financial Services Agency hopes to come up with a plan by the end of the fiscal year that will contain incentives to encourage banks to speedily complete disposing of nonperforming loans, Financial Affairs Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2001

Mazda unveils deluxe minivan

Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday launched a deluxe version of its popular MPV minivan.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2001

Tokyo ward mulls taxing off-track bets

Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward is considering levying a tax on horse-race ticket sales, following in the steps of Yokohama, which approved a plan for a similar such tax in December, ward officials said.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2001

Kamei says BOJ is to blame for the 'unstable' economy

Shizuka Kamei, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, urged the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policies to put the economy on a self-sustainable recovery path.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Unusual body shop fills in the blanks

OSAKA -- After dealing with the usual prewedding chores of choosing venues, flowers, dresses, menus and guests, the young bride-to-be was faced with one final task: find a finger to go with her ring.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2001

A British man in Shepard country

Sam Shepard, long known as the spokesman playwright of the American West, has a talent for endowing his cowboy-hatted characters with urban, neurotic psyches. The result has always been interesting. Now we get to see that firsthand in a film called "Simpatico," based on his play of the same title. This...
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 17, 2001

JAWOC to print more World Cup ticket application forms

The Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee on Friday evening decided to print an additional 2 million mail-in application forms for 2002 World Cup tickets to meet the demands of fans in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

Electronics firms to link on Bluetooth promotion

Electronics makers Toshiba Corp., Taiyo Yuden Co. and the Japan unit of IBM Corp. said Thursday they have established a joint venture to regulate usage of the Bluetooth wireless technology logo in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

Noritsu to make 'minilabs' in China

OSAKA -- Noritsu Koki Co. said Thursday it will set up a wholly owned subsidiary and plant in Shanghai to start making "minilab" photo processing laboratory systems in October.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

U.S. fears cap dollar's surge

The Bank of Japan's latest discount rate cut was seen as a largely cosmetic measure.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

FSA to tighten supervision of insurers

A Liberal Democratic Party panel gave the green light Wednesday to a proposal by the Financial Services Agency to tighten its supervision of insurance companies, starting with the March book-closing.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 15, 2001

Bedfellows making a quick buck

The Yankees are sleeping with the devil. The Red Devils, to be exact.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2001

Cheap China textile imports a hot potato

Shopping for casual clothes at a nearby Uniqlo store has almost become a routine for Miwako Matsuo. But what the 30-year-old didn't realize was that nearly 80 percent of the winter clothing she bought was made in China.
COMMUNITY
Feb 11, 2001

Still thrilled every spring by start of Wimbledon

There was America's No. 2 seed, Lindsey Davenport, on court in the final stages of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, thrashing Croatia's Iva Majoli, and looking a lot softer and prettier in the flesh than TV ever suggests.
EDITORIALS
Feb 10, 2001

The best politics money can buy

The deportation of fugitive French businessman Alfred Sirven from the Philippines throws a twist into the trial of Mr. Roland Dumas, the former French foreign minister and head of the Constitutional Court. Mr. Sirven is alleged to be the missing link in the scheme to use funds from Elf-Aquitaine, the...
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2001

Beef from Europe faces virtual ban

Japan will soon toughen a food law to require that all imported beef be certified as free of mad cow disease, virtually precluding beef imports from European countries faced with the disease.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2001

Beef from Europe faces virtual ban

Japan will soon toughen a food law to require that all imported beef be certified as free of mad cow disease, virtually precluding beef imports from European countries faced with the disease.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2001

Coalition unveils market-boosting plan

The ruling coalition unveiled a package of policy proposals Friday designed to help bolster Japan's slumping stock market, calling for easing of restrictions on so-called treasury stocks and quickly introducing the U.S. 401(k)-style pension scheme.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2001

Coalition unveils market-boosting plan

The ruling coalition unveiled a package of policy proposals Friday designed to help bolster Japan's slumping stock market, calling for easing of restrictions on so-called treasury stocks and quickly introducing the U.S. 401(k)-style pension scheme.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

European beef imports face effective deep freeze

Japan will revise a food law to make it compulsory that all imported beef is certified as being free of mad cow disease, officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2001

European beef imports face effective deep freeze

Japan will revise a food law to make it compulsory that all imported beef is certified as being free of mad cow disease, officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2001

Towel firms seek curb on cheap imports

Domestic towel-makers will ask the government in the near future to impose an emergency curb on towel imports from China, officials of the Japan Towel Industrial Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poor crop casts shadow on Nori Day

Tuesday marked Nori Day in Japan, an annual event when farmers of "nori," or seaweed, stage various activities aimed at expanding its consumption.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Poor crop casts shadow on Nori Day

Tuesday marked Nori Day in Japan, an annual event when farmers of "nori," or seaweed, stage various activities aimed at expanding its consumption.

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