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BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2005

Impasse to delay TSE stock listing

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. President Takuo Tsurushima said Thursday it will be difficult for the TSE to list the company on the stock market by the end of the current fiscal year as planned.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2005

Reporter can conceal source; first time since '79

The Niigata District Court ruled Tuesday that an NHK reporter was justified in refusing to reveal a news source in connection with a suit a U.S. health food company filed in the United States over the taxation of its Japanese subsidiary in 1997, it was revealed Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2005

30% of home computers don't have virus protection

The scourge of computer viruses has been widely reported, but that doesn't mean everyone takes preventative measures -- especially children and the elderly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Giant new store gives Akihabara a wakeup call

The mammoth outlet opened by Yodobashi Camera Co. in Tokyo's Akihabara district in mid-September appears to have become a catalyst for change in an area renowned for its cut-throat retail electronics competition.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Seven-Eleven helps set Ito-Yokado sales record

Ito-Yokado Co. said Thursday its group sales during the first half of its business year to August came to a record high of 1.88 trillion yen, up 4.5 percent from the previous year, due largely to brisk performance by the group's Seven-Eleven Japan Co.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Bangladeshi sues Kyodo for libel

A Bangladeshi businessman and his company filed an 11 million yen libel suit against Kyodo News on Wednesday, saying the news agency falsely reported last year that he was linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Lump-sum asbestos redress elusive goal

The government agreed Sept. 29 on the outline of a special bill to help asbestos victims, but officials admit the legislation provides no lump sum compensation.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

CDs with cardboard jackets find a groove

Jazz and rock compact disks that come in cardboard jackets mimicking those of the long-playing records of yore are creating a boom among nostalgic buyers in their 30s and 40s as record companies rush to revive great recordings of the past.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Soil contaminated with uranium shipped to U.S.

The nuclear research and development agency has shipped uranium-contaminated soil to an undisclosed location in the United States for disposal, officials said.
COMMUNITY
Oct 4, 2005

Volunteers, taxes and Amnesty

Volunteering Reader S. lives in Gifu-ken and is looking for volunteer work in her area. She also travels to Nagoya on weekends to meet friends, so is looking for volunteer opportunities there too.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2005

Heisei Denden files for court protection

Telecommunications venture firm Heisei Denden Co. said Monday it has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors, with debts reaching some 120 billion yen as of the end of September.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Oct 2, 2005

Harumi Kurihara: Homing in on success

As a cook and lifestyle guru, Harumi Kurihara has often been dubbed Japan's answer to America's Martha Stewart or Britain's Delia Smith. But in February this year, she scaled new heights when the English-language edition of her book "Harumi no Japanese Cooking" -- titled "Harumi's Japanese Cooking" --...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

'Cool Biz' popular enough for another try

The sight of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in an open-collar shirt was much more familiar this month than in June, when the government kicked off the "Cool Biz" casual-dress campaign for reducing air-conditioner use.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2005

Full-time pay drops for seventh year

Annual pay for full-time company employees in 2004 averaged 4,388,000 yen, down 51,000 yen or 1.1 percent from the previous year for the seventh straight year of contraction, according to a survey by the National Tax Agency.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2005

Canon aims new printers at photographers

Canon Inc. unveiled a new lineup of inkjet printers Tuesday for the all-important yearend season, with an emphasis on upgraded photo printing performance to lure the growing number of people who want to print snapshots at home.
Sep 24, 2005

North Korea may have mineral bounty

North Korea may be considered a country with few natural resources, but the United States and Europe are eyeing possible large deposits of minerals there that could be used in the high-tech and weapons industries.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2005

Japan to guard Teikoku Oil if gas-field talks fail

If no agreement is reached in talks next week with China on natural gas development in the East China Sea, Japan is prepared to ensure the safety of Teikoku Oil Co. employees and protect the Japanese company's right to drill in disputed waters, Shoichi Nakagawa, minister of economy, trade and industry,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Corporate jets attracting more Japanese clients

"Why don't you get into my flying car?"
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Xbox 360 to be launched here after U.S. and Europe

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will release its next-generation video game console -- the Xbox 360 -- on Dec. 10 in Japan, priced at 37,900 yen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2005

Keeping up with the Norah Joneses

She may only be 16 years old, but Massachusetts native Sonya Kitchell talks with the assurance of a musician twice her age. It's a couple of days after Kitchell played a live showcase to a largely music-industry crowd in a tiny Shibuya jazz bar, following the recent Japan-only release of her debut album,...
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2005

CPAs implicated in another Kanebo scam

Four ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants arrested this week falsified a report in 1998 on a troubled Kanebo Ltd. trading partner, leading Kanebo to agree to a massive bailout of the firm, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2005

Nitto, Fuji Flours to merge on April 1

Nitto Flour Milling Co. and Fuji Flour Milling Co. announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement to merge on April 1, creating the nation's fourth-largest flour milling firm.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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