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BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2004

Insurers set for alliance in Thailand

Nippon Life Insurance Co. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. said Wednesday they will link up in life insurance operations in Thailand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2004

Former K-1 promoter gets prison for tax dodge

Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former K-1 martial arts promoter, was handed a 22-month prison sentence Wednesday by the Tokyo District Court for evading 300 million yen in corporate taxes.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2004

Fuji Heavy pins 2004 hopes on remodeled Legacy wagon

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it plans to sell 623,000 vehicles globally in 2004, up 14.5 percent from the previous year.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2004

McDonald's to give away burgers

McDonald's Co. (Japan) said it will hand out 10 million hamburger coupons on Sunday in an attempt to buck up sales following the outbreak of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 11, 2004

TBS's remake of "Okusama wa Majo" and more

Pan-Asian heartthrob Takuya Kimura starts his annual trendy drama gig Monday in the new series "Pride" (Fuji TV, 9 p.m.). Kimura plays the same kind of brooding romantic in all of his drama series, so the only point of interest is which occupation he's been given (last year it was an airline pilot)....
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2004

Takeda in diabetes tieup with U.S. firm

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Thursday it has agreed with Andrx Corp. of the United States to jointly develop a drug for diabetes on the basis of their existing products for treating the disorder.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2004

Firms fear Seoul's easier rules on Japan's culture

South Korea's gradual lifting of its decades-old ban on the import of Japanese popular culture entered its fourth phase this month, paving the way for the legal circulation of Japanese CDs, game software and all nonanimated films.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2004

Sony MD to record 45 hours of music

Sony Corp. announced Thursday it will release portable mini disc products that can record up to 45 hours of music on a single disc.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2004

Man arrested in store blackmail case

A 62-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to blackmail major discount store chain Don Quijote Co. last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2004

Workplace nurseries finding fledgling footing

Decor fit for a trendy beauty salon. A breathtaking view of autumn leaves in a sprawling city park.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2004

Family plot not for all women

Women in Japan may have made great strides in deciding how they live their lives, but such freedom has yet to translate into their final resting place.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2004

Funds unaccounted for in shady high-yield investment trust

Several hundred million yen deposited by investors in financial products sold by the head of the now-defunct Minami Securities in the late 1990s are unaccounted for, and police suspect fraud, investigation sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2003

Contractor Nakano seals bank deal

Nakano Corp. said Monday it has struck a deal with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp., under which the two banks will provide 13.3 billion yen in financial assistance to the midsize construction company.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2003

DoCoMo to sponsor F-1 racing team

NTT DoCoMo Inc. has agreed to be a sponsor for the Renault Formula One auto racing team, looking to promote its i-mode Internet-accessible mobile phone service in the world market, company officials said Monday.
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.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 26, 2003

It's time for Premier League players to grow up

LONDON -- A former footballer once confided to me that after his retirement he and his wife decided to go on the dream holiday they had never been able to take while he was a leading international.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2003

Industries told to curb accidents

Three government agencies on Thursday urged industries, and company chiefs in particular, to do more to prevent plant fires and other accidents of the kind that occurred in a string this year, government officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2003

Osaka movers, shakers fear orgy hurt China ties

OSAKA -- Osaka business and government leaders voiced concern Monday about relations with China in the immediate future due to the uproar over a September orgy involving visiting employees of an Osaka-based firm and Beijing's demand that three of them who allegedly organized the prostitution spree be...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2003

Expressway plans get green light

The government and ruling coalition on Monday endorsed a privatization scheme for semigovernmental expressway operators that effectively fails to put the brakes on the completion of unfinished sections of the planned 9,342-km thruway network.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 21, 2003

Moved by the spirit of song

It was shaping up to be a Japanese Christmas like any other.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2003

Six arrested over shooting attacks on Aum, union offices

Tokyo police arrested six people Friday in connection with three shooting incidents targeting offices of Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo and Osaka, as well as a shooting at a teachers' union office in Hiroshima, for which a rightist group claimed responsibility.
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.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 19, 2003

Candy firms jump on CD bandwagon

Giveaways attached to packets of candies and chocolate are nothing new in Japan. Recently these omake have commonly taken the form of wonderfully detailed little toys and figurines in themed, collectable sets such as animals, anime characters, dinosaurs, birds, cars or motorbikes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

Isuzu nourished by overseas revenue

Isuzu Motors Ltd.'s group revenues from overseas operations are expected to reach 80 percent of its overall revenues by the end of fiscal 2007, Isuzu President Yoshinori Ida said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

Longform

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