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BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

JAL punishes 15 over safety, procedural goofs

Japan Airlines said Monday it has reprimanded 15 more officials for their involvement in four separate mishaps.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005

Man dies after falling from ride at Tokyo amusement park

A wheelchair-bound man died Monday after falling from a sky-diving ride at an indoor amusement park in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront area, police said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

U.S. team to visit in bid to end beef ban

The United States will send a team of scientific experts on mad cow disease to Japan next week to discuss with their Japanese counterparts ways to resolve a 16-month import ban on U.S. beef at the earliest possible date, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

'Livedoor shock' reviving Japan's cross-shareholding habit

When Internet services company Livedoor Co. announced its bid to acquire Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., the vulnerabilities of Japan's capital markets were suddenly laid bare, prompting domestic companies to scramble for ways to defend themselves from hostile takeovers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005

American to salvage Japanese sub full of gold, opium sunk in Atlantic in '44

The I-52 is the stuff of shipwreck legend. Possibly the most advanced submarine in the world at the time, Japan's I-52 was sunk in the Atlantic on June 23, 1944, while en route to a rendezvous with a German U-boat. The rendezvous remains a mystery.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Apr 19, 2005

Pensions, easy credit, freecycling and dogs

Lump Sum payments Following on from last week's Zeit Gist article on the insurance probe involving Japan's eikaiwa, Rob has a question on pension refunds.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005

Postal issue keeps LDP at loggerheads

The Liberal Democratic Party continued late Monday night trying to put together a set of requests for modifying the government's plan to privatize postal services by 2017 by splitting Japan Post into four units.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

Chiba store to get first IY Bank branch

IY Bank Co., a subsidiary of major retailer Ito-Yokado Co., will open its first branch offering a full range of financial services inside an Ito-Yokado outlet in the city of Chiba on April 27, bank officials said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 19, 2005

Home is where hardship is for Japanese returnees

Before preparing to move overseas for the first time, it's common to be warned about the effects of culture shock.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2005

Correct unfair trade practices, China told

Japan urged China to correct trade practices it believes are unfair, including higher tariffs on photo film and auto parts, in an annual report released Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 18, 2005

Deep Impact cruises in Satsukisho

FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. -- The Satsukisho, Japan's equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas, the Triple Crown's first leg, went off without a hitch Sunday as more than 85,000 fans made their way to Nakayama Racecourse, lured in large part by the rise of a new star.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2005

BayStars trio goes deep in 8-5 clubbing of Carp in Hiroshima

Shuichi Murata, Ryoji Aikawa and Hitoshi Tamura all hit solo homers Sunday to lead the Yokohama BayStars to an 8-5 win over the Hiroshima Carp.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2005

Put surplus funds to better use

Japan's corporate sector is said to be awash in money. Many companies, having improved their balance sheets dramatically in recent years, now hold a large amount of surplus funds. For many of them, the crushing debt burden that was once a heavy drag on business development is said to be a thing of the...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 18, 2005

Of mobile landings and staircases: Japan in the global school of wizardry

"Poised on the landing" is the way people have taken to talking about the Japanese economy lately. The English-language way of referring to the same thing is to call it "going through a soft patch."
COMMENTARY
Apr 18, 2005

Japan, China wasting time

Recent mass anti-Japanese protests in Chinese cities have plunged Sino-Japanese relations to their lowest since diplomatic ties were normalized in 1972. Stones thrown by demonstrators damaged the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on April 9. Japanese-owned businesses in other cities were likewise attacked,...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2005

Howard boosts neighborly ties

SYDNEY -- A bridge between East Asia and the South Pacific has been formed. The way is open for economic and security links to be strengthened between the Asian mainland and its Southern Hemisphere neighbors.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2005

Livedoor-Fuji TV talks this week

A top-level meeting between Fuji Television Network Inc. and Livedoor Co. is expected this week to try to settle a battle for control of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. with an eye on forming a capital and business alliance, informed sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2005

Princess marks her last birthday in palace

Princess Nori, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, offered thanks to her parents as she turned 36 on Monday, her last birthday as an Imperial family member before leaving the palace to marry a commoner.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2005

Nakagawa raps China for allowing anti-Japan attacks

Trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa criticized the Chinese government Sunday for failing to prevent vandalism of Japanese property in China by some of the participants in anti-Japan rallies the last three weekends.

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