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COMMUNITY
Feb 24, 2002

No end to stress in modern Japan

Thirty-year-old Hiroko Sato was having her hair done, just as she had every month for the past several years, when suddenly she began to feel ill. First, she felt dizzy, then nauseous, then her hands started to go numb. She tried to shrug it off, but when she rose from her chair, she fainted.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 24, 2002

I want my DVD: The word is out on the small screen

Now that our shelves contain a lot more than books -- CD-ROMs, VHS tapes, DVDs -- it is worth reconsidering a question that occasionally interests the resident foreigner: How do you find Japanese films with English subtitles?
COMMUNITY
Feb 24, 2002

'Technostress': Rage against the machine

Satoru Kobayashi, a 25-year-old computer programmer, had made smooth progress through life, with good grades from good schools. He had always been an introvert, though, with few friends, so his job as a programmer at a foreign-affiliated software manufacturing company suited him well.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 24, 2002

Going places depends on where you're from

Two thirtyish Japanese junior execs both applied for an opening at "Worldbeater Tech," a subsidiary of an offshoot of a spinoff of a fat-cat blue-chip company.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2002

Toshiba unit cuts earnings forecast

Toshiba Machine Co. said Thursday it has revised downward its earnings forecast for fiscal 2001 due to weak demand in the information technology sector.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2002

Koito buys U.S. plane-seat servicer

Koito Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it has acquired KPS N.A. Inc., a U.S. maintenance firm for airplane seats, to strengthen its airplane business in North America.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2002

Matsushita widens loss estimate

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has widened its estimate of losses for the year to March 31 because of wobbling sales of mobile phones at home and abroad.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2002

Softbank to set up restructuring fund

Softbank Investment Co. announced Monday it has set up a fund to invest in companies that are trying to restructure under the Civil Rehabilitation Law.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2002

Asahi Bank to spark Nikkei reshuffle

Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. said Friday it will replace Asahi Bank with another issue on the Nikkei average of 225 selected stocks on Feb. 25, when the bank is taken off the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2002

Fujita seeks integration with Mitsui-Sumitomo

As banks and the government desperately work to solve the issue of mounting problem loans, many of which were extended to the construction industry, financially troubled contractor Fujita Corp. said Friday that it plans to merge its key construction division with Mitsui Construction Co. and Sumitomo...
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2002

Asahi Mutual Life to deepen cuts

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. will deepen planned pay and staff cuts because a business integration scheme with Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. had to be scrapped in January, company sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2002

Sumikura officials held over 'sokaiya' payoffs

Police on Wednesday arrested three senior Sumikura Industrial Co. officials on suspicion of paying 5 million yen to three shareholders to ensure a June 2000 shareholders' meeting was not disrupted by racketeers.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2002

Court rules for companies on short-term transactions

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that a provision in the Securities Exchange Law under which firms can order major shareholders to return profits earned during short-term stock transactions is constitutional.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2002

Ozaki sought Kano's help for candidate

Michihiko Kano, former vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan who quit the party over his ties to a scandal-hit firm, was asked by an executive of the company to support a rookie candidate in the mayoral election in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, in fall 2000, sources close to the case said Saturday....
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2002

NTT union passes on wage hike

The labor union of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. for a second consecutive year will not seek a uniform hike in base wages during spring salary negotiations, union officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2002

75% foresee Snow Brand doom: poll

Seventy-five percent of respondents to a recent Internet survey believe Snow Brand Milk Products Co. will not be able to regain the trust of consumers even if it carries out a restructuring program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORKING IT OUT
Feb 7, 2002

Early retirement, outplacement, or just pink slip?

Makoto Kawamura, 51, felt he had few options left when the medium-size life insurer he worked for collapsed and a U.S. firm took over management.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Feb 7, 2002

Geek culture bashing

http://homepage.mac.com/jcarusone/iMovieTheater2.html The unveiling of the new iMac has reignited the Mac vs. Windows debate all over the Internet, with journalists, computer users, economists and other eccentrics predicting whether the latest Apple hardware/software combo will take a bite out of Microsoft's...
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2002

Honda net profit jumped 73.8% in third quarter

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its group net profits in the October-December quarter shot up 73.8 percent from a year earlier to 82.26 billion yen on higher sales and a weaker yen.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2002

KDDI ties with Chinese telecom trio

KDDI Corp., the nation's second-largest telecom firm, said Monday it has formed alliances with three regional Chinese telecommunications firms.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 5, 2002

Faith in a tropical Gethsemane

When the Spanish arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, they found a lush tropical garden ripe for replanting. King Philip II had commanded his soldiers, administrators and religious zealots that there were to be no repetitions of the atrocities committed in the name of the cross throughout...
COMMENTARY
Feb 3, 2002

A rare glimpse into the hermit kingdom

Ever since I came to Seoul some 5 1/2 years ago, I had wanted to go to North Korea. Numerous efforts to arrange a visit failed, but just a few days before leaving South Korea for good in early January I received an invitation to join a tour to Kumgangsan, the scenic mountains just north of the Demilitarized...
COMMUNITY
Feb 3, 2002

Sake brewed with a feminine touch

SHIBATA, Niigata Pref. -- Orderly chaos might be a good way to describe the Ichishima Sake Brewery on this bone-chilling January morning.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2002

Fewer and fewer voices

A controversy is raging in Canada now that should both disturb and please editorial writers everywhere. This needs some explaining.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2002

Sharp expects to ride wave of recovery in Europe, U.S.

Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. expects its group sales and consolidated profits to mark double-digit year-on-year growth in the next business year, buoyed by economic recovery in overseas markets, President Katsuhiko Machida said Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2002

NEC to slash 14,000 workers worldwide before March 31

Computer maker NEC Corp. said Thursday that it will reduce its global workforce by 9.3 percent, or 14,000 jobs, by the end of March, doubling the number of jobs to be slashed from the figure it announced in late October.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2002

Nippon Shinpan's board OKs asset sales

Nippon Shinpan Co. said Thursday its board has approved a basic agreement with a Japanese investment fund over the sale of a majority equity stake in Kokunai Shinpan Co., one of its consumer credit arms.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2002

Kinki tourism firm hit by terror fears

OSAKA -- Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. said Thursday that fiscal second-half sales in western Japan of its Holiday brand overseas package tours are likely to drop 39 percent from a year earlier.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
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.

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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