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BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Toshiba names Nishida to be next president

Toshiba Corp. plans to appoint Senior Managing Director Atsutoshi Nishida, 61, as the company's new president to succeed Tadashi Okamura, 66, who will assume the chairmanship, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Livedoor to go distance for Fujisankei

Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie said Friday the company was prepared for a long struggle to take control of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. in order to form a business alliance with the Fujisankei media group.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Bridgestone profit up 29% in 2004

Bridgestone Corp. said Friday its group net profit in the 2004 business year surged 29 percent from the previous year to 114.45 billion yen due to brisk tire sales in Europe and North and South America.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Kirin brewed 49.1 billion yen net profit in 2004

Kirin Brewery Co. said Friday its net profit for 2004 jumped 52 percent to 49.1 billion yen, thanks to the strong performance of its nonalcohol and overseas beer subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

MMC asking around for buyer of U.S. operations

Struggling Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is quietly seeking a buyer for its U.S. operations, implying the company intends to leave the world's biggest car market, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 19, 2005

Yuji Abe

"This is a 50-year-old story," Yuji Abe said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2005

Diaspora bridges China and ASEAN

SINGAPORE -- On Feb. 9, the start of the Year of the Rooster, ethnic Chinese communities across Southeast Asia took stock of their progress and their future in the shadow of China's peaceful development and its strengthened status within the region of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations....
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

State moves to tackle fake 500 yen coins

The government might ask vending machine makers to improve the capability of sensors in their products to tackle an increasing number of fake 500 yen coin discoveries in Japan, a Finance Ministry official said Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

SMFG, Daiwa units to merge

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Friday their venture capital units will merge Oct. 1.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2005

Takenaka envisions loan business for privatized Japan Post

The company that will take over the state-backed Japan Post's postal savings operations when the system is privatized is expected to enter the loan business, according to postal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2005

Missile defense and civilian control

The Cabinet earlier this week approved a bill that would provide a legal framework for a missile defense (MD) system. During the current regular session of the Diet, the government is seeking approval of the proposed amendment to the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Law plus a bill for creating an integrated...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 19, 2005

Lesser of two evils: squat or tourist tush?

One common complaint I hear about Japanese youth these days is that "they sit anywhere." This statement refers to young people sitting on the ground. One reason for this phenomenon is that young people in Japan never used to loiter because they were in school six days a week and even spent Sundays participating...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 19, 2005

Cosmopolitan stands for cultural understanding

A gaggle of students leaving Cosmopolitan Consultancy in Kawasaki's Shin-Yurigaoka point the way to the front door. "Up, up," they urge, to the third floor, where Suzan Matkin awaits with slippers and English tea.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2005

Sakamoto earns worlds berth

Ryusuke Sakamoto, who partnered Ai Fukuhara to a mixed doubles victory at the national championships last month, has earned a singles berth for this spring's World Table Tennis Championships through the men's qualifying meet on Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 18, 2005

Outcry over Arsenal's all-foreign squad is misguided

LONDON -- Arsenal became L'Arsenal or El Arsenal last Monday after Arsene Wenger chose an all-foreign squad of 16 for the 5-1 win over Crystal Palace.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2005

Unity crucial for the model to work

Now that the religious political bloc of the Islamic Shiites has triumphed in the Iraqi National Assembly election, it can take the initiative in the transitional administration that follows the present interim government. The U.S. strategy of turning Iraq into a model of democratization for the Middle...
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

Ad spending up 3% in 2004: Dentsu

Japan's advertising expenditures amounted to 5.86 trillion yen in 2004, up 3 percent from the previous year for the first rise in four years, Dentsu Inc. said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 18, 2005

Jubilo inks K-League's Kim

Jubilo Iwata has signed South Korea defender Kim Jin Kyu to a two-year deal, officials of the J. League club said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

Aeon wants to skip beer wholesalers

Supermarket chain Aeon Co. is calling on beer makers to deliver their products directly to the retailer and skip wholesalers, sources said.
COMMENTARY
Feb 18, 2005

Blinders on a vital interest

In relation to Iran, Japan needs to get its priorities straight. Currently, Japan is spending only 1 percent of its gross domestic product on defense while living in a dangerous region. It is critical for Japan's economic and strategic security that the United States remain willing to protect Japan's...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2005

Athens medalist Yokosawa warned over doping

Athens Olympic 52-kg silver medalist Yuki Yokosawa received a strict reprimand from the International Judo Federation for allegedly violating doping rules during a French International meet last February, judo sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 18, 2005

Pristine paradise an hour from Tokyo

Thanks to the newly opened Noto International Airport, Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture is now just a one-hour flight from Tokyo, making one of the Hokuriku region's most popular tourist spots -- famed for its hot springs, local festivals, beaches and mountain scenery -- far more accessible.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

BOJ leaves monetary policy alone amid new uncertainties

The Bank of Japan said Thursday its policy-setting panel has left its ultraloose monetary policy unchanged.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

Japan Post deliveries hit record high

The number of parcels Japan Post delivered between last April and early this month has reached a record 184.97 million, according to the governmental postal service agency.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

BTM to cover cash-card theft

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi is preparing to compensate customers whose accounts were compromised by counterfeit cash cards to the tune of about 300 million yen, sources said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 18, 2005

Restaurant t.r: A 't.r iffic' little diner

One of Tokyo's unique pleasures is being able to eat out in restaurants that are no bigger -- and often considerably smaller -- than your own living room. There are thousands of places around the city with kitchens the size of closets and counters that seat less than a dozen, but which nonetheless serve...
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

Protect Japan firms from foreigners: JCCI

The chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry called on the government Thursday to implement measures to protect domestic companies from takeover bids by foreign firms.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2005

Cell phone firms losing battle against junk mail

Cell phone users in Japan are being swamped with junk e-mail despite all-out efforts by telephone companies to combat the nuisance.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes