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BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

China increasingly viewed as market

Manufacturers are considering boosting business in China, viewing the world's most populous country more as a market and not just as a production base, according to a government report released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

Japan to run investment ads in U.S.

The government will launch an ad campaign in the U.S. next week to promote investment in Japan, timed to coincide with the the Group of Eight summit on Sea Island, Ga., officials said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2004

China threatens Hong Kong's freedoms

When China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 after 150 years of British rule, the "one country, two systems" formula for this special administrative region of China promised that Beijing would leave Hong Kong's free-wheeling capitalist way of life untouched for at least 50 years.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

Nissan planning Yokohama move

Nissan Motor Co. is considering moving most of its head office operations from Tokyo to Yokohama, where it was founded 71 years ago, sources said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 2, 2004

Kiyohara homers in Giants comeback

Toshihisa Nishi drove home the go-ahead run on an RBI single in a five-run seventh inning as the second-place Yomiuri Giants came from four runs down to edge the front-running Chunichi Dragons 5-4 in the Central League on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jun 2, 2004

The challenge of not knowing your place

It is a shame that Ilya Kabakov was not feeling well enough to make the trip to Tokyo for the opening last Friday of his Mori Art Museum exhibition, "Where Is Our Place?" I met the New York-based Kabakov and his wife, Emilia, years ago when they were involved with the now-defunct Satani Gallery in Ginza,...
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

Fiscal 2003 tax revenue may exceed target

The nation's tax revenue for fiscal 2003 is expected to top the government target of 41.786 trillion yen due to rising corporate profits and personal consumption, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

H.I.S. to expand overseas operations, help foreign travelers

The new president of H.I.S. Co. said Tuesday he will work hard to increase the travel agency's global presence by expanding its overseas operations.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2004

Kanebo urged to get its act together

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa on Tuesday urged Kanebo Ltd., which will be rehabilitated by the government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, to stand on its own as soon as possible.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2004

An 'environmental revolution'

A revolution means a radical change. That's exactly what the government's latest environment report calls for. It stresses the importance of building a new socio-economic society through environmental conservation -- a society in which "environment-friendly" technologies are broadly blended with the...
OLYMPICS
Jun 1, 2004

Japan manager Tanaka quits

National volleyball team manager Mikiyasu Tanaka has decided to step down from the helm after he failed to help the men's team win a berth for the Athens Olympics through the recent qualifier, volleyball sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

Over 15 million use high-speed Net services

There were more than 15 million subscribers to high-speed broadband Internet connection services in Japan as of the end of April, a preliminary government report showed Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

H.I.S. announces new president

Discount travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Monday that its managing director, Yoshio Suzuki, will succeed founder Hideo Sawada as president.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 1, 2004

More on bilingualism and cricket

Background English Referring to Kanagawa Rod's contribution on bilingualism (Lifelines: May 18), John Edward Philips recommends "an even better source of background English, if you can afford it."
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

Two regional economies upgraded

The government said Monday it has revised upward its economic assessment for two of 11 regions nationwide due to a pickup in personal spending and improvement in employment conditions.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

G8 to seek lower bank remittance fees for migrants

The Group of Eight major powers will agree to call for banks in rich states to cut fees on remittances from migrant workers to developing countries during their upcoming summit, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 1, 2004

'No sex please, you're teachers'

"I feel offended that anyone would tell me who I can or can't hang out with," says Brendan (not his real name), one of 6,000 foreign language instructors employed by Nova Corp. in Japan.
COMMENTARY
Jun 1, 2004

Koizumi took the right risks

The success or failure of summit diplomacy depends primarily on whether it promotes the pursuit of medium- and long-term national interests -- not on whether it yields short-term, specific results. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's May 22 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il should be evaluated...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

Corporations racked up record profits in fiscal '03

Corporations posted record profits in fiscal 2003, thanks to streamlining efforts and strong core-business performance.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

No currency intervention in May

Japan did not intervene in foreign exchange markets in May, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2004

Japan, Netherlands eye tax review

Japan will begin talks next week to revise its tax treaty with the Netherlands to boost bilateral trade and investment, according to the Finance Ministry.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 1, 2004

What's your opinion of Nova's ban on teachers dating students?

Jonas Kirkegaard Student, 28 I would suspect some students would come there to see teachers, and also outside of school. Sounds like a moral choice to me. Personally, I wouldn't do it.

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