Japan Replaces Ailing Finance Minister
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who has little fiscal experience, will succeed Hirohisa Fujii and face spiraling public debt and a fading economic recovery.
author By HIROKO TABUCHI, source www.nytimes.com
Young Japanese Women Vie for a Once-Scorned Job
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Once derided as immodest, hostessing, a job in which young women lavish attention on affluent men, has become a popular and respected profession.
author By HIROKO TABUCHI, source www.nytimes.com
Obama Vows Support for Renewables - and a Carbon Cap
Monday, March 2nd, 2009President Barack Obama identified energy as one of the “three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future.”
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Latest Honda Runs on Hydrogen, Not Petroleum
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The world’s first hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle for mass production was wheeled off a Honda assembly line in Japan.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
Mobile TV Spreading in Europe and to the U.S.
Monday, May 5th, 2008Tiny TV, the kind that is watched on a cellphone, is spreading beyond Japan and South Korea, where it has been available for three years. But will it be profitable?
author By KEVIN J. O’BRIEN, source www.nytimes.com
Japan Bars Investment by British Hedge Fund
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008In a closely-watched case, the trade ministry rejected a bid by the Children’s Investment Fund to increase its holdings in Electric Power Development, an electricity wholesale company.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
Ending Humbling Impasse, Japan Approves Bank Chief
Thursday, April 10th, 2008The Japanese Parliament approved Masaaki Shirakawa as central bank governor, ending a stand-off that had left the bank without a chief at a time of global financial difficulty.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
Japan Approves New Bank Chief
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The vote by Japan’s Parliament ended a long political standoff that had left the bank leaderless at a time of global financial turmoil.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
William D. Eberle, Trade Representative for Nixon, Is Dead at 84
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Mr. Eberle pushed Europe and Japan to lower trade barriers as President Richard M. Nixon’s chief trade negotiator in the 1970s.
author By BARNABY J. FEDER, source www.nytimes.com
Japanese Court Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Nobel Laureate
Saturday, March 29th, 2008The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe’s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II.
author By NORIMITSU ONISHI, source www.nytimes.com
New Japanese Jet Gets Its First Buyer
Friday, March 28th, 2008All Nippon Airways has ordered 15 of the aircrafts, which will be the first regional jet to use composite material for its wings and vertical stabilizer.
author By DAVID JOLLY, source www.nytimes.com
A Rate Cut Is Not a Sure Thing in Japan
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008The acting governor of the Bank of Japan warned those expecting a cut in interest rates that he had no preconceptions on where to take monetary policy.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
A Rate Cut Is Not a Sure Thing in Japan
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008The acting governor of the Bank of Japan warned those expecting a cut in interest rates that he had no preconceptions on where to take monetary policy.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
A Rate Cut Is Not a Sure Thing in Japan
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008The acting governor of the Bank of Japan warned those expecting a cut in interest rates that he had no preconceptions on where to take monetary policy.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
Japan’s Central Bank Is Without Governor, a Blow to a Nation’s Prestige
Thursday, March 20th, 2008The top post at Japan’s central bank now sits empty after a political standoff in Parliament blocked selection of a successor to the departing governor.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
2nd Japan Bank Nominee Rejected
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008For the second time in a week, Japanese lawmakers voted down the government’s nominee for central bank chief.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com
As Dollar Keeps Falling, Talk of a Move by Japan
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008The dollar, which tumbled to an almost 13-year low against the yen on Monday, may soon find a protector here — the Japanese finance ministry.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
Can a Toyota Man Fix Chrysler?
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Seeking stability, Chrysler turns to James E. Press a 37-year veteran of rival automaker Toyota.
author By BILL VLASIC, source www.nytimes.com
Choice of Central Banker Is Snarled in Japan’s Politics
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Finding a successor to Toshihiko Fukui before he steps down next Wednesday looks increasingly unlikely.
author By MARTIN FACKLER, source www.nytimes.com
Legislative Vote Opposes Nominee to Lead Bank of Japan
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Japan’s upper house of parliament cited concern over Toshiro Muto’s political ties to the finance ministry in rejecting his nomination.
author By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, source www.nytimes.com