Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) articles from April 2004

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) archives from April 2004

Revved-Up Japan Airline Takes Off after Completing Operations Integration.
April 1, 2004

Moody's Affirms Japan Airline's International Ba3 Rating, Ups Domestic Rating.
April 1, 2004

Japan Bank Resona Extends Most Branches' Operating Hours to 5 P.M.
April 1, 2004

Sapporo Breweries Raises Sales Target of Draft One by 40 Percent.
April 1, 2004

Casio, Hitachi Launch Mobile-Phone Joint Venture to Challenge High-Tech Rivals.
April 1, 2004

Japan Firms' Merger Establishes Asunaro Aoki Construction.
April 1, 2004

Japan Drug Wholesaler Kuraya Sanseido Combines with Atol, Everlth.
April 1, 2004

Honda Devises System to Realize Optimum Torque Distribution.
April 1, 2004

IBM Opens Microchip Technology, Reveals Deal with Sony.
April 1, 2004

Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Turns into Stock Company.
April 1, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors Eyes Cutting U.S. Production, Newspaper Reports.
April 1, 2004

Nintendo Sustains 68 Billion Yen in Exchange Losses in FY 2003.
April 1, 2004

Kobe Steel's Second Power Plant Begins Operations.
April 1, 2004

Japan Non-Brokers Begin Conveying Securities Orders to Brokers.
April 1, 2004

Sony Sets Up Comprehensive Financial Holding Firm, First in Japan.
April 1, 2004

Sony Sues Kodak over Digital-Camera Patents.
April 1, 2004

Japan Telecommunications Firm Picks Former IBM Official as Next President.
April 1, 2004

Toyota Introduces Temporary Workers on Production Lines.
April 1, 2004

Toyota Posts 1.1 Trillion Yen Group Net Profit for FY 2003, Newspaper Reports.
April 1, 2004

Nissho Iwai, Nichimen Merger Launches New Japan Trading Entity, Sojitz.
April 1, 2004

Japan Panel Urged to Reflect U.S. Concern in Life-Insurance Privatization.
April 2, 2004

NYSE Names Reed as Chairman through April 2005.
April 2, 2004

U.S. New-Vehicle Sales Rise 3.8 Percent in March.
April 2, 2004

Japan Fast-Food Chain Yoshinoya Asks Trade Body to Fight Beef-Import Ban.
April 2, 2004

Japan Fast-Food Chain's March Sales Dive on Suspended 'Gyudon' Beef-Bowl Sales.
April 2, 2004

Japan Firm Orient Corp. Finds 305 Credit-Card Applications Missing.
April 2, 2004

Chinese Firm Eyes Purchase of Japan Cosmetics Company's Drug Business.
April 2, 2004

Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. to Sell Four Health-Food Units to U.S. Firms.
April 2, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors' Top Overseas Sales Official Leaves Company.
April 2, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors Seeks Investment from Development Bank of Japan, Daily Says.
April 2, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors Allegedly Gave Different Data on 1999 Wheel Accident.
April 2, 2004

S&P Lowers Ratings on Mitsubishi Motors.
April 2, 2004

S&P Rates Japan Optical Firm Hoya A+, Teikoku Oil BBB++.
April 2, 2004

Global Shipments of Plasma-Display Panels Grew 2.4-Fold in 2003, Report Says.
April 2, 2004

Deutsche Post's Union Says Japan Should Run Mail, Savings Together.
April 2, 2004

Japan Retailer FamilyMart, Trader Itochu to Set Up Joint Venture in China.
April 2, 2004

Japan Steelmaker NKK Allegedly Used Hidden Income to Stifle Protests.
April 2, 2004

Toyota-Funded Reforestation Project in China Gets Three-Year Extension.
April 2, 2004

Japan Trader Cuts FY 2003 Earnings Estimates Due to New Accounting Rules.
April 2, 2004

Japan Trader Itochu Cuts FY2003 Earnings Forecast on Asset Evaluation Loss.
April 2, 2004

Japan Utility Kansai Electric to Cease Personal Handy-Phone System Services.
April 2, 2004

California Court Rejects WWII Damages Suit against Japan Cement Firms.
April 2, 2004

Japanese Government to Sell Part of Japan Tobacco Shares by June.
April 3, 2004

Sources Say Mitsubishi Motors Revival Package May Reach 500 Billion Yen.
April 3, 2004

Deflation Unlikely to End in Fiscal Year, Bank of Japan Report Says.
April 3, 2004

Report: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Produce Gas Turbines in China.
April 3, 2004

Nissan to Acquire Majority Stakes in 2 Thai Joint Ventures.
April 3, 2004

Head of Toyota's Thai Unit Involved in Court Dispute.
April 3, 2004

Japan Economy Likely Grew Nearly 3 Percent in Fiscal Year, Official Says.
April 4, 2004

EU to Settle Tobacco Dispute with Philip Morris.
April 5, 2004

U.S. Insurers Urge Japanese Prime Minister to Promote 'Kampo' Reform.
April 5, 2004

Kenya Gears Up Hunt for Japanese, Chinese Tourists.
April 5, 2004

More than 80 Percent of Japanese Retailers Suffer Drop in Poultry Sales.
April 5, 2004

Japan, Thailand to Hold Second Round of Free Trade Talks.
April 5, 2004

Global Trade Expands 4.5 Percent in 2003, WTO Report Says.
April 5, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors Considers Closing a Japanese Assembly Plant.
April 5, 2004

Nissan to Raise Stakes in 2 Thai Joint Ventures.
April 5, 2004

U.S. May Consider New Proposals to Reopen Japanese Beef Market.
April 6, 2004

Japan's Key Economic Gauge Above Boom-or-Bust Line in February.
April 6, 2004

French Clothing Maker to Appeal Chinese Court's Decision on Trademark.
April 6, 2004

IMF Concerned about Bad Loans at Japan Regional Banks.
April 6, 2004

Mitsubishi Motors Eyes Output of Fewer Models.
April 6, 2004

OECD Ministers to Discuss Employment, China, Trade at May Gathering.
April 6, 2004

Qantas Sets Up Singapore-Based, Low-Cost Carrier.
April 6, 2004

Stocks Rise, Nikkei Hits 32-Month Closing High Above 12,000.
April 6, 2004

Cash Bonds, Futures Prices Rise after Drop in Japanese Stocks.
April 7, 2004

DaimlerChrysler Will Support Rebuilding of Mitsubishi Motors, CEO Says.
April 7, 2004

U.S. Vice President May Discuss Beef Import Ban with Japanese Prime Minister.
April 7, 2004

Split over Beef Import Ban Widens within Japanese Retail Meat Industry.
April 7, 2004

Institutional Investors May Take Part in Mitsubishi Motors Bailout.
April 7, 2004

Japan Approves Resumption of Poultry Imports from China.
April 7, 2004

Japanese Retailer Posts Record Group Net Profit for 2003.
April 7, 2004

U.S. Will Not Raise Steel Antidumping Duties.
April 7, 2004

Japanese Stocks Fall on Declines in U.S. Tech Shares, Yen's Volatility.
April 7, 2004

Vodafone to Market Handset Capable of Recording TV Programs in Japan.
April 7, 2004

AstraZeneca Wants to Double Prescription Drug Market Share in Japan.
April 7, 2004

Japan Asks Saudi Arabia for Stable Oil Supplies.
April 7, 2004

NTT Communications to Offer Broadband Content Service for Japan Condos.
April 8, 2004

Metal Found in German Butter Prompts Recall of 840,000 Muffins in Japan.
April 8, 2004

Meiji Dairies to Build New Plant in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
April 8, 2004

Ajinomoto Frozen Foods to Set Up Joint Venture in China.
April 8, 2004

Nippon Paper Urges Tasmania to Fix 'Divisive' Forestry Debate.
April 8, 2004

Honda to Test Fuel-Cell Car in Unique Hydrogen Project.
April 8, 2004

Tobacco Giant to Sell U.S.-Developed HIV Drug in Japan.
April 8, 2004