Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) articles from June 2003

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) archives from June 2003

Japanese Prime Minister Arrives in France for Annual G-8 Summit.
June 1, 2003

Japan Sees First Private-Sector Mail-Delivery Service Since 1873.
June 1, 2003

Seibu, Sogo Integrate Operations under Holding Firm Millennium Retailing.
June 1, 2003

AFLAC Japan Ranks as Nation's Top Insurer in Number of Contracts.
June 2, 2003

Tokyo-Based Bank to Establish Committee to Improve Corporate Governance.
June 2, 2003

Former Japanese Central Bank Official Joins Branch of U.S. Consulting Firm.
June 2, 2003

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Develops Smallest Fuel Cell.
June 2, 2003

Intel to Invest in DRAM Maker Elpida Memory Inc.
June 2, 2003

Kobe Steel, Ltd. to Cut 1,400 Jobs under Three-Year Business Plan.
June 2, 2003

Telecom Carrier to Sue Japanese Government for Approving Rival's Fee Hike.
June 2, 2003

Occupancy Rate of Domestic Flights Hits Record Low at Tokyo Airport.
June 3, 2003

Japanese Finance Official Backtracks on Fund-Injection Bill to Aid Banks.
June 3, 2003

Non-Japanese to Head Tokyo Star Bank.
June 3, 2003

G-8 Is Monitoring Currency-Market Moves Carefully, Chirac Says.
June 3, 2003

Third Batch of Japanese Bonds for Individuals to Carry 0.05 Percent Coupon.
June 3, 2003

In Japan, Infoseek, Lycos to Unify As Single Web Portal.
June 3, 2003

Japan Airlines Co. to Invite Applicants to Take Month Off without Pay.
June 3, 2003

Japanese Medical Institutions to Issue Bonds.
June 3, 2003

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Gets Over 7,000 Orders for New Grandis Minivan.
June 3, 2003

Fuji Heavy Industries Receives Hefty Orders for New Subaru Station Wagons.
June 3, 2003

Tokyo Waterfront Commercialization Is Progressing, Government Report Says.
June 3, 2003

Japan's Air Do Posts First Yearly Profit.
June 4, 2003

Bayer, Six Others Sued for Allegedly Selling Contaminated Blood Products.
June 4, 2003

New-Car Sales in United States for May Mark First Rise in Five Months.
June 4, 2003

Japanese Equipment-Leasing Firm Suspected of Hiding 600 Million Yen in Income.
June 4, 2003

Japanese Computer-Chip Maker to Issue New Shares to Intel, Others.
June 4, 2003

No Immediate Repairs Needed for Reactor Shroud at Japanese Nuclear Power Plant.
June 4, 2003

Daughter of Japanese Governor Linked to Payoffs from Cleaning-Equipment Firm.
June 4, 2003

Two Japanese Retailers Launch Summer Gift Campaigns.
June 4, 2003

Japanese Engineering Firm Wins Saudi Arabian Oil Co. Construction Contract.
June 4, 2003

Sony to Pay 1.6 Billion Yen in Retirement Allowances to Honorary Chairman.
June 4, 2003

Japanese Bank Provides Customer Information to Travel Agency without Consent.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Government to Get Over 70 Percent of Voting Rights in Resona Bank.
June 5, 2003

Malaysian Prime Minister Sees Need to Expand Asia-Region Bond Fund Concept.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Cleaning-Tool Rental Firm Gave Ailing Business Partner Slush-Fund Aid.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Computer-Memory Chip Maker to Raise Up to 112.8 Billion Yen.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Cruise Ship Manager Admits Flawed Communication before Fire.
June 5, 2003

Bank of Japan Board Member Fukuma Rejects Call for Inflation Targeting.
June 5, 2003

International Rating Agency Warns against Yield Cuts by Japanese Life Insurers.
June 5, 2003

Nissan to Supply Ford with Advanced Transmissions, Japanese Newspaper Says.
June 5, 2003

Nissan to Launch Xterra Sports Utility Vehicle in Brazil.
June 5, 2003

Court Approves Rehabilitation Steps for Japanese Nuclear-Device Maker.
June 5, 2003

Matsushita Electric to Spend 20-30 Billion Yen on Panasonic Brand Strategy.
June 5, 2003

Telecommunications Firm's Service Allows Japanese E-Mail on Foreign Handsets.
June 5, 2003

Toyota Corolla Regains Top Spot in Japanese Monthly Car Sales.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Trading Firm to Set Up Fund to Invest in Smaller Firms.
June 5, 2003

Volkswagen Japan to Recall 575 Polo Passenger Cars.
June 5, 2003

Japanese Advertising Agency's FY 2002 Sales Drop 1.7 Percent.
June 6, 2003

Japan Airlines Co. to Cut Winter Bonuses amid SARS-Related Business Downturn.
June 6, 2003

U.S. to Impose Antidumping Duties on Japanese Alcohol Makers.
June 6, 2003

Japanese Agency Reprimands Hokkoku Bank for Not Reporting Embezzlement.
June 6, 2003

Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Business Briefs Column.
June 6, 2003

Japan's Softbank BB to Form Council to Promote Broadband Service.
June 6, 2003

Japan's NTT DoCoMo Sees Slow Net Rise in Cell Subscribers in May.
June 6, 2003

Japanese Financial Firm Remains in Red under U.S. Accounting Rules.
June 6, 2003

Japanese Agency Orders Daiwa Securities to Stop Work for Insider Trading.
June 6, 2003

McCormick-Lion to Sell Spice Operation to Japanese Company Stange.
June 6, 2003

Kirin Brewery Starts Selling Beer in Tie-Up with Seven-Eleven Japan.
June 7, 2003

Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Bond Outlook Column.
June 7, 2003

Dollar Surges above 118-Yen Level in New York.
June 7, 2003

Japanese E-Mail Service Provider, Others to Pay $9 Million to U.S. Investors.
June 7, 2003

Tokyo Importer Recalls U.S.-Made Pacemakers.
June 7, 2003

Production of Honda Sedan to Move to Japanese Plant from Ohio.
June 8, 2003

French Supermarket Chain Carrefour May Partner with Japan's Daiei.
June 8, 2003

Japanese Government to Invest 2 Trillion Yen of Public Funds into Failing Bank.
June 9, 2003

Standard & Poor's Upgrades Long-Term Rating on Japanese Bank.
June 9, 2003

Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Business Briefs Column.
June 9, 2003

Japanese Clothing Retailer to Offer Discounted Women's Outfits.
June 9, 2003

Toshiba Sets World Transmission Record in Newest Generation of Cryptography.
June 9, 2003

Japanese Bank to Cut Long-Term Prime Interest Rate to Record Low.
June 9, 2003

McDonald's to Raise Price of Hamburgers Back to 80 Yen in Japan.
June 9, 2003

Toshiba-Matsushita Venture to Boost Mobile Phone Display Monitor Output.
June 9, 2003

Japanese Regional Assembly to Approve Tokyo Utility's Reactor Restart Plans.
June 9, 2003

Seiko Epson Expects to Raise 120 Billion Yen with IPO.
June 9, 2003

Japanese Toy Maker Partners with Canadian Firm to Enter Toy Block Market.
June 9, 2003

Toyota to Stop Using Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium for Cars.
June 9, 2003

Mitsubishi Fuso Recalling 16,345 Japanese Trucks for Free Repairs.
June 9, 2003

Japanese Airline to Operate Charter Flights to Calgary, Canada.
June 10, 2003

Skymark Airlines Cuts Profitability Estimate for Current Year.
June 10, 2003

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. Pays 6.3 Billion Yen in Back Taxes.
June 10, 2003

Half of Japan's 45 Biggest Construction Firms Post Net Losses.
June 10, 2003

Toyo Construction Co. Seeks Financial Help from Creditors.
June 10, 2003

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Cancels Retirement Payments for Executives.
June 10, 2003

GM Japan to Cut Workforce amid Slumping Sales.
June 10, 2003