Articles from Japan Weekly Monitor (March 8, 1999)

1-74 out of 74 article(s)

Title	Type	Words
15 banks file for 7.46 tril. yen in public money.		640
15 banks to file for 7.45 tril. yen in public funds.		319
5 foreign banks aim to join Japan bankers' group.		194
Asahi Bank to issue 144.8 bil. yen worth of new shares.		158
Balance of postal savings rise by 376 bil. yen in Feb.		72
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi to sell Frank Russell fund.		151
BOJ policy-maker sees room for further credit easing.		251
Brokers aim for 24-hour OTC stock trading.		107
Business sentiment improves at small firms: survey.		249
Canadian candidate for WTO head seeks Tokyo's support.		380
Coincident index rises above 50 pc for 1st time in 3 months.		357
Competition watchdog approves two mergers of big firms.		281
Dai-ichi Securities closes units in Japan, overseas.		310
Daiwa Bank selling head office to write off bad loans.		287
Daiwa Bank to buy new shares issued by Bank of Kinki.		157
Dollar, Japanese shares both gain in Tokyo.		401
EPA to release Oct.-Dec. GDP data next Friday.	Brief Article	121
EPA to revise upward 3rd qtr GDP growth rate.		125
Ex-Takugin head got 160 mil. yen in retirement pay.		411
Feb. domestic wholesale prices hit 19-year low.		262
Finance firm, its head accused of stock manipulation.		271
Fisher expresses concern over Japan's steel exports.		227
FRC, banks spar over capital-injection shares' yields.		804
FSA checks Sumitomo Bank's risk management in Feb.		110
Fuji Bank cuts FY 1998 profit forecasts.		230
Fukutoku Bank allegedly helped to conceal assets.		247
Gov't prepared to submit NCB documents: Nonaka.		201
Gov't to cut 'zaikei' mortgage loan rate to 2.1 pc.		232
Homes of ex-Takugin heads, municipal office searched.		551
Jan. unemployment rate stays at record high 4.4 pc.		485
Japan adopts plan to create 770,000 jobs in 2 years.		320
Japan Leasing unit makes new start under GE Capital.		161
Japan may give statement on flat glass to Congress.		162
Japan to adopt 2-year job-creating plan Fri.		299
Japan's Feb. foreign reserves down to 221 bil. dlrs.		206
Japan's tax revenues dive 11 pc in Jan.		237
Japan-Russia ties should center on economics: Maslyukov.		238
Japanese steel exports to U.S. plunge 99.7 pc in Jan.		173
Judge favors Fuji Photo in patent-violation case in U.S.		219
Jusco to absorb 2 retail affiliates.		233
Key short-term interest rate effectively at zero.		480
Komura links loans to Russia with IMF.		447
LTCB Research purchased by 9 individuals, firms.		139
Major banks to cut interest rates on time deposits.	Brief Article	134
Margin selling in Japan up for 2nd straight week.		205
Meiji Life to sell insurance policies by phone.		268
Mitsui Trust eyes cutting employees' wages.		175
MOF launches informal study group on hedge funds.		367
MOF unveils method for auctioning financing bills.		307
Moody's may lower debt ratings of Tokyu.		146
NCB denies tie-up set with Chuo Trust.		248
NCB to lay off 290 staff for smooth operation transfer.		328
NCB unveils report on collapse, admits lax controls.		157
Niigata Engineering, GE form sales tie-up.		93
Nippon Life sells Los Angeles luxury hotel.		106
NKK, Sumitomo Metal to skip dividends.	Brief Article	157
Obuchi says he will closely follow Takugin probe.		175
OECD urges Japan to set up deregulation agency.		325
Oji Paper to cut 1,500 workers amid 1st postwar loss.		252
Panel to approve recapitalization for banks March 12.		101
Panel to monitor recapitalized banks' restructuring.		345
Rates could effectively fall to negative territory.		294
Recruit sells building to 2 U.S. firms.		153
Section 301 of U.S. trade law unacceptable: MITI head.		211
Shochiku to alter domestic film distribution network.		254
Small banks to request delay in deposit insurance plan.		233
Sumitomo Bank ex-employee held for alleged embezzlement.		105
Summers optimistic about Japan's economy.		255
Swiss reinsurer's Tokyo office suffers penalty taxes.		294
Table of 15 banks' public money applications.		171
Tokai Bank sets retirement age limit for top officials.		331
Toyo Trust to sell 100 bil. yen in shares to Sanwa Bank.		72
U.S. to decide on rice after consulting industry: USTR.		371
USTR raps Japan over foreign access to flat-glass mart.		208