Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan.

Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan. (Kyodo)

Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).