Business
Japan’s trade surplus shot up 127% in October, the government said Wednesday, as the United States was set to press Japan to open its markets to foreign goods.
Nov. 14, 1991
California
Mayor Tom Bradley put City Hall in the banking business Thursday by launching a new $15-million loan program designed to help small- and medium-sized exporters in the Los Angeles area.
July 15, 1988
World & Nation
Japan, U.S.
May 13, 1991
Export-Import Bank foe criticizes Hollywood film loan guarantees
March 29, 2012
Politics
In early March of 1987, Vice President George Bush met with Nizar Hamdoon, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States, to deliver some good news: Bush’s lobbying efforts were about to pay off handsomely for Saddam Hussein.
Feb. 24, 1992
The Sheraton Hotel next to the U.S. embassy is full of English-speaking guests in business suits--trade missions from Denver, emissaries from the environmental industry, companies looking for distributors.
Oct. 21, 1990
Technology and the Internet
A few years ago, the Japanese head of a high-tech company in Japan went shopping for a state-of-the-art mainframe computer.
Feb. 27, 1994
Financing Completed for Indonesia Plant: A group that includes SCEcorp’s Mission Energy Co. unit closed $2.5 billion in financing to build the coal-fired power plant in East Java.
April 25, 1995
During a jovial dinner, a Chinese host proposed a toast with “Taiwan Beer” and noted with pride that the island nation’s home brew is making inroads into the American market, where it is sold under a different name: “China Beer.”
June 12, 1985
In the early days of the American occupation that followed V-J Day 40 years ago, Hiroshi Takeuchi remembers, he was “amazed more than anything by the flavor of chocolate, and chewing gum, and beer in cans.”
Aug. 6, 1985