Reporters for the Asahi Shimbun in the Osaka area have received death threats from gangsters, and for security reasons, many are living apart from their families, according to an Asahi reporter there.
The test result was good enough to attract Asahi TV in 1990.
In Japan, Asahi Shimbun says U.S. President Bush will now face difficulties in advancing his trade policies because of the Democrats, who favour protectionism.
Mitsubishi is also said to be seeking an injection of tens of billions of yen from the Japan Development Bank, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Friday.
"She is certainly a pioneer among female entrepreneurs, but I see her as an inspiring figure regardless of her gender, " says Higuchi Hirotaro, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries and a respected business leader.
At Sumitomo Bank, for example, staff are encouraged to drink only Asahi beer because the brewery is in its keiretsu.
The world's second largest brewer, SABMiller, is trying to buy Foster's, with Mexico's Groupo Modelo and Japan's Asahi also thought to be eyeing up a bid.
It cited a poll by the left-leaning Asahi Shimbun in which a majority of respondents registered such opposition.
To keep up with demand, Corning and Asian rivals like Nippon Electric Glass and Asahi Glass have been running at full out and boosting capacity.
Excerpts of an interview with Robinson, portions of which appeared in Asahi Shimbun's weekly magazine AERA on 2 April, are attached.
Asahi Shimbun predicted the prime minister would come under pressure to jettison other cabinet members.
But for sheer whimsy, nothing matches Asahi's Super Dry Hall (Philippe Starck, 1989) in Asakusa district.
Of the 100 companies included in a poll this week by the Asahi Shimbun, a leftish daily, a quarter had experienced difficulty in borrowing from banks.
Asahi hopes that the extra cash will boost its finances and allow it to restructure its remaining operations.
The Asahi torch is close by the Sensoji Temple, one of Tokyo's oldest and most traditional Buddhist sites.
On the Asian crisis, he told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in November that Japan needs to stimulate its economy and boost imports to help its neighbors recover.
The Asahi Shimbun report said a rise in Toyota's prices in the US would also reflect increased raw material costs.
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