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TAKING A CHANCE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Jan 23, 2010
Bookoff chief guides firm out of attitude bind
Hiroshi Sato took the helm of Bookoff Corp., the nation's largest secondhand book store chain, in 2007, when the company's corporate survival was in doubt after weekly magazines broke news that the firm had rigged its accounts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Aug 20, 2009
Starting up Net portal for women turns into lifetime career choice
Kikuko Yano was searching for a job she could do her entire life, and found it in the Internet firm she started on her own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Aug 14, 2009
High quality proves key ingredient to success
High-priced but good-quality products will win the hearts of customers every time. This is the belief of Masamichi Toyama, founder of Soup Stock Tokyo, and so far he has proved it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Jul 16, 2009
Chrysmela founder sticks to it
At first glance, it comes as a surprise that such a quiet and sensitive young woman founded her own company, but Eri Kikunaga, 28, moved aggressively to establish Chrysmela Inc. in July 2007 and continues to drive it forward.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Jul 8, 2009
Lean, mean business machines
In the 1990s, few Japanese associated the term "coaching" with instructing and directing people toward achieving their goals in business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Jun 9, 2009
Going beyond furniture to lure in all and sundry
Focusing on something few others do can lead to business success, as Fumio Takashima has shown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Mar 6, 2009
Temp pioneer still going strong
Yoshiko Shinohara, president of staffing firm Tempholdings Co., has received numerous awards both in Japan and abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Feb 3, 2009
Globe maker president on top of the world
Terrestrial globes of various sizes fill the third floor of Watanabe Kyogu Co., manufacturer of globes and astronomy education materials in Soka, Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Dec 30, 2008
For hotelier, budget prices at resorts are an easy sell
Naoki Yamanaka, president of hotel operator Shiki Resorts Co., wants more Japanese to appreciate the seasonal changes that bless this country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Dec 25, 2008
People Tree products pioneering fair trade in Japan
The hand-knit sweaters and scarves and hand-woven bags with an ethnic look are nothing like the products sold to the masses of consumers in most big shopping malls.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 23, 2008
Robot development takes a homeward turn
While Japanese robotics companies have made robots that look and move like human beings, the goal of making a society where human beings and robots interact in everyday life has remained out of reach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Aug 5, 2008
The business of building an MBA program
When Yoshito Hori quit Sumitomo Corp. in the early 1990s and started a business school, many of his colleagues thought he was taking too great a risk. As it turned out, he was on the leading edge of the venture boom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Apr 29, 2008
Seller of educational toys finds a niche
With relatively few parks to run around in, many children spend long hours either at cram schools or playing their hand-held game consoles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Apr 5, 2008
Leaf-selling business helps small town rake in cash, find pride
Tomoji Yokoishi, 49, recalls how astonished he was 21 years ago by three pretty women sitting next to him in a sushi restaurant in Osaka's Namba district.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Mar 12, 2008
Young CEO breaks through corporate age barrier
With a single click, you can view the 3-D image of a sedan or a sports car on a Web site of global automakers like Honda and Nissan. With another click, you can change the color and model, or even rotate the vehicle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Feb 22, 2008
Tofu maker finds success through innovation, determination
Many of Japan's small and medium-size companies are feeling the pinch as they struggle to pass rising costs on to their larger corporate customers. One, however, Saitama-based tofu maker Shinozakiya Inc., succeeded in getting supermarkets to swallow a 30 percent increase in wholesale prices in November.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Nov 1, 2007
Retiree starts anew with Kidzania career theme park
It was in May 2004 that retired restaurant manager Einosuke Sumitani first visited a career theme park called Kidzania in Mexico and saw children cheerfully engaged in jobs there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Oct 17, 2007
Florist brings affordable flowers to the masses
Hideaki Inoue, president of the company that runs the Aoyama Flower Market chain, earlier in life had no particular interest in flowers. But today, the former accountant cannot live without them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 20, 2007
Soccer pitchman scores big in small-market Niigata
Sunny but not too hot, the weather on the afternoon of May 6, 2001, was perfect for watching a soccer match. But there were only 4,800 people on hand to see Albirex Niigata take on Yokohama FC in the 18,671-seat Niigata City Stadium.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 7, 2007
Ramen shop boss inherits, sheds recipe for disaster
Monday, May 26, 1997, is a day forever etched in the memory of Naoki Kusano.

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