Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Corporate Jul 26, 2013
ANA budget carrier to take hiatus
The low-cost carrier currently known as AirAsia Japan, part of the ANA Holdings Inc. group, will suspend service during November and relaunch under a new name in December, sources said. ANA Holdings decided on the suspension to replace aircraft, renew services and fully review ...
Corporate Jul 25, 2013
AirAsia chief says new Japan venture possible
>Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia might join a new venture in Japan, chief executive Tony Fernandes said Wednesday. His comments came a month after AirAsia agreed to dissolve its joint venture with All Nippon Airways over management differences. AirAsia Japan is expected to close by ...
Corporate Jun 26, 2013
AirAsia pulling out of budget airline venture with ANA
Malaysia’s AirAsia confirmed Tuesday it is ending its low-cost airline joint venture with All Nippon Airways. AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget airline company, said in a statement both had signed a termination agreement. “The joint venture, created two years ago under the name AirAsia Japan, ...
Corporate Jun 25, 2013
Shakeout looms in fledgling budget airline sector
by Hiroshi Hiyama
Japan’s budget airlines have flown into turbulence, with AirAsia’s local carrier in danger of being grounded. But analysts say the popularity of discount flying should keep the fledgling sector in the sky. Earlier this month, Malaysia-based AirAsia warned it might pull the plug on ...
Corporate Jun 10, 2013
ANA may end tieup in bid to turn LCC AirAsia Japan unit around
ANA Holdings Inc. says it is considering dissolving its tieup with AirAsia as it aims to improve sales of the domestic-based low-cost carrier AirAsia Japan.
Corporate Jun 7, 2013
AirAsia to up overseas flights to offset weaker yen
AirAsia Japan Co., one of the three Japanese low-cost carriers that started last year, is adding more overseas flights to increase foreign currency revenue to offset a rise in fuel and lease costs caused by a weaker yen. “We’re trying to balance the increase ...
Global-related Mar 6, 2011
Minding the tensions over changes in China
by Garry Jacobs and Heizo Takenaka
The closing decade of the 20th century offered a crystal ball for anyone peering into the future of the Asia-Pacific region. Japan’s economy, once the region’s leader, was “lost” after its asset bubble burst, whereas China overcame the economic stagnation that followed the Tiananmen ...
Commentary Feb 20, 2011
Do a Mideast deal soon or risk peace later
by Cesar Chelala
NEW YORK — As protests increase in several Mideast countries, it is becoming more obvious that a final agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the most critical issues facing policymakers in the region. For the United States, which is steadily losing control ...
Global-related Jan 31, 2011
China's democratic steps
by Steven Hill
WASHINGTON — During the state visit to the United States of Chinese President Hu Jintao, President Barack Obama pressed Hu on human rights. He probably should have asked more about spreading democracy in China, because he might have been surprised by what he heard. ...