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Shinichi Terada
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JAPAN
Mar 16, 2008
G20 energy chiefs push for more egalitarian climate pact
CHIBA — Energy and environment ministers from 20 top emitters of carbon dioxide kicked off a discussion Saturday to explore the creation of an international framework for fighting global warming to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2008
Dollar dive against yen dents exporters' profits
The dollar's sharp dive to a 12-year low against the yen Thursday raises the specter of reduced profits among major export-driven manufacturers in Japan, including Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Corp., analysts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 11, 2008
Solar power shines through as energy option
Solar power is in the spotlight as concerns over global warming mount. Many European countries, especially Germany, as well as Japan and others have embraced solar technologies as a green alternative to fossil fuels.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2008
Forex reserves pass $1 trillion milestone
Japan's foreign-exchange reserves rose to a record high $1.01 trillion at the end of February, reaching 13 figures for the first time, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2008
Warm reception may not await iPhone in Japan
Unlike much of the rest of the world, Japan is unlikely to embrace the iPhone, Apple Inc.'s Internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone, said Nahoko Mitsuyama, a telecom analyst at Gartner Japan who attended the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February.
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.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2008
More funds set aside for small, midsize firms
The government unveiled a package of measures Wednesday designed to fend off a credit crunch that small and medium-size firms are suffering due to higher oil prices and a housing slump.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2008
Economy grew 3.7% but outlook is murky
The economy grew an annualized 3.7 percent in the October-December period, more than twice the rate forecast, thanks to strong capital investment and exports, the Cabinet Office said Thursday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2008
Nukaga, Xie agree food scare shouldn't hurt ties
Japan and China have agreed to cooperate on clarifying the cause of the recent contamination of "gyoza" dumplings and that such incidents should not hurt Sino-Japanese relations, Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2008
G7 finance chiefs vow to help markets
The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank chiefs vowed Saturday to help stabilize volatile situations in financial markets but stopped short of proposing concrete measures, including unified interest rate cuts, to fend off a global recession.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2008
Closer G7 coordination on monetary, fiscal policy unlikely
The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank chiefs plan to discuss ways to deal with continuing global market turbulence, a credit crunch and U.S. recession fears during their one-day meeting Saturday in Tokyo, but few analysts expect them to agree on concerted international monetary or fiscal measures.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 5, 2008
WiMAX set to alter wireless landscape
Now that the government has licensed use of the 2.5-gigahertz bandwidth, Japan will soon be joining South Korea, Taiwan and others in offering next-generation wireless services for users of mobile phones and computers.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2008
Trade surplus up 37%; China No. 1 destination
Japan's trade surplus expanded 37 percent in 2007 from the previous year to ¥10.8 trillion, marking the first growth in three years, the Finance Ministry said Thursday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2008
China's Baidu begins services in Japanese
Baidu.com Inc., China's leading Internet search company, began offering Japanese-language services Wednesday, taking aim at major search engine providers Yahoo Japan and Google Japan.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2008
Cabinet says budget won't be balanced by '11 target
The government will probably miss its self-imposed target of balancing the budget by fiscal 2011 because of lower economic growth and weaker-than-expected tax revenues, the Cabinet Office said Thursday in its latest economic outlook, which was released the same day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2008
Takenaka calls for structural reforms to boost Nikkei
Japan will keep failing to attract investors to its stock market unless Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda carries out extensive structural reforms, said Heizo Takenaka, a former Cabinet minister and the key financial reform architect under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2008
Rice cookers go upscale to bring male retirees traditional flavor
For the average Japanese, no day starts out right without a bowl of steaming, glistening white rice.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2007
Cabinet OKs slim budget hike for '08
The Cabinet on Monday approved a budget worth ¥83.06 trillion for fiscal 2008, featuring more tax grants and subsidies to rural areas to revive regional economies and cover higher social security costs, but some experts view the package as an attempt to woo voters at the expense of true fiscal reform.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2007
Draft budget prompts head-scratching
The fiscal 2008 draft budget unveiled Thursday by the Finance Ministry has prompted many economists to wonder whether the government's fiscal reconstruction goal will ever be achieved.
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2007
Tax proposals extend breaks, avoid hike in consumption tax
The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc on Thursday released tax reform proposals for fiscal 2008, including a two-year extension for tax breaks on capital gains, that indicate it is trying to support Japan's turmoil-stricken stock market.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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