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BUSINESS
May 20, 2009

NTT goes Android

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Tuesday it plans to sell a cell phone that uses Google Inc.'s Android software to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone offered by rival Softbank Corp.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2009

Nomura picks Americas equities chief

Nomura Securities International Inc. named Chuck Teixeira chief operating officer for equities in the Americas and hired three research sales employees as the unit of Japan's biggest brokerage builds its U.S. presence.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2009

Nomura cuts 50 banking jobs outside Japan

Nomura Holdings Inc. cut 50 investment banking jobs in Asia outside its home market as the recession crimps revenue from advising on stock sales and mergers, a company official said.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2009

Pace of bank lending slows for third straight month amid gloom

Lending by Japanese banks grew at a slower pace for the third straight month as confidence among manufacturers fell to a record low and unemployment hit a three-year high.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2009

SMFG's woes bad sign for banks

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s unexpected $3.9 billion loss and plans to seek capital are adding to evidence that Japan's biggest banks may struggle to weather the deepening recession.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2009

Citigroup taking bids for Nikko Asset; Mizuho interested: sources

Citigroup Inc., the recipient of three U.S. government bailouts, is seeking bidders for its Japanese asset management unit, four sources said.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2009

Our mantra of continuous growth has left us on ecological brink

If print media are any indication, change is in the air. Readers are sourcing news in new ways, and newspaper sales are declining as a result.
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2009

Hedge fund to tap foreign capital

United Managers Japan Inc., a hedge fund firm with about $100 million in assets, said its Kotoshiro fund will double in size by May, boosted by a first infusion of foreign capital.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2009

Astellas on fence over hostile CV bid

Astellas Pharma Inc. is considering whether to raise or abandon its unsolicited $1.1 billion bid to buy CV Therapeutics Inc. after the company agreed to a higher offer from a rival.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2009

Ailing Shinsei joins hunt for capital

Shinsei Bank Ltd., the Japanese lender partly owned by investor Christopher Flowers, plans to sell preferred securities to boost its capital.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2009

Ailing Citi scratches branch expansion

Citigroup Inc., the recipient of three U.S. government bailouts, has abandoned plans to open new branches in Japan as it seeks to trim costs, two knowledgeable sources said.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2009

Goldman to trim equity research team as demand for analysis dips

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which has cut 10 percent of its global workforce in the past year, will trim its equity research team in Japan as early as this week, two sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2009

Nomura logs record loss of ¥342 billion for quarter

Nomura Holdings Inc. said it may sell businesses to raise capital and will cut executive pay after posting a fourth straight quarterly deficit on trading losses and the costs of acquiring parts of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2009

2channel founder ponders next step after forum's sale

A short message recently posted on Hiroyuki Nishimura's personal blog sent shock waves across the online community. In a single sentence dated Jan. 2, he announced that he had sold 2channel, his wildly popular Internet forum.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2008

Aeon to cut spending, China push

Aeon Co. will cut spending on stores at home and slow expansion in China as it battles the worst retail market in at least three decades, Chief Financial Officer Masaaki Toyoshima said.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2008

Goldman agrees to sell Sanyo stake

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to sell its stake in Sanyo Electric Co. to Panasonic Corp., ending weeks of resistance after accepting an increase of less than 1 percent, two sources said.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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