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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2010

Don't expect an assertive Toyoda

Americans are likely in for a surprise if they expect Toyota President Akio Toyoda to put on a show of authoritative "the-buck-stops-here" clout at Wednesday's congressional hearing on the automaker's massive recalls.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2010

Not the time to junk the factories

HONG KONG — While President Akio Toyoda and his Toyota Motor Corp. search for the vehicle pedal that says "damage control," economists and political commentators are increasingly speculating whether the multimillion vehicle recall by Toyota presages the beginning of the end of Japan's mighty manufacturing...
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2010

Toyota tries to cover all bases

WASHINGTON — In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2010

Google walkout will expand the possibilities

NEW YORK — Usually, disclosure statements go at the end of an article, but let me start with mine. I sit on the board of Yandex, a Russian Internet search company with a roughly 60 percent market share in Russia, compared to Google's 20 percent or so.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2009

Credit swaps industry to discuss Aiful debt

NEW YORK — Credit-default swaps traders in Tokyo will meet next week to discuss whether private corporate debt restructuring talks, which roiled contracts protecting against a default by Aiful Corp., should trigger payouts to swaps buyers.
LIFE
Oct 25, 2009

Bodhisattva of the river road

"Have another drink, Boss!"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2009

Funerals a growth undertaking

Death is a growth industry in Japan and everyone from railways to retailers wants a slice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2009

Rich turn to solar power for latest status symbols

Forget the 58-inch flat-panel TV, the new domestic status symbol for Japan's rich is a cooker.
Reader Mail
Oct 4, 2009

National health plan preferred

Regarding the Sept. 29 article "Brace for a possible spring shock": I'd just like to say that private health insurance companies can give policyholders a hard time about honoring claims. I had private insurance during my first year in Japan and ended up having to go to a hospital in Iwate Prefecture...
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2009

Nintendo reduces price of Wii in attempt to keep lead on rivals

Nintendo Co. has cut the price of the top-selling Wii for the first time since the game console's debut in 2006 to maintain its lead after Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. reduced the cost of their systems.
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
Jul 15, 2009

IMAX eyes Asia, 'Harry Potter' for expansion plan

Megascreen theater company IMAX Corp. is hoping the magic of "Harry Potter" will help catapult the company into a global smash hit.
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
Jun 3, 2009

Hitachi still beset by inventory

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. needs three more months to shed excess inventory after demand fell more than anticipated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 10, 2009

Nintendo secret: It's all in the game

It's a common belief that the video game industry is recession-proof.
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.
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
Jan 21, 2009

Toyota names president from founder's family

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, a member of the founder's family, will be promoted to president in June to lead Japan's biggest automaker amid the global economic turmoil.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2008

Toyota trims managers' bonuses

Toyota Motor Corp. cut winter bonuses for the first time for about 8,700 managers as a global recession cripples car demand, the automaker said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

Toyota to cut production, models in North America

Toyota Motor Corp., confronted with its first U.S. sales slump in 13 years, will further cut North American production and may offer fewer model versions to lower costs, according to a company spokesman. Assembly work at the company's U.S. and Canadian plants will be suspended on Dec. 22, extending a...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2008

Foreign magazines stuck in limbo

The National Azabu supermarket in the posh Minami-Azabu district in Minato Ward, Tokyo, offers an impressive variety of imported foods and other goods. But its selection of foreign magazines and books has been sharply curtailed since July 31, when Yohan Inc., which had a virtual monopoly on the sector,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2008

Firm plugs consumers into funny USB goods

Working in an office during the summer can be an uncomfortably sweaty experience, and Hiroyasu Yamamitsu, president of humorous PC accessories maker Thanko Inc., spotted a business chance there.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2008

Maker of largest ingots has market lock

From a windswept corner of Hokkaido, Japan Steel Works Ltd. controls the fate of the global nuclear-energy renaissance.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo named world’s best big city for second straight year
Tokyo was ranked the world's best large city for the second year in a row in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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