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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2008

Scary signs in BOJ debacle

HONG KONG — Even Google couldn't believe it. Asked to supply its best information about Koji Tanami, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's second "best available" candidate to be governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the search engine instantly responded, "Do you mean Bank of Japan tsunami?"
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2008

Mitsubishi Estate to buy Resona HQ for ¥162 billion

Resona Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it will sell its Tokyo head office building to Mitsubishi Estate Co. for ¥162 billion in Japan's biggest real estate transaction this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2008

NPO works to reduce hunger, trim waistlines

Still haven't made up your mind what to eat for lunch today?
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.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2008

Yen's rally to continue as BOJ intervention unlikely

For the first time in more than a decade, foreign-exchange traders are confident the Bank of Japan won't intervene in the currency market, paving the way for the yen to extend its biggest rally since 2000.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2008

Astellas names Pfizer's Steven Ryder head of global development

Astellas Pharma Inc. said Tuesday it will hire former Pfizer Inc. executive Steven Ryder to head a global development center in the U.S. to speed the release of new medicines in its fastest-growing market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2008

Pfizer diverting drug development away from Japan

Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, is diverting drug studies and tests from Japan as part of an industry push to avoid this nation's regulatory delays and higher costs.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2008

Citigroup to hire hundreds in Japan

Citigroup Inc., the largest U.S. bank, plans to hire hundreds of employees in Japan this year to sell investment products to affluent customers, even as it cuts jobs globally after a record loss in the latest quarter, the head of the firm's local retail banking unit said.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2008

Credit Saison seeks M&A expansion as rivals retreat

Credit Saison Co., the Japanese credit card firm backed by Mizuho Financial Group Inc., may buy a consumer lender as foreign rivals retreat, Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Rinno said.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2008

Nisshin to hike pasta prices up to 40% as wheat cost soars

Nisshin Foods Inc., the nation's biggest macaroni maker, will raise pasta prices to counter the higher cost of wheat.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2008

SMFG turns to alliances with Asian banks

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will target alliances with Asian banks, including Malaysia's RHB Capital Bhd., to boost income as domestic lending falls.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2007

KDDI, Willcom win ministry panel nod for wireless broadband

KDDI Corp. and smaller rival Willcom Inc. won the endorsement of a government advisory panel Friday to offer wireless broadband Internet access in the country.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2007

Sumitomo Mitsui eyes income boost from investors

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. plans to increase income from individuals by ¥100 billion within three years by selling a wider array of financial products.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2007

Sony, Qimonda agree on joint venture to develop high-performance DRAM

Sony Corp. and Germany's Qimonda AG said Tuesday they have agreed to form a joint venture to design high-performance DRAM memory chips for consumer and graphic applications.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2007

JT plans more takeovers from 2009 for overseas expansion

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the £7.5 billion purchase of Gallaher Group PLC, President Hiroshi Kimura said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2007

Japan to relax restrictions on U.S. beef imports

Japan, once the largest buyer of U.S. beef, will take further steps to relax curbs on American beef imports first imposed in 2003 after the discovery of mad cow disease in Washington state, a Japanese official 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
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'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.”
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.

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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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