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BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2009

Toyota raises loss forecast to ¥450 billion

Toyota Motor Corp. radically revised its earnings projections again Friday and said it now expects a ¥450 billion group operating loss and a ¥350 billion group net loss for the year ending March 31.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 6, 2009

A gastronomic treat

Chef alert! The big guns of global gastronomy are coming to town. The occasion is a convocation being held next week grandly titled "Tokyo Taste — the World Summit of Gastronomy 2009."
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2009

LDP looks to let Japan Post become lender

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may recommend allowing Japan Post Holdings Co., the world's largest deposit holder, to lend money to cash-strapped companies and individuals hit by the global recession.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2009

Fujitsu allows workers to moonlight to make ends meet

In a sign of the times, major electronics firm Fujitsu Ltd. is allowing some of its factory workers to hold second jobs to compensate for shorter working hours and lower wages amid the deepening recession, the company said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2009

MMC to lose ¥60 billion; Mazda ¥13 billion in red

Mazda Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. forecast losses for this business year as the global recession dampens demand for cars.
BUSINESS / Q&A
Feb 4, 2009

Postal hotel 'fire sale' draws flak

Orix Corp.'s purchase of 70 Kampo no Yado hotels from Japan Post Holdings Co. for the fire sale price of ¥10.9 billion has been making headlines for the past month and drawing the scorn of internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT
Feb 4, 2009

Offensive compliments: A drinker's sober lesson

Of all the stupid, idiotic . . . sumimasen. Stuart Keyes is my name. I'm not in the best of moods, though you mustn't judge me by that. I'm good-humored enough most of the time, but . . .
COMMENTARY
Feb 4, 2009

Protectionism not the answer

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has rejected protectionist measures to mitigate the effects of the present world economic crisis and has condemned the anti-globalization lobby as ignorant and misguided. He and Lord Mandelson, the minister responsible for business affairs and a former EU commissioner,...
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2009

Honda to slash managers' salaries 5% through May

Honda Motor Co. said Monday managers' salaries will be slashed 5 percent starting next month to cope with sliding sales. The cut comes on top of the 10 percent pay reduction for directors announced last month.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 3, 2009

Home-seeking headache; Americans' burden

A new low in Tokyo I appeared in the article by Jenny Uechi headlined "Prejudice among obstacles facing non-Japanese tenants," (Zeit Gist, Nov. 18). I would like to report a recent event that may interest you.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2009

Ambitious satellite launch

Using an H2A rocket, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Jan. 24 launched the world's first artificial satellite to observe greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide. The satellite, named Ibuki (Breath), is scheduled to function for at least five years. It will make great contributions to deepening...
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Feb 1, 2009

Japan's best shot is 2022 World Cup

Japan resumes its campaign for a place at the 2010 World Cup this month against Australia, but the nation's power brokers are already setting their sights on a more distant — and potentially more rewarding — edition of the tournament.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 1, 2009

Yearning for the golden Showa days

An American friend once described the conflict between his desire to leave Japan and his inability to rouse himself to do so by saying that living here was akin to soaking in a warm bath. For many people, soaking in the nostalgia of the Showa Era is a little like that.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 1, 2009

The day the music died America's apple-pie order began to crumble

A long, long time ago . . . I can still remember How that music used to make me smile. I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride, But something touched me deep inside The day the music died.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 31, 2009

Five Arrows lose Leach for season

The Takamatsu Five Arrows will vie for the franchise's first championship without one of their most vital players, center George Leach.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2009

Teens face DoCoMo 'encounter' site ban

NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Friday became the first mobile phone company to automatically ban customers under 18 from accessing suspicious Internet dating sites as the government attempts to crack down on "deaikei" (encounter) crimes.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2009

Toyota loss to balloon to ¥400 billion

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to again revise sharply downward its business 2008 group operating loss projection due to slumping sales, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2009

Brazilians in need of vocational training, language courses

The government should provide vocational training and language support to Brazilian workers who have lost their jobs as manufacturers streamline operations, Brazilian Ambassador Luiz Augusto De Castro Neves said.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 30, 2009

Drama outsider takes a step into the theater

Kuro Tanino leaped into the spotlight in November 2007 with a production of Henrik Ibsen's tragicomedy "The Wild Duck" that was almost sold out for a month at Theater 1010 in Tokyo's Kitasenju.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb