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COMMUNITY
Aug 1, 2009

Baseball expert lines up new book on mobsters in Japan

Robert Whiting is best known as an expert on baseball. But he's much more than that. He's also an expert on mobsters in Japan and the sound a radar site makes when it is "spotted" by a U2 spy plane.
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JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jul 31, 2009

The eyes have it — false lashes catch on big with Japan's women

Long, thick, perfectly curled eyelashes are pretty much the desire of every Japanese woman.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2009

Wii sales drop hurts Nintendo profit

Nintendo Co. reported Thursday a 61 percent drop in profit as sales of its flagship Wii consoles fell for the first time since the product debuted in 2006.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2009

Sumitomo to buy Citi's Nikko Asset

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. has agreed to pay ¥120 billion for Citigroup Inc.'s Japanese asset management unit to increase the amount of investment trusts it oversees.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Nomura posts first quarterly profit since '07

Nomura Holdings Inc. posted on Wednesday its first quarterly profit since 2007 as a stock market revival boosted trading and investment banking.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Wal-Mart prices U.S. samurai bonds

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. priced the first samurai bonds from a U.S. borrower since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. defaulted on its yen debt in September, roiling Japanese investors.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 30, 2009

Summertime designs run hot and cool

Recovered crests
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Nissan posts loss on yen rise, recession

Nissan Motor Co. posted a third straight quarterly loss as the global recession cut demand for new vehicles and a stronger yen hurt earnings from exports.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2009

Red-hot Dragons keep heat on rival Giants

The Chunichi Dragons didn't just beat the Yomiuri Giants in their first game back after the All-Star break.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2009

Nippon Yusen, K-Line foresee losses

Nippon Yusen K.K. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan's largest and third-largest shipping lines, forecast full-year losses Monday as the recession slashes U.S. and European demand for container freight.
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BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2009

Carmakers chase female buyers

More than 300 young women, sporting curly chestnut brown-dyed hair, heavy makeup and manicured nails crowded into a Toyota showroom, peering at a Prius painted candy-apple red and decorated with rhinestones and heart-shaped pink stickers.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2009

DPJ plan could send jobs overseas

The Democratic Party of Japan, leading in polls for next month's election, has announced proposals to help workers but could end up sending jobs overseas, according to some economists.
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2009

Precautions for climbing

The recent deaths of 10 hikers in Hokkaido's Taisetsu mountain range serve as a tragic reminder that even summer mountaineering can be perilous. Hiking in bad weather, the 10 — all in their 50s and 60s — died from hypothermia. One was on a guided tour of 2,052-meter Mount Biei. The other nine were...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 26, 2009

Myth-buster points the way to Japan's role as 'credit-crunch' pioneer

T here are five myths circulating the globe regarding the financial crisis that has it in its grip. This is the view of Pavel Minakir, director of the Institute of Applied Economic Research in Khabarovsk, Russia. His fascinating and sobering assessment of these myths appeared in a recent issue of the...
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JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jul 25, 2009

Belgian no waffler on love, life in Japan

Pascal Latui, 28, first fell for Yumiko, 36, on a backpacking trip in Japan in June 2006. She was a receptionist at the Tokyo youth hostel where he was staying.
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BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2009

Cool Biz said to undermine productivity

Takashi Kadokura used to strip down to his underwear when working late because of the heat.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2009

BHP, smelters reduce copper fees

Japanese smelters and BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, have settled copper-processing fees for the period that started July 1 at 33 percent less than those agreed upon on Jan. 1, an industry group said.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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