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BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2008

Honda to hire more graduates next year

Honda Motor Co. plans to increase hiring of new graduates as expected record earnings prompt it to strengthen research and development.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2008

Daiwa SMBC to invest ¥200 billion more

Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. plans to invest about ¥200 billion of its own money in the coming year to restore profit that has been battered by a slump in underwriting fees.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2008

Japan Tobacco stands to lose billions due to 'gyoza' food-poisoning scare

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Thursday it may lose billions of yen in earnings due to the food-poisoning scare linked to pesticide found in made-in-China frozen "gyoza" dumplings imported by one of its subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

Isuzu to hike stake in Indonesia JV

Isuzu Motors Ltd., the nation's largest maker of light-duty trucks, plans to raise its stake in a joint venture in Indonesia as it increases overseas sales to counter declining domestic demand.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

Namco Bandai cuts profit forecast 38%, eyes closures

Because of a slump in its amusement park business, Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. has cut its annual profit forecast 38 percent and will shut as many as 60 amusement facilities.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

'Gyoza' scare scuttles JT-Nissin frozen food ties

In a surprise announcement, Japan Tobacco Inc. and instant noodle maker Nissin Food Products Co. said Wednesday that due to the widening "gyoza" dumpling scare, they have scrapped plans to merge their frozen food divisions.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

Honda to raise U.S. dealer incentives

Honda Motor Co. will raise incentives in the United States to a record level this year to spur sales of Pilot sport utility vehicles and other aging models amid higher gasoline prices.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Feb 6, 2008

Talking sense about deer

We were filming a television documentary in the mountains of Hokkaido. It was winter, and bitterly cold. Through the trees, bare of leaves, we could see floe ice, dotted with eagles, gulls, crows and a few ravens. Then a raucous gathering of crows ahead drew our attention and we trudged through the crisp...
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2008

Toyota logs record quarterly profit despite U.S. slump

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its October-December group revenue, operating profit and net profit all hit record highs on a third-quarter basis as vigorous sales in growing emerging markets outstripped a slowdown in the U.S.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 5, 2008

WiMAX set to alter wireless landscape

Now that the government has licensed use of the 2.5-gigahertz bandwidth, Japan will soon be joining South Korea, Taiwan and others in offering next-generation wireless services for users of mobile phones and computers.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2008

Making the best students brighter

A night "cram school" for top achievers run by a private company has begun at the publicly run Wada Junior High School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. Some public schools have been pushing tieups with private cram schools offering supplementary instruction to help improve the scholastic ability of students....
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2008

Fuji Heavy reports 28% profit drop

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, said nine-month profit fell 28 percent after it sold fewer vehicles in its domestic market.
COMMENTARY
Feb 4, 2008

'Plumpynut' features in malnutrition fight

NEW YORK — The World Health Organization estimates that 20 million children worldwide suffer from severe acute malnutrition right now. This untenable condition leads to a child dying every five seconds in regions such as the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and South Asia, known as the world's "malnutrition...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Feb 3, 2008

Nano's low price comes at a cost

It's hardly surprising that Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata chose the theme from the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" as the soundtrack to his unveiling of the Nano mini-car. Simply put, this car is epoch-making. It is the Ford Model T of India.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2008

Bite of a consumer watchdog

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who in his latest policy speech called for creating a system in which citizens and consumers become "leading players," is eager to establish a Consumer Agency. A series of irregularities such as false labeling and data fabrication involving food, construction and paper manufacturing...

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