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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 7, 2017

Lower tariffs on EU cheese imports may not translate to reduced prices for 'fromage' lovers

Japan and the European Union just announced a deal on free trade and will seek to reach a final agreement by the end of this year. The EU has already promised to phase out its 10 percent levy on Japanese automobiles, while Japan says it will eliminate taxes on a raft of food items.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2017

Boeing launches new version of 737 with flurry of orders at subdued Paris air show

Boeing unveiled a new version of its bestselling 737 aircraft on Monday, injecting life into a faltering civil aviation market as French President Emmanuel Macron flew in to open the world's biggest air show in Paris.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2017

Amazon comes knocking on remote Australia, where brick-and-mortar retailers are king

Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying to replicate its U.S. success, is now attempting to crack one of the biggest and most sparsely populated nations where bricks-and-mortar retailers are king.
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2017

Japan-India civil nuclear pact

The civil nuclear cooperation pact between Japan and India does not carry a provision to limit the use of Japanese nuclear plant technology to nonmilitary areas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 8, 2017

Let's discuss shopping in Ginza

A new 13-story upscale mall has opened in Ginza, Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees or Fifth Avenue, and it's proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 6, 2017

Calling card: the evolution of business cards in Japan

On the afternoon of Jan. 26, 1948, a man claiming to be a public health official walked into a branch of Teikoku Ginko (Imperial Bank) in Tokyo's Shiinamachi district and told all 16 people present that dysentery had broken out in the neighborhood.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2017

Trump cookies outpace Abe buns in Diet souvenir shop

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is being trumped by Trump — in the sweets department.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2017

McDonald's shelves plans to sell Japan unit stake after rebound

McDonald's Corp. said it's shelving plans to sell a stake in its Japan unit that has seen a turnaround since the company announced it was looking for a buyer more than a year ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2017

Spud shortage in Japan makes potato chips a hot commodity

Demand for potato chips surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for six times their retail price online after snack maker Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 1, 2017

Easter in Japan shows signs of life as businesses tap the final festival frontier

Easter is one of the few major calendar events in the West that goes largely unnoticed here — until now, anyway.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 29, 2017

Japanese and South Korean investors plow cash into structured products

Yield-starved Japanese investors are taking out the cash stashed under the futon and plowing it into potentially risky securities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 20, 2017

Nagoya dye house looks abroad to keep traditional black in fashion

A dye house in Nagoya that specializes in kuro montsukizome, the dyeing of black-crested formal kimono that has been practiced since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868), is working on selling stoles and T-shirts that make use of the same technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2017

Uniqlo eyes speed to take on Zara for global crown

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co. is betting that speed, both in supplying its stores with the latest fashion and getting custom-made products to shoppers, will allow it to overtake apparel powerhouse Zara.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFTEREFFECTS OF MARCH 2011
Mar 8, 2017

In tsunami-hit Kesennuma, fishing industry recovers but scars remain

A stranger visiting the fishing port of Kesennuma today may not realize that six years ago it suddenly became the scene of massive, deadly devastation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2017

Japan wins cost cuts from U.S. on F-35 fighter jet package

Tokyo has secured cost cuts on support equipment for its next batch of six U.S. F-35 stealth fighter aircraft of around $100 million, according to sources and Japanese budget papers, on top of savings being finalized for all buyers of the high-tech jets.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2017

Toyota, Target, Best Buy fight back against 'heart stopping' Republican border tax push

Washington
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2017

How print beats digital in the book world

The book industry is making a convincing case that the printed word remains profitable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2017

Another term for BOJ's Kuroda is an option: Abe adviser

Tapping Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda for another term early next year is an option because of the need for seamless policy continuity, an economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 21, 2017

Stress mounts as fees fall in Japan for home deliveries

The rise of online retailers has led to a race to the bottom for home delivery firms desperate to hold on to the huge amount of business these shopping sites provide.

Longform

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