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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2012

Taiwan iPad maker tilts at Samsung

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the maker of Apple Inc. iPads, expects the group's investments in automation and touch-panel technologies to help it take on Samsung Electronics Co., the Taiwanese company's chairman said.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2012

Nomura faces punishment for insider info leaks

Nomura Holdings Inc. may face "severe action" by regulators after employees of the country's biggest securities firm leaked insider information, Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita has announced.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2012

Daiwa execs' compensation dips 21%

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. says compensation among its top executives fell 21 percent last year as the nation's second-largest brokerage cut their base salaries.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2012

Alliance between Sharp, Hon Hai tested by severe share-price drop

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the assembler of Apple Inc. iPads, may seek to renegotiate a planned ¥133 billion alliance with Sharp Corp. after the Japanese TV maker's shares fell to their lowest in 34 years.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2012

Citigroup selling fund for regional banks to hedge their JGB exposure

Citigroup Inc. has started selling a fund for regional banks to hedge against the risk of a decline in the value of their government bond holdings as the national debt swells.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2012

JGB streak beats Treasurys on BOJ easing expectations

Japanese government bonds are set for a sixth monthly gain, a winning streak that beats Treasurys amid investor speculation the central bank will bolster monetary easing to defeat deflation.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2012

Subaru maker Fuji goes against grain with local output hike

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. is making a contrarian bet: The maker of Subaru cars is cranking up domestic manufacturing at a time when its domestic rivals are expanding overseas to escape the strong yen.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 22, 2012

Once one and only, Sony seeks to regain that status

Despite reporting a record ¥457 billion annual loss last year, Sony Corp. earlier this month said it would return to the black in fiscal 2012 with a ¥30 billion profit.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2012

DoCoMo targets 50% stake in smartphones

NTT DoCoMo Inc., the nation's biggest mobile-phone company, expects to increase its smartphone sales to more than half of the national total this fiscal year as it introduces new models, the company's finance chief said.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2012

Mixi founder seen set to unload stake

Domestic social network pioneer Mixi Inc. has stumbled and the once rising star has been eclipsed by its giant U.S. competitor Facebook and domestic social game operators.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2012

Youngest billionaire extends losses as Gree plunges

Gree Inc. extended losses in Tokyo trading a day after founder Yoshikazu Tanaka, Japan's youngest billionaire, lost $702 million as his social-gaming company plunged on concerns one of its sales methods may be illegal.
BUSINESS
May 3, 2012

Japan firms to help create Myanmar bourse

Myanmar, the so-called last frontier for business opportunities in Asia, will be establishing a stock market by 2015 with the help of Japan's Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2012

MUFJ to hire 3,000 overseas

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to hire up to 3,000 new employees abroad over the next three years to expand its overseas banking operations.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2012

Development 'challenges' postpone maiden voyage, first deliveries of MRJ by at least a year

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has pushed back the maiden flight and delivery schedule of its Mitsubishi Regional Jet by at least a year, citing delays in the development schedule.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2012

Myanmar business leader woos investors

At a symposium in Tokyo Saturday, a Myanmar business leader encouraged Japanese companies to keep pace with their Chinese and South Korean rivals who are investing in the newly democratizing country or risk missing out on prime opportunities before the 2015 elections.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2012

Myanmar taps TSE to build stock exchange

Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Wednesday they have reached an agreement with the central bank of Myanmar to set up a stock exchange and help grow a capital market in the country.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2012

Nixing of nominee may raise BOJ stimulus

The Bank of Japan may expand stimulus measures this month after lawmakers escalated pressure by blocking a nominee for its Policy Board and renewed calls for a more proactive monetary policy.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2012

Toshiba mulling investment in select segments of bankrupt Elpida: exec

A senior Toshiba Corp. executive said the company may invest in chip-maker Elpida Memory Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in February.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
U.S. and Japan remain far apart on tariffs
Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport on April 18. He has said that all tariffs need to be reconsidered by the United States.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Japan’s tycoon families seek buyouts to evade investor pressure
Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion plan to buy Toyota Industries is one of the examples in a recent wave of management buyout ambitions in Japan.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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