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EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2012

Trust and insider information

The Financial Services Agency on Aug. 3 ordered Nomura Securities Co., Japan's securities industry leader, to improve its internal controls in the wake of a series of confidential information leaks to clients on upcoming share offerings. The order was based on a special investigation of more than three...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 11, 2012

Import club caters to need for home comfort

The blonde man in shorts and a baseball cap, sporting a lopsided grin and a dangling backpack and parking a rusty bicycle, looked less like a captain of industry than a superannuated college student. Yet American Chuck Grafft, 50, is founder and CEO of Foreign Buyers Club, one of the largest importers...
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2012

Growth likely slowed in quarter

The economy probably grew last quarter at only half the pace of the previous three months, a slowdown analysts predict is deepening as Europe's debt crisis and the yen's gains erode exports.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2012

Adviser gives railways edge in regional deals

Japan International Consultants for Transportation Co. is working on feasibility studies for high-speed trains in India, Indonesia and Vietnam as it tries to help Japanese rail companies boost sales overseas.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2012

Surprise drop in prices shows recovery cooling

Consumer prices unexpectedly fell and retail sales missed analysts' forecasts, adding to evidence that the economy's expansion is faltering as gains in the yen and austerity measures in Europe affect exports, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2012

DoCoMo eyes buys overseas

NTT DoCoMo Inc. may buy more companies abroad to widen access to entertainment content and e-commerce operations to boost overseas sales ninefold within four years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2012

Nissan plans big boost for Infiniti outlets in China

Nissan Motor Co. plans to increase dealerships and showrooms in China for the luxury Infiniti brand to as many as 150 by 2016 from 60 now, a company executive said.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2012

Spending on drinking hits 14-year low

Japanese men cut spending on drinking to the lowest level in at least 14 years as household allowances remained at about half of what they were during the heyday of the bubble economy.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2012

Ozawa, allies to vote against tax hike bill

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his ruling Democratic Party of Japan said Thursday they have abandoned attempts to pass the tax hike bill Friday, but an internal rift looms as Ichiro Ozawa officially declared his intention to vote against the legislation.
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2012

Tax hike's economic impact divides experts

Economists and experts remain split over whether raising the consumption tax would help restore the country's battered public finances or choke future economic growth.
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 9, 2012

DPJ, LDP discuss tax hike, social security

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan on Friday began talks with the largest opposition party over its plans to double the 5 percent consumption tax and envisioned social security reforms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 31, 2012

Nissan poised to sell green-vehicle credits

A new front is opening in the emerging market for electric vehicles — not for selling cars, but for credits required to meet clean-air rules.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2012

Survival of the fittest

Bic Camera Inc., the nation's No. 5 retailer of home electronics, plans to create the second biggest electronics retail chain after Yamada Denki Co. by acquiring Kojima Co., the seventh largest player in the industry.
JAPAN
May 23, 2012

Skytree has elevator glitch on first day

Despite cold and rainy springtime weather Tuesday, Tokyo Skytree attracted thousands of people to the new landmark as the world's tallest tower opened to the public.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
May 16, 2012

Japan's social-gaming industry hindered by government's anti-gambling move

When it comes to mobile social-gaming, nowhere is it as popular or as profitable as it is in Japan. The nation's two industry giants, Gree and its rival DeNA's Mobage, have been increasing their sales every quarter for years. Gree's TV-commercial campaigns are second only to cosmetics company Shiseido...
BUSINESS
May 11, 2012

Sony profit projections lower than expected

Sony Corp. on Thursday predicted profit below analysts' estimates amid slumping TV and game-console sales and worsening earnings from the mobile-phone unit.
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
Drinks produced by Asahi at a liquor store in Tokyo. Retailers in Japan are warning customers of possible Asahi Super Dry beer shortages after a cyberattack paralyzed production and distribution at the major brewer.
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Suzuki eyed for LDP secretary-general, reflecting Aso’s growing influence
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks to reporters on Sunday after meeting Taro Aso, the party's supreme advisor, at the party's headquarters.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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