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BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2008

Exports rebound as China outbuys U.S.

Japan's exports rebounded in July as China replaced the United States as the nation's largest customer but couldn't prevent the trade surplus plunging 87 percent to ¥91.10 billion on surging imports due to higher oil prices.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2008

Chugai profit falls 10% on Tamiflu

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., the Japanese unit of Roche Holding AG, said Tuesday its first-half profit fell 10 percent on lower sales of the antiviral drug Tamiflu and after the company ended a partnership with Sanofi-Aventis SA.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2008

The rising middle classes want their wheels

BEIJING — W hat becomes immediately apparent on entering the 10th annual Beijing car show is the emotional intensity with which China has thrown itself into its greatest consumerist passion to date: the first throes of an affair with the car. The entire nation, it turns out, is in love with them, is...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2008

Japanese-type game show a hit in U.S.

A new Japanese export is luring U.S. consumers: television game shows that inflict pain, suffering and humiliation for a laugh.
EDITORIALS
Jul 11, 2008

Forced to work for nothing

The Fair Trading Commission has ordered Yamada Denki, operator of the nation's largest consumer electronics retail chain, to stop the practice of forcing employees from its suppliers to work at its outlets without compensation. The Maebashi-based firm had some 250 suppliers send about 168,000 employees...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 4, 2008

Fans raise $50,000 for Japanese band

To most bands, it sounds like a dream come true: $50,000 with no strings attached; the opportunity to record an album with one of the world's top engineers; and the freedom to make any kind of record you want, unhindered by interfering labels just waiting to drop you at the first sniff of commercial...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2008

Regaining trust key: insurance group chief

Nonlife insurers must do everything they can to regain the trust squandered by such industrywide missteps as failing to honor legitimate claims and overcharging on premiums, according to the new chairman of a nonlife insurers' industry group.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2008

Sony midterm plan focuses on core businesses, networking

In its three-year business plan unveiled Thursday, Sony Corp. said it aims to see annual sales in three additional business categories top ¥1 trillion, joining the four already above that target: LCD television sets, digital cameras and camcorders, games and mobile phones.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 10, 2008

Pawing in enough to be a fat cat

The world's most coveted kitty wears just a bow, doesn't have a mouth to feed and has never been in trouble.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Nissan building new India factory

Nissan Motor Co. and its parent, Renault SA, have begun building a factory in India to challenge Suzuki Motor Corp.'s dominance in the country. The $1.1 billion factory will begin production in 2010 and have a capacity to make 400,000 cars annually for local and export markets, the automakers said in...
BUSINESS
May 31, 2008

Toyota, Nissan led uptick in domestic auto production in April

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., the nation's largest and third-largest automakers, led gains in domestic vehicle output last month as rising gasoline prices spurred exports of fuel-efficient models to North America, an industry body said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2008

Nissan business strategy aims high and low

Outlining key pillars of its business strategy for the years to come, Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it aims to become an industry leader in zero-emission vehicles and to cultivate emerging markets with low-cost cars.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
May 4, 2008

Take a royal ride on the Yamaha Majesty

If scooters could talk, they'd probably spout the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield's line about not getting any respect. No one casts admiring glances their way. In fact, some bikers even seem to sneer at them, but that hasn't stopped sales from rocketing through the roof.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2008

DoCoMo to sell first bonds in five years

NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to sell about ¥100 billion of bonds in its first issuance in five years, to fund dividend payments and share buybacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2008

Real estate deflation looms

Akira Mori, Japan's richest man, spent a record ¥231 billion buying Tokyo's Toranomon Pastoral Hotel last September. He now says it's worth closer to ¥200 billion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 29, 2008

Luxury fashion finds a friend

Collaborations have become such a widespread fashion marketing tactic in the last 20 years that some in style circles have dubbed the practice "the C word."
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2008

DoCoMo sees discounts slowing profit growth

NTT DoCoMo Inc. forecast Friday that its profit will rise 2.4 percent this business year, falling short of analysts' estimates, because a discount-calling plan will cut into sales.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2008

Toyota's Hino Motors to end truck production at U.S. plant

Toyota's truck subsidiary, Hino Motors Ltd., will stop making trucks at one of its U.S. plants as surging oil prices and the credit crisis squelches demand, a company spokesman said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 11, 2008

A manga drunk on French wine

Hearing a 2001 Mont-Perat described as "just like a rock concert by Queen" is enough to make any self-respecting Frenchman expel a snort of derision from his finely-tuned nostrils.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top tariff negotiator, speaks to the press on Friday. Japan and the United States are still discussing what to negotiate.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
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.

Podcast

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

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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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