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BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2008

JFE, IHI to form top shipbuilder in Japan

JFE Holdings Inc. and IHI Corp. will discuss combining their shipbuilding operations to create Japan's biggest shipyard, challenging South Korean and Chinese rivals.
COMMENTARY
Mar 21, 2008

Tibet and Olympic Games

Events in Tibet have turned ugly. Once again we see the harm caused by Beijing's heavy-handed bureaucracy, and its panicky, untrained soldiers used for crowd control. But even when combined with all of Beijing's other alleged sins — Darfur, pollution, human rights and other issues — does Tibet justify...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 16, 2008

Car industry hitting the bumps as wheels lose their cachet of cool

Anew TV commercial for insurance company Tokyo Kaijo Nichido features two newborns lying next to each other in a hospital maternity ward, telepathically discussing the "pleasures" that await them in life.
Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008

Business booms as Japanese subculture soars

The last two decades have seen kosupure ("cosplay," or "costume play") blossoming from being a local Japanese subculture to a thriving worldwide trend — and business.
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2008

Factory production falls unexpected 2%

Factory production in January fell at twice the pace economists predicted as a deepening U.S. slump weakened demand for cars and electronics.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2008

Citigroup to hire hundreds in Japan

Citigroup Inc., the largest U.S. bank, plans to hire hundreds of employees in Japan this year to sell investment products to affluent customers, even as it cuts jobs globally after a record loss in the latest quarter, the head of the firm's local retail banking unit said.
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.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2008

Kubota profit drops as costs rise, demand slows

Kubota Corp. said Tuesday it suffered a 12 percent drop in third-quarter profit because of rising steel costs and slowing demand in North America and Japan, its largest markets.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2008

MMC to shut Aussie plant, shift production to China, Russia

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan's fastest-growing car exporter, will shut a factory in Australia after models made there failed to attract buyers, said three company officials who declined to be named.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2008

Konica Minolta net profit soars 39%

Konica Minolta net profit r earlier to ¥55.71 billion in the nine months through December on brisk sales, the yen's weakness against the euro and cost-cutting.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2008

Nissan profit jumped 26% in third quarter

Nissan Motor Co. reported a 26.6 percent jump in October-December profit Friday and kept its full year forecasts unchanged as strong sales appeared to quell looming worries about a U.S. slowdown and an unfavorably strong yen.
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Feb 1, 2008

Referee row lifts handball's appeal

Team handball, the figurative water boy of sports, is suddenly in the game and earning the roaring approval of fans in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2008

Tainted 'gyoza' fiasco to hit industry, food prices

The widespread poisonings reported Wednesday involving pesticide-tainted frozen "gyoza" dumplings made in China will probably hit Japan's frozen food producers and importers hard, as sales predictably fall and costs to ensure food safety rise in the coming months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2008

Mazda unveils revamped Atenzas

Mazda Motor Corp. started selling redesigned versions of its three Atenza models on Tuesday, aiming to counter a decline in domestic sales.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2008

Kao's profit off 7% as cost of raw materials hits earnings

Kao Corp., the country's largest maker of personal-care products, said Wednesday its nine-month profit fell 7 percent as higher raw materials costs cut earnings from its soaps, shampoos and detergents.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2007

MMC signs incentive agreement with Russia

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan's fastest-growing car exporter, has signed an agreement with the Russian government granting it incentives to assemble vehicles in the country, where economic growth is boosting auto demand, the carmaker said in a statement Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 25, 2007

Natsuki Maeda

Shop clerk Natsuki Maeda, 19, is a charismatic fashion leader in Tokyo's world-famous Shibuya 109 building, the epicenter of cool threads for girls and for women who, regardless of their age, would like to look as young as they feel. Working in one of the 100 shops here is synonymous with celebrity status,...
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2007

Machinery orders rise at double the expected pace

Machinery orders rebounded in October, rising at twice the pace economists had forecast, suggesting companies are confident sales in Asia and Europe will compensate for waning demand from the U.S.
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.
Pakistan hails role of Chinese jets in repelling India strikes
A J-10C fighter jet
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Hanako Lowry

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