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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2009

Farm consultant cultivates seeds of opportunity

The ranks of farmers, crop acreage and yields are all shrinking and Japan's food self-sufficiency rate remains one of the lowest among major developed nations.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 22, 2009

Stakeholder rethink in order as dust settles from GM's collapse

General Motors Corp., which until several years ago led not only the U.S. economy but the global economy as the world's largest automaker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 1, concluding a corporate history that spanned more than a century.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2009

Citi settles Nikko Cordial accounting lawsuits

Citigroup Inc. said Wednesday it has settled a lawsuit against three former executives of subsidiary Nikko Cordial Corp., ending a two-year court battle stemming from an accounting scandal at the firm.
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2009

Goldman's Accordia Golf to spend ¥20 billion buying several course operators

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Japanese golf business unit plans to buy more courses as the recession forces companies to sell off assets unrelated to their main business.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
May 28, 2009

Keiko Aoki

Keiko Aoki, is the founder of Altesse, a New York consultancy firm, and the owner of an eponymous U.S. catering company that specializes in Japanese home cooking. Bitten by the business bug from the minute she flew to the Big Apple in 1985, Aoki's itch to succeed kept her working during most of the '80s...
BUSINESS
May 22, 2009

Sony plans to slash suppliers in major test of CEO's mettle

Sony Corp. said Thursday it will halve the number of parts suppliers to slash costs under a turnaround plan that is testing the mettle of Chief Executive Howard Stringer.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2009

Fuji Heavy may launch hybrid vehicle by '12

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. may introduce a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle by 2012, as the United States, Japan and Europe tighten their emission rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2009

U.S. makers take cue from Toyota in cutting dealers

General Motors and Chrysler, borrowing from Toyota's playbook, are betting they can sell more cars with fewer dealerships.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2009

Toshiba posts record red ink

Top chip maker Toshiba Corp. tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs.
JAPAN
May 6, 2009

Sake maker to use imported rice for ethanol

Oenon Holdings Inc., a maker of sake and liquor, will start ethanol production this year at the nation's largest biofuel plant using rice imported by the government.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2009

Isuzu loss widens on huge tax writedown

Isuzu Motors Ltd. reported a wider-than-forecast loss for its just-ended business year as it wrote down the value of deferred tax assets.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2009

Freescale to shutter Sendai plant

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the computer chip maker owned by private equity firms led by Blackstone Group LP, will cut jobs and shut some manufacturing operations, including a facility in Sendai.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 16, 2009

Clemens en August's high-flying sales tour touches down in Tokyo

Our events are a happening — part social, part business, part elegance," says retail revolutionary Alexander Brenninkmeijer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2009

Nissan to promote electric cars in China

Nissan Motor Co., Japan's third-largest automaker, and Renault SA plan to help the Chinese government develop a battery-charging network to promote electric vehicles in the country.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2009

Game publishers to Sony: Cut PS3 price or lose out to Nintendo

Sony Corp. is under pressure from video game publishers to cut the price of the PlayStation 3 console or risk seeing more development funds shift to Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2009

Honda weathers crisis with Asia motorbike niche

Vanida Paipong, a 33-year-old noodle factory worker in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, will pay installments of 5,000 baht (about ¥13,600) a month on her 100cc Honda CZ-i motorcycle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2009

Refiners plan more capacity cuts

Oil refiners led by Nippon Oil Corp. plan to shut down more capacity during the peak spring maintenance season this year, lowering demand for crude oil imports by Japan, the world's third-biggest user.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2009

Lender SFCG folds; debts at ¥338 billion

SFCG Co., a Tokyo-based lender whose creditors include Citigroup Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, triggering a slump in financial stocks on concern the recession will cause more corporate failures.

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