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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2011

JAL weighing Air France venture

Japan Airlines Co., which is considering a venture on European routes with British Airways, may also seek a similar tieup with Air France to bolster operations on the continent.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2011

Tepco redress: from tourism to tea

Tokyo Electric Power Co. must compensate travel agencies, inns and hotels nationwide for cancellations made by foreign travelers fearing radiation from Tepco's stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a government panel said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2011

Civic falls from Consumer Reports' 'recommended' list

Honda Motor Co.'s newest version of the Civic, a model that has been a foundation of the automaker's U.S. sales for decades, flopped in tests by Consumer Reports, failing to win the magazine's coveted "recommended" status.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2011

Softbank profit surges by ¥19 billion

Softbank Corp. reported an almost fivefold surge in first-quarter profit, fueled by revenue from smartphone users.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2011

More Aussie beef in pipeline amid cesium fears

Domestic demand for Australian beef may increase after radiation was found in meat here and amid concern that cesium leaks from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may spread farther, according to Australian Agricultural Co. Ltd.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2011

Top analyst named BNP research cohead

BNP Paribas SA, Europe's largest bank by assets, has hired Credit Suisse Group AG's Kunihiko Kanno as cohead of equity research in Japan.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2011

Toyota wins right to appeal U.S. suit

Toyota Motor Corp. won the right to appeal a federal judge's ruling that car owners who hadn't experienced unintended acceleration could sue the company over economic losses related to the alleged defect.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 20, 2011

Beef radiation scare recalls mad cow fiasco

The mounting cases of beef containing high levels of cesium recall the 2001 domestic outbreak of mad cow disease, in that slow government action and poor communication have once again been blamed for exacerbating the damage, industry experts say.
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2011

Nikko Asset reportedly choosing underwriters

Nikko Asset Management Co. this week began choosing lead underwriters for an initial public offering, setting up the first debut share sale by a major Japanese asset manager in a decade, three sources said.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2011

Ex-plant sites eyed for smart towns

Panasonic Corp. may build homes with power-saving devices on sites of factories it has closed as the appliance maker looks to tap demand for energy-efficient products.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Jul 5, 2011

Your dream home could become a quake nightmare

Like other people in the Tokyo metropolitan area who were living in a high-rise when the March 11 earthquake struck, we subsequently decided to move.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2011

Bread prices to hit purchasing power

Bread prices are set to climb for the first time in three years, eroding consumer purchasing power and potentially slowing the emergence of the economy from recession.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 25, 2011

Parts makers at mercy of recovery's pace

Kokune Ltd. President Yasushi Kogune is not sure his 55-worker die-casting company will be able to survive until the slump brought on by the March 11 earthquake ends.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2011

Tsunami repair work may surpass Kobe quake's: Toyo Construction

Toyo Construction Co., the Tokyo-based port builder, said that work following the March 11 tsunami may surpass the ¥60 billion it earned after the 1995 Kobe quake as local governments bolster sea defenses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 4, 2011

Intern at Disney, get credits

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, has launched an overseas program to give its students the opportunity to study in the U.S. and work at Disney World in Florida.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2011

Social network games flex their muscles at E3 trade show

Facebook sleuths playing "CSI" will share the spotlight with assassins at Ubisoft Entertainment SA's E3 booth next week, the latest sign that video game makers recognize the threat posed by lower-priced casual titles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 31, 2011

Radiation zone farmer grubs his way to survival

Masanao Usami tosses over a container the size of a wine case and carefully spreads the contents that fall out, including tree bark, dead leaves and warm soil.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
May 26, 2011

'Golden age' of kayoukyoku holds lessons for modern J-pop

On April 21, 2011, the actress and singer Yoshiko Tanaka, aka Sue from 1970s idol group the Candies, died after a relapse of the cancer that she had been living with for 20 years. A tragedy, at the relatively young age of 55, and one that comes during a period of deep soul-searching for the Japanese...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 20, 2011

Disaster makes the heart grow fonder, but potential marriage partners still need cash

More people are looking to get hitched since the March 11 earthquake, but will it change the criteria for selecting partners?
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 17, 2011

When it comes to mighty Tepco, pride goes before the fall

Until quite recently, landing a job at Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan's largest and most powerful electric utility, meant a lifetime of steady employment and generous paychecks, a status envied and often likened to that of a civil servant.
CULTURE / Books
May 15, 2011

Nintendo's Wiining ways

PLAYING TO WIIN: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry, by Daniel Sloan. Wiley, 2011, 256 pp., $24.95 (hardcover) Ten years ago, tough times had hit Nintendo with shrinking sales and profits, increasing demand for new products and growing pressure from competitors. What hope was there for a comeback from...
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Struggling Nissan considers closing two plants in Kanagawa
Automaker Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.

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