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BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2011

DoCoMo adds smart phones, tablet to lineup

NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveiled two new smart phones and a tablet device Thursday as the carrier aims to penetrate more aggressively into the growing Japanese smart phone market.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2011

Steel merger to save ¥100 billion in costs: analysts

Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.'s deal to create the world's No. 2 steelmaker may shave as much as ¥100 billion off costs as the companies consolidate operations, according to analysts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2011

Sapporo to go on spending spree

Seeking to expand in North America, brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd. plans to spend as much as ¥125 billion on acquisitions and partnerships over a four-year period.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 16, 2011

Battle over cooking-website users is a recipe for all out war

Although things have been changing in recent years — as more Japanese women continue to work after marriage — in Japan it is still usually women who are expected to prepare meals for the family. And whether it be making bento (lunch boxes) for their husbands or children, or preparing the evening...
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2011

Discovering new authors

The recent media hype over a possible e-book revolution has obscured the real star of the book world — the author — and the continued functioning of the system for discovering new literary talent in Japan, including the competition among new authors for 30-some literary prizes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 13, 2011

When criminals bask in the media spotlight

"Before I committed that incident, I was given many opportunities from my parents and others close to me. But I disregarded these. I never gave any consideration to my privileged situation."
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 5, 2011

Nagoya condos rising high

Condo towers 20 stories or higher are going up or will in central Nagoya this year as dwindling land prices driven by the 2008 financial collapse revitalize the depressed market.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2011

Import rise in Japanese cars looms

Imports of Japanese-brand cars into Japan are expected to grow beyond the figure for 2010, the highest in a decade, thanks largely to Nissan's shift of production of the popular March compact to Thailand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 30, 2011

Art at your fingertips

One Sunday morning in late November, a throng of people, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, made long lines to get into a convention hall at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward. Many others were sitting on benches outside the hall, opening suitcases at their feet and examining tiny bottles, cotton swabs and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2011

Sony NGP no threat: Nintendo chief

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Friday that rival Sony was taking a different tack from his company and so he remains upbeat about his 3-D portable game machine going on sale next month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2011

Short supply may force wheat price hike

Japan, Asia's second-biggest wheat importer, may increase prices for flour millers by the most since 2008 as weather problems from Australia to North America curb supply, said Nobuyuki Chino, president of Unipac Grain Ltd.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2011

Government budget woes grow worse

An official prediction released Friday points to harder fiscal challenges ahead, with the combined primary budget balance deficit of the central and local governments predicted to grow to ¥23.2 trillion in fiscal 2020, ¥1.5 trillion more than was estimated in June.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 22, 2011

German braumeister puts Otaru brewery on map

While Japan's major breweries continue to report flat beer sales amid an ailing economy, there is one Hokkaido-based beer maker that's brewing up a storm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2010

JR East's in-station stores a success story

Despite the feeble state of domestic consumption, retailers led by East Japan Railway Co. are continuing to infiltrate train stations to tap commuters' propensity to shop.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Dec 29, 2010

Chapter 2 of e-readers in Japan

2010 was the year of the iPad, but Sony, KDDI and Sharp haven't exactly closed the book on e-readers yet.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2010

Freedom of expression under fire

In June, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly voted down a bill that stipulated that manga and anime must be sold in the "adult corner" of stores if they "recklessly" and "positively" depict sexual activities of characters presumed to be 18 years old or younger in a manner thought to hamper children's judgment...

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