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BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2009

Toyota may slash production 12% amid slump

Toyota Motor Corp. may cut production by 12 percent next fiscal year as demand for cars in the U.S. falls to its lowest level in 27 years.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2009

Kirin to buy stake in San Miguel Brewery

Kirin Holdings Co., the nation's biggest beverage maker, agreed to buy a stake in San Miguel Corp.'s Philippine beer unit for about ¥112 billion.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2009

Bridgestone says '08 profits plunged 92%

Bridgestone Corp. reported a 92 percent plunge in annual profit Thursday as global demand for tires dropped sharply, and forecast even more dismal earnings for the coming year.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2009

Nissan to tap European markets for cash

Nissan Motor Co., facing its first loss in nine years, plans to tap European capital markets, win government loans and sell real estate to maintain the cash it has on hand.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2009

Toyota to cut output 54%

Toyota Motor Corp. will slash domestic production 54 percent in the current quarter as demand plunges in the U.S. and Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 15, 2009

Eco-sweepers get to push their dust in the ancient way

In the future, when some oddly inclined academic sits down to pen the definitive history of the broom in Japan, several key years will stand out like piles of dust littering the corridors of time. One of them could be 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Feb 6, 2009

Getting a glimpse behind the mask

It happens in Japanese cities every winter and spring — the mask attack.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2009

Honda hoping new Insight hybrid challenges dominance of Prius

Honda Motor Co. threw the spotlight Thursday on its new Insight hybrid, which goes on sale Friday, hoping its cheaper price challenges the gasoline-electric hybrid market dominance of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2009

Mitsubishi Electric's profit to slip 94%

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. cut its profit forecasts for the second time this year on slumping spending by car and flat-panel manufacturers and losses at its chip affiliate, the company said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2009

Sony buffeted by ¥18 billion loss

Sony Corp. said Thursday that it posted an ¥18 billion group operating loss for the third quarter that ended in December as its mainline electronics business was battered by the higher yen, the global recession and stiff competition.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2009

Sony warns markets of ¥260 billion loss, opts to shut TV plant

Sony Corp. said Thursday that it expects to report a record ¥260 billion group operating loss for the business year ending March 31 as plummeting global demand and the yen's surge against the dollar wreaked havoc on sales.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jan 22, 2009

Dekopon

Dear Alice,My husband attended a business dinner late last year at a very fancy traditional Japanese restaurant. At the end of the evening, as he was heading out the door, the kimono-clad proprietress presented him with a gift of a single piece of fruit. It was like a large orange but with a weird pear...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2009

Wii gives seniors therapeutic kicks

Blanche Betten, a 76-year-old retired restaurant owner, hammered Bob Warner, 85, with a flurry of punches, sending the World War II and Korean War veteran sprawling to the ground.
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2009

Panasonic chops TV plant outlays

Panasonic Corp. said Friday it will slash planned capital investment in two new plants to make panels for flat-screen TVs by ¥135 billion to a total of ¥445 billion, as the global recession slows demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2009

Glasses retailer has price-cutting edge

Teruhiro Ueno has seen both his business and reputation grow by upholding a key retail strategy: undercutting the competition.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2008

Aeon to cut spending, China push

Aeon Co. will cut spending on stores at home and slow expansion in China as it battles the worst retail market in at least three decades, Chief Financial Officer Masaaki Toyoshima said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Dec 25, 2008

People Tree products pioneering fair trade in Japan

The hand-knit sweaters and scarves and hand-woven bags with an ethnic look are nothing like the products sold to the masses of consumers in most big shopping malls.
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.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
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.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
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.

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