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BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2009

¥11 trillion in new JGBs due: Yosano

The government will sell ¥10.8 trillion in additional new bonds this fiscal year to pay for Prime Minister Taro Aso's record stimulus package, Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2009

Hino loss grows on pension changes

Hino Motors Ltd., the nation's largest maker of heavy-duty trucks, had a wider-than-expected annual loss because of falling sales and one-time costs from a change in its pension system.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2009

Hitachi sets ¥100 billion battery goal

Hitachi Ltd. forecast its sales of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars will reach ¥100 billion in the year ending in March 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2009

'Departures' passes ¥6 billion mark but Takita disappointed by pace

The Oscar-winning movie "Okuribito" ("Departures") passed ¥6 billion in sales over the weekend after pulling in an estimated 5.25 million viewers, producer and distributor Shochiku Co. said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2009

Nomura cuts 50 banking jobs outside Japan

Nomura Holdings Inc. cut 50 investment banking jobs in Asia outside its home market as the recession crimps revenue from advising on stock sales and mergers, a company official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2009

Japan Web site a life-time labor of love

When Stefan Schauwecker first launched japan-guide.com in 1996 while still a student in Canada, the Web site only featured an A to Z section on Japanese culture — "just a basic intro to Japan, a guide to look up cultural stuff and a little bit of history," the Swiss native recalled.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2009

Honda was hasty in selling F1 team: Ecclestone

Honda Motor Co. may have been too hasty in quitting Formula One, according to Bernie Ecclestone, who runs F1's commercial operations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Apr 2, 2009

¥1 deals redrawing netbook PC market

Personal computers for as little as ¥1 are currently on sale, attracting flocks of customers and sending shock waves through Japanese PC makers.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2009

Crashing demand in U.S., Europe drives down auto output 56%

Toyota Motor Corp. led a 56 percent decline in February vehicle production by Japanese automakers because of slumping demand in the U.S. and Europe, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 29, 2009

Bodies beautiful

At 2 a.m. on a spring morning in 2002, photographer Mitsuhiro Mouri received a phone call from the most famous actress in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2009

As slump bites deeper, shoppers warm to no-name foreign gadgets

The recession is causing a massive consumer shift: No longer do Japan's famously finicky and brand-conscious shoppers assume imported and no-name electronics are as cheap in quality as they are in price.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
Mar 27, 2009

Taste-testing a brew for the recession

There's a good reason that beer-makers use barley as a base ingredient. Fermentation only works on sugars, and grains don't contain any. But when a grain gets moist, it germinates, and its sprout contains an enzyme that converts starch into sugar. Some grains have tough husks, others sprout too meekly,...
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2009

'Tankan' survey could tumble to 30-year low on export crash

The collapse in exports may push sentiment among the nation's largest manufacturers to its lowest level in more than 30 years, triggering more investment cuts and job losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2009

Toyota aims to keep hybrid pole position

OYAMACHO, Shizuoka Pref. — Pushing the pedal to the metal, the machine quickly raced to 70 kph on the short circuit at legendary Fuji Speedway as if it was personally attacking the standard image that hybrids are sluggish off the mark.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2009

Kubota sees U.S. tractor market shrinking 15%

Kubota Corp., Asia's largest tractor maker, expects the U.S. market for the machinery to shrink 15 percent in 2009 as the recession saps demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2009

Crisis bites into Toyoda fortune

Toyota Motor Corp.'s looming loss isn't just a management challenge for Akio Toyoda, tapped to lead the carmaker his family founded. The global recession has cut the value of Toyota shares he and his father own by ¥42 billion and their dividend income may also fall.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2009

Our mantra of continuous growth has left us on ecological brink

If print media are any indication, change is in the air. Readers are sourcing news in new ways, and newspaper sales are declining as a result.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2009

Ailing Hitachi names new president

Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it will replace its president and separate two businesses after the company forecast a record loss.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2009

High food hygiene costs choking export growth

Strict hygiene criteria in importing countries and the high cost food producers have to shoulder to meet such requirements are limiting the export of Japanese food, experts said at a recent symposium set up by the Organization to Promote Japanese Restaurants Abroad, or JRO.

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