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BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2007

Suzuki shifts into overdrive in Indian car market

Despite intensifying competition, Suzuki Motor Corp. won't give up its 55 percent share of the market in India without a fight, company Chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki vowed Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2007

Corporate capital spending off

Capital investment by companies excluding the financial and insurance sectors fell 1.2 percent in the July-September period from a year ago, the Finance Ministry said Monday, adding to concerns over the impact of the U.S. housing loan mess.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2007

PS3 outsells Wii first time in Japan

Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console outsold rival Nintendo Co.'s Wii for the first time in Japan since its release in November 2006, a video-game researcher said.
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2007

No defense of corruption

The arrest of former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya on suspicion of bribery has greatly damaged people's trust in the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces, as Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said. The government needs to tighten discipline among bureaucrats. It also needs to overhaul the ministry's...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2007

Defect-finding autoworker blows whistle on new 'Toyota way'

The California autoworker who is suing Toyota and others in a whistle-blower lawsuit said Tuesday she was merely carrying out the quality-conscious "Toyota way" in spotting defects when managers cracked down on her efforts and demoted her.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Nov 25, 2007

'Best Hit' awards; Kyosen Ohashi tour of Japan; affordable rural real estate

The fifth annual "Best Hit Kayosai (Best Hit Pop Song Festival)" will be broadcast live Monday night at 9 p.m. on the Yomiuri Television network (Nihon TV in Tokyo) from the Osaka Festival Hall.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2007

There's life, careers after Yamaichi, workers find

for cooperation so that Yamaichi workers won't be thrown onto the street." A sizable number of Yamaichi workers were taken on by Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., a Japanese unit of Merrill Lynch and Co. of the United States. Others were fortunate enough to find employment with other financial institutions....
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2007

Sumitomo Mitsui logs 30% profit drop

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Japan's third-biggest banking group by assets, said Monday its group net profit dropped 30 percent to ¥170.6 billion in the six months to September partly due to losses resulting from the U.S. subprime loan crisis.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2007

New wine in old bottles

Seasons change in Japan in two ways, according to nature and according to marketing. This last week started the season for Beaujolais Nouveau, the freshly harvested wine that has become an annual worldwide phenomenon. Marketing and traditional values, the two major forces on Japanese consumer behavior,...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2007

Development costs hit Kenwood

Kenwood Corp. reported Tuesday that its first-half profit fell 3.5 percent on costs to develop new products.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2007

Honda solar panels

Honda Motor Co. said Monday it will increase the number of outlets where it sells solar panels and is planning overseas sales to compete against Sharp Corp. and Kyocera Corp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 11, 2007

Japan's savior of Khmer silk

Kikuo Morimoto, 59, is a passionate man who radiates an aura of serenity. He has almost single-handedly saved the silk-weaving industry of Cambodia, a tradition that was nearly lost during three decades of war and neglect.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2007

Consumer lenders back to black after gray-zone ills

Major consumer lenders returned to the black in the six months to September after bleeding billions of yen in business 2006 due to a legal revision requiring them to eliminate so-called gray-zone interest rates.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2007

More than president to blame

I really wonder why the press has concentrated so much attention on the ex-president of Nova. True, he seems to have been an unscrupulous business man, and if he is ever charged and found guilty of illegal practices, then as an unpaid ex-Nova employee, I would be happy to see the law take its course....
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2007

Rising oil prices threaten health of wide range of companies

Because high oil prices affect not only transport firms but also manufacturers that use oil to make their products, the health of Japanese companies both big and small in a wide range of sectors is likely to be affected by the continuing price rise, analysts say.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2007

Takeda sees big profit rise via Actos

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Japan's largest drugmaker, forecast its biggest jump in full-year profit in six years on sales of the best-selling Actos diabetes pill.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Nov 4, 2007

A thoroughly modern retro classic

1903 was an amazing year for motorized vehicles in America. Henry Ford started producing his first Model A, the Wright Brothers made the world's first successful powered flight — and Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson began building motorcycles.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2007

Battery recall charge stings Matsushita's bottom line

Saddled with losses stemming from a recall of lithium-ion batteries in Nokia mobile phones, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday its group net profit for the April-September period dropped 8.7 percent from a year ago to ¥105.1 billion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Oct 31, 2007

New gadget for beer promotion gives whiff of things to come

Nose for innovation: Sales campaigns have traditionally focused on just one of the five senses. Retailers love to deck out their products in eye candy — some of it even connected to the offerings on sale — to attract the attention of the shopping public. The sense of hearing also gets some attention,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2007

Moriya lists Yamada freebies

Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya testified in the Diet on Monday that politicians, including an ex-Defense Agency chief, were wined and dined by a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp.

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