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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2013

Toyota to start producing Lexus ES sedan in Kentucky

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to build Lexus ES 350 sedans in Kentucky, the first U.S. production for its luxury brand, as CEO Akio Toyoda pushes to localize output in the automaker's biggest markets.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2013

Eye-tech firm plans to raise ¥1 billion to pursue stem cell-based treatments

Retina Institute Japan K.K., which employes Nobel Prize-winning stem-cell technology to treat eye diseases, plans to sell a stake in itself to a group of Japanese companies next month, ahead of a possible initial public offering in five years.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 15, 2013

Deflation watch: gyudon

Will fast food price competition undermine Abenomics?
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 14, 2013

Net TV expresses views the mainstream ignores

Last week's column mentioned "Pack-in News," a current-affairs talk show that used to stream on the Internet TV channel Kinkin.tv, which is the personal project of veteran actor-emcee Kinya Aikawa. It was a continuation of "Pack-in Journal," a show hosted by Aikawa on the satellite station Asahi Newstar...
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2013

French jeweler offers classes in Tokyo

A French jewelry company will hold a series of special lectures this summer in Tokyo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its entry into the Japanese market and to share its knowledge and expertise, the firm's CEO said Wednesday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2013

Sushi machine maker upbeat about yen's fall, high overseas demand

The global popularity of sushi, coupled with the yen's 18 percent decline in the past six months, is proving to be a sweet spot for Suzumo Machinery Co., Japan's biggest producer of automatic sushi-making machines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2013

Technology titans raise millions to enter politics

One day in February about 40 noisy protesters gathered outside the home of Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg in Palo Alto in California's Silicon Valley. They chanted slogans and held up signs as a small, select group of people arrived in sleek sports cars and were ushered inside the relatively modest...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2013

Ferrari: Japan growth market as China, EU slump

Japan is becoming Ferrari's next growth market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2013

Board shakeup ousts HP chairman

Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ray Lane is giving up his chairmanship of the company's board in a shakeup that underscores investors' dismay with the botched acquisition of Autonomy Corp.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 31, 2013

As rural rail lines close bus travel gets a makeover

If you live in the Tokyo metropolitan area, you have access to the greatest network in the universe, but if you don't you may find your local transportation options dwindling.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 29, 2013

Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose

Railway patrons can now sue over fares, for what it's worth.
LIFE / Digital
Mar 27, 2013

Technology that works for prose is still a curse for verse

Washington poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller insists there is a difference between his poem "Before Hip Hop" when it is shown like this:
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Mar 25, 2013

ジャパンタイムズ、ニューヨークタイムズと提携合意

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LABOR PAINS
Mar 19, 2013

Labor law reform raises rather than relieves workers' worries

A new specter hangs over Japan: the specter of insecure employment. The source of this insecurity is the August 2012 reform of the Labor Contract Act related to fixed-term employment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / WEEK 3
Mar 17, 2013

How an American collector brought Jakuchu to Tohoku

Including loans from each of Japan's six national museums as well as the Imperial Household Agency, 'Jakuchu's Here!' represents to a gift from Japan's art establishment to an audience that it has neglected for decades.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 13, 2013

Indie game developers go global at BitSummit

Despite rumors to the contrary, the Japanese independent-game scene is alive and well. Over the past weekend in Kyoto, nearly 180 game developers packed into an event hall to show off their latest self-made creations at the first BitSummit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2013

Panasonic's first female director says gadget makers need major changes

The economist picked by struggling Panasonic Corp. to become its first female director said Japan's electronics makers need drastic changes to align their business models with those of companies including General Electric Co. and Siemens AG.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TOHOKU TRAPPED IN TIME
Mar 8, 2013

Traumatized port struggles to stay together, move on

When the Kinoya fish processing company in Ishinomaki opened its brand new flagship factory last month, it gave employees a ray of hope that it would recover from the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed much of the city.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 2, 2013

All lost in the lost-and-found

I'd lost my keys.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2013

DoCoMo to resume phone M&A after Softbank move, CEO says

NTT DoCoMo Inc. is ready to return to investing in phone companies outside Asia after rival Softbank Corp.'s deal to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. in the U.S., its chief executive officer said.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 27, 2013

Annals of cheap: Don Don Down on Wednesday

Used clothing retailer plays games with customers — and they love it.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2013

Toshiba helm goes to Tanaka in June

Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday that Hisao Tanaka will take over as president in June as it tries to bolster growth from energy and chip operations.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear