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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2012

DoCoMo plans spending boost for network

NTT DoCoMo Inc., the nation's biggest mobile phone carrier, plans to spend about 1.5 times its annual profit to strengthen its network as it banks on a surge in smartphone use to end a four-year decline in revenue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2012

Mitsubishi hints first MRJ flight could be delayed

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., building Japan's first passenger jet, said it will announce a new schedule for the maiden flight because the company is facing "challenges" in its development.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2012

Fukushima farming hard row to hoe

When Takahiro Nagakura set off for distant Okayama two years ago, his plan was to complete his degree at the prefecture's agricultural university and then return to Fukushima and work his family's peach orchard.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 14, 2012

Sharing a raft: Things click from get-go

Hiroshi Kato, 40, born in Sendai and raised in Kawasaki, met his wife Ying — from Harbin in northeast China — in Tokyo in fall 2007.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2012

Nomura climbs out of the red but questions of sustainability linger

Nomura Holdings Inc. returned to the black last quarter after selling a restaurant chain, but it may not be enough to reassure investors it can sustain an earnings rebound.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2012

Olympus would be perfect partner in medical device field: Fujifilm

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. proposed a partnership Monday with Olympus Corp., the camera and endoscope maker that lost more than half of its market value last year amid an accounting scandal.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2012

Manufacturing exodus stirs trade-balance fears

An exodus of manufacturing jobs from Japan may prolong trade-balance concerns after the nation reported its first annual trade deficit in 31 years last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2012

Britain rides Nissan to auto industry revival

Britain's auto industry, which lost its last major homegrown manufacturer in 2005, is back among Europe's top producers following an Asia-inspired revival led by Nissan Motor Co. and Tata Motors Ltd. of India.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 24, 2012

Tepco pole position may scupper land buy

Mr. A writes: "We are seriously considering buying a property (house and land) in a residential neighborhood. On a corner of and inside the property, Tepco installed a light pole several years ago, apparently under an agreement with the current owner. It is believed that a nominal payment from Tepco...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2012

Prius wagon sales quickly top GM Volt

Toyota Motor Corp. scored a quick victory in 2011 as U.S. deliveries of its Prius v wagon in 10 weeks topped sales of General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid that was available all year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2012

FamilyMart to add 600 Southeast Asia stores

FamilyMart Co. plans to open 600 stores in Indonesia and the Philippines, tapping demand from young people as an aging population saps growth at home.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 8, 2012

Akira 'Harry' Mimura: A life uniquely focused on both sides of the Pacific

"Iwas put in charge of this unbearably painful filming job. Even if you consider a war between two countries to be unavoidable, why, you wonder, must innocent civilians be forced to go through such suffering?

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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