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BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2009

Daihatsu forecasts 64% profit fall on year

Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday profit may fall 64 percent this business year as the global recession saps demand for its vehicles, including those it makes for parent Toyota Motor Corp.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 24, 2009

Wishing Chong: from barbecue to demons

2008 was undoubtedly the year of "Yakiniku Dragon" ("Korean Barbecue Dragon"), a realistic, autobiographical work by the Korean-Japanese playwright Wishing Chong that premiered April 17 in the New National Theatre's Pit. When the curtain came down that night on the NNT/Seoul Arts Center collaboration...
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 21, 2009

Toyota banks on SUV demand in China

Toyota Motor Corp. is counting on demand for sport utility vehicles to reverse a drop in China sales, even as demand for the models collapses in the United States. "SUV sales are showing strong growth in China," Shoju Nozaki, executive vice president of Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., said Monday...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2009

Study of iPS cells draws nearer to finding cures

Jason Burnett and his 10-year-old son, Andrew, both born with a genetic defect, have been recruited into an experiment designed to transform bits of their skin into stem cells that may someday hold the key to a cure.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2009

Mitsui eyes raw materials projects overseas

Mitsui & Co., the nation's second-largest trading house, may increase overseas investment in new projects to secure raw materials after prices dropped, competing with China and South Korea for resources.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Apr 14, 2009

Job firing launched labor activist on career

You may have seen him on TV, commenting on Nova teachers who lost their income and housing when the language school went bankrupt in November 2007. Or you may have seen him marching through Shibuya, leading a chant of "Tatakau zo! (We'll fight!)" and calling for solidarity and action among workers. Or...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Apr 14, 2009

English lessons on the cheap

Dear education minister Ryu Shionoya,
LIFE / Travel
Apr 12, 2009

Slow train coming in Shizuoka

Standing on the platform at Kanaya Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, the enthusiastic crowd — myself included — watches with fascination as the train pulls in. Because this train is different. It's not a sleek, aerodynamic bullet train; nor is it one of the ubiquitous, striped JR jobs. Rather, the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 12, 2009

Slow train coming in Shizuoka

Standing on the platform at Kanaya Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, the enthusiastic crowd — myself included — watches with fascination as the train pulls in. Because this train is different. It's not a sleek, aerodynamic bullet train; nor is it one of the ubiquitous, striped JR jobs. Rather, the...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 11, 2009

Good students eat their English lessons

With many Japanese parents pulling their children out of private English language schools to save money these days, I recommend that they try home schooling. There is no reason why parents can't give their kids English lessons at home by leaving the teaching to food.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2009

Nintendo aims to turn DS device into learning tool, guide

Nintendo Co. said Thursday it will soon introduce a service that teachers can use to send quizzes and other school assignments from their personal computers to students who have the game giant's DS hand-held console.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 10, 2009

Dance meets theater

Long ago, 52-year-old Belgian choreographer Alain Platel was an orthopedic therapist. Then, in 1984, he founded his performing troupe called "Les Ballets C. de la B." Now his company — whose strikingly original approach to contemporary dance positions it, along with the likes of German dance legend...
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2009

JAL may seek DBJ funding as bond redemptions loom

Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's most indebted carrier, said Thursday it may seek funds from state-run Development Bank of Japan to repay debt as widening losses make it harder for the carrier to borrow from bond markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2009

Bankers invited to 'pink slip party' at local Roppongi watering hole

Soichiro "Swimmy" Minami, a former Morgan Stanley banker, is organizing what he says is Japan's first "pink slip party" for finance professionals, in a Tokyo bar where Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. employees once mingled.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 5, 2009

Gender-bender drama, 'Three Kingdoms' spinoff anime, little-known big biz

In Japan, the term "new half" usually refers to a man who becomes a woman through some sort of medical procedure, but on the new daytime drama series, "Mama wa New Half" ("Mom is a New Half") (TV Tokyo, Mon.-Fri., 1 p.m.) it simply describes a man who performs in drag at a special "new-half pub" in Tokyo....
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2009

Toyota tapped JBIC funds to finance U.S. car sales

Toyota Motor Corp.'s finance arm borrowed an undisclosed amount from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation in the first quarter to finance U.S. car sales as private investors demanded up to 50 percent more interest for the company's debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2009

Pachinko bucks recession trend

In the smoky Maruhan gambling parlor near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Shunichiro Nagasawa feeds a ¥1,000 bill into a pachinko machine, helping Japan's biggest gaming industry beat the recession and Las Vegas.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 2, 2009

Rabbits forced to fold amid economic crisis

The Seibu Prince Rabbits, an ice hockey team with a 37-year history, is the latest casualty of Japan's economic crises.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2009

K-Line cuts number of car carriers

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., a transporter of cars for Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., will scrap six of its car carriers and return another 11 to owners as it slashes its fleet amid a slump in auto demand.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2009

EBay to provide translations for Japanese sellers

EBay.com Inc., the most-visited U.S. e-commerce Web site, will begin offering a translation service this week for Japanese sellers wanting to list products on its English-language service to encourage cross-border trade, the company said Tuesday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 27, 2009

Film exposes struggles of Japan's 'hidden' workers

"They said: 'If you get injured, you will be fired immediately.' 'What kind of law is this?' I asked. They said: 'The Company's law.' "
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2009

MUFG, Morgan to merge Japan brokerages

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley said Thursday they will merge their Japanese securities businesses to create the nation's second-largest brokerage.

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