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BUSINESS
May 12, 2012

Record dumping of foreign bonds powers up yen

Japanese investors sold the most foreign bonds on record as they sought a haven from Europe's financial crisis in the home market, leading the yen to a more than two-month high.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2012

Sony profit projections lower than expected

Sony Corp. on Thursday predicted profit below analysts' estimates amid slumping TV and game-console sales and worsening earnings from the mobile-phone unit.
JAPAN
May 9, 2012

Cellphone users default on payments

Cellphone users are increasingly failing to meet installment contract obligations for the devices and are thus damaging their credit ratings, a Tokyo-based credit information firm told The Japan Times Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2012

Sticker price of Toyota's electric RAV4 to be twice as much as gas version

Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest maker of hybrid autos, said its electric RAV4 sport utility vehicle with batteries and motor from Tesla Motors Inc. will cost more than twice as much as the gasoline version.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
May 8, 2012

Smartphones hook up with domestic appliances

The home of the future is as close as your smartphone.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2012

Convenience store chains go with flow, grow

The nation's top three convenience store chains last month posted record annual operating profits for the 2011 business year despite the sluggish, disaster-stricken domestic economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
May 6, 2012

Richard Collasse: Sold on brand Japan

In Tokyo's high-end Ginza district, the Chanel Building stands out among the luxury fashion boutiques and global brands' emporiums thanks to its shining black-glass exterior.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2012

Tepco plan to be based on Resona

Japan intends to take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in return for bailing out the beleaguered utility, following a model it adopted to rescue the nation's fifth-biggest bank.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2012

Sharp, NEC bond losses pulling down tech index

Losses on bonds sold by Sharp Corp. and NEC Corp. are dragging an index of Japanese technology companies to its worst return in 17 months, as competition from South Korea eats away at earnings.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2012

Nissan can post ¥10 trillion in sales if Japan's '1,000-lb. gorilla' allows: Ghosn

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said revenue at Japan's second-biggest automaker may reach ¥10 trillion ($123 billion) in 2012, depending on the strength of a currency he compared to an oversize ape.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 24, 2012

Yahoo Japan: Same name, very different company

Although they have similar names and operate Web portals with a variety of services, Yahoo Japan Corp. is in many ways a very different company from Yahoo Inc.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2012

Sony-led group wins EU approval for $2.2 billion EMI music purchase

A Sony Corp.-led group has won EU approval for its $2.2 billion purchase of EMI Group's music publishing unit after it agreed to sell rights to chart hits by Robbie Williams and Ozzy Osbourne.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2012

TSE glitch a boon for alternative trading platforms

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's worst technical glitch in six years has forced a rethink of the role alternative trading platforms play in ensuring trade in shares of global corporations continues.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2012

Government discussing timetable for selling its shares in Japan Tobacco

The government is discussing a timetable for selling its shares in Japan Tobacco Inc. to help pay for earthquake rebuilding and limit expansion of the world's biggest public debt, according to two Finance Ministry officials.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2012

Twitter to hire more Japan staff

Twitter Inc. will "aggressively" add sales staff in Japan to attract more advertisers as local user growth exceeds the company's global expansion, Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2012

Toyota takes fight to VW on home turf

Toyota Motor Corp., which was overtaken by Volkswagen in sales last year, is striking back on the German automaker's home turf.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 15, 2012

Are women really on the ascendancy as some media proclaim?

'Joshi bakari ga naze tsuyoi?" ("Why is it that only women are strong?") asks Aera (Mar. 26). The question may be a valid one, at least when limited to international sports events, where Japan's women over the past several years have been outshining their male counterparts as they excel in soccer, women's...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 15, 2012

Titanic disaster, cherry trees sent to Washington D.C., "Sunflowers" fetches record price at auction

100 YEARS AGOFriday, April 19, 1912
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2012

Architects laud 3-D seismic isolator

A Tokyo-based engineering design firm has won the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize this year for its development and application of a three-dimensional seismic isolation system, the company said.

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