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LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 15, 2012

Natural Lawson takes it to the next level

Targeting health-conscious female shoppers Natural Lawson teams up with kurrku and pump up the healthy, hip organic goodness.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2012

Okuda named new Sharp president

Sharp Corp. on Wednesday named Takashi Okuda as its new president after forecasting a record annual loss amid slumping prices for its Aquos televisions, an economic slowdown and a tax charge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2012

Asahi Kasei to buy Zoll Medical for $2.2 billion

Asahi Kasei Corp., a maker of synthetic fibers and industrial chemicals, has agreed to buy U.S. company Zoll Medical Corp. for $2.2 billion (¥181 billion) to expand its presence in the critical care products field and also to boost sales in Asia.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2012

AIJ fiasco points to wider abuses

The fiasco at AIJ Investment Advisors Co. is not only threatening the retirement prospects of more than 880,000 people, it is also raising fears that more corporate pension money is being misinvested.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2012

Bill to allow one-stop trading exchanges

The Cabinet approved a plan Friday to allow the formation of a one-stop platform where investors could buy equities, futures and commodities, even as regulators review a proposed tieup between the country's two biggest stock exchanges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Mar 9, 2012

Deeper cooperation urged for key East Asian powers to sustain growth

China, with its increasingly assertive diplomacy and rapid military buildup, is a common security threat for Japan and South Korea, but the two countries also need to work with China as a partner in East Asia's economic growth, veteran journalists from South Korea said in a recent symposium in Tokyo....
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2012

AIJ client to pursue compensation

Human Holdings Co., the school and health care company that has plunged 10 percent since disclosing it was a client of suspended AIJ Investment Advisors Co., pledged to seek compensation for losses from the asset manager.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2012

Will 3/11 prove social media watershed?

Massive disasters that claim thousands of lives and change communities forever sometimes also spur the development of radical new technologies, or new ways of applying existing techniques, that otherwise may have occurred more slowly, if at all.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2012

Former Mitsubishi UFJ credit trader to start Japan-focused hedge fund

Yoshihito Asakawa, a former Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. trader, will start a Japan-focused hedge fund in May that will invest in credit derivatives and currencies.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2012

Real-time online tsunami feed starts

Weathernews Inc. has started a new service that provides tsunami information online using radars that can detect the waves within 30 km of the coast and capture images of them as fast as 15 minutes before they reach shore.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2012

ANA may boost Lufthansa venture

All Nippon Airways Co. may expand a venture with Germany's Lufthansa after greater cooperation with partners helped the Japanese carrier double transfer passengers at Narita airport.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2012

Reve21 taps CEO candidates for IPO, global push

Hair clinic operator Reve21 Co. shortlisted four candidates to replace founder and CEO Katsumasa Okamura and prepare the company for an initial public offering and expansion overseas.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 6, 2012

Immigration 'informers' call on foreigners in Suginami Ward

C.W., who lives in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, recently received a notice about the upcoming resident law changes and was informed that an "officer" would visit him and other foreign residents in the area. He is concerned about the intent of these changes and wondering why "officers" are only visiting the...
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2012

TPP on agenda for ACCJ meeting

The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan will hold the U.S.-Asia Business Summit in Tokyo on Thursday and Friday to discuss major trade issues and U.S. strategies toward Asia, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2012

Okada to pursue casino project in Philippines

Billionaire Kazuo Okada, accused by Wynn Resorts Ltd. of making improper payments to Philippine gambling regulators, said he will "vigorously" pursue his casino project in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2012

Pedigree, big returns lured investors to AIJ

A pension fund based in Nagano Prefecture said it invested with AIJ Investment Advisors Co., whose business has been suspended by regulators, because it was run by a former Nomura Holdings Inc. manager and offered 7 percent returns.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2012

Berlitz loses suit over union teacher strikes

The Tokyo District Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by Berlitz Japan Inc. that sought damages from union executives and its teachers for waging strikes and causing substantial damage to the company.

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