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EDITORIALS
May 13, 2010

Defending the euro

After 11 hours of negotiations, finance ministers of the European Union's 27 member countries on early Monday monring adopted a 750 billion euro package to defend the euro currency and the economies that use it. The package followed the 110 billion euro loan package to Greece approved last Friday by...
BUSINESS
May 11, 2010

Ford wins favor among parts suppliers, tops Nissan

Ford Motor Co., following its first annual profit since 2005, became the only non-Japanese automaker ever ranked among the top three in a survey of suppliers.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2010

Top trading houses upbeat on iron ore, coal prices

Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co., the nation's two biggest trading houses, forecast higher profit this year as surging prices for iron ore and steelmaking coal boost revenue from their energy and metals businesses.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2010

Nintendo projects 13% drop in profit for 2010

Nintendo Co. forecast Thursday its profit will fall in 2010 to the lowest level in four years as sales of its flagship Wii game console decline.
JAPAN
May 1, 2010

Government, industry join to promote luxury travel

From a helicopter ride to see the crater of Mount Fuji to an exclusive entrance to a renowned historic temple, luxury travelers demand rare experiences.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2010

Hatoyama's fate tied to Futenma

HONG KONG — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama chose to use his 10 minutes with President Obama at a working dinner during the recent nuclear summit trying in vain to bend the president's ear on the increasingly vexing question of the relocation of U.S. military base facilities in Japan. He did this rather...
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2010

Stronger yuan may help China take second place

China's anticipated move to let its currency appreciate may help the nation overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy, according to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2010

BOJ ups regional evaluation

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment in seven of the country's nine regions as the export-led recovery begins to gain momentum even as deflation persists.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2010

GCA Savvian to boost U.K., U.S. staff

GCA Savvian Group Co., Japan's biggest stand-alone takeover advisory firm, plans to increase hiring in the U.K. and U.S. to win more cross-border deals.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan