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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 13, 2010

Lawson 100 and the evolution of the convenience store

As a rule you don't go to a convenience store for value. The new exception to the rule is Lawson Store 100.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010

Fast fashion is on a roll

The meteoric rise of fast fashion in Japan and around the world has been the major style story of this new century.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2010

Spotlight on China's censorship

The battle is not over. Google Inc.'s closure of its Chinese Web-search site, Google.cn, and relocation of the portal to Hong Kong last month is only a skirmish in the fight between the Internet giant and the government in Beijing.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2010

Sompo Japan to focus on emerging Asian markets

Sompo Japan Insurance Co., part of the nation's third-largest casualty insurer, will focus its investments on emerging Asian markets this fiscal year, reducing holdings of Japanese stocks.
JAPAN / ARRIVAL OF E-READERS
Apr 3, 2010

Publishers don't see iPad revolution anytime soon

Many in the U.S. publishing industry feel Apple's release of the iPad, a multipurpose tablet computer with a built-in electronic reading device, will revolutionize the way consumers read and push the market into the digital age — just as the firm's iPod and iTunes did with music.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2010

Chinese consortium bids to purchase Tokyo Tower

When Japan changes from analog to terrestrial digital TV broadcasting from July 24, 2011, the Tokyo Sky Tree, now under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, will be the source of these transmissions for the Greater Kanto area. One big question that has remained unanswered up to now is what will become...
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2010

Retail sales up 4.2%, biggest rise since '97

Retail sales gained at their fastest pace in more than a decade in February as the economic recovery spread to households, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2010

Bangladeshi envoy heads home

Bangladeshi Ambassador to Japan Ashraf-ud-Doula leaves for home Sunday feeling satisfied with the commencement of "tangible and substantial" bilateral trade and investment relations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 26, 2010

Hanami plan for overseas guests

The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka is offering a special accommodation package, Hanami Stay, to attract visitors, especially those from overseas, who want to enjoy the Japanese spring tradition of hanami, or cherry blossom viewing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Mar 16, 2010

Political hopeful eyes tax law changes

Citizens of the United States living overseas of working age are required to file a U.S. Internal Revenue Service tax form every year, and if they have incomes, may have to pay U.S. income taxes, on top of any levies they also face in their place of residence.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2010

Mos Food plans 200 stores in China

Mos Food Services Inc., Japan's second-largest hamburger chain, may open 200 stores in China in the next five years, betting its rice burgers may be better suited to local tastes than offerings from McDonald's Corp.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2010

Japan's first Spelling Bee winner bound for U.S. finals

Students from international schools across the country competed Saturday in Japan's first-ever Spelling Bee, battling to correctly spell English words and book a ticket to the finals in the United States.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 14, 2010

Empress of ennui beloved in Japan

She was a caged wife with an insatiable thirst for love and freedom. She was a famed beauty and fitness freak. She defied royal protocol and was often at odds with conservatives around her, including her mother-in-law.

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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