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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2009

Hawaii holidays, Tiffany jewelry get yen boost

Mika Ueda, a 27-year-old office worker in Tokyo, and her friends had planned on spending the holidays in Japan. After the yen hit a 14-year high against the dollar last week, they set their sights on Guam or Hawaii.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Dec 1, 2009

Entrepreneur taps his foreign nature

Harry Hill, president of TV shopping channel operator Oak Lawn Marketing Inc., received a lot of discouraging comments from Japanese when he thought about selling the "Billy's Boot Camp" exercise DVDs.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2009

Exporters face 'breaking point' over strong yen

Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Corp. are among Japanese exporters that may miss their forecasts as the yen strengthens more than they anticipated, eroding their earnings from televisions and cars sold overseas, investors said.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2009

Dubai debt warning batters builders

Japanese construction stocks fell, led by Obayashi Corp., after Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said builders may not receive some revenue from Dubai as the nation's state-owned company asked to postpone debt payments.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2009

Toyota, Nissan up global output

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. boosted production in October as government incentives spurred vehicle demand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2009

Entrepreneurs lack serious support

Entrepreneurship must be encouraged more if Japan is to play a key role on the global stage, and foreign entrepreneurs are in a great position to lead the way, experts said at a recent conference in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2009

Yemen captors free engineer

A Japanese engineer abducted by armed Yemeni tribesmen Nov. 15 was freed early Tuesday Japan time along with his local driver, government officials said in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2009

Softbank eyes Asia for fresh content

Softbank Corp., Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator, is mulling possible investments in software or mobile phone content companies in India and Southeast Asia, Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2009

American Air's oneworld partners crafting incentives to retain JAL

American Airlines' partners in oneworld, the industry alliance that includes British Airways, are devising incentives to help keep Japan Airlines Corp. in the group. Each carrier is crafting its own offer, which will then be sent to JAL and the Japanese government as one proposal, oneworld managing partner...
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2009

Toyota gets stuck with NUMMI closure costs

Toyota Motor Corp. may shoulder almost all the costs to shut its California joint venture plant as the owner of the former General Motors Corp.'s 50 percent stake doesn't plan to help out, including with worker severance pay.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2009

Nissan Century moves into Chinese equities

Nissan Century Securities Co. is the latest Japanese brokerage to offer Chinese stocks in a bid to bolster revenue as local shares lag the global markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2009

JFE pauses ship-building merger with IHI

JFE Holdings Inc.'s shipbuilding unit, the nation's second-largest by output, said plunging demand will force it to prolong its evaluation of the merger planned with IHI Corp., 19 months after the tieup was proposed.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 8, 2009

JFW bucks the trend

For six flurried days from Oct. 19, Tokyo's ritzy Midtown complex area hosted a flock of excited fashionistas for the ninth biannual Japan Fashion Week.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2009

Toyota still in the red for first half but issues rosier full-year forecast

Toyota Motor Corp. reported Thursday it suffered a ¥55.99 billion net loss for the first half of the business year amid slumping global demand but forecast brighter earnings for the full year.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2009

More promising economic signs

Officially, the Great Recession is over, at least for the United States. That nation's economy recorded 3.5 percent annual growth for the third quarter of 2009. Japan is also showing signs of an uptick in its economic fortunes. It is too early to celebrate, however. The recoveries will prove fleeting...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2009

Lehman-stung Shinsei refocusing on Japan

Having experienced a record loss on overseas investments and loans to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., an executive of Shinsei Bank Ltd. said the nation's seventh-largest bank will now focus on corporate and individual customers at home instead of proprietary investments abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 3, 2009

Marriage ever-changing institution

Marriage may be an institution, but it's permutations have run the gamut from polygamy, a practice that dates to ancient times but is still allowed in certain areas, to the recent legalization in some places of same-sex partnerships, with everything in between.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2009

Halloween treats retailers' new trick

Retailers and sweets makers are cashing in on the rising enthusiasm among Japanese for Halloween, a Western tradition that has become popular here only in the past decade.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Japan and India to set up new consultation defense cooperation framework
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (right) stands alongside his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday.
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima is new head coach at innovative women’s club
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima and Airi Hisano train at Tachihi Sumo Club on May 1.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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