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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2009

Confabs show off latest in display technologies

As demand for touch-screen displays grows thanks to hot-selling gadgets like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Nintendo Co.'s DS game consoles, the technologies for them are advancing to the point that just clicking and opening files will soon be mundane.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2009

Lawson registers record profits

Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. said Monday its group sales, operating profits and net profits all marked record highs for the business year that ended on Feb. 28, despite the continuing recession.
Japan Times
LIFE / JAPAN FASHION WEEK
Apr 12, 2009

Tokyo hots up for autumn / winter '09

The length of a fashion show averages about 10 minutes, a short span during which design prodigies can be born while others fail, dragging small fortunes into fashion oblivion with them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2009

Ranks of homeless swell in Osaka

OSAKA (Bloomberg) Within two months of losing his job packing shelves at a cold-storage company in Osaka, Toshiyuki Miki said, he was homeless. He counts himself among the many people worldwide whose life has been turned upside down in the wake of the "Lehman Shock."
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 9, 2009

Kalivas goes 'Goemon,' Marjoli shines bright and Sistere makes Kyoto urban

Fantasy after fashion Tina Kalivas will get to see her creations on the big screen this May, as the Australian fashion designer produced the costumes for the new Japanese film "Goemon." The movie is based on the legend of a Robin Hood-like hero and was directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, who was responsible...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2009

Otsuka seen leading race to find TB cure

Hiroshi Ishikawa spent half of his career searching for a tuberculosis cure. Now, after a quarter century, he may have the drug industry's most effective weapon to fight resistant strains of the deadly lung disease.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2009

Toyota tapped JBIC funds to finance U.S. car sales

Toyota Motor Corp.'s finance arm borrowed an undisclosed amount from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation in the first quarter to finance U.S. car sales as private investors demanded up to 50 percent more interest for the company's debt.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2009

Toshiba, Sony among TCI's $1.2 billion in short positions

The Children's Investment Fund Management UK LLP, a $9.5 billion London-based hedge fund, has about $1.2 billion in short positions in Japanese stocks, including Toshiba Corp., according to exchange filings.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2009

Elpida offers to sell 10% stake to Taiwan Memory

Elpida Memory Inc. said Thursday it's open to selling a stake of about 10 percent to Taiwan Memory Co., which on Wednesday named the chip maker as its technology partner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2009

Nonbank giant Orix seeking state loans

Orix Corp., Japan's biggest nonbank lender, is borrowing from the government as more loans to real estate companies turn bad and the cost of selling bonds rises.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 2, 2009

Rabbits forced to fold amid economic crisis

The Seibu Prince Rabbits, an ice hockey team with a 37-year history, is the latest casualty of Japan's economic crises.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2009

Tokyo law firm is top-ranked M&A adviser

Nishimura & Asahi, which helped Mitsubishi Estate Co. convert Towa Real Estate Development Co. into a wholly owned subsidiary, was the nation's top-ranked legal adviser on mergers and acquisitions last quarter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Apr 1, 2009

TomoToday can broaden your social-media circles

The Web has been praised for taking publishing to new heights, but it's also pioneered new ways for people to connect and reconnect. In Facebook, Mixi, MySpace and hundreds of other large and small online communities, we're learning new modes of socialization.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2009

Toyota: Reluctant savior of faltering U.S. carmakers?

Ever since U.S. auto giants General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC began contemplating bankruptcy last year, industry specialists have been asking one question: Will Toyota rescue them?
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2009

DoCoMo buys stake in Indian firm

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Thursday it bought a 12 percent stake in Indian mobile phone operator Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. for ¥11 billion.
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.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
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.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
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.
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.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
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