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BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2009

Will Nissan's drastic actions be enough?

Nissan Motor Co., facing its first loss in nine years, will slash 20,000 jobs, shift production abroad, cut dividend payments and have a chief recovery officer oversee it all. It may not be enough to halt the earnings slide.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2009

Slush funds and tax evasion

Special investigators of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office have arrested the president of the Oita-based consulting firm Daiko and 11 others on allegations of tax evasion. It is suspected that a Daiko-affiliated interior-work company evaded ¥292 million in corporate taxes by not declaring...
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2009

GDP likely shrank 11.7%: experts

Japan's economy shrank at an annual pace of more than 10 percent last quarter amid an unprecedented collapse in exports and production, a report next week may show.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2009

Corporate bankruptcies up 15.8% as funds grow scarce

Corporate bankruptcies rose for an eighth month in January as the deepening recession weakened sales and made it harder for businesses to get funds.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2009

Nissan vying with U.S. firms for green loans

Nissan Motor Co. is the only Japanese carmaker seeking a federal loan under a U.S. program for fuel-efficient autos, competing for funds with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and electric-car startup Tesla Motors Inc.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 8, 2009

World Baseball Classic's controversial 13th-inning rule problematic

The Steering Committee of World Baseball Classic, Inc., has approved a controversial rule to help break a potential tie in a long extra-inning game during next month's WBC tournament, and it does not sit well with at least one Italian fan.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2009

NPA probes 19 over slander on comedian's blog

In a rare Internet crackdown, police have turned over to prosecutors their case against a 29-year-old woman and plan to hand another 18 suspects over for abusive comments posted on the blog of a 37-year-old Japanese comedian, police sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2009

Softbank profit fell in third quarter

Softbank Corp. said its third-quarter net income fell 64 percent in the absence of a one-time gain.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2009

Teens face DoCoMo 'encounter' site ban

NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Friday became the first mobile phone company to automatically ban customers under 18 from accessing suspicious Internet dating sites as the government attempts to crack down on "deaikei" (encounter) crimes.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2009

Canon records 37% profit fall, braces for more

Canon Inc., one of Japan's largest exporters, said Wednesday that net profit fell by over a third last year as a stronger yen ate into overseas profits and sales dropped for almost all of its products.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2009

NHK to launch global 24-hour news channel

NHK will launch Japan's first 24-hour international broadcasting service on Feb. 2.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2009

Nippon Steel to double output cuts

Nippon Steel Corp., Asia's largest steelmaker, will more than double planned output cuts as the global recession cools demand, President Shoji Muneoka said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2009

KDDI profits grew 49% in third quarter

KDDI Corp. reported profit rose 49 percent in the third quarter because of lower payments for handset subsidies.

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