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BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2008

Nippon Steel, JFE still eye Thai mills

Nippon Steel Corp. and JFE Steel Corp., Asia's two largest mills, remain interested in investing in Thailand despite the nation's political turmoil, Industry Minister Pracha Promnog said.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2008

Internet translation site takes a humorous turn on fathers

Bring up the subject of fathers with Japanese people studying the English language and you might find their locutions a little on the strange side.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

Toyota to cut production, models in North America

Toyota Motor Corp., confronted with its first U.S. sales slump in 13 years, will further cut North American production and may offer fewer model versions to lower costs, according to a company spokesman. Assembly work at the company's U.S. and Canadian plants will be suspended on Dec. 22, extending a...
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

U.S. urged to reduce its deficits, cut borrowing to bolster dollar

The United States should work to reduce its deficits to ensure the world's reserve currency remains strong, Japan's top currency official said Wednesday. "We want the key currency to be stable. We want the key currency to be strong," Naoyuki Shinohara, vice finance minister for international affairs,...
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2008

GM will sell its remaining 3% stake to Suzuki

General Motors Corp., seeking a federal bailout as its cash dwindles, said Monday it will raise ¥22.4 billion, or $230 million, by selling its 3 percent stake in Suzuki Motor Corp.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2008

SMFG, H.K. bank enter partnership

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Monday it signed an agreement with Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia Ltd. to cooperate in developing their businesses in China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2008

Missed emissions goals add up to ¥4.4 trillion penalty

Twenty nations including Japan, Italy and Australia may be releasing more greenhouse gas pollution than they agreed to under the Kyoto Protocol.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 15, 2008

Taking a structural stance on culture

It was at the groundbreaking ceremony of Osaka's Breeze Tower in the spring of 2006 that architect Yuichiro Edagawa met a German woman by the name of Sybille Fanelsa and happened to tell her about his cherished plan to publish a photo book that would introduce the splendor of Japanese culture and tradition...
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2008

Not all firms hurting in hard times

While the yen's surge and the recession may be battering the sales and profits of the country's blue-chip firms, others are making headway through the storm, posting record half-year profits even as the global financial turmoil hammers financial firms and export-driven manufacturers such as Sony Corp....
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Panasonic, Sanyo start tieup talks

Panasonic Corp. and struggling Sanyo Electric Co. announced Friday they will enter capital and business tieup talks to make Sanyo a subsidiary of the electronics giant to boost global competitiveness in green energy and electronics.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Free loans give Toyota edge in U.S.

Toyota Motor Corp., rocked by a sales slump that led it to project the biggest annual earnings drop in at least 18 years, may win market share with its ability to fund car loans as cash-strapped U.S. competitors seek government aid.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2008

Toyota warns full-year profit may dive 74%

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its group operating profit for the full year to March will probably plunge nearly 74 percent from the previous year as the global financial crisis slows the world economy and curbs car sales in the United States and Europe.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2008

BOJ may be unable to halt yen's rising tide: traders

The Bank of Japan may be powerless to prevent the yen from rising to a 13-year high, according to the world's biggest foreign-exchange traders.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Daikyo to cut jobs 15% amid slump

Daikyo Inc., one of the nation's biggest apartment builders, will cut jobs as its largest shareholder, Orix Corp., the country's biggest nonbank financial company, considers investing more in the condominium builder.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Great Depression different

In a bid to stabilize financial markets, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa denied Wednesday that the current global economic crisis is similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Skymark chief now top shareholder

Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo boosted his stake in the company, making him the majority owner of Japan's largest discount carrier.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Investor sentiment reaches 14-month high: Nomura

Individual Japanese investors are now the most optimistic since September 2007, Nomura Holdings Inc. said Wednesday in its monthly sentiment survey.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Nov 5, 2008

Bare-bones cube fancies itself as media center

Let's get small: Computer makers are pursuing a bloated form of minimalism. Stripped-down, shrunken machines such as the Asus Eee PC subnotebooks are the great new trend. Less is more and small is the new big.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2008

Ozawa takes to Net to woo young

Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa made a fresh attempt Monday to appeal to young voters and Internet users, fielding questions on a Net live talk show in Tokyo ranging from his choice in underwear to Japan's claim to Takeshima.
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.
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.
‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2
Excitement for Nintendo's next console is high, but a vocal contingent of fans are voicing criticism over the company's pricing strategy.
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.
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
By Hanako Lowry

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