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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2008

Landlord's market: Tokyo office vacancies near seven-year low

Tokyo office vacancies fell in January, nearing a seven-year low, after rising in December for the first time in six months, real estate brokerage Miki Shoji Co. said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Feb 7, 2008

Playing by U.S. rules compels China to change and adapt

Contrary to the stereotype that China is "playing a different game" in its bid to outcompete developed economies, it has achieved rapid growth by integrating with the global supply chain on the terms set by major powers — in particular the United States.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

Namco Bandai cuts profit forecast 38%, eyes closures

Because of a slump in its amusement park business, Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. has cut its annual profit forecast 38 percent and will shut as many as 60 amusement facilities.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2008

'Gyoza' scare scuttles JT-Nissin frozen food ties

In a surprise announcement, Japan Tobacco Inc. and instant noodle maker Nissin Food Products Co. said Wednesday that due to the widening "gyoza" dumpling scare, they have scrapped plans to merge their frozen food divisions.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2008

Going after Google

The high-technology world is abuzz following Microsoft Corporation's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Inc. last week. The takeover is an assault on Google's dominance of the online world, and on paper the two companies make a good match. But there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the deal's eventual...
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2008

Takeda to purchase local Amgen unit

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Japan's largest drugmaker, agreed to buy the local unit of Amgen Inc., gaining cancer and arthritis medicines.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Feb 4, 2008

For Russia and Japan, bad blood not as thick as it seems

The great industrialist Henry Ford once proclaimed "history is bunk." But when it comes to international business, this wisdom does not always prevail.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2008

Tainted 'gyoza' fiasco to hit industry, food prices

The widespread poisonings reported Wednesday involving pesticide-tainted frozen "gyoza" dumplings made in China will probably hit Japan's frozen food producers and importers hard, as sales predictably fall and costs to ensure food safety rise in the coming months.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2008

Overseas flights boost ANA profits

All Nippon Airways Co., Japan's largest domestic carrier, said Thursday it boosted third-quarter profit as it flew more passengers overseas.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2008

10 sick after eating tainted 'gyoza' from China

A least 10 people in Hyogo and Chiba Prefectures have suffered food poisoning after consuming frozen "gyoza" meat and vegetable dumplings from China that contained pesticide, corporate and government officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2008

Major paper publishers start joint news Web site

A new Web site will be launched Thursday by the nation's three major newspaper publishers — Nikkei Inc., The Asahi Shimbun Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings — that will allow viewers to compare the content of their news, the publishers said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2008

KDDI third-quarter profit up 25%

KDDI Corp., Japan's second-biggest mobile-phone operator, reported a third-quarter profit rise of 25 percent as the carrier gained customers.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2008

China's Baidu begins services in Japanese

Baidu.com Inc., China's leading Internet search company, began offering Japanese-language services Wednesday, taking aim at major search engine providers Yahoo Japan and Google Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jan 23, 2008

Mobage-town a rising-star site of mobile users, but filters loom

Just when mobile phone users may have thought the worldwide proliferation of video games and social networking services into the popular culture left little room for radical new tacks, the combination of the two has opened up new avenues.

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