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BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2012

Uniqlo splashes out 'suteteko' as summer wear

Uniqlo has opened a special counter for traditional "suteteko" underwear at its flagship in Ginza, Tokyo, with a lineup of more than 80 designs and colors intended to keep people cool this summer when electricity shortages may keep air conditioning in short supply.
Reader Mail
Jun 10, 2012

Energy costs of noise abatement

Regarding the June 6 article "A few simple steps can save energy": Here in the mountains of Shiga Prefecture, it never gets too hot. Yet, we bought an air conditioner and use it 365 nights a year because we need to sleep with the windows closed.
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2012

Sharp to cut debt load, promote Hon Hai ties

Sharp Corp. said Friday it plans to reduce interest-bearing debt and collaborate with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. on selling smartphones in China as part of steps to turn around its struggling business.
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2012

Olympus to cut 2,700 workers, restructure

Olympus Corp. said Friday it will cut 2,700 jobs and restructure plants as it seeks to recover after writing down assets following an accounting-fraud scandal involving more than ¥100 billion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jun 8, 2012

Wine Challenge brings sake contest to Japan

At 9 a.m. on the morning of May 28, the 40 judges who had been invited to arbitrate in the 2012 International Wine Challenge sake competition convened in the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association building in Tokyo's Shinbashi district. Conversations in English and Japanese floated around the room...
COMMENTARY
Jun 6, 2012

Europe faces a grim choice

Europe is at the abyss — again. Its turmoil is rattling global stock markets and stoking fear and bewilderment. The obvious question is, what's the solution? The answer is, there is no solution. Europe faces choices, some bad and others worse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2012

New FSA boss vows crackdown on insider trading

The new financial services minister, Tadahiro Matsushita, pledged to deepen his agency's investigation into the insider trading that has undermined confidence in the country's financial markets.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2012

Domestic output at high risk: Toyoda

Unless competitive barriers such as the strong yen and high corporate tax are eased as soon as possible, the nation's automakers may not be able to keep building cars in Japan, newly appointed Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Chairman Akio Toyoda said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Jun 5, 2012

Fighting peace for Taiwan

Four months after the presidential elections in Taiwan, there is a big difference when comparing the aftereffects of the elections in 2008 to those in 2012.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2012

Noda to tweak Cabinet to win tax hike votes

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Sunday he will reshuffle his Cabinet in a bid to win opposition support for his administration's unpopular tax hike bill.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 3, 2012

Time travel to eco Edo; AKB48 elections; CM of the week: Masami Hisamoto for Kao

June 3 through 10 is Eco Week on Nippon TV, so it is airing some specials emphasizing environmental issues. One is "Chotaiken! Time Warp Ryokosha Oedo-hen" ("Super Experience! Time Warp Travel Agency Oedo Edition"; Tues., 9 p.m.).
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2012

Citigroup selling fund for regional banks to hedge their JGB exposure

Citigroup Inc. has started selling a fund for regional banks to hedge against the risk of a decline in the value of their government bond holdings as the national debt swells.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2012

Fuji Heavy eager to discuss Toyota Camry contract

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga said the maker of Subaru cars is preparing to begin talks to renew its contract to build Camry sedans, the best-selling car in the U.S., for Toyota Motor Corp.
JAPAN
May 31, 2012

Panel likely to delay start of 10% price hike by Tepco

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s hoped-for 10 percent price hike for households will probably not kick in on July 1 because a government panel scrutinizing the plan faces no deadline for reaching a judgement, an official in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 31, 2012

Noda fails to win over Ozawa on tax hike

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, failed Wednesday during a meeting lasting 90 minutes to persuade former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa to back the administration's tax hike proposal.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
May 31, 2012

Perfume needs to walk a fine line on its path overseas

As Japanese pop culture is increasingly dominated by insular subcultural groups with little interest in what's happening outside Akihabara's otaku haven or Shibuya's gyaru mecca, the news that electro-pop trio Perfume had moved to major label Universal and made its music available online to overseas...
BUSINESS
May 31, 2012

Tokyo Grain Exchange to dissolve at shareholders' meeting, switch bourses

The operator of the Tokyo Grain Exchange, the nation's second-largest commodity bourse, will seek its dissolution at a shareholders' meeting next March due to shrinking volumes.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2012

JGB streak beats Treasurys on BOJ easing expectations

Japanese government bonds are set for a sixth monthly gain, a winning streak that beats Treasurys amid investor speculation the central bank will bolster monetary easing to defeat deflation.

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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.
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