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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2009

Kimura Kaela "Hocus Pocus"

Is Kimura Kaela trying to bag Harry Potter as a boyfriend? First she dresses up as a pixie for the sleeve of 2006's single "Magic Music"; then a year later she names a single after Samantha Stephens, the foxy sorceress from American sitcom "Bewitched"; and now this, her fifth album, bears the name "Hocus...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2009

Franz Ferdinand ready for Fuji to rock

Barely a minute into our conversation, and without prompt Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson begins talking up the virtues of Japan
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2009

DKR Oasis former analyst to start Japan-focused equity hedge fund

Frederic Eechaute, a former senior analyst at DKR Oasis Management Co. LP, will start a Japan-focused equity hedge fund that trades stocks using its own analyst database.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 22, 2009

Google Books leaves Japan in legal limbo

For a long time, the Japanese publishing industry was in the dark about the Google Book Search Library project, the ambitious endeavor by the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant to create a vast online library by scanning millions of books. Google announced the start of the project in 2004, but...
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2009

Nissan plans EVs, hybrids at U.S. plant

Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the top seller of electric vehicles in the U.S., is hedging its bets.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2009

Fad diets, poor economy send banana imports to record high

Banana imports are headed for a second straight record gain this year, fueled by fad diets and households looking for cheap food amid the recession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2009

JAL faces more losses as retirees fight cuts

Takahiro Fukushima gets a pension of ¥2.7 million a year from Japan Airlines Corp., where he worked for 35 years. Two months ago, the unprofitable airline sent the former cabin attendant a letter asking his permission to cut it by more than 50 percent.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2009

Toyota leaning toward closing NUMMI plant

Toyota Motor Corp. is assessing the cost of shutting the California auto plant it used to share with General Motors Corp. and is leaning toward closure instead of funding the factory on its own, two sources familiar with the plan said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2009

New Honda chief hypes hybrids

Honda Motor Co. will focus on developing gasoline-electric vehicles, foreseeing that hybrids will replace other types of vehicles over the next 20 years, the new president of Japan's No. 2 automaker said at his first news conference Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 14, 2009

What do you think about this summer's round of cuts in bonuses for company workers?

BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2009

Market booming in digital publishing

While the market for print publishing continues to shrink, its digital counterpart is rapidly growing, driven mostly by cell phone users, panelists at a seminar said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 10, 2009

Gundam goes green

Starting tomorrow, prominent Tokyo landmarks — with their fixed steel columns and beams — will likely be feeling a bit inadequate as a new, mobile player is set to rise up and illuminate the capital's skyline.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2009

Sony CEO rebuffs Activision calls for PS3 price cuts

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer spurned calls by Activision Blizzard Inc., the world's largest video-game publisher, to cut prices of the PlayStation 3 because the $400 (¥37,000) console is unprofitable.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2009

Mitsui wins lithium Asia sales rights

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. said Wednesday it has won exclusive rights from a Canadian firm to sell lithium in Asia to meet rising demand for lithium-ion batteries for eco-friendly products, including hybrid vehicles.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2009

Nomura seeking partner in China

Nomura Holdings Inc. is seeking a partner in China to help it establish an equity underwriting business in the world's No. 2 stock market in terms of performance.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 5, 2009

Why Murakami's best-selling '1Q84' is worth the wait

When Shinchosha decided not to run a pre-marketing campaign for Haruki Murakami's new and highly anticipated two-volume novel, the publishing house must have banked on the book creating its own hype. It worked. The void soon filled with publicity and media speculation about the book's only available...
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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