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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2008

WWE's U.S.-style rassling brings pay-per-view mat dramas here

Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama was among some 600 wrestling fans packed into a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2008

Economy shrank 3% last quarter

The economy shrank 3 percent last quarter, the steepest contraction since 2001, as companies and households cut spending and exports fell.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2008

Honda's new fuel-stingy City debuts in Thailand

BANGKOK — Honda Motor Co. debuted a new made-in-Thailand model of its City subcompact Wednesday to meet growing global demand for fuel-efficient cars.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 9, 2008

Tatsuo Asakura

Tatsuo Asakura, 29, is a driver on the Flower Nagai Line, a tiny one-car train in the middle of Yamagata Prefecture's rice and wheat fields. Although it's the only form of transportation for school children and the elderly who live in farmhouses scattered around the valley, the dire financial straits...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2008

Mitsubishi gets Boeing on board in development of Japanese jet

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said Thursday it has concluded an agreement with Boeing Co. to receive support from the U.S. aircraft manufacturer in the marketing, development and after-sales activities for Japan's first domestically developed jetliner, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2008

METI plans to raise ¥100 billion from Middle East SWFs

Japan plans to raise as much as ¥100 billion from sovereign wealth funds in oil-producing nations to boost foreign investment that is less than a quarter that of the United States.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2008

Regional banks clear subprime hurdle but face bad loans

Regional banks evaded most of the fallout from the U.S. mortgage market implosion only to face a homespun credit crisis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 30, 2008

A Welshman's 10,000-km tale of Japan

What on earth would induce anyone to cycle around a country for six months?
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2008

Sumitomo, Barclays eye commodities alliance

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is in talks with Barclays PLC on an alliance to offer commodity derivatives for companies to hedge against rising raw materials costs, the bank's commodity chief said.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2008

Toyota, Honda, Nissan set July global output records

Japan's top three automakers said global production in July rose to records for that month, highlighting solid growth riding on their reputation for fuel-efficient models amid soaring gasoline prices.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2008

Seiko Noda: The time is ripe for consumer agency

Establishment of a consumer protection agency couldn't come at a better time, what with the current deterioration of the consumer environment, consumer affairs minister Seiko Noda said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 23, 2008

Reaping summer's rewards

In July, a package arrived on my genkan doorstep like all packages arrive at my house — with a thud. I could hear the postman grunt out a greeting before he shut the screen door behind him. I went downstairs to investigate the thud.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 22, 2008

Seasoned J-pop duo ELT keep it positive

"When I'm walking beside her, people tell me I'm a lucky guy," sang John Lennon on the 1964 Beatles track "Every Little Thing." Sitting comfortably next to iconic lead singer Kaori Mochida of the band of the same name, guitarist Ichiro Ito has had 12 years to get used to such a feeling. However, he admits...
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2008

Aeon Mall to build near stations

Aeon Mall Co., a unit of supermarket chain Aeon Co., plans to open most of its new shopping centers near train stations to lure shoppers driving less because of higher fuel costs.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes