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BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2010

Low-cost '21st century Corolla' to debut in Thailand

Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a low-cost car in Thailand similar to the Etios compact that will go on sale in India in December.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2010

Big Issue finds home; homeless in charge

The Big Issue Japan Ltd., a publisher that hires homeless people to sell its magazine on the streets, opened on Friday Japan's first shop managed by homeless people in a former convenience store in Nishi-Umeda subway station.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2010

LG ready to enter Japan full force

LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it is entering the Japanese TV market and unveiled 10 flat-panel models going on sale in November.
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 26, 2010

Recruit founder revisits a scandal that shook the nation

Remember the infamous Recruit scandal of the late 1980s that brought down a government, tarnished the reputations of Japan's movers and shakers and left the public convinced that the government was rotten to the core?
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2010

Four Fujita employees held in Hebei Province

China has detained four Japanese employees of construction company Fujita Corp., reportedly for entering a military zone in Hebei Province without authorization and videotaping military targets, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2010

The Icarus of currencies?

HONG KONG — My old friend Yoh Kurosawa just threw his head back and laughed: "How can you say that the rising yen is a danger. It proves we are strong, the world regards us as best."
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 23, 2010

Prudential Financial eyeing AIG Japan firms

Prudential Financial Inc. is close to a deal to buy two Japanese life insurance companies for $4 billion to $5 billion from American International Group Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 22, 2010

Daily deal sites tap into buying power in numbers

Flash marketing + group discounts a la Groupon catch in a big way with Japan's savvy shoppers.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2010

Harajuku's famed Kiddy Land store gets temporary home

One of Japan's best-known toy companies, Kiddy Land Co., has opened a substitute outlet for its flagship store in Tokyo's Harajuku district while the old shop undergoes major renovation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 19, 2010

English school Web series debuts

A group of foreign filmmakers in Aichi Prefecture has been working on a Web series, which are still unusual in Japan, by joining forces with 10 students at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2010

Lay judges handle pressure of Oshio trial

The recent court case of actor Manabu Oshio shows that ordinary people can do a good job judging a high-profile trial despite wall-to-wall media coverage and intense pressure to understand technical evidence, according to legal experts and the lay judges themselves.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2010

Exec pay corporate matter, Jimi says

Financial services minister Shozaburo Jimi said Friday that companies in general should decide their executives' pay, responding to a newspaper report that the government wants Shinsei Bank Ltd. to cap salaries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 17, 2010

Noodles stir up instant indie rock on latest album

"In the beginning, I had no interest in touring abroad," says Yoko, guitarist and vocalist with indie-rock outfit Noodles, who have toured the United States nine times over the last seven years. "Then in 2003, we opened for The Breeders in Osaka, and they told us, 'You really should come to play in the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Sep 15, 2010

Facebook is sidelined in Japan as social network battle heats up

In July, the number of active users on social networking site Facebook worldwide surpassed 500 million. More than 60 percent of Internet users in the United States have signed up with the site, and its presence has reached into almost every country on Earth. You might think that Facebook is taking over...
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2010

Xbox gets physical to win in Japan

Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2010

Judgment draws near in whale-meat trial

In 2008, two officials of Greenpeace Japan presented to prosecutors what they described as evidence of a Japanese whaler's embezzlement of whale meat and asked them to investigate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 3, 2010

J-pop diva Superfly has the classics covered

"It's really fulfilling to tackle a truly classic song with a beautiful melody; just to merely touch a song like that feels wonderful," says Shiho Ochi, better known to her legion of fans as J-pop soul diva Superfly, as we chat in her record company's Tokyo office.
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.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

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

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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
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