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LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Sep 1, 2010

'Gran Turismo 5' gets Japan release date; Tokyo gears up for games show

Gentlemen (and ladies, too), start your engines. Racing simulator "Gran Turismo 5," has been given a release date. It will be roaring into Japanese retailers come Nov. 3 — a day behind its North American release date of Nov. 2.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2010

Low-cost airlines fuel competition

Japan's tightly regulated skies have been seeing some changes in recent years, with a wave of low-cost carriers from Asia entering the market and domestic budget airlines rising to intensify the competition.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2010

Health plan integrity

The health insurance plan introduced in fiscal 2008 for people at least 75 years old was unpopular at first because, in principle, premiums are withdrawn from people's pensions at the source. Nonetheless, the plan appears to have won popular acceptance for the most part.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 24, 2010

Girl idol group about mass exposure, fans

AKB48 has taken the pop singing idol phenom and multiplied it into a mass-production, mass-marketing, mass presence affair.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2010

Rival to offer iPhone SIM options

Softbank Corp., Japan's only provider of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, is losing part of that exclusivity as Japan Communications Inc. starts offering chips that will allow the smart phone to access another network.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2010

Going back to school for alternative art

A first-time visitor to 3331 Arts Chiyoda might be equally intrigued and confused. To the left of the entrance, there's a wide open space with only tables and chairs; in the center, a small booth with shelves stuffed with toys; to the right, a stylish cafe; and, around the corner, huge photos of expressionless...
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2010

Kirin cuts profit forecast by 27%

Kirin Holdings Co., the nation's biggest beverage maker, has cut its full-year profit forecast by 27 percent, as the company took charges related to improper business transactions at one of its units.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 15, 2010

Can robots be chips off the Bard's block?

Actors traditionally wish each other good luck before they go on stage by saying, "Break a leg!"
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2010

Ginza Mitsukoshi renovations near completion

Ginza Mitsukoshi department store's longtime renovation project is nearing completion just as the department store industry faces tough times.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2010

Softbank, Zynga of U.S. planning mobile 'social game' service

Softbank Corp. announced Thursday it will jointly create a new company with U.S.-based Zynga Game Network Inc. and provide "social game" services on the firm's mobile devices later this year.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2010

Toshiba returns to profit on demand for flash memory chips

Toshiba Corp. returned to profitability in the April-June quarter as global demand recovered for flash memory chips used in smart phones and digital cameras.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2010

PayPal plans belated Japan foray

PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market — the first time it has entered a region without eBay's powerful auction business.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2010

Southern All Stars frontman Kuwata sidelined by cancer

Keisuke Kuwata, singer-songwriter of the popular rock band Southern All Stars, has early stage esophageal cancer and will undergo surgery as early as next month, his management firm, Amuse Inc., said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 29, 2010

Fresh vegetables in heart of the city

O n Saturdays and Sundays, a small group of vendors sets up stalls filled with fresh vegetables and fruit outside the Kotsu Kaikan Building, a shopping complex in front of Yurakucho Station, in central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The Kotsu Kaikan Marche, which started in April, is the latest of a growing number...
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2010

Twitter users gather at Tokyo event for some old-fashioned face time

Some 400 Twitter users in Japan gathered to meet Twitter CEO Evan Williams at the third annual Tweetup Japan 2010 event in Tokyo on Friday night.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2010

First half saw car output shift into high gear

The nation's automakers on Tuesday reported sharp increases in global production for the first half, and for June in particular with Toyota seeing a 16.2 percent surge, underlining a recovery in demand from a dismal plunge a year earlier.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 24, 2010

A few ifs and thens, Kipling style

Have you ever given serious thought about what might have happened if Rudyard Kipling had lived in Japan instead of India?

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