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BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2009

Shinhan to incorporate in Japan

Shinhan Bank, South Korea's second-biggest lender, plans to open a locally incorporated unit in Japan during the quarter starting July 1.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 28, 2009

Women, know your place: some readers' responses

Following are readers' responses to Kris Kosaka's March 31 Zeit Gist article, "Women, know your place":
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2009

NEC, Renesas agree to merge in '10

NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. agreed Monday to merge in a deal that may create Japan's largest chip maker.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 25, 2009

Environmentalist David Suzuki has words of warning for ancestral homeland

Long before baseball's Ichiro moved to the northwest coast of the United States of America, another Suzuki had made a name for himself higher up, across the border in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. David Suzuki, environmentalist, scientist, TV producer and writer, was voted, in a nationwide poll in 2004,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 24, 2009

La Machine invades Yokohama!

"You know 'e is a crazy man," Fredette, a feisty, flame- haired assistant, warns in a French accent as she hands over a yellow hard hat. "A mad man. Un fou. And very, very busy. You must be quick."
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 23, 2009

Stylish ways to organize clutter, keep time, track burned calories and send letters

A stylish plug
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2009

Cheap jeans fitting well in recession

Nobody can ever have too many pairs of jeans, and thus the philosophy of GOV Retailing is to make them available on the cheap — a notion that is paying off for the new g.u. chain.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2009

Nippon Yusen cuts expansion

Nippon Yusen K.K., Japan's largest shipping line, will slash fleet expansion plans by 10 percent as it scraps some ships and returns others to owners amid slumping demand for transporting cars and containers.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2009

Managers and overtime

A recent compromise mediated by the Tokyo High Court settled an important issue of overtime pay. McDonald's Corporation Japan agreed to pay ¥10 million to a worker who filed for correct compensation for his position. The case was an important milestone for employees long accustomed to unpaid overtime....
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2009

SMFG's woes bad sign for banks

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s unexpected $3.9 billion loss and plans to seek capital are adding to evidence that Japan's biggest banks may struggle to weather the deepening recession.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2009

Japan Web site a life-time labor of love

When Stefan Schauwecker first launched japan-guide.com in 1996 while still a student in Canada, the Web site only featured an A to Z section on Japanese culture — "just a basic intro to Japan, a guide to look up cultural stuff and a little bit of history," the Swiss native recalled.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2009

Moody's cuts Mizuho's ratings

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., which has raised $4.4 billion in capital since December, is under pressure to tap investors again after Moody's Investors Service cut its credit ratings.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2009

Japan's hedge funds sparkle with 'hidden jewels'

Hideki Wakabayashi sat through 500 meetings with company executives before settling on the stocks that produced a 13 percent advance last year for the long-short equity hedge fund he runs at Tokyo-based Finnowave Investments.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2009

MMC ready to ramp up output of i MiEV

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will increase production of its new electric vehicle if the first 2,000 orders are quickly filled, a spokesman said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 3, 2009

Swords and slapstick

In Los Angeles last week, the showdown in the World Baseball Classic between Japan's "Samurai" and their South Korean rivals had TV audiences gripped. So, too, were those at Saitama Arts Theater, who witnessed an acting duel between 26-year-olds Tatsuya Fujiwara and Shun Oguri in "Musashi," a hilarious...
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2009

Citigroup taking bids for Nikko Asset; Mizuho interested: sources

Citigroup Inc., the recipient of three U.S. government bailouts, is seeking bidders for its Japanese asset management unit, four sources said.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2009

Pioneer persuades 773 to leave

Pioneer Corp. said Wednesday that 773 employees have accepted offers to quit at two factories.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Apr 1, 2009

TomoToday can broaden your social-media circles

The Web has been praised for taking publishing to new heights, but it's also pioneered new ways for people to connect and reconnect. In Facebook, Mixi, MySpace and hundreds of other large and small online communities, we're learning new modes of socialization.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2009

Crashing demand in U.S., Europe drives down auto output 56%

Toyota Motor Corp. led a 56 percent decline in February vehicle production by Japanese automakers because of slumping demand in the U.S. and Europe, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Monday.

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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