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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 11, 2009

Clearing up digital photography

Look sharp: In digital photography, cameras that are small and easy to use tend not to take good pictures in low light and to have a crimped dynamic range. A camera's dynamic range defines how much detail it can capture in shadowy areas of the picture and brightly lit parts at the same time. The better...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 10, 2009

Recession won't sour Valentine's

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and stores are geared up to cater to that special time when women give their romantic others a sweet treat and, in the Japanese workplace, offer colleagues tasty tidbits out of gratitude.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 7, 2009

Aso Mining POWs seek redress

Former Allied prisoners of war who were forced to work for a company run by Prime Minister Taro Aso's family during World War II said they were placed in extremely dangerous conditions with very little food or clothing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 7, 2009

Long-shot meeting, longtime love

After training under a dyer for six months in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, art student Satoko Yamagishi decided she needed a break. In October 1998 she went to Montreal, where she met Philippe Lavoie, a Canadian computer chip designer studying Japanese.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 6, 2009

A risky gift of myth for the audience's soul

It would be easy to sensationalize the work of Marie Chouinard, as many other critics have, as purely shock tactics. Her early solo work as dancer and performance artist in the late 1970s and early '80s was overshadowed by press coverage of certain risque incidents, including auctioning herself off to...
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2009

Softbank profit fell in third quarter

Softbank Corp. said its third-quarter net income fell 64 percent in the absence of a one-time gain.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2009

Mitsubishi UFJ looks at merging some units with Morgan Stanley

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. may seek to merge some of its overseas businesses with Morgan Stanley after buying a stake in the Wall Street firm last year.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2009

Daihatsu cuts profit

Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday it cut its full-year profit forecast because the global recession is dampening vehicle demand and the stronger yen is eroding the value of overseas sales.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 31, 2009

Car crazy and lovin' the fast lane

Simon Sproule appreciates the benefits of globalization. "The world has globalized so much since I left the U.K. in 1998 that I can get access to British media or Marmite on toast almost anywhere, anytime," he says, referring to the popular yeast extract spread.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2009

Nippon Steel to double output cuts

Nippon Steel Corp., Asia's largest steelmaker, will more than double planned output cuts as the global recession cools demand, President Shoji Muneoka said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2009

Citing high costs, Allianz to halt new insurance sales here

Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer by market value, will stop selling new insurance contracts in Japan less than a year after entering the market, saying the cost to cover guarantees is too high.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2009

Temps in manufacturing: Safety valve, but no net

A day before Christmas, temporary worker Yoshinori Sato, 49, received his dismissal notice from Isuzu Motor Co.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2009

Toyota introduces Lexus RX luxury SUV in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp. introduced the Lexus RX luxury sport utility vehicle to help attract customers in a shrinking domestic market.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 16, 2009

'Revolutionary Road'

There's something about American suburbia that American cinema loves to hate, or at least give a dig in the ribs. The camera will pan in on the clean, airy spaciousness and obvious signs of prosperity, but the next minute, terrible things are always happening in the burbs: man-eating houses ("Amityville...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 16, 2009

Japanese wine: unadulterated and ready to go abroad

The image most people have of Japanese wine is of the ¥500 plonk sitting next to the synthetic beer and sickly sweet chu-hi cocktails on the shelves of their local convenience store; of the cheap and decidedly dismal stuff of lost weekends and discarded personal dignity.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / STYLE WISE
Jan 15, 2009

Goocy and Gozi but no more Green

Genki at Goocy Goocy (pronounced "goosey") is the local answer to the Western "fast-fashion" invasion that has recently swept Japan. It's a pet project by brand director Harumi Fukuda and designer Mary Fukumoto of high-end label Triptych.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2009

Mitsui O.S.K. trims expansion plan

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., the world's largest merchant fleet operator, will reduce its expansion plans by 50 ships as worldwide demand for sea cargo shrinks.

Longform

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