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GOODS

BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2015
As population ages, Happy Meals make way for hearing aids in Japan CPI reshuffle
Japan is conducting a reshuffle of goods in its consumer price index basket that will ditch items on the kids' menu in exchange for hearing aids to reflect changes in consumer spending caused by its rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2015
Slowboat to China: No quick fix for luxury yacht firm Ferretti
When Chinese industrial conglomerate Weichai Group snapped up cash-strapped Italian luxury yacht builder Ferretti in 2012, the deal looked like a match made in heaven.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2015
In South Korea, cosmetics are the new smart investment as heavy industry lags
Seo Jae Hyeong says he's started wearing skin foundation and facial masks at night.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2015
Wholesale prices rose for second consecutive year in 2014
Wholesale prices grew for the second straight year in 2014 on higher energy and raw material costs, but the pace slowed significantly in December amid the sharp fall in crude oil prices, the Bank of Japan said Thursday in a preliminary report.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2015
In Africa, a record year for slayings of rhinos
South Africa lost a record number of rhinos in 2014 as big animals across Africa were relentlessly poached to meet rising demand for horn and ivory in newly affluent Asian countries or to provide meat to fighters in the bush.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2014
Hong Kong counts cost of protests on city's core shopping districts
Hong Kong is expected to report a drop in October retail sales on Monday, providing the first broad look at the impact of pro-democracy protests on core shopping areas after demonstrators blocked key roads and scared off mainland Chinese tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2014
Hong Kong's luxury retailers lose sales as protests mar 'Golden Week' holiday
Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have disrupted business and hit share prices of luxury goods companies, ruining what is normally one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2014
Comfy life amid stagnation
While information and communications technologies have increased the conveniences and comforts of life in Japan to an unprecedented level, the nation's economy remains stagnant, partly because of the saturation of the auto market.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2014
Energy, food costs pushed Japan's wholesale prices higher in July
Wholesale prices rose 4.3 percent in July from a year earlier largely due to higher energy costs and price increases for some food items, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 7, 2014
Synthetics strike fear in the heart of world diamond industry
Diamonds are a girl's best friend — but only if they are natural.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2014
Food labs fight organized crime
At first glance the sprawling campus amid glorious countryside looks an unlikely base from which to wage war against Italy's most feared crime organization, the 'ndrangheta.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 18, 2014
Nagoya appliance recycling drive reaps success
The city of Nagoya started collecting small household appliances for recycling in February and announced April 11 that it had received more than 31,000 kg of machinery in just two months — five times more than anticipated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2014
'Ethical' gold mines tried in South America
Tucked between two desert ridges in southern Peru, Relave looks like any of the hundreds of ramshackle mining towns that blight the landscape in the world's sixth-largest gold exporter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2014
Low-priced 'generic' household appliances gaining popularity
So-called generic home appliances are growing increasingly popular with consumers who place priority on low prices and practicality over multiple functions and brand recognition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2013
Britain's charity shops go after the label-conscious but risk alienating the bargain-seekers
In the U.K., charity wardrobe chic is pushing prices up and putting charity shops out of the reach of poorer people, a reversal of the original goal of the stores.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 19, 2013
Green festival to push 'stylish' conservation
Recycling doesn't have to be unfashionable. In fact, the Tokai Eco Festa in Nagakute, Aichi, places emphasis on the theme of "eco-stye," a continuing trend where fashion combines with environmental awareness. Patrons can visit more than 130 booths that feature clothes, art and handmade items that are not only stylish, but are also made using environmentally friendly materials and processes.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2013
Misplaced pride in conspicuous consumption
Wouldn't you laugh at someone who paid more than 200 times as much as you did for a watch, and ended up with an inferior product? Some lawmakers don't get it.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2013
Abenomics isn't trickling down yet
Although sales of luxury goods are rising, only when all segments of society begin to loosen their purse strings can it be said that the economy is truly improving.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Dec 18, 2012
2012: The year in gear
From innovative cars and cameras to phone-controlled appliances, the best of Japan's gadgets and gear in 2012.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
May 8, 2012
Smartphones hook up with domestic appliances
The home of the future is as close as your smartphone.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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