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Yuki Yamaguchi
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2014
Firms revamp menus to tap fruit of Abe's 'womenomics' pledge
While pundits ponder whether women will answer Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call to join the workforce, businesses are betting on an increase in demand for pizza and wine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2014
USJ touts wizardry of Harry Potter to win Japan casino partners
As Japan edges toward legalizing gambling resorts, USJ Co. is counting on its cachet turning around its Universal Studios theme park to win a partnership with a foreign casino operator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2014
Uniqlo parent cuts forecast again after U.S. denim fails to take off
Fast Retailing Co., Asia's biggest clothing retailer, cut its annual profit forecast for a second time this fiscal year after suffering losses at its J Brand premium denim unit in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014
Japan's massive pachinko industry bets on casinos amid popularity decline
"Welcome!" two young women in shorts and Hawaiian shirts chime over the clatter of pinballs and J-pop music at the Million pachinko parlor in the Tokyo residential area of Suginami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2014
Calbee jumps on breakfast boom
Potato chip maker Calbee targets yogurt makers and food companies as it diversifies from snacks to Western-style breakfasts for Japan's modernizing workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2014
Rakuten exec takes action to help moms
Mie Kurosaka, Rakuten Inc.'s first female executive, returned to work at Japan's biggest online mall operator only three weeks after giving birth in 2002.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2014
Dealers hedge their bets on Abe's casino plan
For trainee dealer Taichi Yahagi, the odds of making a better living turning cards at a baccarat table in Tokyo are looking up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2014
H.I.S. eyes island off theme park for casino
H.I.S. Co.'s Dutch-themed Huis Ten Bosch amusement park along the Nagasaki coast is considering buying a deserted offshore island in an expansion to boost its appeal as a possible site for a casino resort.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2014
Kirin looks to hike stake in San Miguel Brewery
Kirin Holdings Co. said it is interested in raising its stake in San Miguel Brewery Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2013
JT seeks smokeless product tie-ups
Japan Tobacco Inc. plans to expand its range of smokeless tobacco products and is looking at tie-ups or acquisitions as consumers demand alternatives and regulations tighten worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2013
Ho set to roll dice on Japan casinos
Lawrence Ho, son of Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho, plans to invest more than $5 billion in Japan if Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. receives permission to build a casino here as he sees constraints on development at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2013
7-Eleven wizard, 80, to take on U.S.
Over the past 39 years, Toshifumi Suzuki has expanded 7-Eleven to 50,000 outlets, more than any other retail chain. Now, at the age of 80, he says he has no interest in retiring. He's got too much work to do.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2013
Rising cost of imports opens doors for craft beer revival
Naoyuki Ide is betting that a weaker yen will drive more Japanese people to drink his locally made craft beers.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2012
Lawson in talks to buy China store operators
Lawson Inc., the nation's second-largest convenience-store chain, is in talks to buy at least three chains in China in its first overseas acquisition as the company looks to faster growing markets to increase sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2011
BOJ board concerned strong yen 'taking root'
Bank of Japan Policy Board member Ryuzo Miyao said Wednesday the central bank is ready to take "appropriate" action as needed to support the economy amid worries that the yen will stay strong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2011
Salarymen stick with laptops over iPads
When Yuta Moriya was offered Apple Inc.'s 613-gram iPad by his employer last summer, he envisioned a future free of lugging his laptop around for client visits. He was wrong.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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