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Yuri Kageyama
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2006
Nintendo hopes for console comeback with wand-wielding Wii
Nintendo brought the world the mustachioed plumber Super Mario and has sold nearly 200 million Game Boy hand-held machines over the years. It's also been coaxing the elderly and other video-game novices to try out puzzles and virtual pets on its DS portables instead of the standard shoot-em-up and sports...
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2006
Horie's lawyer says client being framed
The chief lawyer for Takafumi Horie, on trial on charges of inflating the earnings of Internet services company Livedoor Co., is accusing prosecutors of framing his client.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006
Future of Japan securities reform at stake
As the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opened Monday, a much wider issue was also before the court: the nation's tenuous shift toward a more freewheeling market economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006
U.S. beef ban over but it seems otherwise at stores
It's been weeks since Japan ditched its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but American beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here -- except for the five Costco stores.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006
For guitar-loving Japanese, it's gotta be American and it better be Gibson
The hand-aged Gibson Les Paul Special is a replica of the 1960 original, but an American master craftsman made it exactly the way the guitar would look today, complete with aging, cracked paint and dents from scuffs and scratches.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2006
Gentler ecological lifestyle, products catching on in Japan
A U.S. lifestyle proposal that combines consumerism with a bit of ecological conscience is proving a hit in this shopping-crazy land, where workaholic salarymen are looking for quick fixes for stress and thinking green is becoming fashionable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2006
Beef ban has Japan eating out of Australia's hands
Kenji Miyoda, savoring a bowl of rice topped with beef from Australia, raw egg and spicy sauce, believes Australian beef is far safer than American beef.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2006
Flat-panel TV boom returns Japan to electronics limelight
Just five years ago, Japanese electronics makers were in a sorry state. Profits were sinking as less expensive Asian rivals grabbed market share and prices for everything from computer chips to DVD players dropped.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2006
Toshiba faces major hurdles with Westinghouse
Toshiba's CEO had good reason to sound a trifle defensive about his company's $5.4 billion purchase of U.S.-based nuclear power company Westinghouse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006
Individual investors frazzled in wake of 'Livedoor shock'
Yoshikazu Tsugiyama is devastated that his Livedoor shares have nosedived.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005
North Americans to get 'manga' in Sunday comics
Charlie Brown, Garfield and other longtime favorite cartoon stars will soon be sharing space in North American newspapers with doe-eyed women in frilly outfits, effeminate long-haired heroes and cute fuzzy animals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2005
Fujitsu's 6 million yen robot enon set to help the lost
Lost in a store? Let electronics maker Fujitsu's robot help guide your way.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2005
Defying record companies, musicians look to iTunes
Japanese musicians under contract with Sony and other labels that haven't joined Apple's iTunes Music Store are starting to defy their recording companies by trying to get their music on the popular download service.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2005
New Microsoft Japan chief warm to partnerships, downplays FTC probe
The new president of Microsoft Japan said Wednesday the U.S. software giant will continue to invest heavily in the Japanese market and played down the contentious nature of the ongoing hearings with the Fair Trade Commission.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2005
Toyota chief says fuel-cell tieup with GM almost a done deal
Toyota Motor Corp.'s president said Monday a tieup with U.S. rival General Motors on fuel-cell vehicles is in its final stages -- but he promised to do his best to beat GM and Ford.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2005
Toyota chief says fuel-cell tieup with GM almost a done deal
Toyota Motor Corp.'s president said Monday a tieup with U.S. rival General Motors on fuel-cell vehicles is in its final stages -- but he promised to do his best to beat GM and Ford.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005
Market responds to 'clueless' Japanese companies
Tokyo stock prices have tumbled amid fears about the economic fallout from China's intensifying diplomatic and street protests targeting Japan as bilateral relations sour to their worst state in decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2005
Sony passes over brash star Kutaragi
Known as the "Father of the PlayStation," Ken Kutaragi seemed to many a logical choice to take Sony Corp.'s helm as it struggles to turn around its stumbling electronics business and regain its past glory symbolized by the Walkman.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2005
Toyota booming in world's No. 2 spot over U.S. rival Ford
Back in the 1970s, workers at Toyota Motor Corp. were taught to never turn down an order because good times couldn't be counted on to last forever. These days, Toyota cars are in such demand workers are exhausted just keeping up.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2004
Anti-Disney style of 'manga' and 'anime' appeals to Americans
Animation in the United States once meant Mickey Mouse, Snow White and Winnie the Pooh.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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