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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2013

Yen's slump fails to stem corporate exodus overseas

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises that his growth policies will revive the nation's industrial might. For Takumi Tanaka at auto parts maker Uchida Co., times are worse than after the 2011 quake-tsunami catastrophe.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2013

Nippon Paper mulls power plant amid Abe energy push

Nippon Paper Industries Co. Is Considering A Project To Build A Large Power Plant In Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Which Was Battered By The Tsunami Generated By The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2013

High-tech hangers offer shopping tips

Normally when a customer shops for, say, a jacket or a shirt, it's up to the salesclerk to suggest matching items to generate a bigger sale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2013

Apple, Samsung looking to produce smart watches as Sony's time passes

With growth slowing in the $358 billion handset market, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are developing digital watches that allow people to make calls, check map coordinates or monitor their physical activity.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 28, 2013

African elephants pluck at Japan's heartstrings

Next time you attend a shamisen performance, neither you nor most anyone else there will likely notice the elephant in the room. And those who do probably won't have given it much thought.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2013

Weakening yen helps Toyota outsell GM for fifth quarter

Toyota Motor Corp. outsold all automakers for the fifth straight quarter as the yen's depreciation sharpens its edge over General Motors and Volkswagen.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 16, 2013

No resting on techie laurels

Only a few years ago, it was forecast that Japan's best growth strategy would be to develop environment-related products. That forecast was off the mark.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Mar 23, 2013

To survive, anime must adapt, but not too much

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first TV broadcast of anime in Japan, which kicked off with "Astro Boy" created by the "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2013

Ruling bloc airs tax plan, eye on poll

The LDP-led government outlines a list of tax reform goals for fiscal 2013 that raises taxes on the rich, scratches breaks for the poor and curries favor ahead of Upper House poll.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2012

British austerity woes highlight risks for U.S.

ANALYSIS
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2012

Fuji Xerox may miss target as demand eases

Fuji Xerox Co. may miss its sales target for the next fiscal year because of slowing demand.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2012

Nitto Denko counters TV slump with smartphones

Nitto Denko Corp., the world's largest maker of optical films used in liquid crystal display panels, said demand from smartphone manufacturers is helping it mask a slump in sales to television makers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2012

Kao hoping to double its business in Vietnam

Kao Corp., the largest maker of bath and shower products in Japan, is seeking to at least double the size of its Vietnamese business to ramp up overseas growth amid a shrinking population at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2012

Takeda exec pushing for more women at top

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Director Deborah Dunsire, the only female on a board of one of Japan's 10 largest public companies, says the drugmaker is just getting started in promoting more women to senior levels.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2012

Toyota's output sank the most in China strife

Toyota Motor Corp. led declines in Chinese production among Japanese automakers in October as the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku Islands led to violent demonstrations and a boycott of Japanese products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2012

For Hitachi, there's life after ditching TVs

Hitachi Ltd. is showing Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. that there can be life after TV.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2012

Investment in China off as feud drags on

After anti-Japan protesters in China smashed cars and torched dealerships, Koito Manufacturing Co. suspended a plan to triple its production in the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2012

Nomura taps new Americas execs

Nomura named Samir Patel and Michael Rietbrock coheads of the brokerage's equity business in the Americas to replace Ciaran O'Kelly as the firm recalibrates its overseas operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 10, 2012

Home centers forcing JA to improve its game for farmers

Home center Komeri has become a potent challenge to JA's farm-sector retail dominance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 11, 2012

Legislation's OK just start of long, rough road ahead

The countdown to raising the sales tax officially began Friday with the Diet passing the necessary legislation, but the move is just the start of a long road that still lies ahead.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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