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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2012

Toyota raises operating group profit forecast for full year to ¥270 billion

Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday raised its expectations for the business year to March, saying it now forecasts group operating profit of ¥270 billion on the back of rebounding sales in the United States and Europe as well as its cost-cutting efforts.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2012

DeNA lowers annual profit estimate

DeNA Co., the country's biggest social-network website operator, is forecasting annual profit below analyst estimates as costs for labor and software suppliers rose.
COMMENTARY
Feb 7, 2012

Capital pain: pay, bonuses

The recent international jamboree at Davos provided ample opportunity for the "great and the good," as well as the not so great and not so good, to enjoy gourmet meals and doubtless lashings of champagne ultimately at the expense of tax-payers. The participants also had time to exchange views on current...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2012

Americans seem driven to work more for less

Recently a friend confided over dinner that her job was "killing" her. I was surprised. She is a director of a midsize nonprofit that is doing citizen diplomacy work in the Middle East, and she has often remarked on how gratifying it is to be involved in a program that brings historical enemies face...
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2012

Workplace 'power harassment'

A labor ministry panel has at last addressed one of the biggest problems in the Japanese workplace — power harassment. The ministry's definitions and proposals were contained in a report aimed at preventing and resolving the problem. Considering that the number of consultations about power harassment...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Feb 5, 2012

Mickey Curtis: from rocker to 'Robo-G'

The pioneers of the rock 'n' roll era on both sides of the Atlantic have now largely faded from the show-business scene — which is hardly surprising, given that those still strutting their stuff are in their 70s and 80s, and even "The King" himself, Elvis Presley, who died in 1977, would be 77 today....
CULTURE / Books
Feb 5, 2012

Nuclear crisis given lightweight treatment

JAPAN'S NUCLEAR CRISIS: The Routes of Responsibility, by Susan Carpenter. Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, 248 pp., $90 (hardcover) Alas, this very important subject gets short shrift in this misleadingly titled, hastily cobbled together assessment of the causes and consequences of the accident at the Fukushima...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 4, 2012

2011 — a year electronics makers want to forget

Major domestic electronics makers have had a rough year, with many this week projecting massive group net losses for the year to March because of the strong yen, natural disasters at home and abroad, and the sputtering global economy.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2012

TSE glitch no payday for platforms

Japan's alternative trading platforms missed out on a potential payday as regulators stopped them from fielding orders when a computer error caused the biggest trading disruption in six years Thursday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 3, 2012

Geary has Yokohama in gear halfway through season

Among the league's four expansion teams, the Yokohama B-Corsairs have the best record (14-14) entering February.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 3, 2012

'The Hunter' / 'Poetry'

One of cinema's most constant motifs is the flawed, morally corrupt character who in the last reel listens to his conscience and decides to do the right thing. There's a good reason for this: Audiences know all too well how easy it is to be a "good German," and desperately wish it weren't so. You often...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2012

DoCoMo to market Disney-themed smartphones from end of month

NTT DoCoMo Inc. and The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled smartphones featuring Disney brand characters and services that target women and families with small children.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2012

Privacy and Net cafes — a tale of two cities

Kazushi Takahashi, a 22-year-old student in Tokyo, likes the privacy provided by closed individual rooms in Internet cafes, where he can surf the Web, play online games and read manga.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jan 31, 2012

International vs. Japanese school: Which is top of class for mixed kids?

Some readers' thoughts on the dueling Jan. 10 Zeit Gist columns by Charles Lewis ("Local Japanese school is the obvious choice if you want your child to fit in") and Lisa Jardine ("International education a triple-A investment in your child's — and Japan's — future"):
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 31, 2012

Tsutaya's newest media center suits silver market to a T

To many Japanese, the name "Tsutaya" will bring to mind one very clear image: neon lights, blue-and-yellow signage, bestselling J-pop albums and late-night DVD rentals.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 29, 2012

In disparity-ridden Japan, don't mind the gaps — just get out of them

This is a nation of gaps.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 29, 2012

Unconventional thinking is the way forward for Japan

Yubari, Hokkaido, claims several distinctions, few of them enviable. It is Japan's only bankrupt city, and also its most elderly. Forty-one percent of its sagging population of 13,000 (down from 117,000 50 years ago) is aged 65 or over. That's of nationwide significance because within 40 years, Japan,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2012

Uniqlo's bet on tennis ace Nishikori pays off

Kei Nishikori's historic run at the Australian Open generated a torrent of publicity for his sponsor, Fast Retailing Co., but Sony Corp. and Adidas AG both missed out after declining to renew endorsement deals with Japan's top tennis player.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2012

Companies connect with free mobile apps

With mobile apps, both clever and practical, innovative companies glom onto fans and potential customers.

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