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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Nov 2, 2008

EVs lead the charge on Paris stage

Gather a bunch of Japanese car journalists or engineers together for a chat on the current state of the industry and you will hear heated debate about design, downsizing, performance, safety and maybe even fuel economy. But for some strange reason, few seem to talk about carbon dioxide (CO2). You know,...
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2008

Mizuho cuts full-year profit forecast by 55%

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan's second-biggest bank by revenue, cut its full-year profit forecast by 55 percent because of losses on investments and rising bad-loan costs.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2008

Unemployment rate falls as fewer go look for work

The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell from a two-year high and job vacancies tumbled to a four-year low as job seekers stopped looking for work amid an economic slowdown.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2008

Nintendo trims profit forecast

Nintendo Co. said Thursday it posted a 9.4 percent gain in first-half profit but cut its full-year outlook as a surging yen undercut brisk sales of its popular Wii console and DS hand-held device.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2008

'Boy A'

When a 10-year-old commits a horrendous crime, whose fault is it? "Boy A" addresses the question but offers no easy answer in this painful portrayal of the repercussions of a childhood gone terribly awry.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2008

Oh's career sparkled with achievements as player, manager

Second in a three-part series
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2008

'Trash houses' tough to tidy up

A middle-aged man walks through the Tokyo neighborhood of Higashi-Nippori at dawn, dropping bits of food for crows and cats to feed on, ensuring in the process that a mess is left in his wake.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2008

Foreign workers are first to feel impact of economy's slowdown

HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. — Brazilian Stenio Sameshima came to Japan last year planning to make a bundle of money at the country's humming auto factories. Instead, he's spending a lot of time in line at employment agencies.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2008

SMFG to acquire 2% stake in KB Group

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday it will buy at least 2 percent of South Korea's KB Financial Group Inc.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2008

Nomura posts loss but expects gains via Lehman acquisitions

Nomura Holdings Inc. said Tuesday its group net loss widened to ¥72.9 billion in the quarter that ended in September due to losses related to the global financial turmoil.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2008

Mitsui unit looks to restart mining

Mitsui Mining Co., a coke supplier to Japan's biggest steelmaker, is considering developing a mine in the north in what would be the first domestic coal project in 14 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2008

Diversity key to corporate growth

Diversity management is not just about promoting women in the workplace but about facilitating corporate reform and raising profitability in rapidly changing global markets, speakers at a Tokyo forum on diversity and inclusion said last week.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2008

Flight fuel surcharges to linger till year's end

People hoping to travel abroad will have to wait until January for cheaper flights even though oil prices are plunging and the yen is rapidly strengthening against the dollar and euro.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 28, 2008

Head for the future

JEAN SNOW
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2008

Mori sees 'full-blown' decline in Tokyo housing

Tokyo residential property prices may be poised for a major decline because of excess supply and flagging demand, according to Minoru Mori, chairman of Japan's biggest privately held developer.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 26, 2008

Motel of Lost Companions

It was a foolish argument . . . the worst kind of argument too, over food. And not even food exactly, but over salad dressing.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 26, 2008

Memoirs of a modern-day geisha

BAR FLOWER: My Decadently Destructive Days and Nights as a Tokyo Nightclub Hostess, by Lea Jacobson. St. Martin's Press, 2008, 352 pp., $24.95 (cloth) There will never be a lack of visitors to Japan who want to share their impressions in print; and the stream of tears from confessional memoirs will never...
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2008

Japan Post sets eyes on real estate development

Japan Post Holdings Co., with $30 billion' worth of properties across the nation, will redevelop sites in central Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya as it turns to real estate as a new source of profit, a company official said.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2008

Idemitsu to cut gas prices again

Idemitsu Kosan Co., the nation's second-biggest refiner, will cut wholesale gasoline prices for a fourth consecutive week because of reduced oil prices, pushing down fuel prices that have already touched a six-month low.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2008

Film seeks to right Africans' image here

In Japan's "homogenous" society, foreigners who stand out tend to be vilified, easily associated with crime or other undesirable behavior, according to Nigerian film director Udyfrank.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2008

Sony slashes sales and profit forecasts

Sony Corp. drastically lowered profit and sales forecasts for the business year Thursday, blaming deteriorating sales of flat-panel TVs and other gadgets battered by a global slowdown.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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