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LIFE / Digital
Nov 14, 2007

Online music store helps Japanese music go global

You've heard the stories: The music industry is in crisis, CD sales are dropping year on year, iTunes is taking over the world, the future is digital, the revolution is here. While a lot of this may be true, music fans could be forgiven for some cynicism when all about them the music industry seeks to...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 11, 2007

Boy band's effort to recharge battery in solar debate falls flat

In the fall of 2003, the boy band TOKIO embarked from Tokyo on a journey to cover the entire coastline of Japan in a 1997 Daihatsu Hijet minivan that they had refit themselves with a solar roof-panel and a battery-powered engine. Driving in shifts of two, the five members have, as of the most recent...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

G.communication has grown quickly on M&As

Nagoya-based G.communication grp., the firm taking over part of the failed language school chain Nova Corp., has grown rapidly in the past few years via aggressive mergers and acquisitions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

Quick profits, yes, but merger mania has its share of failures

Mergers and acquisitions are making headlines as companies increasingly seize on consolidations to generate quick profits to reward shareholders and cope with intensifying competition in a saturated domestic market.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2007

Nova fall just simple math: it bled red

A 330-sq.-meter office with a double bed, sauna and tea room was where Nozomu Sahashi, ousted president of Nova Corp., worked as the language school chain steadily teetered near bankruptcy over the past few years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Oct 28, 2007

Design climbs into the driver's seat

Japanese automakers' attention to the style stakes is on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, but they still need to shift it up a gear.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2007

DoCoMo profits plunge 21% in half year as users defect to rivals

NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported a 21 percent drop in operating profit for the April-September period Friday, reflecting its loss of customers to rivals KDDI Corp. and Softbank Corp.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2007

NEC plans to build new power chip plant

NEC Electronics Corp. said it will spend ¥5 billion building a power chip factory to meet demand for semiconductors that control the flow of electricity.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2007

Fast posts 21% profit drop for year

Fast Retailing Co.'s profit declined for the business year that ended Aug. 31, due mainly to a warm winter and rising personnel, advertising and promotional costs, the company said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2007

Nissan eyes 2008 entry into Korea

Nissan Motor Co., looking to counter falling domestic demand, said Tuesday it plans to challenge Hyundai Motor Co. in South Korea's growing vehicle market by introducing Nissan brand models there next year.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2007

Aeon sees 55% rise in second-quarter profit

Aeon Co., Japan's second-biggest retailer, increased second-quarter profit 55 percent as net income rose to ¥15.8 billion in the three months to Aug. 20, from ¥10.2 billion a year earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2007

Toyota challenges Porsche with Lexus IS F

Toyota Motor Corp. introduced the Lexus IS F luxury sports car in Japan as it seeks to spur sales of the brand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 26, 2007

Tokyo Game Show misses Nintendo

This year's Tokyo Game Show was supposed to be bigger, but that doesn't mean the industry event was better. It was expanded from three days (one press, two public days) to four days (two press, two public) as Sony, Microsoft and third-party video game publishers played host at this year's Tokyo Game...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2007

Game makers in marketing joust at Chiba expo

CHIBA — Tokyo Game Show, one of the world's largest gaming events, opened Thursday with the participation of a record number of Japanese and overseas firms — an indication that the industry is ready to take advantage of a brisk market boosted by the popularity of Nintendo Co.'s Wii console and dual...
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2007

Rebate system must stay: KDDI chief

KDDI Corp. President Tadashi Onodera criticized on Wednesday a government panel report urging the mobile phone industry to end its marketing practice of offsetting heavy discounts on handsets with higher phone service charges.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2007

JT plans more takeovers from 2009 for overseas expansion

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the £7.5 billion purchase of Gallaher Group PLC, President Hiroshi Kimura said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2007

Japan to relax restrictions on U.S. beef imports

Japan, once the largest buyer of U.S. beef, will take further steps to relax curbs on American beef imports first imposed in 2003 after the discovery of mad cow disease in Washington state, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2007

Nation's automakers find small size matters big

Japanese carmakers are once more proving that small sells big.

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