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BUSINESS
May 28, 2008

TCI rethinks J-Power strategy

TCI, the U.K. hedge fund whose bid to increase its stake in J-Power was blocked by the government, bought shares in Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Kajima Corp. to get major shareholders to prod the utility to boost returns.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2008

MMC to cut workers in U.S. as sales drop

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will eliminate 105 factory jobs by August at a U.S. plant as it cuts production on slowing sales there.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Nippon Sheet sees 60% profit drop

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's biggest maker of car windows, forecast its first profit decline in five years on energy costs and falling prices in Europe, its largest market following its 2006 acquisition of Pilkington PLC.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
May 20, 2008

Anti-crime color balls

Dear Alice, I've spotted pairs of plastic Day-Glo orange baseballs sitting in polystyrene containers behind the counter at banks and convenience stores. My friend reckons they have them in police stations too. Can you please tell us what the heck they are?
BUSINESS
May 15, 2008

Sony logged record sales, net profit in '07

Sony Corp. said Wednesday its sales and net profit reached record highs in the business year that ended on March 31, suggesting the company is heading for a steady business recovery as its restructuring efforts take hold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
May 14, 2008

Nothing beats a good mascot for promotion

Last year, Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture drew more than 849,000 visitors, a 61 percent jump from 2006 and the largest number of tourists to visit the castle in a decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2008

Rain or shine, Disney's parade rolls on

Although a cloudy day in April, and a little chilly from the morning drizzle, the temperature seemed a bit higher at Tokyo Disneyland, where many had come to enjoy a new parade, "Jubilation!" created to mark the park's 25th anniversary.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2008

Death-penalty foe fined by court

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and fined lawyer Yoshihiro Yasuda ¥500,000 for obstructing compulsory seizures of the assets of his client by moneylenders between 1993 and 1996.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 15, 2008

TSE shrugs off pitfalls in quest to be a hit

It was reported earlier this month that Tata Motors Ltd., India's largest automobile company, plans to debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 10, 2008

A home in Tokyo

Brooklyn-born Robert Allan Ackerman first landed in Japan in 1990 to direct "Mystery of the Rose Bouquet" by Manuel Puig at the Benisan Pit in Tokyo. Several years later, the American became an associate director of Theater Project Tokyo (TPT), which was founded in 1993 by Hitoshi Kadoi and English director...
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2008

Service puts aroma into handsets

Cell phone users will test a new service that allows them to download fragrances, NTT Communications Corp. said.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2008

JFE, IHI to form top shipbuilder in Japan

JFE Holdings Inc. and IHI Corp. will discuss combining their shipbuilding operations to create Japan's biggest shipyard, challenging South Korean and Chinese rivals.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2008

Food to take bigger bite out of pocketbooks

A new wave of food price hikes hit consumers Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2008

New soy protein may give dieters a chance

Why do millions of people repeatedly fail to stick to their diets despite longing for slim, good-looking bodies?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 21, 2008

Then there were ghosts

Uraga Station, on the Keikyu Line, deposits passengers at the end of a narrow valley. The road ahead bifurcates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Mar 19, 2008

'Mochi' moffles reinvent the waffle

The love of rice the Japanese have may partially explain the recent boom behind the "moffle" — a Belgian waffle-shaped "mochi" pounded rice cake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2008

Back to square one after a lifetime of work

With spring comes the annual wage negotiations, when unions press employers for higher pay. These days, however, an increasing number of the workers at the bargaining table are themselves in the autumn of life — 60 or older.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2008

Steel raises Sapporo offer but drops goal to one-third

U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners said Monday it will raise its offer price for shares in Sapporo Breweries Ltd., the nation's third-largest brewery, to ¥875 per share to gain 33.3 percent of the company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2008

Warm reception may not await iPhone in Japan

Unlike much of the rest of the world, Japan is unlikely to embrace the iPhone, Apple Inc.'s Internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone, said Nahoko Mitsuyama, a telecom analyst at Gartner Japan who attended the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February.

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