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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 15, 2011

Tokyo ordinance a potential contract-killer

A prediction: if Japan ever becomes a police state, it will come about not by national law but municipal ordinances. And the war on organized crime could be the engine that drives the process.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2011

Olympus hid balance sheet hole with sale of growing unit

Olympus Corp.'s 2009 sale of a profitable diagnostics unit it spent four decades building up for what appeared to be a bargain price is beginning to make sense as the company admits covering up decades of losses.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2011

Daio Paper goes on TSE watch list

Daio Paper Corp. was placed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange watch list after saying it will probably miss its Monday earnings deadline, and could risk being delisted if it fails to meet its revised reporting date.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2011

DeNA buys BayStars, awaits nod to add its name to team's

Mobile social gaming company DeNA Co. announced Friday it has purchased the cash-strapped Yokohama BayStars baseball club.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2011

Suzuki suffers big India profit slump

Suzuki Motor Corp.'s Indian unit, which sells almost half the cars in the country, said it suffered its worst quarterly profit decline since December 2008 as a strike at a factory disrupted production.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2011

Panasonic to report second-biggest loss

Reversing an earlier projection of a ¥30 billion profit, Panasonic Corp. said Monday it expects to post a group net loss of ¥420 billion for the current business year ending next March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2011

Honda profit falls short of expectations

Honda Motor Co. on Monday reported second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates and withdrew its forecasts after flooding in Thailand crippled production in Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2011

Honda enlists Thai soldiers as floods approach

Outside a Honda Motor Co. factory on Bangkok's outskirts, Thai soldiers guide gravel bags lowered from a crane into a canal as guards stationed on the plant's plastic-lined walls monitor rising floodwaters.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2011

Top investors seek Olympus response, TSE probe of adviser fees

Nippon Life Insurance Co. and Harris Associates L.P., two major shareholders of Olympus Corp., asked the Japanese firm to respond to investor concerns about takeover payments that its fired CEO revealed, sending its stock price plunging 47 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2011

Samsung sues Apple to halt iPhone 4S sales

Samsung Electronics Co. filed suits against Apple Inc. in Japan and Australia to stop sales of iPhone 4S, adding to similar complaints in France and Italy.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2011

New Softbank lineup stresses need for speed

The new product lineup unveiled Thursday by Softbank Corp. reflected the intensifying competition among carriers to provide the fastest ready phones and network services.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Sep 27, 2011

Jamaica coffee, music recipe for success

Yukiko Ariga, 39, a Tokyo native, visited Jamaica, where her friend was living, twice on holiday because she loved reggae music. Eventually, she decided that she wanted to do something different in her life, so she went to live and work in the Caribbean nation in 1998.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 26, 2011

Will K-cars save the domestic automotive industry?

In the wake of the March 11 disaster, mini-cars come into their own.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 26, 2011

Time favors Tepco rebound

As the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station continues, there has been a mounting call in Japan to eliminate or reduce its reliance on nuclear power and to reform the regional monopoly enjoyed by the utilities, notably Tepco.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 15, 2011

Heal me: Spirituality businesses redefining "religion"

'Spirituality businesses' endeavoring to bring back that old-time religion, Japanese-style.

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