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Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 10, 2011

Makers of roof tiles ride postquake boom

Makers of Sanshu Kawara roof tiles in Aichi Prefecture have been boosting production since the March 11 disasters to meet huge demand spurred by the reconstruction drive.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 10, 2011

Swiss tries to bring foreign tourists back to Japan, a step at a time

The undulating sea observes the solitary walker. A triangular bamboo farmer's hat shades his face as the infinite horizon stretches ahead, marking out his path.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2011

Bearing maker NTN expects windfall amid crisis

NTN Corp., a Japanese maker of bearings for cars and industrial gear, expects sales of the devices used in wind-power generators to exceed its target because the Fukushima meltdown disaster has spurred demand for alternative energy sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 4, 2011

Actress's inheritance saga plays out like melodrama

Sometimes the components of a news story fit together so perfectly that you can't help but wonder how much of it was engineered by the press. Actress Hisako Manda, a former beauty queen who found success in recent years as a cover girl for magazines catering to women in their 50s, is currently at the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 2, 2011

Annals of cheap: Kenko.com

Right now bottled water is cheaper than . . . water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2011

Contracts for rare earths shifting to quarterly basis

Japanese rare earth buyers are switching to quarterly sales contracts and looking for alternative sources after China curbed shipments, increasing prices for the materials used in hybrid cars and missiles.
Japan Times
LIFE
Aug 28, 2011

The best of his years . . .

This summer, my translator and I stood in Izumi Matsumoto's home-cum-office in Tokyo, where he had just been searching in vain for any original drawings from "Spring Wonder," which was, 27 years ago, the first manga serial he pitched to leading comics magazine Weekly Shonen Jump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2011

Manufacturers mull in-house power plants

Kazuaki Nagata
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2011

Spooked consumers snapping up cheap Geiger counters

Geiger counter manufacturers and retailers are offering more affordable models to cash in on continued consumer radiation fears six months into the Fukushima triple meltdown crisis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WEEK 3
Aug 21, 2011

Social recluse transforms himself into 'English Monster'

In Japan, studying English is, and has long been, a perpetual mission for many people, and there is no shortage of books, DVDs and schools touting newer, better, quicker and easier ways to master the global language.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 21, 2011

Emergency escape routes: Publisher maps the best way home

The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11 brought death and destruction on an horrific scale to a vast area of the northeastern Tohoku region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 18, 2011

Men look to shed a few years off their aging skin

The rough-hewn look might be on its way out as makers of skin-care products aim for the middle-aged male market.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2011

UPS resumes Iwate package delivery

United Parcel Service Inc. is resuming the remainder of its services halted in Iwate Prefecture after the March earthquake and tsunami.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2011

Venture to push 'anime' in LA

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a semipublic body tasked with enhancing the value of the nation's businesses, announced Monday it will establish a new firm to remake existing domestic "soft" content, including movies, "anime" (animation), TV dramas and songs, to sell them to Hollywood, aiming...
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2011

Honda ups India bike presence

Honda Motor Co., the world's biggest motorcycle maker, will expand its network of dealers and service outlets in India by 25 percent and introduce new models to gain sales in the nation.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 8, 2011

Unbeautiful yen's rise will help the economy more than hurt it

The yen continues to appreciate as Japan struggles to get a handle on recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the unresolved crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and the inability of the administration of Prime Minister Naoto Kan to implement policy actions to deal with the...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2011

Do we rate state-run companies as heirlooms or dear luxuries?

Conventional wisdom, except in China with its plethora of state-owned enterprises, has become that governments should get out of business. Business knows best how to run things efficiently and to make money, whereas governments tend to tie up enterprise in bureaucratic red tape, or so the thinking goes....
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2011

Nomura, Daiwa to slash jobs, costs as losses mount abroad

Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Japan's largest brokerages, plan to cut costs as the faltering local economy, Europe's sovereign credit crisis and U.S. debt impasse weigh on earnings.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2011

Mitsubishi Estate to upsize fund, target pensions

Mitsubishi Estate Co., the nation's largest developer by market value, plans to expand a property fund that targets pension investors to help boost its asset-management business.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2011

Sixth man apprehended over cash heist in Tachikawa

Kyodo A former gangster believed to be involved in Japan's biggest cash robbery was arrested Sunday in Tochigi Prefecture, bringing total arrests in the case to six, they said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 30, 2011

Nagoya's short-term office rentals brisk

In the wake of the March 11 twin disasters, businesses in Tokyo, including foreign companies, fled the metropolis out of fear of radiation escaping the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, boosting the high-end office rental business in Nagoya.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2011

Japan Tobacco buys Sudan firm Haggar Cigarette for $450 million

Japan Tobacco Inc. will pay $450 million for a cigarette maker that operates in Sudan and oil-rich South Sudan, which gained independence this month after a rebellion that lasted almost 50 years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 29, 2011

Sake sisters are brewing it for themselves

For most of its thousand-year history, sake has been a man's world. Even as recently as 30 years ago, women were forbidden to enter some breweries, but today's pioneering lady brewers and brewery heads are teaching the industry to embrace its feminine side.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jul 28, 2011

Fukulog shares its looks with Asia

Street fashion goes social on Fukulog, a site that's attracting attracting the attention of fashionistas in Japan and beyond.

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