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MULTIMEDIA
Oct 8, 2010

More Toyota hybrids on the way

Toyota Motor Corp. will introduce more hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric cars and fuel-cell vehicles to boost sales in the U.S.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 3, 2010

Architect triumphs in defeat

Kengo Kuma might be the most self-effacing architect around. His trademarks are not large monumental forms or breathtaking sculptural shapes, but finely wrought details such as elegant stone cladding on a high-rise tower, an unlikely pitched roof or a superbly framed view on a garden.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2010

Fiscally, Obama has had a rough summer

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Has the Obama administration learned anything from the string of fiscal setbacks it has suffered this summer?
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2010

Osaka governor woos away 40 LDP members

OSAKA — In a political move with possible national repercussions, Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto has announced that his political party, One Osaka (Osaka Ishin-no Kai), will field 82 candidates, including 40 ex-Liberal Democratic Party members, in local elections next spring 2011.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2010

Gillard has her work cut out

SYDNEY — With the Labor Party back in power by the skin of its teeth and with the Greens holding the whip, countries buying essentials from Australia should expect to negotiate more carefully with suppliers of coal, iron ore, uranium and foodstuffs.
OLYMPICS
Sep 12, 2010

Old thinking and alliances endanger G20

MADRID — The world financial crisis has served as a quick and efficient catalyst for the Group of 20 economies. The first three G20 summits of chiefs of state — in Washington, London and Pittsburgh — will be remembered for advancing multilateralism and coordinated global action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2010

Delta exec bullish on high-yen Japan biz

Delta Air Lines is upbeat about its business in Japan as new routes and the surging yen boost travel and help along the recovery in the industry, a top executive said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2010

Mitsui unit plans more China malls

Mitsui Fudosan Co. plans to open more shopping centers in China as the company bets consumer spending will spur demand even as the government attempts to cool the housing market.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 27, 2010

Expansion to 20 teams set for 2011-12 season

In a swift announcement that will have major repercussions for the future of the sport, bj-league commissioner Toshimitsu Kawachi revealed Thursday the bj-league's plans for the 2011-12 season.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2010

Kan chats up Ozawa's DPJ rookie ranks

Prime Minister Naoto Kan made a bold gesture Monday by reaching out to junior Democratic Party of Japan ranks considered faithful to DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, who rumor has it may run against Kan for the party presidency next month and hence seek the prime ministership.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2010

Claims of U.S. financial reform presuppose great leap of hope

LONDON — Champagne cork headlines were popping all over the United States the week before last when the Senate passed financial reform measures variously described as "a sweeping overhaul of the big banks" . . . "the biggest changes for generations" . . . "the greatest cleanup since the Great Depression"...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2010

Poll thunder Down Under

SYDNEY — Two untested political leaders with no new policies to offer but with lots of vocal thunder — that's how Australians view the current battle for Canberra. By election day Aug. 21, when every eligible Australian adult is required by law to vote, the thunder will be sounding mighty hollow....
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2010

More tax income needed: governors

WAKAYAMA — Prefectural governors warned Friday that the ruling bloc's loss in Sunday's Upper House election means more political gridlock ahead, and unless local leaders work with the coalition and the opposition camp to pass legislation and secure more tax income, regional growth and quality of life...
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2010

Getting serious on debt reduction

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's call for supra-partisan discussions on a consumption tax raise and the government's long-term fiscal management plan announced shortly before the G20 summit show that the Kan administration has become serious about reducing the national debt. As a deflationary trend continues,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2010

Lower summits of expectations

It is summit season. The Group of Eight club of leading industrialized powers held its annual shindig in Canada last week. That conclave was followed, for the first time, by the summit of the Group of 20, which accounts for 85 percent of global wealth and has emerged as the "director" of the global economy...
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2010

Nomura may delay Ashikaga IPO

Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's largest brokerage, may postpone an initial public offering of regional lender Ashikaga Holdings Co. by as much as two years, two sources said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2010

The G20's expensive party

HONG KONG — Leaders of the world's most powerful nations and a few less powerful hangers-on, like Canada and Italy, have just spent a few more billions of their taxpayers' money as they failed to devise a rescue plan for a world economy that is still perilously close to the cliff edge of disaster....

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.