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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 22, 2012

Crime-fighting concierge; "We Rent Out Families"; CM of the week: Daihatsu

Atsuko Asano plays the title role in the mystery special "Okinawa Rizoto Konsheruju Gushiken Yoko no Meisuiri Ibitsu-na Misshitsu" ("Okinawa Resort Concierge Yoko Gushiken's Excellent Deduction of the Irregular Locked Room"; TV Tokyo, Wed., 9 p.m.).
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2012

Mines offset China slump: Komatsu

Komatsu Ltd., the world's second-biggest maker of dump trucks, said appetite for its mining equipment in Africa, Central America and South America is offsetting lower-than-expected demand in China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 17, 2012

Should Tepco customers foot bill for nuclear fiasco?

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is desperately trying to raise prices to cover the drastic rise in thermal fuel costs caused by its triple-meltdown disaster at the poorly protected Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 17, 2012

Suteteko: Hanging out in underwear is a cool way to survive the summer heat

Picture this: A man comes home from work on a summer evening. The intense heat of the day has abated and he goes into another room to change out of his suit. He emerges wearing a simple ensemble of underwear consisting of an undershirt (sleeveless or not) and a pair of suteteko — which can best be...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 16, 2012

Rickshaws roll back into style

The trendiest way to get around town on two wheels without breaking a sweat? Hand-pulled rickshaw.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2012

Downward trend in drinking

When Japanese men cut spending on drinking, something is wrong. A recent survey of male workers aged 20 to 59 by Shinsei Financial Co. found that spending on alcohol has fallen to its lowest level since the survey started in 1999.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2012

Sharp's TV business to remain in the red

Despite its much-touted alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Group, Sharp Corp. is likely to continue drowning in red ink amid sluggish demand for TVs and persistent high inventories, experts said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2012

Rakuten's English drive

E-commerce giant Rakuten kicked its English policy into high gear last week, as English became the official language for the Japan-based company. Founder, chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani has promoted, or rather "forced," English to become the company's official language.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 7, 2012

The price you pay for electronic bells and whistles of businesses

The setsuden (power-saving) campaign is now in full force, as residents all over Japan are being encouraged to conserve electricity so there is enough to get through the high-use summer months. Even on my small island of 609 people, each household received a list of suggestions on how we can help Japan...
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2012

FSA to brokerages: Find leaks to Japan Advisory

The Financial Services Agency, as part of a government probe into insider trading, has asked a dozen securities firms to check whether they leaked information to hedge fund adviser Japan Advisory Ltd.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2012

NTT Data eyes overseas acquisitions

NTT Data Corp. intends to buy more companies abroad to help reach its target of averaging 10 percent annual profit growth over the next four years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2012

Use JGBs, not tax hike, to spur growth: 'Mr. Yen'

Far from tightening its fiscal belt, Japan should expand the world's largest debt pile to rekindle economic growth, said former Finance Ministry official Eisuke Sakakibara.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2012

Japan to become No. 2 solar market

Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world's second-biggest market for solar power as incentives that started Sunday drive sales for equipment makers from Kyocera Corp. to China's Yingli Green Energy Holdings Co.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2012

Nippon Steel takes $1.2 billion charge on SMI

Nippon Steel Corp., the nation's largest steelmaker, said Monday it will book a ¥96.3 billion charge after a drop in shares of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., which it is acquiring, cut the value of its investments.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 1, 2012

The land where sex fears to tread

No love, no sex, no marriage, no kids — such, in glum outline, is Japan today. It's too bleak a picture, it can't be true! But it can't be false either. If it were, people would be marrying, making babies and having love affairs. Instead, statistics reflecting everything from marriage and childbirth...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2012

Koshiishi scrambles to avoid DPJ split

Hoping to head off a possible breakaway from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi met Thursday with Ichiro Ozawa, appealing to the party kingpin to stand behind Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and shore up unity.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2012

Panasonic says solar panel production could rise 30%

Panasonic Corp. may boost its production of solar panels by about 30 percent next fiscal year because of government incentives, the head of the business said.

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