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CULTURE / Music
Dec 15, 2011

X Japan's Yoshiki seeks a second coming

The setting is an upscale hotel ballroom. On a stage in the center of the room sit two crystal-clear transparent pianos, facing each other, and a mic stand. In a circle around the stage, facing inward: an audience. We'll come back to them in a minute. An octet and backing band occupy sub-stages on opposing...
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 13, 2011

Fukushima rice in cesium limbo

Autumn is high season for freshly harvested "shinmai," the new rice marketed as a seasonal favorite in Fukushima Prefecture. But the farmers there fear their fare will go unsold because harvests around three cities have turned up excessive levels of radioactive cesium, prompting shipment bans.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2011

Sanrio buys Mr. Men character set

Sanrio Co. has bought the rights to the Mr. Men animated characters from Chorion Ltd., looking to cut its reliance on Hello Kitty, which generates 80 percent of the company's overseas licensing revenue.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 4, 2011

Global challenge of the big sell

THE DENTSU WAY, by Kotaro Sugiyama and Tim Andree. McGraw Hill, 2011, 310 pp., $28 (hardcover) Founded in 1901, Dentsu Inc.'s success in becoming Japan's top advertising agency, and the world's fifth-largest, reflects the nation's development from a sheltered, rural-based economy to an international...
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2011

Nikko Asset IPO plan delayed over Europe debt crisis

Nikko Asset Management Co. has postponed its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the deepening European debt crisis fuels global market turmoil.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2011

Noda apologizes for axed official's Okinawa gaffe

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda apologized in front of the media Thursday over an "extremely inappropriate" remark a Defense Ministry official made in relation to the Futenma base relocation in Okinawa.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2011

Honda planning to market hybrid Accord next year

Honda Motor Co. plans to introduce a hybrid version of its Accord sedan next year, President Takanobu Ito said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2011

Motor show opens with car firms facing triple whammy

The Tokyo Motor Show kicks off Saturday amid a variety of challenges facing the automobile industry, including intensifying global competition, the yen's historic surge and supply disruptions caused by natural disasters.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2011

Jobless rate up for first time in three months

The jobless rate rose in October for the first time in three months, adding to evidence that the postearthquake rebound is fading.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 29, 2011

Readers' tales: Beginnings, terrifying journeys and terrible ends

We asked readers to share their scariest experience or top spooky tale for a chance to win a Haunted Tokyo Tour or book of short stories. Here are the winning entries:
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2011

Investors driving up JGB yields at hasty pace amid downgrade worries

Investors are driving up Japanese government bond yields at the fastest pace in almost 11 months, and the move may continue before two auctions this week amid concern the nation may face a credit-ratings downgrade.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2011

Toyota puts pedal to metal with 86 coupe

Toyota Motor Corp. introduced its new 86 coupe Saturday, betting that the 200-horsepower sports car will widen the automaker's appeal beyond its best- selling Camry sedan and Prius hybrid.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 27, 2011

BayStars have chance for fresh start under new ownership

Last week, we examined the history of the Yokohama BayStars and discussed the impending sale of the Central League team and change of ownership from Tokyo Broadcasting Systems Inc. to the DeNA company, and we mentioned where TBS had tried to turn around the fortunes of the club in 2010 by hiring Takao...
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2011

Consumer prices fall for first time since June

Consumer prices fell for the first time since June, casting doubt on the central bank's forecasts for the world's third-biggest economy to emerge from more than a decade of deflation.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2011

Time to stop worshipping stirrers of stone soup

Last month I was in Kiev, speaking at a conference focused on entrepreneurs. I wanted to give a talk that would be of general interest but also concrete. So I started with one of my favorite parables.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2011

Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ to finance $1.6 billion Oman power plant project

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. are among five Japanese lenders hired to arrange a loan for Marubeni Corp.'s $1.6 billion power plant project in Oman.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2011

High yen, EU debt crisis crimp exports

Japan's exports fell for the first time in three months, indicating that the yen's appreciation and the financial turmoil in Europe are slowing the recovery from the disasters in March.

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