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BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2011

Mitsubishi Estate targets 17% gain in operating profit by March 2014

Mitsubishi Estate Co. is targeting an increase of 17 percent in operating profit in three years as it redevelops buildings in central Tokyo and expands overseas.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Jun 1, 2011

Sony's horrible year is not over yet

This was supposed to be Sony's year. PlayStation 3 sales were on the uptick and, back in January, the Tokyo-based electronics giant introduced its upcoming game handheld, currently codenamed Next Generation Portable or NGP. Then disaster struck, not once but several times. For Sony, 2011 is really starting...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 31, 2011

English magazines run gamut from poetry to prose, Kanto to Chubu

We received several additional English-magazine suggestions in response to our May 17 column, "Print is suffering, but English readers have never had it so good."
BUSINESS
May 31, 2011

Fujitsu to up car microcontrollers

Fujitsu Ltd. plans to increase shipments of microcontrollers used in cars.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2011

The market for babies: Britain abolishes regulators while France debates bioethics

Does India need a new independence struggle? The fight this time would not be against British colonialism, but rather against the United Kingdom's approach to regulating reproductive medicine.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2011

Voters versus the welfare state

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, by winning an outright majority of seats in his country's parliament for the first time since assuming office, continues a remarkable series of national election victories, backed by voters demanding at least a pause, and perhaps some reversal, of the growth of...
BUSINESS
May 30, 2011

Aston Martin leather gives Toyota iQ a luxury twist

Aston Martin, the maker of sports cars favored by Prince Charles and driven by James Bond, is departing from tradition with a city car based on Toyota Motor's Corp. iQ subcompact to broaden its appeal and boost revenue.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 29, 2011

The hot, sticky summer of our discontent

Last summer went on record as Japan's hottest ever, as the daytime mercury seemed stubbornly stuck in the 33 to 36 degrees Celsius range while at nighttime it usually refused to budge to below the 25 C mark.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2011

Rakuten to start U.K., Germany sites in Europe push

Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online retailer, is aiming to start full-service sites in the U.K. and Germany by the end of this year, part of its effort to challenge Amazon Inc. and eBay Inc. in Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 24, 2011

Super cool biz and signs of a setsuden summer

Signs of energy conservation are in the air but will it be enough to weather the power demands of summer?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 24, 2011

Cheap labor market will have to make do without Chinese workers

The flight of cheap labor following the earthquake may have a lasting effect on Japan's economy.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
May 23, 2011

Opposites attract in these kanji compound words

Some Japanese words are written with a single kanji, but countless others are compounds comprised of two (the majority), three, or more kanji. These compound words (jukugo) are not composed randomly; a limited number of patterns govern their construction, and today we will explore one of these: two-kanji...
Japan Times
LIFE
May 22, 2011

One of a kind: Bob Dylan at 70

Bob Dylan, the single most important artist in the history of popular music, will be 70 years old on Tuesday, May 24.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2011

Tepco suffers record ¥1.24 trillion group loss as president takes the fall

With the nuclear crisis pressing hard on management, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday reported a record group net loss of ¥1.24 trillion for fiscal 2010.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 20, 2011

'Freakonomics'/'The Red Baron'

Darren Aronofsky, whose "Black Swan" is now showing here, debuted with the cult flick "Pi" (1997), about a slightly mad math whiz who was convinced there was a pattern in stock market fluctuations that could reveal the markets' movements. As the film's hero put it, "Mathematics is the language of nature;...
BUSINESS
May 20, 2011

Renesas to strengthen chip production flexibility in wake of quake

Renesas Electronics Corp., the world's biggest maker of microcontrollers used in cars and mobile phones, plans to expand its ability to make different products using the same technology after the March 11 earthquake shut down a wafer plant.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2011

Fewer Tokyo condos put on market

The number of condominiums offered for sale in Tokyo and surrounding areas fell more than expected in April after the Tohoku quake raised concerns among developers that demand may slow.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2011

Hitachi Construction bounces back from quake

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., the world's biggest maker of giant excavators, said it expects to fully recover from Japan's worst earthquake as early as this week after the calamity halted factories and parts supplies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2011

BOJ chief sees only bubbles on horizon

With his nation's economy contracting under disaster damage of as much as ¥25 trillion ($310 billion), Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa is signaling that his biggest worry is inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2011

Asians fuel record rally in U.S. meat prices

Food shoppers in South Korea, Mexico and Japan are fueling a surge in U.S. beef prices just as demand is set to reach a seasonal peak this month and retailers including Sam's Club promote the meat in stores.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 14, 2011

Only chumps recharge their cell phones at home

All mobile phone service providers offer free recharging services at sales outlets, though some offer more than others.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2011

Shimizu projects profit gains on rebuilding plans

Shimizu Corp. is forecasting a profit jump of about 24 percent this year on the outlook for a recovery in orders for infrastructure projects including roads and bridges.

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