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BUSINESS
May 13, 2011

Surplus in current account shrinks 34%

The current account surplus narrowed more than expected in March as a record earthquake disrupted the nation's supply chain, curbing exports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2011

Nuclear energy at a crossroads

The choice Japan must soon make over the future of its energy policy will determine whether it will develop safer nuclear power plants, expand reliance on other energy sources or remain in power-save mode for decades to come.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2011

Hackers disrupt PlayStation blog

Sony Corp., struggling to restore online entertainment services after a record theft of customer data, said Wednesday its PlayStation blog has been partially disrupted after the website was attacked by hackers.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2011

Android handsets outsell iPhones

Handsets running Google Inc.'s Android software captured 57 percent of Japan's smartphone market last fiscal year, cutting the share of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, MM Research Institute Ltd. said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2011

Toyota predicts early rebound in production capacity

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it expects that its damaged domestic production lines will rebound to 70 percent of capacity by June, a month earlier than initially scheduled, thanks to efforts made after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami slowed some of its plants in the northeast.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2011

Asahi still looks to buy Aussie firm

Asahi Breweries Ltd. remains in talks to acquire P&N Beverages Australia Pty., a deal that was blocked by a regulator on concerns it would reduce competition, according to Asahi President Naoki Izumiya.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 11, 2011

Sekisui banking on big home-building boom

Sekisui House Ltd., the nation's second-largest home builder, will focus on the domestic market after expanding overseas as it expects Japan's biggest housing boom in at least 15 years after the March 11 disaster.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
May 10, 2011

Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Hiroshi Mizohata

Hiroshi Mizohata, 50, is the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency. A native of Kyoto and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, Mizohata entered the ranks of the prestigious kanryō, the career bureaucrats who control Japan's top-tier government offices. He worked in various ministries in Tokyo and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 9, 2011

The economics of scapegoating vending machines

Vending machines have become the symbol of energy-wasting this summer in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 5, 2011

Verbal wants to hit the reset button on pop

In the middle of her recent Japan tour, pop superstar Kylie Minogue surprised her fans by announcing a new song on YouTube. The song, written by Japanese rapper and producer Verbal, is called "We Are One" and is the pair's effort to try to raise donations for Unicef following the March 11 earthquake...
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2011

Pushing electric cars

Carmakers in Japan, the United States, China and South Korea have become serious about mass production of electric cars. Japanese makers are on the leading edge in technologies for motors, high-quality and high-capacity batteries, and electronic control parts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2011

Bright set out to lighten spirits

All-female vocal quartet Bright are putting their efforts into Action for Nippon, a charity that works to help kids affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2011

Is Tropical

Living in Japan presents obstacles for some music fans. Despite Tokyo being a major world capital, it can be costly for up-and-coming bands from the West to make their way here. Every now and then, however, an event comes this way that ensures locals can be part of the latest "buzz."
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2011

Orix renews $600 million credit line

Financial services giant Orix Corp. is renewing a $600 million credit line from overseas lenders led by BNP Paribas SA and Credit Agricole SA, said three sources with direct knowledge of the transaction.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2011

BOJ policymakers reject plan to expand asset buying

Bank of Japan policymakers Thursday rejected a proposal by a deputy governor to expand its asset-buying program by ¥5 trillion to cope with last month's historic disaster.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2011

Ares, Nomura in $2.5 billion loan assets deal

Ares Capital Management LLC has purchased about $2.5 billion in loan assets from Nomura Holdings Inc., according to two sources familiar with the deal.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2011

Sharp to make mobile screens at TV plant

Sharp Corp., Japan's largest maker of liquid crystal displays, will start making smaller screens at a television panel plant to meet demand for mobile devices.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 22, 2011

'Artists' Action For Japan'

Tokyo Midtown Atrium
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 19, 2011

Summer electricity shortage countermeasure: Make your own

Nuclear power? Who needs it, when you've got this free and safe sun and the wind? Right? Right?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
Apr 17, 2011

Bags of fun recycling old JTs

In Japan, English-language newspapers are great sources of news and views and such (some more than others, of course). But a new use for them has lately arisen, with patrons of mini-trucks selling baked yaki-imo (sweet potatoes) in upscale Tokyo office districts thinking it trendy to receive their hot...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2011

The enemies of a digital universal library

Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written. Then, in 2004, Google announced that it would begin digitally scanning all the books held by five major research libraries. Suddenly, the library of utopia seemed within reach.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 16, 2011

Earthquake relief: Little people doing big things

Prime Minister Naoto Kan took out nearly a full-page ad in the International Herald Tribune last week to thank the international community for their kizuna (bond of friendship), regarding Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11. It was a stirring tribute to those who have come together to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 15, 2011

Dance artists come together for Japan

Last Friday, at exactly 2:46 in the afternoon, the "Nihon Kizuna" bonus album, containing a further 34 electronic tracks from a range of producers worldwide to supplement the 50 tracks on the original album, was released for free online. As well as marking one calendar month since the March 11 earthquake...

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