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Japan Times
LIFE / CLOSE-UP
Aug 2, 2009

Sokun Tsushimoto: Caring for body and soul

With his shaven head, straight back and deep, calming voice, Sokun Tsushimoto, a newly qualified physician who started practicing at a Tokyo clinic in April, clearly betrays evidence of his long and rich life experience.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2009

Industrial output climbs 2.4% as surge enters fourth month

Factory output rose for the fourth straight month in June as hopeful manufacturers boosted production to meet an uptick in global demand from depressed levels, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday in a closely watched monthly report.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Nomura posts first quarterly profit since '07

Nomura Holdings Inc. posted on Wednesday its first quarterly profit since 2007 as a stock market revival boosted trading and investment banking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 30, 2009

Summertime designs run hot and cool

Recovered crests
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Sompo Insurance, Nipponkoa to merge as premiums wane

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and Nipponkoa Insurance Co. will merge to create an insurer with a market value of ¥1 trillion as declining car sales and the aging population cut demand for their products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2009

Toshiba's first-quarter loss widens as semiconductor slump continues

Toshiba Corp. said its first-quarter net loss widened because of deteriorating earnings at its semiconductor business.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2009

Lotte finds Fit's what kids choose to chew

Fit's, a new gum on the market, is selling like hot cakes and beyond the expectations of manufacturer Lotte Co. and its rivals in the industry.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2009

Worldwide public aid will make electric vehicles profitable: Nissan

Nissan Motor Co. said the financial support it has received from governments worldwide will ensure the profitability of its electric vehicle program.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2009

Nippon Yusen, K-Line foresee losses

Nippon Yusen K.K. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan's largest and third-largest shipping lines, forecast full-year losses Monday as the recession slashes U.S. and European demand for container freight.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2009

U.S. and India moving forward

One of the enduring legacies of former President George W. Bush is the relationship he forged between the United States and India. That effort, driven by moral and geostrategic imperatives, enabled two of the world's largest democracies to overcome decades of rancor.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2009

Kimura Kaela "Hocus Pocus"

Is Kimura Kaela trying to bag Harry Potter as a boyfriend? First she dresses up as a pixie for the sleeve of 2006's single "Magic Music"; then a year later she names a single after Samantha Stephens, the foxy sorceress from American sitcom "Bewitched"; and now this, her fifth album, bears the name "Hocus...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2009

Franz Ferdinand ready for Fuji to rock

Barely a minute into our conversation, and without prompt Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson begins talking up the virtues of Japan
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2009

DKR Oasis former analyst to start Japan-focused equity hedge fund

Frederic Eechaute, a former senior analyst at DKR Oasis Management Co. LP, will start a Japan-focused equity hedge fund that trades stocks using its own analyst database.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 22, 2009

Google Books leaves Japan in legal limbo

For a long time, the Japanese publishing industry was in the dark about the Google Book Search Library project, the ambitious endeavor by the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant to create a vast online library by scanning millions of books. Google announced the start of the project in 2004, but...
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2009

Nissan plans EVs, hybrids at U.S. plant

Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the top seller of electric vehicles in the U.S., is hedging its bets.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2009

Fad diets, poor economy send banana imports to record high

Banana imports are headed for a second straight record gain this year, fueled by fad diets and households looking for cheap food amid the recession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2009

JAL faces more losses as retirees fight cuts

Takahiro Fukushima gets a pension of ¥2.7 million a year from Japan Airlines Corp., where he worked for 35 years. Two months ago, the unprofitable airline sent the former cabin attendant a letter asking his permission to cut it by more than 50 percent.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2009

Toyota leaning toward closing NUMMI plant

Toyota Motor Corp. is assessing the cost of shutting the California auto plant it used to share with General Motors Corp. and is leaning toward closure instead of funding the factory on its own, two sources familiar with the plan said.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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