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First Carl’s Jr. opens in Tokyo’s Akihabara District, Massive Line-up Ensues

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
Does Carl’s Jr. have what it takes to survive the grand-opening frenzy that every American fast food chain enjoys in Japan? We wait in line four hours to find out.
Perhaps influenced by the weak footing of McDonald’s last year, it seems a steady stream of US franchises such as Taco ...

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Lotte Shareholders Vote Against Chairman’s Brother

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Bloomberg
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Shareholders of Tokyo-based Lotte Holdings Co., a key unit of South Korean-Japanese retail conglomerate Lotte Group, voted to oppose a measure to remove Chairman Shin Dong Bin (Akio Shigemitsu) at an extraordinary general meeting on Sunday.
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ANA Sees 30 Years of Overseas Flights

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Mitsuhiko Totsuka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
All Nippon Airways — which marked on Thursday 30 years since it launched regular international flights — is expected to surpass Japan Airlines in terms of overseas flight passenger numbers for fiscal 2015.
ANA has been in good s...

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Sports Authority Stumbles As Online Shops Surge

  • Category:Shopping
THE JAPAN TIMES
 
By Marcy Gordon / The Associated Press
Fans coveting their favorite team’s jersey with the personal touch of their name on the back are flocking online, likely not to the sports store at their local mall. Consumer habits are evolving. That looks to be one of the developments beh...

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Driverless Taxi Start-up Eyes Partnerships With Automakers

  • Category:Driving
JAPAN TODAY
 
FUJISAWA — Japan’s Robot Taxi aims to forge partnerships with carmakers to develop a driverless taxi service in time for the 2020 Olympics, the technology company said, holding its first tests on public roads and joining a global race to develop self-driving cars.
The joint venture ...

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Ups & Downs / Yoshiaki Kawashima, President of Mi Cafeto Co. / Pursuit of Great Coffee Began in Latin America

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The career of Mi Cafeto Co. President Yoshiaki Kawashima, 59, as a coffee distributor has been built through his unique experiences in Latin America. The following are excerpts from an interview with the man now known as a “coffee hunter,” which was conducted ...

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Nissan To Buy Back Shares For Up To Y400 Bil

  • Category:Driving
JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO — Japanese car maker Nissan says it will buy back up to 400 billion yen worth of its own shares by the end of the year.
The operation, announced after a board meeting, will start on Monday and run until December 22, it said.
The buyback will not lead to any “material change”...

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Nintendo Halves Profit Forecast On Strong Yen

  • Category:Shopping
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Video game giant Nintendo on Friday chopped its full-year net profit forecast in half, saying slowing sales and a recent pick up in the Japanese currency were eating into its bottom line.
The Kyoto-based company said it now expected to eke out a 17 billion yen net profit in ...

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Sharp Shares Plunge After Takeover Thrown Into Question

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — Sharp shares nosedived Friday, after the Taiwanese multinational that owns Foxconn said it would delay its multi-billion-dollar takeover to review new information it had received about the ailing Japanese giant.
Analysts had cheered Hon Hai Precision’s bid for Sharp—the firs...

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Japan's Inflation Falls Back to Zero In January

  • Category:Tourism
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Japan’s inflation rate fell to zero in January, government data showed on Friday, in another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s three-year attempt to put an end to a years-long battle with falling prices.
Japan has suffered deflation—a debilitating drop in prices—off and on s...

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