Japanese subscribers to fiber-optic broadband service as of Sept. 30 came to 10,518,000, up 818,000 from three months earlier.
It's the first time the number surpassed the 10 million mark, accordi…
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Fiber-optic Broad Band Users Top 10 Million
Japanese Students Define the Best Kind of Teacher
In Japan, the high schools are ranked by education quality. Colleges, too for that matter.
For more than a decade, I taught at the number two school in Niigata prefecture.
It was through no fault of …
Big Tobacco will Pay $400 million to combat illegal cigarettes
Japan Tobacco will give the EU government $400 million over the next 15 years to help combat the sale of illegal and fake cigarettes.
Japan Tobacco International is the world's third larges tobacc…
Appetite for Fashion Fuels E-Commerce Mobile Growth
Japan's e-commerce market is growing annually by 30-40%.
Buy what you want, when you want, wherever you want…NOW!
Young techno-savvy women with cell phones used for shopping and a shop-on-th…
$1.8 million Grab Bag
Takashimaya Department store is planning to offer a diamond-encrusted "fukubukuro," or grab bag.
The bag will be filled with unknown contents and the price is Y200 million ($1.8 million).
It…
ANA Eyes Global Budget Carrier
It seems unusual to me that a Japanese carrier, All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) is planning to set an international low-cost airline.
Japan's usual method is to improve on a product, do it right (high…
Sharp Will Build World’s Largest Solar Cell Plant
Sharp Corp. told reporters on Friday that the firm will spend close to Y100 billion ($900 million) on a solar cell factory to be built in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.
Starting in 2009, the facility will p…
Gasoline Hits Record High $5.79/gallon
Gasoline prices hit a record high Y155.5/liter = ($5.40/gallonish), a record high in Japan.
Prices were higher earlier if paid for in dollars because the yen was stronger at the time.
For Japanese, no…
Jackie Chan in Japan for “Shinjuku Incident”
Jackie Chan is in Japan preparing for his new movie, "Shinjuku Incident."
The movie is about Chinese immirgrants to Japan.
Chan's filmmakers are scouting locations in Shinjuku, one of To…
Macau will get Hotel Okura
Japanese visitors heading to Macau to gamble are growing at an annual rate of 30%.
Japan's Hotel Okura Co. will be happy to accommodate them from September of 2009.
The luxury hotel will begin off…
