Japan's Tepco set to announce revised business plan: media

TOKYO Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) (9501.T) will announce the main points of a revised business restructuring plan on Wednesday, Japanese media reported, as it looks to speed reforms and boost earnings to meet the costs of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ( read original story ...)

Japan decline a real-life lesson for opponents of immigration

Japan is an excellent place to test the proposition that countries do better with low levels of immigration. In a land of 127 million people, there are just over two million foreign residents, and only a third of them are here for the long term. The ... ( read original story ...)

7 signs Japan has become a 'demographic time bomb'

Japan is dealing with what economists call a "demographic time bomb." Through a vicious cycle of low fertility and low consumer spending, the country's economy has gradually shrunk over the last 25 years. People are living longer, and they're heaping ... ( read original story ...)

PICS: Japan one-ups Scotch with whisky

Japan — A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and ... who manages Nikka's international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London-based ... ( read original story ...)

Japan may inject public money to turn around Toshiba: sources

... the state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and state-owned Development Bank of Japan is mulling investing in Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business, sources close to the matter said Friday. Toshiba Memory Corp., which will be established ... ( read original story ...)

Japan offers Russia common digital currency on Kuril Islands

The package of proposals, including tourism and fisheries, as well as a common electronic currency, will be presented during the Russia-Japan consultations on March 18 in Tokyo. According to NHK, the new regional currency could be used instead of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan mulls semi-nationalising Tosh (memory biz) – report

The Japanese government is considering providing state-backed aid to Toshiba’s memory business, amounting to near partial nationalisation, to prevent it falling into Chinese or South Korean hands, according to a report. The article in Nikkei Asian Review ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Inc.'s goodwill climbs to record 29tn yen

Japanese accounting standards require fixed-amount amortization ... But this means the companies are shouldering the risk of sizable write-downs down the line, if acquired business' earnings slide significantly. "Companies rushing to mergers and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan makes a new name for itself — with world-class whisky

YAMAZAKI, JAPAN—A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and ... who manages Nikka’s international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese whisky is the new Scotch

Japan Inc. abounds with stories of manufacturers like automaker ... who manages Nikka's international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London-based ... ( read original story ...)