DAILY REPORTS

May 09 Japan Petroleum to expand Canadian oil sands project (Reuters) May 08 Japanese department stores to sell bags to offset emissions (Kyodo) May 08 Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes (Reuters) May 08 Softbank posts 13 pct fall in Q4 profit (guardian.co.uk) May 08 Japan Air to Pay $110 Million Fine for Price Fixing (Bloomberg) May 07 Nissan, Toyota Focus on Graying Drivers (BusinessWeek) May 06 No slowdown in redevelopment of Roppongi (Asahi) May 06 Asia Coal-Prices rises on expectations of Japanese buying (Reuters) May 05 Seattle fish-egg auctions bring in hundreds of millions (Seattlepi.com) May 03 Robert De Niro all set to open Japanese hotel chain (newkerala.com) May 03 Financial turmoil putting damper on triangular mergers (Yomiuri) May 03 Tainted 'gyoza' knocked stuffing out of Chinese food sales to Japan (Japan Times) May 02 McDonald's Japan Eyeing Price Hikes (JCN Network) May 02 Gas prices to soar on tax hike, rising crude (Yomiuri) May 02 The Challenges Faced by Western Games in Japan (Wired.com) May 02 Filipino software companies eye Japan as market for IT outsourcing (Manila Bulletin) May 01 Japan's Manga Superstore Opens Akihabara Branch (Wired.com) May 01 Cigarette ID cards a boon to stores (Asahi) May 01 6 nabbed over 'Hinaijidori' brand-chicken labeling fraud (Kyodo) Apr 30 Rising costs, stronger yen chip away corporate earnings (Asahi) Apr 30 Softbank to take 40 pct of China's Oak Pacific (Reuters) Apr 29 California Pizza Kitchen Opens Third Location in Japan (Asia Pulse) Apr 29 Tech among the temples as Kyoto business booms (Yomiuri) Apr 29 Japan, China to discuss measures to improve Chinese product safety (Kyodo) Apr 28 Fujitsu to hive off its fibre-optic network arms (Reuters) Apr 28 Mizuho-Shinko merger rescheduled for May next year (AFP) Apr 28 MasterCard launches Enjoy! Japan campaign (ASIATravelTips.com) Apr 27 Japanese staying away from Hawai'i (Times Online) Apr 27 Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world (Times Online) Apr 27 NTT DoCoMo posts first operating profit growth in 3 years (Forbes) Apr 27 ANA resumes Miyake-Tokyo flights (Japan Times) Apr 26 Ikea Japan instructed to modify product manuals after injury report (Kyodo) Apr 26 Japan still shuns Australia's farmers' exports (The Australian) Apr 26 Nintendo Rakes It In...But For How Long? (BusinessWeek) Apr 25 British fund challenges Japan over blocked J-Power bid (AFP) Apr 24 Toshiba's dismissal of depressive ruled invalid (Yomiuri) Apr 23 Japan says banned part found in U.S. beef (USA Today) Apr 23 Japanese banks benefit from the credit squeeze (FT.com) Apr 23 Japan Airlines may seek compensation from Boeing (IHT) Apr 23 Japan Finds Gas in Gulf of Mexico (plenglish.com) Apr 23 Mobile tide lifts Japan music download biz (Hollywood Reporter) Apr 22 June start set for fiber-optic cable between Japan, Russia (Japan Times) Apr 22 Japan Communications Net cellphone to enter price war (Reuters) Apr 22 Peter Mandelson raps Japan's investment hostility (Times Online) Apr 20 Fiber-optic line users exceed ADSL users for Internet connection in Japan (TMCnet) Apr 20 Tokyo offers free pizza to lure pensioners from their cars (Independent) Apr 20 Four firms from Japan make list of top 25 innovators (Japan Times) Apr 20 Cheap car shows poorer nations won't accept role as the First World's 'factory' (Japan Times) Apr 19 JAL to sell stake in JAL Card to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Kyodo) Apr 19 Visual Search Engine is Big in Japan (i4u.com)