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Mariko Katsumura

Mariko Katsumura

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Homegrown veg, cheap substitutes: Japanese get creative to fight soaring food prices

Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered "okonomiyaki" savoury pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, satisfying and cheap.

Homegrown veg, cheap substitutes: Japanese get creative to fight soaring food prices
Asia|Business

Costco's Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy

When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby

Costco's Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy
Business|Economy|Finance|US

Nippon Steel confident hefty premium for U.S. Steel makes sense

Nippon Steel said on Tuesday it can afford to pay $14.9 billion for U.S.

Nippon Steel confident hefty premium for U.S. Steel makes sense
Asia|Business|Technology

Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data centre

A group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data centre planned by Singaporean developer GLP

Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|World

Japan's Kishida championed 'new capitalism' but was undone by yen

Fumio Kishida pushed through Japan's biggest wage increases in decades, but it was not enough to make up for the impact the battered yen

Japan's Kishida championed 'new capitalism' but was undone by yen
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets

Japan's Seven & i rejects Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion takeover offer

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings said on Friday it had turned down Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion cash bid,

Japan's Seven & i rejects Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion takeover offer
Arts|Asia|Travel|Uncategorized|World

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers

Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
Asia

Plastic model maker, ramen lover: the obsessions of Japan's next PM

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader poised to become Japan's new prime minister, often appears in photos with a

Plastic model maker, ramen lover: the obsessions of Japan's next PM
Environment|Science|World

Snowcap on Japan's Mt Fuji this year is latest spotted in 130 years

Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the

Snowcap on Japan's Mt Fuji this year is latest spotted in 130 years
Business|Finance|Technology

Sony profit jumps as games offset TV production delays

Sony said on Friday its operating profit rose 73% in the July-September quarter, with strong sales in its game and network business helping to

Sony profit jumps as games offset TV production delays
Asia|Environment

Japan's Mount Fuji eyes China-made tram to transport hikers, source says

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tyred tram system made by China's CRRC

Japan's Mount Fuji eyes China-made tram to transport hikers, source says
Asia|Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Japan's comedian-turned-investor launches fund with ex-Goldman 'stock geek'

On the face of it, the duo hardly seem fit to inspire confidence as the brains behind Japan's newest stock fund: one, a former comedian and the other, every bit

Japan's comedian-turned-investor launches fund with ex-Goldman 'stock geek'

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