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[Breaking News]Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Mickey Mouse (L) and Minnie Mouse pose for photos during a press conference as Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, announced its new cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Yumiko Takano, CEO of Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, holds a press conference to announce the company's cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

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Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Mickey Mouse (L) and Minnie Mouse pose for photos during a press conference as Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, announced its new cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

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Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, head of Kiyomura Co., operator of the Sushi-zanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna he bought for a record 56.49 million yen at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Kirindo's online sales in China exceed expectation

OSAKA, Japan - Web page of Kirindo Holdings Co., operator of a drugstore chain based in Osaka, is seen on Tmall. com, an online retail platform of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., in this undated photo. Kirindo's online sales to Chinese shoppers have been exceeding its expectations since the opening of business on Tmall in March 2014.

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Fast Retailing's group net profit drops 28.7% in year through Aug.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, briefs reporters on the company's financial results for the business year through August in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014. It logged 74.55 billion yen in group net profit for the year through August, down 28.7 percent from the previous year.

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Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Croatia's Marin Cilic in New York on Sept. 8, 2014. World No. 12 Cilic beat eighth-ranked Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain and a sponsor of Nishikori, has decided to pay a 100 million yen bonus to him following his historic run to the U.S. Open final, company officials said Sept. 9.

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Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori (L) is interviewed after being defeated by Croatia's Marin Cilic in the U.S. Open men's singles final in New York on Sept. 8, 2014. Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain and a sponsor of Nishikori, has decided to pay a 100 million yen bonus to him following his historic run to the U.S. Open final, company officials said Sept. 9.

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Tokyo Disney Resort to refurbish facilities over decade

TOKYO, Japan - Oriental Land Co., operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan, is set to invest 500 billion yen over the next 10 years to refurbish amusement and related operations. This file photo taken in November 2013 shows Mickey Mouse and other characters in a special Christmas event at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.

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Japan's ruling party lawmakers form group to promote Kabuki

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Hashinosuke Nakamura speaks at a meeting on Feb. 27, 2014, to inaugurate an association formed by lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to promote the traditional Japanese theatrical art. Nakamura is flanked by former culture minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Junichi Sakomoto, president of Shockiku Co., operator of the Kabuki-za theater.

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Uniqlo to open 1st Australian store

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an artist's representation of a Uniqlo outlet to be opened in Melbourne, Australia, in 2014, which will be the chain's first store in the country. Japan's Fast Retailing Co., operator of the casual clothing chain, announced the plan on Sept. 30, 2013.

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Derailment memorial

AMAGASAKI, Japan - A memorial ceremony is held in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2013, to mourn 107 people who were killed in a derailment in the western Japanese city in 2005, marking the eighth anniversary of the accident. At the podium is Seiji Manabe, president of West Japan Railway Co., operator of the train. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Mister Donut to substantially alter recipes

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken April 9, 2013, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, shows current Mister Donut products (L) and new products to be put on sale by the U.S.-founded donut chain on April 26. Duskin Co., operator of the donut chain, said it will substantially change its donut recipes to help cope with sluggish sales, marking the first such major change since 1971 when the chain opened its first outlet in Japan.

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Uniqlo opens 1st U.S. West Coast store

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Tadashi Yanai (3rd from R), president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing store chain, attends the opening ceremony for a Uniqlo store in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2012, the chain's first store on the West Coast of the United States.

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Hula dancers in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Saito (C), president of Joban Kosan Co., operator of Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the tourism ministry in Tokyo on May 12, 2011. Saito and five hula dancers from the spa resort asked tourism minister Akihiro Ohata to help restore tourism in the city of Iwaki following the March 11 quake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The spa facility has remained closed since the disaster.

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Fast Retailing to boost support for refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Johan Cels (L), representative of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Tokyo office, and an executive member of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. Fast Retailing said it will expand support for refugees in the world under a global partnership agreement with the U.N. refugee agency.

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Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

TOKYO, Japan - This undated combination photo shows signs of three supermarket chains in Japan operated by the Aeon group. Aeon Retail Co., operator of Jusco brand stores, reportedly plans to absorb Mycal Corp., the operator of Saty brand stores, and Aeon Marche Co., which took over the Japanese retail outlets of French supermarket operator Carrefour SA, by February 2011.

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Tokyo Disneyland Hotel to open July 8

URAYASU, Japan - Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, located in front of the main entrance of Tokyo Disney Resort, will open for business on July 8. The 705-room Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, is the largest of three Disney hotels at Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort and the Disney hotels, opened the latest hotel addition to the media for a press preview on July 2.

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Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Akishige Tada, chairman of Press Net Japan Co., operator of Japan's portal site 47NEWS (http://www.47news.jp.), speaks at the World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town on June 5 to introduce the portal, which was launched last December with reports provided by Kyodo News and 52 local newspapers in Japan.

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4 arrested over Softbank extortion with leaked client data

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Miyauchi, vice president of Softbank BB Corp., a co-operator of Yahoo BB Internet connection service, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 24 about client data leakage from Yahoo BB.

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Oriental Land to nurture new entertainment characters

TOKYO, Japan - Graphics shows an image of a multipurpose park which Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, plans to build in Tokyo DisneySea. The company said May 2 that it will launch a bid to produce a new set of entertainment characters as part of a pitch for business expansion.

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New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

OSAKA, Japan - Shin Sasaki, new president of USJ Co., operator of the Hollywood-style movie theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Konohana Ward on Oct. 23. Sasaki pledged to fix ''shortcomings'' in the company in the wake of declining popularity caused by a series of scandals.

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Stones found in Mister Donut dumplings

OSAKA, Japan - A notice put up at a Mister Donut shop in Osaka on Sept. 28 tells customers that Chinese-made dumplings have been withdrawn and replaced with another product. Duskin Co., operator of the Mister Donut chain, said small stones were found in the product produced at a factory in Xiamen, China.

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Tokyo Dome gives favors to gangsters

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Hayashi, president of Tokyo Dome Co., operator of an all-weather sports stadium and other amusement facilities, speaks to reporters at the stadium in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Sept. 27 about allegations the company has been giving favors to an organized crime group for a number of years.

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Fast Retailing to replace president in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Genichi Tamatsuka (L), managing director of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo-brand casual-clothing store chain, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 7, flanked by President Tadashi Yanai (C). The company said Tamatsuka, 39, is currently president of Fast Retailing (U.K.) Ltd., a wholly owned unit in Britain of Fast Retailing, will replace Yanai in November. Yanai, 53, will become chairman.

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Seagaia to close swimming dome from October

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Michael Glennie (R), president of Phoenix Resort Co., operator of the Seagaia resort complex in Miyazaki Prefecture, briefs reporters at a Miyazaki hotel March 26 about a restructuring plan under which the resort's indoor swimming complex, Ocean Dome, will be closed from October.

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Yoshinoya marks opening of 1st N.Y. outlet

NEW YORK, United States - Shuji Abe, president of Yoshinoya D&C Co., operator of Japan's Yoshinoya fast-food restaurant chain, addresses a ceremony at a New York hotel Dec. 17 marking the opening of its first outlet in the city. The New York shop is Yoshinoya's 1,000th store in the world.

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1 of Japan's 2 remaining coal mines to close

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tsutomu Tashiro, president of Matsushima Coal Mining Co., operator of Ikeshima Mine in Nagasaki Prefecture, announced the company's plan to close the mine on Nov. 29 at a press conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 12. The mine, one of Japan's two remaining coal mines, began operations in 1959 and production peaked at 1.53 million tons in fiscal 1985.

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Opening ceremony held for Tokyo DisneySea theme park

URAYASU, Japan - Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner (C) and Toshio Kagami (L), president of Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland, celebrate the grand opening on Sept. 4 of Tokyo DisneySea, the Disney group's first marine theme park, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, some 10 kilometers east of central Tokyo.

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Yoshinoya marks opening of 1st N.Y. outlet

NEW YORK, United States - Shuji Abe, president of Yoshinoya D&C Co., operator of Japan's Yoshinoya fast-food restaurant chain, addresses a ceremony at a New York hotel Dec. 17 marking the opening of its first outlet in the city. The New York shop is Yoshinoya's 1,000th store in the world.

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Tokyo Disneyland Hotel to open July 8

URAYASU, Japan - Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, located in front of the main entrance of Tokyo Disney Resort, will open for business on July 8. The 705-room Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, is the largest of three Disney hotels at Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort and the Disney hotels, opened the latest hotel addition to the media for a press preview on July 2. (Kyodo)

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Seagaia to close swimming dome from October

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Michael Glennie (R), president of Phoenix Resort Co., operator of the Seagaia resort complex in Miyazaki Prefecture, briefs reporters at a Miyazaki hotel March 26 about a restructuring plan under which the resort's indoor swimming complex, Ocean Dome, will be closed from October.

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New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

OSAKA, Japan - Shin Sasaki, new president of USJ Co., operator of the Hollywood-style movie theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka, speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Konohana Ward on Oct. 23. Sasaki pledged to fix ''shortcomings'' in the company in the wake of declining popularity caused by a series of scandals. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Dome gives favors to gangsters

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Hayashi, president of Tokyo Dome Co., operator of an all-weather sports stadium and other amusement facilities, speaks to reporters at the stadium in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Sept. 27 about allegations the company has been giving favors to an organized crime group for a number of years. (Kyodo)

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FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, held to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp to sell HQ building to furniture stores operator

File photo taken in August 2012 shows the headquarters (R) of Sharp Corp., and a building housing its sales division in the city of Osaka. It was reported on Sept. 2, 2015, that the struggling electronics maker is considering selling the headquarters building to Nitori Holdings Co., operator of Japan's major chain of furniture and interior goods stores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fast retailing, Seven & i plan tie-up

Logos of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain and the 7-Eleven convenience stores are seen in Tokyo on July 31, 2015. Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. and Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo chain, are planning to tie up in wide-ranging areas including delivery services and launching a new clothing brand, sources close to the matter said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Video rental shop Tsutaya sells home appliances

Culture Convenience Club Co., operator of the Tsutaya video rental and bookshop chain, opened a new shop that sells home appliances in May 2015 in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mister Donut's "cotton snow candy" desserts

Mister Donut's "cotton snow candy" (green tea flavor) is shown in this photo taken on May 26, 2015. Duskin Co., operator of the donut chain, announced the same day it will start the sales of the desserts in new flavors from the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clarinetist Hanaoka leads practice of all-female jazz band

Eiji Hanaoka (R), a worldly-known clarinet player, leads a practice session by an all-female big band jazz ensemble in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on May 11, 2015. Mito Station Development Co., operator of the JR Mito Station buildings, launched the big band to attract more people to the station area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, held to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, held to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, held to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Isamu Nakayama (R), president of FamilyMart Co., Japan's third-largest convenience store chain operator, and Norio Sako, president of UNY Group Holdings Co., operator of the fourth-largest Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain, attend a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 10, 2015, to announce their plan to combine operations in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another nuke reactor at southern Japan plant starts power generation

A Kyushu Electric Power Co. operator works on Oct. 21, 2015, to start generating and transmitting power at the No. 2 reactor of the Sendai nuclear power plant in southern Japan, making it the second reactor to go on stream since all reactors were suspended following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The reactor was reactivated on Oct. 15. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Members of all-female jazz band practice in Mito

Members of an all-female big band jazz ensemble in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, practice on May 11, 2015. Mito Station Development Co., operator of the JR Mito Station buildings, launched the big band to attract more people to the station area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Akishige Tada, chairman of Press Net Japan Co., operator of Japan's portal site 47NEWS (http://www.47news.jp.), speaks at the World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town on June 5 to introduce the portal, which was launched last December with reports provided by Kyodo News and 52 local newspapers in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Akishige Tada, chairman of Press Net Japan Co., operator of Japan's portal site 47NEWS (http://www.47news.jp.), speaks at the World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town on June 5 to introduce the portal, which was launched last December with reports provided by Kyodo News and 52 local newspapers in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

TOKYO, Japan - This undated combination photo shows signs of three supermarket chains in Japan operated by the Aeon group. Aeon Retail Co., operator of Jusco brand stores, reportedly plans to absorb Mycal Corp., the operator of Saty brand stores, and Aeon Marche Co., which took over the Japanese retail outlets of French supermarket operator Carrefour SA, by February 2011. (Kyodo)

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Radioactive water in reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo taken June 21, 2011, shows an area near a staircase in the No. 2 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where a radiation level of 430 millisieverts per hour has been measured. Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the plant in Fukushima Prefecture, said on June 22 that water 6.1 meters deep has accumulated in the basement of the building. (Photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

Kirindo's online sales in China exceed expectation

Fast Retailing's group net profit drops 28.7% in year through Aug.

Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

Tokyo Disney Resort to refurbish facilities over decade

Japan's ruling party lawmakers form group to promote Kabuki

Uniqlo to open 1st Australian store

Derailment memorial

Mister Donut to substantially alter recipes

Uniqlo opens 1st U.S. West Coast store

Hula dancers in Tokyo

Fast Retailing to boost support for refugees

Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

Tokyo Disneyland Hotel to open July 8

Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

4 arrested over Softbank extortion with leaked client data

Oriental Land to nurture new entertainment characters

New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

Stones found in Mister Donut dumplings

Tokyo Dome gives favors to gangsters

Fast Retailing to replace president in Nov.

Seagaia to close swimming dome from October

Yoshinoya marks opening of 1st N.Y. outlet

1 of Japan's 2 remaining coal mines to close

Opening ceremony held for Tokyo DisneySea theme park

Yoshinoya marks opening of 1st N.Y. outlet

Tokyo Disneyland Hotel to open July 8

Seagaia to close swimming dome from October

New head of scandal-hit USJ vows to fix 'shortcomings'

Tokyo Dome gives favors to gangsters

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Sharp to sell HQ building to furniture stores operator

Fast retailing, Seven &amp; i plan tie-up

Video rental shop Tsutaya sells home appliances

Mister Donut's "cotton snow candy" desserts

Clarinetist Hanaoka leads practice of all-female jazz band

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

FamilyMart, UNY announce plan to merge in Sept. 2016

Another nuke reactor at southern Japan plant starts power generation

Members of all-female jazz band practice in Mito

Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

Portal site '47NEWS' presented at World Newspaper Congress

Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

Radioactive water in reactor building

Fast retailing, Seven & i plan tie-up