Toyota mulls Japan price hike amid soaring costs (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)

20 August 2008, 2:57 am

TOKYO -- The soaring cost of steel has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday.... read more

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes eastern Japan (Reuters.co.uk)

20 August 2008, 2:20 am

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.... read more

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes eastern Japan (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

20 August 2008, 2:14 am

TOKYO, Japan - A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, at 3:13 p.m. (2:13 a.m. EDT), was felt in Tokyo.... read more

Japan July Convenience Store Sales Up 11.7% On Year,Record Pace (Nasdaq)

20 August 2008, 1:49 am

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's nationwide convenience store sales in July shot up 11.7% on year on a same-store basis, the highest pace of growth since records began, boosted by brisk sales of tobacco and cold drinks, the Japan Franchise Association said Wednesday.... read more

Moderate quake shakes eastern Japan (IANS via Yahoo! India News)

20 August 2008, 12:59 am

Tokyo, Aug 20 (Xinhua) An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 hit Japan's Kanto region in eastern Honshu island Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.... read more

Japan logistics real estate mkt to triple--LaSalle (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

20 August 2008, 12:27 am

TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan's market for investment in logistics real estate -- such as warehouses, distribution centres and ports -- is seen growing threefold within a few years as more players enter a sector considered stable even in an economic slowdown, an executive of LaSalle Investment Man... read more