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Where to eat: Supersandwiches

19.11.09
There are times when a simple sandwich will not hit the spot. Those are the times to turn to the baguette, Bánh Mi or belly-bursting wrap.... more

Ofwat pricing proposals point to hard times for water firms

18.11.09
Given all the rain that has fallen during the past few days, it seems strange that shareholders of the main water utilities are bracing themselves for something of a drought as far as their fortunes are concerned in the years ahead ... more

Whitney is über-bearish as shares rise around the world

17.11.09
Share prices on both sides of the Pond are trading at their best levels in more than a year, so stock market investors could be forgiven for thinking the worst of the global recession and banking meltdown is over ... more

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar was the signal for another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more

Playing a Wii can help you lose weight

16.11.09
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Lala Pipo is jaunty but not erotic

13.11.09
There's a talking penis in Miyano Masayuki’s comedy, Lala Pipo, and a bevy of sex-starved young people who wander sex clubs in search of fulfilment... more

Soothing lights to cut train suicides toll

04.11.09
Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, Japanese rail operators are installing blue lights above station platforms... more

Footsie carries on its rise and has 5200-point mark now in sight

12.10.09
Shares were being squeezed yet higher today with the 5200 support now clearly in sight for stock market bulls, despite the closure of several markets, including Tokyo and Wall Street, this afternoon ... more

Typhoon hits Japan

08.10.09
big storm typhoon hits japan... more

2016 Olympic host nation set to be unveiled

02.10.09
The next city to host the Olympics after London 2012 will be announced today... more

Wrist worry rules Andy Murray out of Tokyo

01.10.09
Andy Murray has pulled out of the Japan Open to ensure his injured wrist fully recovers... more

Japanese exports still on slide as woe goes on

24.06.09
Japanese exports continued to tumble last month in a sign that the recovery in the global economy is still some way off... more

Get set for the micro-speech

22.06.09
Head down to a Pecha Kucha night where anyone can give a talk so long as it's quick. But, says Harry Mount, the ultimate faux pas is to be boring... more

Hong Kong beats London as costliest place to rent offices

26.02.09
For the first time in nine years London's West End is no longer the most expensive place in the world to occupy office space... more

London falls to third in the costliest offices table

25.02.09
Finance: London has slipped from its perch as the world's most expensive city for offices, overtaken by Hong Kong and Tokyo for the first time in nine years... more

Market report: Asda cuts rekindle supermarkets war

02.01.09
Only two days into the New Year, the gloves have come off among the UK's biggest grocers in a new battle over market share.... more

Bank of Japan joins 'zero interest' race

19.12.08
Economics: The Bank of Japan joined the big economies' race to zero interest rates, cutting the official short-term interest rate to just 0.1% from 0.3%... more

Lucie Blackman death: timeline of events

16.12.08
This is the timeline of events surrounding Lucie Blackman's disappearance and death, and the subsequent trial of Japanese businessman Joji Obara.... more

Japan pledges to help its banks

27.10.08
Economics: The Japanese government stepped in with fresh promises of help for banks as stocks in Tokyo fell for the fourth day in a row... more

Mixing it with a musical relay

10.10.08
Diesel, the fashion label, is 30 years old and to celebrate it is throwing 18 parties at the same time. One of which takes place at the O2.... more

Sterling and shares dive on new banking worries

26.08.08
The pound plunges and London shares fall amid renewed concerns that the banking crisis has much further to run... more

How Oxford Circus shoppers will beat crosstown traffic

10.07.08
Westminster Council wants to change the way we cross the road with a radical rethink of Oxford Circus... more

Japanese firms stay optimistic

01.07.08
Japan's official survey of business confidence, the Tankan, shows that the country's largest manufacturers are in better heart than expected... more

Just an average remake

15.05.08
Shutter is an American version of the ghost story-cum-horror, which became the highest grossing film in Thailand but is no more than OK. ... more

America's plague of precocious brats

07.04.08
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If only looks could fill

20.02.08
There has been a mega-buzz about Sakenohana since its much-delayed opening and it's undeniably an experience. An expensive one.... more

London's best Japanese restaurants

21.11.07
As Tokyo tops the Michelin star league, Charles Campion reveals where to find good Japanese food in the capital.... more

Critic's choice: top five clubs

25.05.07
A taste of Japanese club culture, Super Furry Animals on the decks and Eddy Temple-Morris' dancefloor-filling, bleepy studio boffins. Chris Elwell-Sutton picks this weekend's best club nights.... more

Inspired look at world's greatest films

01.02.07
A season devoted to the greatest films made - from Psycho to His Girl Friday - is being screened at one of the capital's greatest cinemas.... more

Japanese eating house marooned in Chinatown

28.09.06
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