Don Quijote is an interesting company, growing by leaps and bounds both through M&A and also through continuing store openings.

There has been a lot of speculation about cloud computing, in its many guises, and what sort of impact it will make in Japan.

Unoccupied homes, otherwise known as "akiya" in Japan apparently account for about one in eight dwellings.

Japan as one of the original promoters of the Protocol, is well advanced in emissions trading.