...opinion expressed in this election is total conservatism -- defending the now,'' the leading business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said in a commentary Monday. The muted cries for change were somewhat surprising, given the enormity of Japan's...

...players as the 58 million iPods that consumers have snapped up. A book on Sony by Japan's top business daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, said the success of the iPod and the iTunes download service made Sony's brand power "a thing of the past...