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Toshiro Hasegawa
For Toshiro Hasegawa's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 13, 2017
How the lost recipe of Hiroe Tanaka's dying father made her a millionaire
When Hiroe Tanaka's father died, he left behind something that would change her life: a recipe for fried meat on a stick. It was an act of love. His daughter adored the Japanese street food known as kushikatsu, and he'd spent endless hours working out how to make it just right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2016
Global money flees Japan stocks at fastest pace since 1987
International equity investors are giving up on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 15, 2016
The BOJ's unstoppable rise to shareholder No. 1 in Japan
The Bank of Japan's controversial march to the top of the shareholder rankings in the world's third-largest equity market is picking up pace.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2016
Traders chasing Pokemon now battle over Nintendo's value
After investors pushed up Nintendo Co. shares with a fervor only matched by gamers chasing Pikachu, traders are now locking horns over how much the high-flying stock is worth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2016
Bank of Japan buying spree inflates world's priciest real estate investment trusts
Japan's real estate investment trusts have soared in value to become the priciest in the world. More purchases by one of the biggest investors in the landlord business — the Bank of Japan — may help propel prices even higher.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2016
The whispered numbers that tip off Japan traders have suddenly become taboo
For years, it's been one of the Tokyo stock market's biggest open secrets: By the time companies reveal their earnings to the public, the most plugged-in traders have known the numbers for weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 11, 2016
Abenomics rebuked as major foreign investors join $46 billion Japan pullout
For global equity investors and Shinzo Abe, it's splitsville.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 23, 2016
As overseas investors flee Japan, BlackRock places bets
As foreign investors flee Tokyo stocks, the world's largest asset manager says the move by the Bank of Japan that spooked the market will be one of the main things that pushes it back up.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 18, 2016
Can you call the stock market? Equity analyst says he can
On the 10th day of every month, Junsuke Senoguchi has just one thing on his mind: the closing level of the Nikkei average.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2016
Economist says pre-bout parade of sumo sponsors gives clues to Japan Inc.'s health
When the giants of sumo wrestling prepared to step into the ring for last month's grand tournament in Tokyo, Akiyoshi Takumori fired up his spreadsheet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2016
Japan's stock buyers unconvinced despite positive technical signs
After the worst start to a year on record, Japanese stocks are approaching levels that in the past have proved to be springboards to recoveries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2016
Foreign investors get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2015
Nobel prizes, unlocking universe's mysteries just another day's work at Hamamatsu Photonics
When employees at Hamamatsu Photonics KK found out their high-precision light sensors had helped win this year's Nobel Prize in physics, they treated it just like any other day at the office.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2015
Postal IPO hype said sign of public shift to equities
Appetite for the world's biggest equity listing this year shows the interest of a group that could swallow it more than 600 times over: stock-averse Japanese households.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2015
Japan's pension fund backs in so-called shame gauge
Japan's pension fund is so big that a $13.5 billion investment barely makes the footnotes.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2015
Analyst examines double mystery: Why BOJ's stock rallies boost Japanese megabanks
Katsuhito Sasajima is looking into a double mystery. Why is the Bank of Japan's stock rising and why do the shares of the mega-banks usually follow?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 3, 2015
Japan bubble alert found in drug stock rally that won't quit
This year's Japanese stock rally has a surprise leader: pharmaceutical companies, which tend to lag behind the market when it gains.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2015
BOJ must adopt pay goal as deflation looms, price professor says
The Bank of Japan must take the unusual step of preventing a return to deflation, according to a professor at the University of Tokyo who tracks prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 8, 2015
Computers ousting human traders at TSE
The rise of high-frequency trading drew widespread attention in the United States, but the shift in Japan has gone largely unnoticed outside the financial community.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 27, 2015
Megabank dividends lure funds from bonds
As Japan's sovereign bond yields languish near zero, the regular payouts to shareholders of the megabanks are starting to appeal to a wider group of investors.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

Podcast

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