For Yuki Hagiwara's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
A proposal that residents be required to give their My Number before entering a casino could severely restrict access, the leader of a ruling party panel working on plans for the Singapore-style resorts said in an interview. Identification cards with chips that contain data including ...
A childhood New Year's holiday spent playing cards with his family planted the seeds of a gambling compulsion that ravaged decades of one man's life. Now 67, the former salesman from western Japan fell into debt time and time again as his addiction drew ...
Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama are emerging as likely candidates for casino resorts under the government's new bidding framework, triggering criticism from smaller cities that say it undermines Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of reviving rural areas. Most global casino operators have indicated an interest in ...
Renho, leader of the struggling Democratic Party, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies are failing Japan’s women and the pacifist charter.
The owner of a car repair business in northwest Tokyo has been digging into his retirement fund to keep his shop going. He's in his mid-60s, he's not making money and he knows he'll eventually have to close down. But for now, he's managing to ...
Royal Dutch Shell will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor, as the state eyes 100 retail sites by 2024.
Key Safety Systems Inc. leads the bidding for Takata Corp., the embattled air bag maker searching for a buyer following the biggest safety recall in automotive history.
As Japan races to preserve U.S. trade ties after President Donald Trump withdrew from a Pacific trade pact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a dilemma that has plagued Japanese leaders since the 1980s: How to convince his citizens to buy American cars? Trump singled out ...
In China's auto market, carmakers are employing a strategy that's long been eschewed by the rest of the world: If a new model is helping you win, introduce a twin. Take Honda Motor Co., whose namesake brand has been the fastest growing in China's mass ...
Honda Motor Co. will spearhead its artificial intelligence efforts out of a new lab in Tokyo so researchers can work closely with its engineers to commercialize the technology. Honda, based in Tokyo, will start the R&D center next year and combine existing AI teams in ...
