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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2021

Xi approves action on everything from monopolies to pollution

Xi in particular stressed the importance of strengthening anti-monopoly regulations, a push that has already cost tech giants hundreds of billions of dollars over the past year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2021

China tightens limits for young gamers and bans school night play

The restrictions reflect the government's intensifying push for companies to jettison what it says are unhealthy cultural influences.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2021

Warren Buffett has made $2 billion so far with bet on Japan's trading houses

The gain of more than 30% across the five firms has outpaced the benchmark Topix index's 21% rise, without accounting for dividend income.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2021

Nippon Steel riding Beijing policy tailwind to record profit

China's push to reduce carbon emissions is providing a tailwind for steel producers worldwide as it limits output from the country and pushes down the cost of key ingredient iron ore.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2021

Efforts to eradicate corruption continue

Uzbekistan’s new leadership from the very first days in office launched an aggressive anti-corruption campaign to ensure the smooth implementation of comprehensive reforms in all spheres of public and social life. It changed the focus from state bodies and began to attract civil institutions as the...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2021

U.S. troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war

The chaotic withdrawal concluded two decades of American involvement touched off by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 31, 2021

In pictures: Day 6 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

In pictures: Day 6 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Aug 30, 2021

Foreign substances in Japan's Moderna shots: Here's what you need to know

Other possibly contaminated batches have been reported in recent days, but experts say health risks are low.
The plenary session of the House of Representatives, which passed the three political reform bills, in parliament on Tuesday
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2024

Japan enacts ¥13.9 trillion extra budget for fiscal 2024

The economic policy package aims to finance measures against inflation and disaster relief.
Environmental activist Paul Watson waves after getting released from prison in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2024

Japan 'regrets' release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson

The 74-year-old Canadian-American activist was released after Copenhagen turned down Tokyo's request to bring him to Japan.
Makoto Uchida (left), chief executive officer of Nissan Motor, and Toshihiro Mibe, chief executive officer of Honda Motor, attend a joint news conference in Tokyo in August.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2024

Nissan and Honda consider merger to take on world's biggest carmaker

Such a deal would create an automotive rival to Toyota and would effectively consolidate the Japanese auto industry into two camps.
A rebel fighter stands in front of an abandoned tank in the town of Adra on the northeast outskirts of Damascus on Monday.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2024

Conflict in Syria 'has not ended,' U.N. warns

The U.N.'s special envoy for Syria has warned of "significant hostilities" already witnessed there between Turkish-backed and Kurdish fighters.
Luigi Mangione, 26, at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 10. Mangione was indicted on Tuesday for the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2024

Luigi Mangione indicted for first-degree murder in CEO death

Mangione faces as long as life in prison without the possibility of parole if he is convicted.
People walk toward a beach in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2024

Blackstone buys Ritz-Carlton Okinawa as Japan tourism booms

The transaction will include the Kanehide Kise Beach Palace and money to be spent on renovations, sources say.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is launched for the Europa Clipper mission to study one of Jupiter's 95 moons, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 14.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2024

Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk

The outage, which hasn't previously been reported, meant that SpaceX mission control was briefly unable to command its Dragon spacecraft in orbit.
Honmoku pier in Yokohama. While the value of exports has risen, trade is giving limited support to the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 18, 2024

Weak yen helps Japan’s exports rise ahead of BOJ meet

Exports measured in value rose 3.8% from a year earlier led by chipmaking machinery and nonferrous metals.
Bain Capital said it had "strong concerns” about Fuji Soft’s process to go private, and decided to proceed with its bid to buy shares of the software company without the support of the its board.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2024

Bain to make $4.2 billion hostile bid for Fuji Soft against KKR

Shares of Fuji Soft rose 1.1% to ¥9,756 on Wednesday morning in Tokyo.
RB's Liam Lawson ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix on Dec. 1
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 18, 2024

Red Bull set to replace Sergio Perez with Liam Lawson, not Yuki Tsunoda

The move comes after Red Bull saw its run of consecutive constructors' championships come to an end in 2024, McLaren finishing on top.
Nobuo Hayasaka, president of Kioxia Holdings, reacts after striking a bell during the company's listing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2024

Chipmaker Kioxia surges 12% in Tokyo debut after jumbo IPO

Shares in the producer of NAND memory chips extended gains in afternoon trading after initially dropping, valuing the firm at ¥877 billion ($5.7 billion).
Real Madrid players train in Doha on Tuesday. The Spanish club is closely aligned with A22, which launched the Unify League on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Dec 18, 2024

European Super League promoters launch Unify League, call on UEFA to recognize it

It is the latest attempt by A22 to get the competition off the ground after the original European Super League collapsed in 2021.
Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger hits a home run during a game at Dodger Stadium in September. Bellinger was traded to the Yankees on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 18, 2024

Yankees acquire outfielder Cody Bellinger from Cubs

The Yankees will take on the bulk of Bellinger's $27.5 million salary, but Chicago kicked in $5 million to New York in the deal, according to reports.
LeBron James dunks during the first half of the NBA All Star game in Indianapolis in February.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 18, 2024

NBA All-Star Game to have mini-tournament format in 2025

The change follows criticism about the lack of intensity by players in the midseason exhibition contest in recent years.
Dutch air force F-35 fighter jets take part in drills with NATO countries in March 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 18, 2024

Dutch eyeing F-35 Indo-Pacific deployment in 2026, Japan envoy says

Rising geopolitical tensions are driving the Netherlands to work “more closely than ever before” with Indo-Pacific countries, particularly Japan.

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