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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015

Investors must take climate change into account: study

Most investors need to make a significant behavioral shift and start factoring climate change into their portfolio risk management, a study on its impact on financial market returns found on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2015

Should Adam Sandler be slapped for 'The Cobbler'?

There have been times when I've thought that the reason I was put on the Earth was to keep a strict watch on Adam Sandler. There he was, being his rude, crude, fidgety self with bad posture, and there I was in the screening room, ready to jump into the movie to smash him over the nose with a fly swatter....
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015

Beijing's bendable principles

Just as China plays all its cards against India and rears even new ones, India must shed its reticence and do likewise to build countervailing leverage.
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2015

The vacant housing problem

Rural flight and the rapid graying of the population is causing the number of vacant houses in Japan to soar.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2015

The AIIB has little to offer Japan and the U.S.

Japan is wise not to join China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which could end up merely as a policy instrument for Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2015

Amtrak train in Philadelphia derailment was traveling at over twice speed limit

An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, was barreling into a curved stretch of track at 100 miles per hour, over twice the speed limit, when the engineer slammed on the brakes, U.S. investigators said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2015

Blueprint for Greek recovery

The Greek finance minister envisions a grand recovery plan for his hard-hit economy.
JAPAN
May 3, 2015

Mori Trust heir shows how women can shine

The daughter of real estate magnate Akira Mori fits the mold for the government's female empowerment campaign and is preparing to take over.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
May 2, 2015

Garden states: looking good on the outside

One problem with designing your own house is that you don't necessarily know what it's going to be like until it's finished. The company we hired to build ours doesn't make model homes the way some housing companies do. It's one of the reasons we chose them, since models add to the price of the product....
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015

Japan's economy needs a dose of shock therapy

A little more monetary shock-and-awe by the Bank of Japan could stem Japan's 'deflationary mindset.'
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2015

Asia must solve its growing China problem

Asia needs a growth plan that relies less on China and more on domestic demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2015

GE said to be in talks with Blackstone, Mitsubishi on sale of assets

General Electric Co. is discussing the sale of parts of its finance business, including the $74 billion U.S. commercial-lending unit, with potential buyers including Blackstone Group LP, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co., said people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2015

China's incredible shrinking factories

Eight years ago, Pascal Lighting employed about 2,000 workers on a leafy campus in southern China. Today, the Taiwanese light manufacturer has winnowed its workforce to just 200 and leased most of its space to other companies: lamp workshops, a mobile phone-maker, a logistics group, a liquor brand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2015

Mizuho cherry-picks 130 RBS staffers to feed U.S. expansion

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's Jennifer Powers, Victor Forte and Richard Smith will take senior roles in debt capital markets at the Japanese lender, which is hiring about 130 people from RBS to expand in the United States, according to a person with knowledge of...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ABENOMICS — THE BOTTOM LINE
Apr 7, 2015

Under 'Abenomics,' rich thrive but middle class on precipice

The recent debate over wealth inequality has highlighted an unpleasant fact for policymakers — that the income gap between rich and poor is not shrinking, even though Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies have been in play for two years now.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2015

Xi celebrating soft-power win over U.S. too soon

If Chinese leaders are to achieve their growing international aspirations, they'll have to be far more ambitious about getting their financial house in order first.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 1, 2015

Battle over Shibuya park heats up as Tokyo Olympics loom

Mayor vows to appeal after the district court sides with his opponents over the treatment of Miyashita Park's homeless and a deal to grant Nike naming rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2015

The Chinese government wants to buy Europe

European openness to investment by Chinese state entities means support for a regime that is not necessarily Europe's friend and that certainly doesn't share its values.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2015

BOJ needs to spread the wealth to rural Japan

The BOJ needs to broaden the impact of the its unprecedented easing program beyond Japan's biggest cities.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2015

Bank of Japan research casts doubt on Kuroda's comfort on bonds

The Bank of Japan's own researchers are undermining Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's view that the market is functioning well as the central bank buys an unprecedented amount of debt.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2015

Modi's outreach to three Indian Ocean states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour of the Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka indicates that India has at least made a good start toward tackling China's economic and strategic challenge in India's backyard.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2015

In quest to improve PLA, Xi evokes Japan's victory over navy in 1894

In the "century of humiliation" that President Xi Jinping often evokes for his goal of turning China into a great power, one particular episode resonates: The defeat of China's navy by Japan in 1894.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2015

SMBC Nikko targets Nomura with global investment banker hiring

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is hiring staff at its investment banking unit as it competes with more established names such as Nomura Holdings Inc. for bond and share deals.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2015

Picketty's impact on Japan

Every policy proposed by Thomas Picketty clashed head-on with the view of mainstream economists in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 14, 2015

Fukuoka awash with hina dolls and hidden temples

My daughter, having a little girl's predilection for princesses, turns out to be an excellent spotter of kids in kimono.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2015

NISA investments swell but still not on pace to reach target

Savers held ¥3 trillion in Japan's temporarily tax-free investment accounts at the end of the program's first year, the Financial Services Agency said in a statement on its website.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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