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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2021

Automating boring tasks made these Japan startup founders rich

Their firms' shares have all more than doubled in the past year, leading to talk of a burgeoning tech scene that's very different from Silicon Valley.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2021

Myanmar faces wider business fallout after Kirin retreat

Companies and investors are weighing the impact of a military coup that has thrust the once-thriving nation into a state of emergency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2021

How a dated cyberattack brought a stock exchange to its knees

The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut the entire operation down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2021

Nintendo raises outlook after surpassing high expectations

Nintendo shares outperformed console rivals Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. in 2020 and the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have faced production and logistics setbacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021

Shell targets power trading and hydrogen in climate drive

Shell and its European rivals are seeking new business models to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2021

No Plan B: Japan's sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics

Sponsors also worry that organizers have not told them what contingency plans there are in case the pandemic derails the games again this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2021

World’s top maker of tiny motors has sights on Tesla as EVs gather pace

Although most who use its products don't know its name, Nidec's motors are used in about 85% of the world's hard drives and it controls almost half of the global market for brushless motors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Jan 9, 2021

Insects: The future of food?

A thriving industry looks promising if consumer aversion can be overcome.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020

ESG awards recognize efforts of Suntory, Fuji Oil

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are attracting ever more attention from all stakeholders, from investors to consumers, as some of the most important keys for assessing corporate values, especially in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2020

OnlyFans is a billion-dollar media giant hiding in plain sight

While OnlyFans is closely associated with adult models, more traditional celebrities are turning to the platform.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2020

Moderna to seek U.S. and EU clearance for COVID-19 vaccine

The move came after a new analysis showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing COVID-19 with no serious safety problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2020

AstraZeneca considers extra global vaccine trial as questions mount

Many low- and middle-income countries are relying on the firm, which has pledged to sell its vaccine at cost during the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2020

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial reaches key goal to gauge merit

The bet among top experts in the field is that Moderna's therapy will likely prove to be highly effective.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2020

The surging coronavirus finds a U.S. leadership vacuum

As the United States enters what may be the most intense stage of the pandemic yet, the Trump administration remains largely disengaged.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2020

China’s race for COVID-19 vaccine raises safety questions

Process has been unhindered by common scientific setbacks being reported by Western rivals, raising questions about how stringently they are vetting potential issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2020

Big Tech draws record revenue and harsh criticism with U.S. election ads

The presidential campaigns for each party more than doubled their ad spending on Facebook compared with the presidential candidates in the 2016 race.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2020

Samsung reports profitable quarter but warns of weaker outlook

Samsung Electronics Co. warned earnings in the current quarter will decline, saying the strong growth in its mobile and memory business that helped third-quarter profits will ease amid intensifying competition and weakening demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2020

Japan's unorthodox household goods champion rides a pandemic boom

Iris Ohyama has made a name through reasonably priced electronics, and launches more than 1,000 new products a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2020

Zoom wants to partner with, not defeat, Slack and Microsoft

Zoom Video Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan said the company will do a better job integrating office chatroom products from Slack Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., betting that cooperation is better than competition for the software-maker’s growth.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2020

Disney says it had to work with Chinese government on ‘Mulan’

Walt Disney Co. defended its cooperation with government entities accused of human-rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, saying the company had to work with the government in order to make films there.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2020

Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

The pandemic has intensified a price war between recycled and new plastic, made by the oil industry.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2020

As COVID-19 persists, Japan looks to send in the robots

A new wave of service machines has emerged amid the coronavirus pandemic to help maintain safety and social distancing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2020

Abenomics improved Japan's corporate governance, but more work remains

While the framework prodded companies to strengthen corporate governance, many firms are still refraining from taking more proactive approaches.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

BHP ties CEO's bonus to targets for cutting customer emissions

Supply-chain emissions typically account for more than 90 percent of BHP's total, and the responsibility miners take for them is disputed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2020

'Mulan' reboot, once a sure thing, becomes a headache for Disney

It was supposed to be another $1 billion blockbuster for Walt Disney Co. — a live-action remake of a 1998 animated hit featuring an all-star Asian cast, breathtaking cinematography and plenty of martial arts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020

Trump promised a coal comeback but America’s miners need an energy revolution

Mining has always been physically risky, and right now the job is more insecure than ever.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2020

The publishing empire helping China silence dissent in Hong Kong

When Hong Kong’s richest tycoons declared their support for the city’s national security law in June, it wasn’t what they said that stood out as much as how they said it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 27, 2020

The U.S. has more COVID-19 testing than most. So why is it falling so short?

As infection rates spike nationwide, many labs aren't running anywhere near capacity because of supply-chain bottlenecks.

Longform

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