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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2022

Behind on climate action, global aviation industry pins hope on scarce, pricey fuel

Airlines contribute more than 2% of the world's carbon emissions and lag almost all other sectors in green commitments.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2022

Ex-Tokyo Games executive suspected of giving favors to ad agency ADK

Haruyuki Takahashi has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from companies including Aoki Holdings Inc. over Tokyo Games sponsorship contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2022

Elderly to be first in line when Japan rolls out improved COVID shots

The vaccines will be available to seniors from mid-September or later, and this will be expanded from mid-October to people 12 or older who have received at least two shots.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2022

SoftBank could be planning Vision Fund staff cuts of at least 20%

Executives are still debating how extensive the cuts should be, with some calling for cuts as high as 50%, according to one source.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2022

Robots are key to winning the productivity war

While machines do replace specific jobs, their adoption boosts salaries and raises living standards.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Ownership and partnership growing rapidly in ‘last frontier’

The Japan Times recently interviewed the Ambassador for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Jun Shinmi, prior to TICAD 8, which is to be held in Tunisia on Aug. 27 and 28.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2022

Don’t believe the grim forecast — China is just fine

Beijing's poor headline numbers aren't the only story — and that means investors need to use a new lens to assess the economy.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Aug 22, 2022

“Policymaking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals” with Mahesti Okitasari

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2022

Manchester United is a joke even to Elon Musk

Frustrated supporters briefly hoped against hope the mogul was serious when he tweeted he was buying the struggling club.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2022

Companies made heaps of money in 2021. And workers?

European corporate profits are soaring but employees hoping for a big raise face disappointment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2022

Pfizer to buy Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4 billion deal

Pfizer will gain Oxbryta, South San Francisco-based Global Blood's therapy for sickle-cell disease that sold about $195 million last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2022

China's 'COVID zero' could last for years because it works for Xi

While questions persist about the reliability of Chinese data, the country has reported just 5,226 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began, compared with more than 1 million in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2022

Shenzhen accelerates China's driverless car dreams

The United States took an early lead in autonomous vehicle technology, but the industry appears to be changing gears in Shenzhen.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2022

Ex-Tokyo Olympics executive received ¥230 million from Games sponsor, sources say

Tokyo prosecutors suspect that the payments to Takahashi were made as a reward for helping Aoki Holdings become a Tokyo Games official sponsor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jul 25, 2022

After 10 years, 'Toyota-ism' takes root in Tohoku as force for reconstruction

Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda has said, “There will be no recovery of Japan without the recovery of the Tohoku region.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2022

China’s Gen Z is dejected, underemployed and slowing the economy

The most educated generation in China's history was supposed to blaze a trail toward more innovation. Instead, many of the roughly 15 million young people are lowering their ambitions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2022

Ex-Tokyo Games executive denies giving favors to Aoki Holdings

The former exec, suspected of receiving u00a540 million from Aoki, said that he 'has never been asked for anything from Aoki Holdings nor has given it any favor over the Tokyo Olympics.'
PRESS / Events
Jul 22, 2022

“Creating ESG-driven value creation strategies for real assets” with Stuart Kay

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 16, 2022

Musk says Twitter dragged feet on deal and now rushing trial

Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter officials are unfairly pushing for a 'warp speed” trial and have asked that the case be heard next year instead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2022

SoftBank-backed cancer detection startup may go public as soon as 2023

AI Medical Service Inc. develops software to scan endoscopy images and identify potential cancers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2022

China property crisis is spiraling with homebuyers’ boycott

Mounting signs of stress this week in an industry that accounts for about a quarter of the world's second-largest economy are roiling China's credit markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2022

Elon Musk isn’t the only one to blame for the Twitter mess

From Larry Ellison to Marc Andreesen, Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't have backers on Twitter deal as much as well-heeled enablers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2022

Musk’s about-face on Twitter shifts takeover saga to Delaware

The billionaire co-founder of Tesla will need to make his case before a judge in Delaware that Twitter failed to uphold its side of a merger deal reached in April.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2022

Musk backs out of $44 billion Twitter deal over bot accounts

Twitter has made 'misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the social network, and hasn't 'complied with its contractual obligations,' Musk's representatives said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2022

Pension riches are no panacea for Japan’s startups

The world's biggest pension fund might invest in the next unicorns and decacorns. That's a good beginning — but the country's fledgling scene needs more.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2022

How Republican-led states are targeting Wall Street with 'anti-woke' laws

The growing restrictions show how America's culture wars are creating new risks for U.S. companies, forcing them to balance pressure from workers and investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 6, 2022

Wall Street says a recession is coming. Consumers say it's already here.

Prices are soaring worldwide, particularly for essential foods and fuels, eroding the spending power of families.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Man arrested over body found in bag in Kawasaki
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

Podcast

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
By Alex K.T. Martin

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