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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2019

SoftBank and Toyota in talks to invest $1 billion in Uber's self-driving unit: sources

A group of investors led by SoftBank Group Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc.'s self-driving vehicle unit, which would value the unit at $5 billion to $10 billion, said two people familiar with the talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 14, 2019

Brokerages brace for Japan's longest market shutdown since WWII

Brokerages are taking steps to help relieve at least some investors worried about getting trapped by the country's unusually long holiday next month related to the Emperor's succession.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2019

Democracy in a self-contradictory trap

Populism is the Achilles heel of democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2019

Building walls of futility

Trump, the fence builder of the West, would be wise to remember the fate of the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2019

For China drone-maker DJI, the real money in labor-starved Japan is in the industrial sector

Amid severe labor shortages, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to perform human tasks is sure to grow, and DJI, the world's biggest drone-maker, is ready to respond, the firm's Japan head said.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 14, 2019

Hop into the spirit of Easter with sweets

Cherry blossoms get all the attention during spring, but those ubiquitous pink petals won't stop the InterContinental Tokyo Bay from showing the Easter Bunny a little well-deserved love.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE NOTES
Mar 14, 2019

Marie Kondo and Momo: The new faces of Japanese culture

Japanese soft power has seen two faces in 2019. One is that of tidying guru Marie Kondo. The other is the horrifying visage of Momo, an unsettling sculpture turned viral hoax.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 14, 2019

Rookie guard Yuta Okada is shining bright for SeaHorses

As the regular season winds down, SeaHorses Mikawa rookie guard Yuta Okada continues to demonstrate impressive skills and an exciting all-around game.
WORLD
Mar 14, 2019

Lion on the lam locked up in South African jail

A young lion that had been captured after being on the run for almost a month spent the night in a South African police cell before being moved back to its national park home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2019

Delays with Boeing rocket lead NASA to consider other commercial options

A further delay with a Boeing rocket has NASA considering other options for launching the agency's future deep-space exploration craft.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 14, 2019

The classical vision of Masahide Kajimoto, the 'eccentric' president

Born to a forward-thinking father who founded Kajimoto Concert Management in 1951, Masahide Kajimoto calls himself "the eccentric second (president)."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 14, 2019

Facebook considers paying back advertisers as system outages persist around globe

Facebook is undergoing one of its most widespread and persistent system outages, with users across the globe unable to access its social network and services from Instagram to Messenger for much of Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2019

In race for fluency in time for Olympics, Tokyo great-grandmother proves it's never too late to learn

Setsuko Takamizawa is determined to prove that it is never too late to learn as she bids to conquer the English language before the Tokyo Olympics, having been prevented from learning what was considered the "enemy language" in her youth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2019

U.S. sends bombers over disputed South China Sea for second time in 10 days

The U.S. has sent B-52 bombers near disputed islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said Thursday, the second such mission over the contested waterway in 10 days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2019

U.S. lawmakers emerge from meeting with Trump ally Matt Whitaker with conflicting accounts

U.S. lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed-door meeting with former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday with conflicting accounts of their conversation with the controversial Trump ally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2019

Climate protesters ejected from Houston energy conference

Protesters tried to interrupt the biggest U.S. energy conference, holding signs and using a microphone to shout "Climate Change is Genocide."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2019

Trump says Paul Manafort pardon not 'on my mind' after sentencing

President Donald Trump said a possible pardon for Paul Manafort "is not something on my mind" after his former campaign chair's prison sentence was raised to 7½ years on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 13, 2019

Chiba Lotte's Mike Bolsinger sets lofty goals for 2019 season

Mike Bolsinger ended his first year in Japan with a 13-2 record and 3.06 ERA in 117⅔ innings for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 13, 2019

'Ramen Shop': Finding your family through food

Food is sustenance, food is pleasure and, as Eric Khoo's nostalgia-drenched "Ramen Shop" reminds us, food is memory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 13, 2019

Journalists get tour of Japan's Izumo amid debate over equipping ship with aircraft carrier capabilities

Journalists on Wednesday were given a guided tour of the Izumo — Japan's largest flat-topped helicopter carrier — for the first time since the Defense Ministry revealed a controversial plan late last year to convert it so that it could handle fixed-wing aircraft — which critics and some opposition...
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2019

Japan's post-3/11 energy policy

The government needs to flesh out its goal of turning renewables into a primary source of power supply with concrete steps to make that happen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2019

Bad assumptions behind 'Cost Plus 50' plan

Trump's posture toward allies hosting U.S. forces could damage crucial relationships.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2019

Trump is winning and Putin is losing in global arms sales

If you take arms sales as a proxy for influence, the U.S.'s global dominance looks to be resilient.

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