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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2022

Amgen has a contender in the weight-loss drug wars

Amgen's obesity drug offers a new twist on proven methods to help people lose unwanted pounds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2021

U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

Apple Inc. iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2021

Japan paper company sets sights on a wooden rival to car batteries

Nippon Paper Industries Co. aims to create supercapacitors that could store and release energy with vastly improved performance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uyghurs abroad, company says

The social media company said the hackers targeted activists, journalists and dissidents who were predominantly Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group facing persecution in China.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ireland report 2020
Dec 23, 2020

Aerogen: Japan breathes new life into pioneering Irish company

Aerogen is the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery, having treated 12 million patients in 75 countries through its pioneering aerosol technology. A recipient of several international accolades, including the American Association of Respiratory Care Zenith Award for the last six years, Aerogen...
Japan Times
Mar 12, 2020

East Japan Railway Company: Sample Superb Japanese Wines in Singapore!

Enjoy five carefully selected wines at special prices during the Japan Premium Wine Fair at 11 restaurants in Singapore!
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 21, 2019

Aide claims Mike Pence never discussed Bidens or Ukraine company with Gordon Sondland

Vice President Mike Pence's office, responding to testimony on Wednesday by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, said the two men had not discussed tying the release of U.S. aid to Ukraine to "potential investigations" during a September trip to Poland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2019

Japanese company makes board game of pure gold

Precious metals retailer Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. said Wednesday that it has made a board game using pure gold that is valued at some ¥150 million.
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Sitting at ACI Asia-Pacific

In 2019, the CEO of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah was elected as a director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Board of the Airports Council International (ACI), a global body which represents the world’s airports and works closely with prominent aviation organizations to develop...
WORLD
Jun 23, 2019

Lawyer says Sudan court has told telecoms company to end military-ordered internet blackout

A Sudanese court on Sunday ordered telecoms operator Zain Sudan to restore internet services, a lawyer said, after they were severed nearly three weeks ago when security forces dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2018

FBI probing Florida company linked to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, report says

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation of a Florida company accused of scamming millions from customers during the period that Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. attorney general, served as a paid advisory-board member, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2018

Taiwan expels Texan running 3D-printed gun company who is accused of paying teen for sex

A Texan running a 3D-printed gun company who had flown to Taiwan after being accused of paying an underage girl for sex was detained in Taipei on Friday and ordered to leave the island after his U.S. passport was annulled, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2018

China hears rumbles of company discontent in rare open session

The ink had barely dried on the first joint statement between China and the European Union in three years before the complaints began.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 22, 2018

Hitchhiking Japan: 5,000 kilometers in the company of strangers

"I have no idea if people can read this," I think to myself as I look at my first cardboard sign and the spidery writing scrawled across it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 13, 2018

'Secrets from Forest: Company'

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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2018

Japan's loyalty cards to provide early sneak peek at company profits

When shopping in Japan, a phrase you'll hear all the time is "Do you have a point card?" And the most common is the T-card, which can be used at hundreds of thousands of shops nationwide, from car accessory dealers to convenience stores.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2016

Japan regulators crafting new rules to prevent leaks by company execs

Japanese authorities are set to recommend new fair disclosure rules that aim to prevent company executives from leaking insider information, part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to improve corporate governance and encourage foreign investment.
A Nigerian health official administers an mpox vaccination at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2024

WHO approves Japanese pharmaceutical company's mpox vaccine

The listing from the World Health Organization paves the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve and import the vaccine for distribution.
Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested Ryuma Hanayama, the president of a civil engineering and construction company, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his father at a materials storage yard in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2025

Company boss held on suspicion of abandoning father's body at storage site

Ryuma Hanayama, 46, is suspected of burying the body of his 87-year-old father at a storage site owned by his company in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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