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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2019

Space 'anarchy': Lack of rules evident as businesses race to conquer the skies

Half a century after astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon, a new space race is under way to exploit the skies for commercial profit.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2019

Inappropriate sales by Japan Post Insurance

A probe must be conducted to get to the bottom of the scandal and steps taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 10, 2019

The man behind some of Japan's most stylish denim has one main rule: fabric first

Mehervan Sethi began promoting Japanese denim as a way to give back to the country that has 'done so much for me and my family.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2019

How Iacocca created the celebrity CEO, for better or worse

Saving Chrysler was a big accomplishment, but Iacocca's legacy is more about making the covers of Time and Newsweek.
Japan Times
North Rhine-Westphalia report 2019
Jun 28, 2019

Duesseldorf: ‘The Little Tokyo on the Rhine’

Duesseldorf has successfully attracted Japanese companies for over 60 years and today is home to more than 400 Japanese companies within the city boundaries and more than 600 in the region. The Office of Economic Development is continuing to actively strengthen the city’s ties to Japan. The office...
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

A cosmetics giant's passion for beauty in empowerment

GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Maximizing the potential of people and businesses

Bahrain is focused on advancing its private sector and making it the key driver of an increasingly diverse, competitive, entrepreneurial and knowledge-based economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2019

Despite an estimated 1 million at huge protest, Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China a day after the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2019

Nomura's retreat again highlights how Japan's banking behemoths struggle to succeed abroad

Time and again since Japan emerged as a global economic force, its financial leaders have hatched plans to translate their influence into investment-banking clout. Time and again, they've failed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2019

Private equity sees hot opportunity in Japan's traditional onsen inns

For Japan's growing flood of foreign tourists, one of the top internet search terms is onsen, the traditional hot springs where travelers have soaked since the days of the samurai. Now some of the world's oldest businesses are attracting big new money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
May 15, 2019

Nissan faces mounting problems on its turnaround path, analysts say

The earnings report and forecast disclosed Tuesday by the automaker underscored a big problem after the arrest and ouster of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn— stabilizing its auto business.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 11, 2019

Kumiko Imai-Duxfield: From the pull of destiny to a sense of duty

Whether good or bad, propelled by fate or duty, the director of arts and culture for the New Zealand-Japan Society of Auckland believes no experience is a wasted one.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2019

A whole new ballgame: Yokohama DeNA BayStars get an upgrade

Looking down at the sea of dark blue seats that frame one of Nippon Professional Baseball's smallest playing fields, one thing becomes clear: For the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, the ballpark, and the myriad experiences it offers those who take in a game, is their top commodity.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Apr 7, 2019

ESG-centered values drive management, strategies

Dave Muenz hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where pollution from the local steel mills was once so severe that his steelworker father had to take multiple shirts to work because by lunchtime 'the color of his original shirt would be so bad.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2019

Tokyo Big Sight: Japan's biggest convention center all set for Olympic duty

One thing you notice pretty quickly when you spend some time attending events at Tokyo Big Sight is that there is a lot of esoteric language on display.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2019

European utilities contemplating a future in which oil has gone the way of the dinosaurs

European oil companies have started to address what they worry may one day be an existential threat to their business — the end of a century of oil demand growth in a low carbon world.
Japan Times
Apr 2, 2019

alt Group, the provider of “Altgo.com”, an AI development platform, and CyberSolutions partner to release the AI engine to users of “CyberMail”.

alt Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. President & Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Kazutaka Yonekura. Hereinafter called “alt”.), a developer of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and ALT Technologies, Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. President & Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Jeongyong Kim. Hereinafter...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2019

I told you so: Only idiots believed in Russiagate

Whatever credibility U.S. media still had after pimping those imaginary Iraqi WMDs and 'experts' repeatedly reporting that Trump had no chance of winning, now lies in tatters.
Mar 19, 2019

Yamaha Motor Establishes Financial services company in France

- Strengthening Medium-Term Management Plan Financial Services -
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 17, 2019

Tourism-heavy period encourages flexible hiring

Living in the city of Tokyo could be described as a dream come true for Robert Walters Japan and Korea Managing Director Jeremy Sampson
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2019

Wagging the dictator

Russian and Chinese firms are increasingly bringing pressure to bear on policymaking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2019

Mizuho's surprise $6.1 billion charge exemplifies risks for Japan banks seeking returns abroad

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. announced another round of losses Wednesday on its foreign-bond holdings as part of a surprise writedown that will severely curtail full-year profit, as Japanese banks' quest to secure yield by investing overseas continues to create turbulence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MBA Special 2019
Feb 1, 2019

Japan-based degrees offer international advantages

A Master of Business Administration continues to be a path to senior executive roles as demand has been increasing and the degree still equates to higher salaries.
Japan Times
Egypt report 2019
Jan 25, 2019

Toyota Tsusho Corp. — a strong partner for Egypt

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) has contributed to Egyptian society since 1922 when Tomen established a cotton trading business in Egypt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019

U.S.-China trade talks making scant progress on make-or-break intellectual property problem

Ever since negotiators from the United States and China sat down in Beijing after a Christmas meltdown in global markets, Donald Trump has sought to calm investors and claim his trade talks are making great strides. But that glosses over a more uncomfortable reality.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 5, 2019

Examining Japan's traditional paper trail

As temperatures drop across the country, washi makers nationwide enter their peak production season.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 5, 2019

Takehiko Nakamura: Kicking around the U.S. for a career in soccer

A U.S. education, says sports fan Nakamura, helped him score a goal in life.
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.
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Japan, India to set up new consultation defense cooperation framework
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (right) stands alongside his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
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.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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