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PRESS / Corporate Trends
Jun 12, 2017

The Japan Times joins News2uHD Group

Tokyo, June 12, 2017 - Nifco Inc., the parent company of The Japan Times Ltd., today concluded an agreement that transfers ownership of The Japan Times to News2uHD Group. Following this transfer (late June) The Japan Times will be a 100% owned subsidiary of News2uHD.
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WORLD
Jun 9, 2017

Chimps are not people, cannot be freed from custody: New York court

Chimpanzees do not deserve the same rights as people, a New York state appeals court unanimously concluded on Thursday, as it refused to order the release of two of the animals to a primate sanctuary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2017

Amazon comes knocking on remote Australia, where brick-and-mortar retailers are king

Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying to replicate its U.S. success, is now attempting to crack one of the biggest and most sparsely populated nations where bricks-and-mortar retailers are king.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2017

Trump can learn from Japan's 1986 problem

U.S. President Donald Trump's ignorance of the lessons of Japan's economic travails over the past three decasdes could lead him to make costly policy errors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 27, 2017

Never forget: keeping track of belongings with technology

A Tokyo-based startup is offering a range of services to help people keep track of their belongings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2017

With plans for electric versions of its vehicles, Subaru avoids reinventing the wheel

Subaru Corp. is considering electric versions of its existing models for the carmaker's first foray into the technology, as it joins peers around the world in pouring cash into battery-powered vehicles amid tightening emissions rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2017

Big South Korean firms keeping low profile ahead of Moon's reform quest

A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2017

SoftBank secures first capital commitment for multibillion-dollar tech fund

SoftBank Group Corp. has secured the first capital commitment to a $100 billion fund organized with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that would eventually put its founder Masayoshi Son in charge of one of technology's biggest investment vehicles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 21, 2017

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyberwarfare cell that worries the West

North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyberattacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2017

Mubadala of Abu Dhabi plans $15 billion investment in SoftBank tech fund

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Co. plans to invest as much as $15 billion in SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund and start two new venture capital funds to build its technology holdings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2017

Toshiba's U.S. partner Western Digital seeks right to block sale of flash memory business

Western Digital Corp. announces it is seeking international arbitration over Toshiba Corp.'s plan to sell its flash memory business.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2017

Can Japan, land of lifetime employment, handle the rise of freelancers?

For public relations specialist Mari Hirata, the perks that drew her into the world of freelancing were the flexible working hours and the opportunity to work for various companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 2, 2017

Why China's drones are taking off

China's hands-off approach, whether intentional or not, has created an environment in which startups can experiment with trial-and-error, take on increased risk and thrive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 1, 2017

Urban Japan trying its hand at bicycle-sharing

The so-called sharing economy has spread to a variety of fields such as cars and homes, and Japan has seen another rising trend in recent years — bicycles.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2017

Tujia, Airbnb's rival in China, seeking to raise $300 million

Airbnb Inc.'s Chinese rival Tujia is in talks to raise more than $300 million, putting pressure on the U.S. home-sharing startup less than a month after it officially debuted in the country.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2017

Space, the final frontier for Earth's crude oil giants

The Middle East has an outsize impact on energy here on Earth. One analyst thinks some regional powerhouses may leverage that role into the development of natural resources in space.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2017

Maverick Beji Sasaki picks a fight with Fujitsu to push takeovers, turnarounds of undervalued firm

Beji Sasaki, a maverick businessman who first challenged Tokyo's status quo four decades ago, says his bidding war with the $13 billion computer giant Fujitsu Ltd. is just the start of his plan to use takeovers to change Japan Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2017

Billionaire Taizo Son ditches Japan in frustration, starts afresh in Singapore

Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2017

Son and Bezos set to clash in India e-commerce expansion

SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos are heading for a clash in India.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2017

Drawing on Seattle startup revolution, Fukuoka angling to be entrepreneur hub

From the fifth-floor office of his internet startup, Kazz Watabe can see the sea bass jump in the bay as he works on his fishing website to the sound of jazz and the waves washing on the beach below.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2017

Gas giants share OPEC's shale pain as U.S. supply flows to Asia

OPEC isn't the only decades-old energy hegemony being turned on its head by U.S. shale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2017

Koike's plan for Tepco to remove utility poles in Tokyo an Olympian task

Making one of the world's biggest cities beautiful is a task beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is unlikely to relish.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
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