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PRESS / Corporate Trends
Sep 28, 2022

読売新聞東京本社とジャパンタイムズがデジタル広告で協業

株式会社読売新聞東京本社(本社・東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長・山口寿一、以下「読売新聞」)と株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社・東京都千代田区、代表取締役会長 兼 社長・末松弥奈子、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は、海外への情報発信を目指す企業・自治体・団体などを支援する新たなデジタル広告事業に共同で取り組むことで合意しました。...
PRESS / Services
Sep 7, 2021

The Japan Times and The Japan Times Alpha now available online to passengers flying All Nippon Airways (ANA)

The Japan Times and The Japan Time Alpha (The Japan Times, Ltd. President and CEO: Minako Suematsu; The Japan Times Publishing, Ltd. President: Hideki Ito) have long been committed to serving readers with compelling, balanced and independent news and journalism from Japan.
PRESS / Services
Sep 1, 2021

ANA電子書籍サービスにジャパンタイムズ・ジャパンタイムズアルファのコンテンツ提供を開始します。

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、取締役社長:末松弥奈子)株式会社ジャパンタイムズ出版(本社:同上、取締役社長:伊藤秀樹)は、全日本空輸株式会社(ANA)の提供する電子書籍サービス「eライブラリ」へ、ジャパンタイムズとジャパンタイムズアルファのコンテンツ提供を開始しました。...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020

With no evidence of fraud, Trump fails to make headway on legal cases

President Donald Trump’s bellicose pledge to fight the outcome of the election in the courts crashed Friday into skeptical judges, daunting Electoral College math and a lack of evidence for his claims of fraud.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020

Trump team pursues contradictory strategy as U.S. continues to count votes

Donald Trump's chances of winning now rest on an attempt to stop vote counting where he thinks he's ahead, while demanding the tallies continue where he's losing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020

How to think about a contested U.S. election

The surge in mail-in and early voting amid the pandemic meant that the chances of knowing whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden won sometime Tuesday night was very low.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 14, 2020

U.S. TV news networks aim for credibility, not speed, on election night

Some top U.S. television news executives see a cautionary tale in a notorious November evening two decades ago.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Aug 28, 2020

“The Japan Times and Cybozu-owned media Kintopia launch a joint series on diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace”

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) and Cybozu Inc.’s (Head Office: Chuo-ku; Tokyo; President Yoshihisa Aono) Kintopia, an English-language online media, have jointly launched a six-part feature series titled "Diversity and the Future of...
Aug 28, 2020

“The Japan Times and Cybozu-owned media Kintopia launch a joint series on diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace”

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) and Cybozu Inc.’s (Head Office: Chuo-ku; Tokyo; President Yoshihisa Aono) Kintopia, an English-language online media, have jointly launched a six-part feature series titled “Diversity and the Future...
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Aug 28, 2020

The Japan TimesとサイボウズのグローバルメディアKintopiaがタイアップ企画 日本の外国人やマイノリティの働き方に関するコンテンツを英語で発信!

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役会長兼社長:末松 弥奈子、以下 ジャパンタイムズ)と、サイボウズ株式会社(本社:東京都中央区、代表取締役社長:青野 慶久、以下、サイボウズ)の英字オウンドメディアであるKintopiaは、8月28日からタイアップ企画...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2020

Trump set to sign executive order about social media amid Twitter row

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order regarding social media companies on Thursday, White House officials said, after Trump threatened to shut down websites he accused of stifling conservative voices.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2020

Paperwork-heavy Japan trailing tech-savvy South Korea on cash handouts

Lee Jong-chul, a 57-year-old truck driver who lives just south of Seoul, says it took little more than a minute to access his 400,000 won ($330) cash handout from the South Korean government earlier this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2020

Poland moves to hold Europe’s only national vote in lockdown

Poland’s ruling party is pressing forward with conducting Europe’s only national election during the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2019

Yamato Transport rolls out driver-friendly EVs for parcel delivery in Tokyo area

Yamato Transport Co. unveiled on Tuesday what it says is a greener, compact, driver-friendly electric truck that may offer hope for coping with the acute labor shortage in Japan's door-to-door parcel delivery industry.
Japan Times
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mar 28, 2025

The Japan Times Boarding & International School Day 2025 ~Elementary school to High School~

The Japan Times is excited to announce the second Boarding & International School Day, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Boarding and international schools in Japan have been carving out new educational paths for students in recent years. They can provide an internationally enriched environment from an early...
American autoworkers assemble Honda Accords at the Japanese company's Marysville Auto Plant in the state of Ohio in December 2017.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2025

Ford is as American as apple pie. Or is that Honda?

Trump's 25% auto tariffs will raise car prices, complicate manufacturing and prioritize outdated protectionism over industry trends like electrification and software.
PRESS
Apr 16, 2025

The Japan Times が第7回 『Sustainable Japan Award 』 の公募を開始

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代⽥区 代表取締役会⻑兼社⻑ 末松弥奈⼦)は第7回 Sustainable Japan Award の公募を開始しました。
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday in Washington.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2025

Trump calls the U.S.-Japan alliance ‘one-sided.’ Tokyo says otherwise.

Some observers believe the U.S. president’s worldview is stuck in the 1980s, a time when trade deficits with Japan captured the attention of U.S. policymakers.
Visitors look at the preserved Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima in October.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

80 years on, Japan's government seeks testimonies from all hibakusha

It is the first time in 30 years that the government has sought cooperation from all hibakusha over testimonies.
NTT Docomo will retire its iconic Docomo Emoji, ending a 26-year run that helped shape the visual language of mobile communication.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2025

NTT Docomo to retire iconic emoji set after 26 years

Beginning next month, newly released Android smartphones and feature phones sold by Docomo will no longer include the carrier’s original emoji.
People walk past a cannabis dispensary in Bangkok on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2025

Surge in cannabis smuggling prompts Thailand to tighten rules

Dispensaries will be allowed to sell cannabis only to those with licenses or with prescriptions from medical professionals when proposed changes to existing rules take effect.
PRESS
May 28, 2025

The Japan Times Destination Restaurants が 今年の受賞レストランを発表

Destination Restaurants
Tokyo police declared that Japanese young men and women were simply "not accustomed to one another’s society" due to their cultural upbringing — and thus freewheeling dance venues and foreign customs needed to be reined in.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Jun 4, 2025

Japan Times 1925: Tokyo police impose curfew on ‘social dances’

In June 1925, concern over “the moral effects of the Western dancing” on Japanese youth led to restrictions on social venues.
Reports claim that children with unusual names were being bullied at school and facing difficulties finding jobs.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 6, 2025

What’s in a name? With new guidelines, the Japanese government wants to know.

Japan now requires official furigana for names in the family register, aiming to limit overly creative "kira-kira" readings.
Demonstrators holding signs and flags face California National Guard members standing guard outside the Federal Building as they protest in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 10, 2025

Does U.S. law allow Trump to send troops to quell protests?

U.S. President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops and Marines to California after days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids.
Japan faces soaring rice prices, a powerful farming cooperative resistant to change, declining farmer numbers, falling rice consumption and conflicting government policies that hinder effective reform of the sector.
COMMENTARY
Jun 10, 2025

How ‘vintage’ rice is shaking up Japanese politics

Rice is where consumers have drawn the line. The staple rose by 98% in the past year, adding almost half a percentage point to headline inflation.
A pollster for the national census leaves a note at a house in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in September 2020 after no one answered the door.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2025

Japan faces staffing challenges for crucial census

The pollster workforce is aging, while increased public concerns over privacy have led more residents to refuse to participate.
Japan Post President Tetsuya Senda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2025

Japan Post to accept loss of truck transport business permit

The transport ministry is expected to revoke the permit by the end of this month at the earliest.
PRESS
Jul 1, 2025

ジャパンタイムズが SOPA 2025 優秀編集賞の審査員特別賞を受賞

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役社⻑:末松弥奈子)は、2025 年 6 月に発表されたアジア出版者協会 (The Society of Publishers in Asia; SOPA) 主催の SOPA 2025 Awards for Editorial Excellence にて、優秀芸術・特集記事(地域/ローカル)の審査員特別賞を受賞しました。アジア出版者協会は、香港を拠点に、優れたジャーナリズムの追求を目的として活動する非営利団体です。...
A voter casts a ballot for the Upper House election at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2025

Overseas voting for Upper House election begins

This marks the first time that Japanese living in Taiwan could vote at polling stations on the self-governed island.

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