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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2021

U.S. abortion curbs: Fearing business impact, companies speak out

Once seen as a religious, women's rights and health issue, abortion is becoming a badge for a company's commitment to gender equality and workplace diversity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2021

Uber CEO aims for ‘fully green’ food-delivery business

Ahead of two weeks of climate talks between world leaders — known as COP26 — several transportation-focused technology firms called for sped-up sustainability targets.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2021

Japan's top business lobby makes case for eased entry restrictions

Keidanren has presented to Suga proposals on relaxed quarantines, opening the border to vaccinated individuals and the domestic use of vaccine passports.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 8, 2021

Persist, pivot, prosper? Tourism businesses on weathering the pandemic

With the Olympics and a national vaccine rollout underway, The Japan Times checks in with four small tourism businesses. How are they holding up? And how did they pivot to stay in business?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2021

Millennials and global consumers push U.S. companies to get political

Georgia's decision last month to strengthen identification requirements for absentee ballots drew condemnation from many U.S. companies this week, including Microsoft Corp. and Citigroup.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2021

Tokyo business closure orders spur confusion days before capital reopens

The decision was likely meant to send a message to noncompliant establishments and test how effective the measure would be.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 10, 2021

Marshawn Lynch drawing own business blueprint with cannabis launch

With a newly launched cannabis brand and an e-betting endorsement, five-time Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch is building a business empire doing all the things everyone told him not to.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2020

CMC’s sale of Fancl’s Asian business draws interest from firms

Marketed as being free from preservatives and other chemicals, Fancl's skincare products and nutritional supplements are popular among consumers in Asia.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2020

U.N. goals crucial as pandemic-linked inequities rise, business leaders say

United Nation's sustainable development goals said key to global peace as the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates social and economic inequalities in Japan and across the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

McDonald’s to sell chunk of Japan business and speed closures in U.S.

McDonald's said it will cut its ownership in McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan to at least 35 percent from 49 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2020

Asian business sentiment fell to 11-year low amid pandemic, survey shows

The Asian Business Sentiment Index captured a negative outlook for only the second time since the survey began in the second quarter of 2009.
Reader Mail
May 22, 2020

Entry ban harming international business relations

The May 19 article “Foreign residents stranded abroad by Japan's coronavirus controls” describes this unfortunate situation quite well.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Pacific Northwest report 2020
Feb 7, 2020

Global Business Passport: Navigating the global marketplace

To thrive in today’s complex global marketplace, businesses need to quickly adapt to the market, which requires learning the nuances of differences in culture.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2020

Three businessmen contract coronavirus after Singapore business conference, officials say

At least three Asian businessmen who attended an international conference at a Singapore hotel have contracted the coronavirus, Malaysian and South Korean authorities said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020

Tesla up 20% after Panasonic posts first quarterly profit at battery business

Tesla Inc.'s stock surged 20 percent on Monday in its largest one-day gain since 2013, fueled by a quarterly profit at Panasonic's battery business with the U.S. carmaker and an investor report predicting its shares would rise more than ten-fold by 2024.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020

London calls for regulators' help to attract global business after Brexit

With Britain on the verge of quitting the European Union, the country's financiers are asking the U.K. government to revamp regulations to attract global business.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 8, 2019

Unfinished business for corporate leaders

A nation's economic performance and prosperity depends on the animal spirits and leadership of private enterprise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 20, 2019

Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump's blacklisting, source says

In a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world, Alphabet Inc.'s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a...
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
May 5, 2019

Clean start for long-standing towel business

The city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture has for over 120 years been one of Japan's major towel manufacturing hubs. Kayo Tango and her husband jumped into the world of towel production three years ago to save a towel manufacturer in the process of shutting down due to the lack of a successor. She spoke...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern Italy report 2019
Apr 2, 2019

Kindred spirits in business and culture

Three years after celebrating the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations, Italy and Japan have seen renewed vigor in their long-running partnership. While separated by much distance and distinct traditions, the two countries share a common ground on which they built valuable partnerships — namely...

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear