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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2020

Aeon Financial Service to enter life insurance market

Aeon Financial Service Co. has announced a plan to enter the life insurance business by acquiring a Japanese unit of German insurer Allianz SE.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2020

A trip to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant: Full-body suits and three layers of socks

Reuters was recently given exclusive access to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down in 2011 after a powerful earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the seaside facility.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020

U.S. manufacturing rebounds but construction spending falls

U.S. factory activity unexpectedly rebounded in January after contracting for five straight months amid a surge in new orders, offering hope that a prolonged slump in business investment has probably bottomed out.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Feb 1, 2020

Alvark edge Brave Thunders, earn series split

The visiting Alvark Tokyo avenged their Friday defeat by outplaying the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in Saturday's marquee rematch.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food of my Former Homeland
Feb 1, 2020

Swe Myanmar: Sharing the flavors of home in Tokyo's 'Little Yangon'

The popular Swe Myanmar is one of many Myanmar restaurants in Tokyo's 'Little Yangon,' Takadanobaba. But one aspect makes it unique: Its owner, Than Swe, is a foreign national who was granted asylum in the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2020

Feeling lucky? Only lottery winners will get to enjoy Suntory's limited edition 55-year-old single malt whisky

The newest bottle in the vaunted lineup of premium Japanese whiskies is more than 55 years old.
Japan Times
WORLD / Commentary
Jan 30, 2020

Why is Tokyo defying population outflows among world's 'superstar' cities?

Like a lot of big cities in the developed world, Amsterdam lost population in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s as its inhabitants opted for newer dwellings and more space outside the city. During those same decades, newcomers arrived in large numbers from former and current Dutch territories as well...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2020

Mali plans to double the size of its army to combat jihadis

Mali will increase the size of its army by about 50 percent in a recruitment drive this year aimed at uprooting jihadist groups, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2020

U.S. charges target alleged Chinese spying at Harvard and Boston institutions

A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researchers at Boston University and a Boston hospital were charged on Tuesday with lying about their alleged links to the Chinese government.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 28, 2020

Japan coach Julio Lamas outlines goals for team before upcoming Asia Cup qualifiers

Japan men's national team head coach Julio Lamas said that it wasn't a surprise that his team didn't play as well as it had hoped to at last year's FIBA World Cup.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 28, 2020

Reflationist Seiji Adachi tapped to replace Yutaka Harada on Bank of Japan board

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has nominated economist Seiji Adachi, a known reflationist, to the Bank of Japan's Policy Board amid growing attention over Abe's stance on monetary easing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2020

Inside Nissan, a renewed push to get Renault to cut its stake

A proposal is being floated atop Nissan Motor Co. for the company to revive efforts to push Renault SA to reduce its stake in the Japanese carmaker and help balance the partnership, a person familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2020

J&J CEO says he didn't read internal documents on possible asbestos in Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Alex Gorsky told a jury Monday that he did not read all the internal company documents related to potential asbestos contamination in Johnson's Baby Powder.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020

Scientists are already working on cures for Wuhan coronavirus

After the SARS and MERS outbreaks, the U.S. began funding potential treatments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2020

North Korea urges citizens to 'break through barriers' as nuclear standoff continues

While a North Korean deadline for the United States to soften its stand on denuclearization talks passed uneventfully over the New Year, state media and propaganda efforts have been focusing on the prospect of a long confrontation with the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020

Over 1,000 companies in Japan mulling use of telecommuting for Olympics, survey says

Over 1,000 companies are thinking of adopting telecommuting during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer to help ease traffic congestion, according to a survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2020

The warp and weft of sustainable weaving

Jin Shirai has mastered each of the traditionally separate roles of Japan's handicraft textile industry — from growing cotton, spinning it and dyeing the yarn, to weaving and designing fabrics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2020

Walking the talk of stakeholder capitalism

Company boards must also figure out how to integrate shareholder value with corporate responsibility.
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 25, 2020

Japan 2030: Tackling climate issues is key to the next decade

The new decade kicked off with images of Australia in flames.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 25, 2020

Akihiro Kakimoto: The man behind Japan's most elaborate chocolate desserts

Patissier Akihito Kakimoto has competed in the world's most prestigious chocolate competitions. But his path to the world of chocolate sculpture-making was anything but straightforward.
SUMO / Rikishi Files
Jan 25, 2020

Kyokutenho was a trailblazer

In 1991, though most people didn't realize it at the time, the Oshima stablemaster made a decision that would dramatically alter the course of sumo over the next several decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jan 24, 2020

In print and online, English media proliferate in Hokkaido ski resort of Niseko

English-language media outlets are stepping up their presence in Hokkaido's renowned ski resort of Niseko, benefiting from growing global interest from skiers and snowboarders lured by the region's fine powder snow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2020

Personal info of 8.9 million in Japan compromised by viruses and unauthorized access in 2019

Computer viruses and people accessing databases without authorization have led to the compromise of personal information belonging to 8.9 million workers and customers of 32 publicly traded companies in Japan last year, a private credit research firm said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 23, 2020

Yuka Osaki hopes to secure a spot on Japan national team after becoming a mother

Just over a year after giving birth to her first child, Yuka Osaki decided to return to the court with the goal of representing her home country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2020

Komeito, the 20-year-old security watchdog

Komeito wields influence in major security policy decisions, especially the one that has most Japan-watchers intrigued: constitutional amendment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 23, 2020

Even on paternity leave, 32% of Japanese moms say dads don't help much with housework

The government has been pushing for fathers to take paternity leave as Japan faces a demographic crisis, yet a new wrinkle has emerged: Almost one-third of mothers report that their partners do little to help out around the house while they're off work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2020

Cambodia is criminalizing democracy

The international community must not allow Prime Minister Hun Sen to use fabricated treason charges to suppress the leading opposition party.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

Podcast

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

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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