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OLYMPICS
Apr 18, 2019

Japan residents can register for Tokyo 2020 Olympics ticket lottery from May 9

Registration for the lottery will be possible from May 9 via the ticket sales website, where users can choose which Olympic events they wish to attend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 18, 2019

Philip Morris says it doesn't want you to buy its cigarettes, but will IQOS help it survive?

How can a company that tells people explicitly not to buy its products survive? That's a question for Philip Morris International Inc., which recently unveiled a campaign to "unsmoke" the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2019

VW unveils apple-skinned SUV challenger to Tesla's Model X

Volkswagen AG unveiled an electric sport utility vehicle concept to challenge Tesla Inc.'s Model X as part of the auto industry's largest push into battery-powered vehicles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 10, 2019

Ghosn is right about Nissan

The automaker's performance has suffered since the former chairman was toppled, suggesting the need for an overhaul at the top.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 29, 2019

AstraZeneca bets $6.9 billion that Daiichi Sankyo therapy will transform cancer treatment

Britain's AstraZeneca's biggest deal in recent memory give it access to the Japanese drugmaker's promising but difficult to pronounce cancer treatment: trastuzumab deruxtecan.
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
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2019

Ford to close oldest plant in Brazil, cut 2,700 jobs and exit South America truck biz

Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it will close its oldest factory in Brazil and exit its heavy commercial truck business in South America, a move that could cost more than 2,700 jobs as part of a restructuring meant to end losses around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2019

In era of AI and apps that track, could Recruit be Japan's top contender for global internet domination?

It was one of the most infamous companies in Japan, rocking the nation with a corporate scandal that ousted a prime minister and then nearly collapsing under a mountain of debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2019

Nissan reports Carlos Ghosn's alleged ¥9.2 billion in understated income on firm's earnings statement

The automaker also slashed its full-year profit forecasts amid sluggish demand in the North America market and other markets worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2019

Toyota slashes net profit forecast due to market turbulence

Dragged down by recent stock market turbulence, Toyota Motor Corp. slashed its net profit forecast for the current business year on Wednesday and now estimates the figure will be down by 25 percent compared to fiscal 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019

Fourth-quarter figures drag China's 2018 growth to a 28-year low of 6.6%

China's economy cooled in the fourth quarter under pressure from faltering domestic demand and bruising U.S. tariffs, dragging growth in 2018 to its lowest level in nearly three decades and pressuring Beijing to roll out more stimulus to avert a sharper slowdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2019

Nissan expands Carlos Ghosn probe to more countries as ousted chairman's deputy comes under scrutiny

Nissan broadens its investigation of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn and probes dealings in other countries including India, the U.S. and Latin America.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 8, 2019

Eli Lilly makes $8 billion bet on drugs for rare cancers with Loxo Oncology buy

Eli Lilly said on Monday it will buy Loxo Oncology Inc. for $8 billion, an expensive bet on a pipeline of cancer drugs that target rare genetic mutations and the biggest acquisition in the drug-maker's 143-year history.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jan 7, 2019

Know the circumstances of using 'shidai'

Depending on whether it's used as a noun, an idomatic expression or as an adverb, 'shidai' can mean something entirely different.
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
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2019

Trump says China woes help U.S. in trade talks, downplays Apple warning

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed a revenue warning from Apple Inc that cited slowing sales in China and said China's weakening economic growth puts the United States in a strong position as negotiators from the world's two largest economies prepare for trade talks next week.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jan 4, 2019

Tokyo stocks dive over 400 points to kick off ominous 2019

Stocks ended the first trading day of 2019 with heavy losses Friday as a sharply stronger yen and an overnight plunge in U.S. equities spurred broad selloffs on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2018

White House mum as trade war slaughters hog industry worldwide

Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2018

BMW faces criminal probe in South Korea over engine fires

BMW AG is facing a criminal probe in South Korea after investigators concluded the manufacturer concealed fire hazards and delayed recalls for a problem that has dented sales and its reputation in the Asian country.
SPORTS
Dec 15, 2018

Wrestle mania: The changing landscape of professional wrestling in Japan

In June 1976, professional wrestler Kanji "Antonio" Inoki took on iconic American boxer Muhammad Ali at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo in a fight that would be broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.4 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2018

Takeda downgrade looms after shareholders approve Shire deal

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. shareholders' approval of the $62 billion (about ¥7 trillion) acquisition of Shire PLC is good news for its bosses' ambitions to build a global drug giant — but bad news for its credit ratings.

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