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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2019

BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo to be posted after team backs bid to move to MLB

Yokohama BayStars left fielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo has a dream of playing in the major leagues, and the club isn't going to stand in his way.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2019

New hedge fund will target poor corporate governance in Japan

Zuhair Khan has achieved recognition in Japan over the past few years by ranking poorly governed companies at risk of scandal. Now he's looking to see whether the list can make any money as a new hedge fund at Union Bancaire Privee.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2019

The world is watching as Japan deals with severe population decline and rural flight

When it comes to the nation's economy, there's actually two of them.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 5, 2019

Popra Nakayama: Diversity works in the U.S.

Not satisfied with just one genre of performance, Popra Nakayama finds the U.S. a great place to branch out into singing, dancing and even martial-arts action film acting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2019

Famed French lawyer signals shift in Ghosn's defense strategy

Francois Zimeray said he views Carlos Ghosn's treatment under Japan's criminal defense system as problematic.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2019

Southeast Asia's internet economy to grow 39% and hit $100 billion this year, report says

Southeast Asia's internet economy was forecast to grow 39 percent this year to $100 billion as millions of people in the region went online to shop for the first time and ride-hailing firms grew in popularity, an industry report showed on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Oct 2, 2019

Keisuke Honda risks cheapening legacy

Even in the prime of Keisuke Honda's career, there have been few in the Japanese soccer community who could claim to have a good understanding of what was going on in the mind of the enigmatic midfielder.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2019

Japan's opposition parties struggle to stay on message over consumption tax

Major opposition parties are wary of smaller peers' calls for the rate to be lowered back to 5 percent, although they are largely unified in opposition to the 10 percent rate.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2019

Construction firm linked to Takahama official in Kepco scandal won ¥3 billion in orders from utility

A construction company linked to a late former deputy mayor of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, at the center of a money scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co. received orders worth at least ¥3 billion directly or indirectly from the Kepco group over four years, it was learned Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2019

Time to listen to children on climate change

Young people are capable of shaping policies by sending powerful messages to a global audience that would not otherwise pay enough attention to climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019

Japan firms fight the frugal retail psyche with AI-driven pricing and other tricks

After years of soggy inflation and a long reign by Japan's tightfisted shoppers, businesses are adopting new methods to lift prices, from artificial intelligence to simple packaging tweaks.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 1, 2019

Daisuke Takahashi a good fit for ice dance

Just 15 months after shocking the skating world with his return after a four-year retirement, Daisuke Takahashi has done it again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 1, 2019

Abe rolls the dice on his political legacy with tax hike

Shinzo Abe will almost certainly become the nation's longest-serving prime minister next month. Whether he will be remembered as a success could well hinge on how the economy weathers the consumption tax hike.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019

Australia sees chance to raise rare earth supply to U.S. as Washington cuts dependence on China

Australia has a fresh opportunity to supply the United States with critical minerals after recent changes to U.S. regulation aimed at cutting its dependence on China, an Australian government report showed on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 30, 2019

Giants star Shinnosuke Abe bows out as one of NPB's great catchers

For nearly 20 years Shinnosuke Abe's go-to phrase during hero interviews, following some heroic feat on the baseball diamond, has been "saikō desu" (the best). He'd be asked a question and would often shout the phrase as his response as the crowd ate it up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2019

SoftBank plans to name former Sprint boss to help fix WeWork

SoftBank Group Corp. is tapping Marcelo Claure to help turn around WeWork after ousting co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann from the corner office last week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2019

Hong Kong on edge ahead of sensitive Chinese anniversary

Hong Kong's metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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