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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Dec 8, 2018

Kurasu: Yozo Otsuki's blend of coffee and lifestyle

Kurasu — a romanized rendition of the Japanese word for 'to live,' or 'lifestyle' — is a multifaceted business that combines an online shop, a monthly coffee subscription service, brick-and-mortar cafes in Kyoto and Singapore and, opening in Kyoto in December, its own roastery.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2018

A backlash is emerging over Ghosn's arrest

What could happen if the former Nissan chairman is released, and his story doesn't match the prosecutors' claims?
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2018

Nissan to recall 150,000 vehicles after new improper inspection practices come to light

Already bogged down in a series of cases of improper vehicle tests, Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has found new misconduct and will recall about 150,000 automobiles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2018

Trump seen picking U.S. Army head Mark Milley as next Joint Chiefs chairman

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to name the Army's top general, Mark Milley, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said Friday, in a decision that appears to be coming months earlier than expected.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2018

Japan passes controversial immigration bill paving way for foreign worker influx

The bill has elicited a fierce backlash from opposition lawmakers, who say it is void of key specifics.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2018

An arrest ripples through global telecoms

The Canadian government has arrested Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, one of China's largest and most prominent companies. Meng was stopped because the United States had issued an extradition request based on charges that she helped Huawei avoid U.S. sanctions on trade with...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2018

Why Huawei should worry America

Be more concerned about the company's possible involvement in espionage than its alleged violations of sanctions against Iran.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2018

Trump to roll back Obama-era carbon rule, opening door for new coal plants

The Trump administration took aim at two Obama-era environmental policies on Thursday to boost the oil and coal industries, proposing to open up a wildlife habitat to drilling and mining and to remove hurdles to the construction of coal-fired power plants.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 7, 2018

George Foreman became business giant after boxing career

Third in a three-part series
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2018

After failing to meet Abe, hibakusha activist Setsuko Thurlow urges PM to hear those with differing views

Hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow, an iconic anti-nuclear activist who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with people whose views differ with his own after she was unable to secure a meeting with the leader on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2018

Renault nearing first conclusions in Carlos Ghosn probe

Renault SA is aiming to reach in about a week the first conclusions to its internal probe into whether the pay packages of Carlos Ghosn, along with the French carmaker's other top managers, were properly disclosed to shareholders, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2018

Race to the bottom? India plans deep dive for seabed minerals

In the 1870 Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor's mineral bounty: zinc, iron, silver and gold.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 7, 2018

Abuse is the norm for Japan's hometown tax donation system

On Sept. 11, then-Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda gave a news conference at which she stated the government's intention to revise laws for local taxes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dec 6, 2018

Message from the Executive Editor

In the Friday Nov. 30 issue of The Japan Times, we published an Editor’s Note on our language regarding “comfort women” and “forced labor.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2018

Clues in Marriott hotel hack implicate China: sources

Hackers behind a massive breach at the Marriott International hotel group left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2018

How could Carlos Ghosn possibly have hidden billions of yen from Nissan?

How could one of the world's most visible employees go about hiding billions of yen worth of salary and benefits paid to him by one of the world's biggest companies, without the company knowing it?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2018

Fast Retailing opens GU Style Studio store in Harajuku where you try, buy, but walk away with nothing

A brand-new store opened in Tokyo's Harajuku fashion district on Friday, walls lined with clothes, shoes and handbags — and with a twist: shoppers will walk away empty-handed.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2018

Democrats preparing to probe Trump's FBI HQ plan: lawmaker

President Donald Trump's role in decisions about a new FBI headquarters will face intense scrutiny when Democrats take control of a key U.S. House of Representatives committee in January, one of the panel's leaders said on Tuesday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2
Excitement for Nintendo's next console is high, but a vocal contingent of fans are voicing criticism over the company's pricing strategy.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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