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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2021

‘Everything changed overnight’: Afghan reporters face an intolerant regime

'No one dares to ask the Taliban about their past wrongdoings and the atrocities they have committed.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021

The real reason no one wants to be a banker anymore

Analysts say banks are becoming more like machines, 'with less dependency on human capital.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2021

How China’s security law changed Hong Kong forever in 12 months

The law China imposed on Hong Kong a year ago was much more than a piece of legislation: It showed Beijing was now running the show.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2021

Belarus faces new sanctions over jetliner 'state piracy' and arrest of journalist

EU leaders called for Belarusian airlines to be banned from the 27-nation bloc's airspace and urged EU-based carriers to avoid flying over the former Soviet republic
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2021

Amazon documents reveal company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators

The revelations could deepen the risks facing the company as it encounters intensifying government scrutiny in one of its fastest-growing markets.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2021

Tokyo Games sponsors speak up as Mori fallout continues

During a meeting with Olympic organizers Monday evening, several sponsors said advertising at the games could do more harm than good.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2021

How a dated cyberattack brought a stock exchange to its knees

The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut the entire operation down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2021

Pandemic-era central banking is creating bubbles everywhere

In 2020, cheap money, gushing in from the world's major central banks, inflated assets and reshaped how we save, invest and spend.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2020

Minamata disease victims struggle to find closure

More than 60 years after first raising awareness about a neurological disease caused by industrial mercury poisoning, photojournalist Aileen M. Smith still wants answers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2020

China accuses foreign correspondents of meddling in Hong Kong

Beijing warned Hong Kong’s foreign correspondents to stop interfering in the city’s affairs under the guise of press freedom, piling further pressure on media organizations in the financial hub.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2020

U.S. college admissions are about to get even more unfair

The pandemic will make institutions even more eager to admit wealthy legacy students.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

With crisis, old media suddenly has the upper hand

After failing to anticipate the financial crisis, networks and major newspapers have earned a good chance of flourishing in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2020

Canada ratifies trade pact with U.S. and Mexico, then suspends Parliament over coronavirus

The Canadian Parliament rushed through ratification of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact on Friday before taking a three-week break to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Mar 2, 2020

Criminals are taking advantage of fear over COVID-19

Where some people see calamity, criminals see opportunity. As concern grows over the outbreak of COVID-19 in Japan, the denizens of the underworld haven't lost any time trying to find a way to profit from the situation. Crime, like the virus, never sleeps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2020

Moody's downgrades Renault to 'junk' status, capping disastrous year without Ghosn

Renault SA had its credit rating cut to junk by Moody's Investors Service after the French carmaker posted its first annual loss in a decade and indicated operating margins are set to shrink.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2019

Japanese banks face headwinds even with current profit goals in sight

Even as the nation's biggest banks remain on course to achieve their full-year earnings goals, they are losing profit drivers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2019

Trump's push for Seoul to pay more for U.S. troops throws alliance into question and puts Tokyo on notice

Despite faltering denuclearization talks, U.S. President Donald Trump has been heaping praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, brushing away concerns by top Asian allies over recent missile launches and boasting of his "very good" relationship with the dictator of the nuclear-armed pariah state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 20, 2019

Hong Kong leader says dialogue offers 'way out' of chaos

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore calm and that talks with nonviolent protesters would provide "a way out" for the China-ruled city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 11, 2019

Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium, IAEA says

Iran has followed through on a threat to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday, departing from his usual guarded language to say he was worried about increasing tension.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 23, 2019

Leopalace21 scandal highlights the risk tenants face in Japan compared to building owners

The theme of the Nippon Television series "Shiawase! Bonbi Girl" (“Happy Poor Girls”) is one of the most resilient on Japanese television: People of limited means getting by. As the title indicates, the subject is young women and one of the regular segments, "Jokyo Girl," highlights a young woman...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2018

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's bid to calm markets risks making bad situation worse

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin looked to quash big-bank worries over plunging stock markets and reports that President Donald Trump might move on his Federal Reserve chief by assuring the financial community Sunday that market liquidity is in good shape.
A former Nomura Holdings employee has been charged on suspicion of robbery, attempted murder and arson of an inhabited building, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 21, 2024

Nomura ex-employee charged with attempted murder

The former employee was charged on suspicion of robbery, attempted murder and arson of an inhabited building, the brokerage said.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group took a 15% stake in WealthNavi earlier this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2024

MUFG considering bid for Japanese robo-adviser WealthNavi

MUFG took a 15% stake in WealthNavi earlier this year
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington on Nov. 13.
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 31, 2024

Will the second Trump boom go bust?

Trump is inheriting a strong economy, but he faces a more challenging economic landscape than he did in his first term.
Apollo Global Management is discussing a commitment of as much as ¥1.5 trillion for an equity stake in a bid by Seven & I’s founding Ito family to take the convenience store operator private.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2025

Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I management buyout

Under the current proposal, Apollo would join the Ito family and Itochu, the operator of FamilyMart in Japan, as key investors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly offered to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the current front lines.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2025

Ukraine presses for ceasefire as Russia reported to offer concession

Both sides are trying to demonstrate progress toward ending the war after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could walk away from peace talks if there is no breakthrough.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
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