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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2015

Toyota president earns ¥1.27 billion, surpassing Nissan's Ghosn

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda became the highest-paid auto executive in Japan Wednesday after dividend payouts pushed his total compensation past Nissan Motor Co.'s Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 24, 2015

Story of Japan's industrial rise deserves to be told, forced labor and all

Proposed Kyushu UNESCO sites could be a showcase for East Asian cooperation or festering points of contention.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015

A way of helping the poor that actually works

Ideas to help the world's poorest people should be funded based on evidence that they work — not hope.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015

Chinese investors are swimming in a bubble

The belief that China can prevent the crash of a market already defying the most wildly optimistic of economic scenarios is mistaken.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2015

SoftBank plans $20 billion Indian solar power joint venture

SoftBank Corp. will tie up with Bharti Enterprises Pvt. and Foxconn Technology Group in a $20 billion solar power venture in India, as the nation seeks to expand clean energy output about fivefold by 2022.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2015

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn tops ¥1 billion in pay for first time

Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn, Japan's best-paid automaker executive, received more than ¥1 billion ($8 million) in salary and bonuses for the first time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 22, 2015

Let's discuss Japanese sake in the news

To differentiate it from foreign-brewed fare, the National Tax Agency is considering defining 'Japanese sake' as a home-brewed alcoholic drink made from Japanese-grown rice.
JAPAN / History
Jun 21, 2015

Signing of 1965 normalization treaty sparked sharp contrast in reactions

Fifty years ago, when Japan and South Korea signed a treaty to normalize diplomatic ties on June 22, 1965, their leaders toasted the signing in Tokyo as police in Seoul tear-gassed thousands of protesters and politicians who were opposing the move, according to archived reports by The Japan Times.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015

Obama calls shooting in Charleston church a violation of a 'sacred place'

President Barack Obama said the killer who opened fire at a black church in South Carolina violated a "sacred place" in America's history and the mass shooting once again raised troubling questions about racial tension and easy access to firearms.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2015

Russia's totalitarianism 2.0

The Putin regime's approach can best be described as 'hybrid totalitarianism.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jun 17, 2015

A mother's ordeal, passed down as an anti-war lesson

A daughter stays true to the anti-war message left in her mother's harrowing account of the Battle of Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2015

ASIJ sex abuse report is finally released, blames 'cultural taboos'

A 'historical lack of formal policies' and 'cultural taboos' allowed child sex abuse committed by former American School in Japan teacher Jack Moyer to go unchecked for decades, according to an independent legal team tasked with probing the pedophilia scandal.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015

Stand back: China's bubble will burst

The bursting of China's stock-market bubble could conceivably deflate the myth that what Beijing commands of the economy shall be so. And who knows where that might lead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 15, 2015

Nagoya struggling to woo foreign cruise liners

Nagoya is facing stiff competition when it comes to wooing cruise liners.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 14, 2015

U.S. plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe

The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
JAPAN / History
Jun 13, 2015

Mercury rising: Niigata struggles to bury its Minamata ghosts

The first thing Koichi Hirota noticed about Komatsu Hoshiyama was that he could not walk in a straight line. As the young neurologist proceeded with his examination in the cramped, sparse ward inside Niigata University Hospital, other symptoms became apparent: The 55-year-old Hoshiyama's body tingled...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 13, 2015

U.S. man survives stings by 500 to 1,000 swarming bees

A man is lucky to be alive after having been stung between 500 and 1,000 times by tens of thousands of swarming bees near Kingman in northwestern Arizona on Friday, authorities said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 10, 2015

Foreign same-sex couples here enjoy rights that Japanese don't

Gay and lesbian non-Japanese couples married abroad can register as spouses with authorities here, but Immigration has mixed messages for foreigners married to Japanese same-sex partners.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 10, 2015

Zach Braff on the many woes of American dads and crowdfunding

The American dad is doing well, even if he is not what he used to be. Despite the lasting effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. economy and all the other bad stuff that undermines the morale of American males, he is still around — you'll see the evidence in "Wish I Was Here."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2015

You don't have to go quietly when you're laid off

All too often, U.S. companies abuse immigration regulations by replacing American employees with low-cost foreign workers on HB-1 visas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2015

History becomes a weapon in Russia-West rift over Ukraine

History has become a weapon in Russia's battle with the West over Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin looks increasingly to the past to whip up patriotism and rally support.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 9, 2015

Apple boasts new music streaming to bolster lead in tunes segment, preps News app, ups OS ante

Apple Inc. showed off a new streaming-music service that will give users access to a vast inventory of songs for $9.99 a month, seeking to regain ground against upstarts that have lured listeners by offering unlimited access to music.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015

Worrying plight of the young and unemployed

Advanced economies must try to promote a sense of purposefulness and self-reliance for their bloated pools of disengaged youth.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2015

How to achieve UNSC reform

The Group of Four countries should engage in a deliberate and combined campaign of noncooperation in their push for U.N. Security Council reforms.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jun 6, 2015

Watch out — there's owls about

The hoot of Japan's most common owl is soft and sonorous, but it can be heard up to 2 km away. When I stay out in the woods at night, with a small campfire and something to sip on, I love to hear the owls calling ... "Ooooo-hoo-hoo." They don't make a lot of noise but when they do give voice, you know...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 6, 2015

Japan goods popular in India; Nazis roll into Paris; mine death toll passes 160; Japan passes U.S. as top donor

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COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 6, 2015

Running to a standstill

Shall we run around this (2.1-km) course three times?
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2015

American School in Japan admits covering up teacher's sex abuse for decades

In a long-awaited disclosure, a well-known international school in Tokyo admits to concealing decades of sexual abuse by a former teacher and apologizes.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2015

Erdogan the conqueror

For Turkey's weakened democratic institutions to survive, and for it to remain delicately balanced between East and West, the Kurds and their new friends need to do well in Sunday's elections.
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Jun 5, 2015

Nishikori loses golden opportunity for glory in Paris

His draw at the French Open seemed almost tailor-made.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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