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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 30, 2019

Japan's love of ramen tempered by mortality warning

Slurping down a steaming hot bowl of ramen is a great way to warm the soul on a cold winter’s day but overindulging in the dish could prove deadly, a British medical paper has warned.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2019

Shooting for investors: Counter-Strike world champs aim for first esport team IPO

Denmark's Astralis is set to become the first esports team to go public in a bid to cement its status in a $1.1 billion global market that's more than doubled since 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2019

China's financial warning signs flashing nearly everywhere as policymakers scramble

From rural bank runs to surging consumer indebtedness and an unprecedented bond restructuring, mounting signs of financial stress in China are putting the nation's policymakers to the test.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2019

Morgan Stanley ousts forex traders amid probe over concealed losses

Morgan Stanley fired or placed on leave at least four traders over an alleged mismarking of securities that concealed losses of between $100 million and $140 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 29, 2019

Facebook works to restore access after Thanksgiving Day outage

Facebook Inc. said it was working to restore access on Thursday to its users after issues with its central software systems triggered an outage in its family of apps, including Instagram, on the busy Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2019

'The revolution is ongoing': Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal

Bougainville Vice President Raymond Masono said he will revive a plan to overhaul the region's mining laws after its ongoing independence referendum, which could strip the former operator of the Panguna gold and copper project of its interests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2019

Fired former executive claims Japan Display engaged in accounting fraud

A former financial executive of Japan Display Inc. has claimed that the ailing company was engaged in accounting fraud in the past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 26, 2019

Asahi Kasei to acquire U.S. drugmaker

Major chemical maker Asahi Kasei Corp. has said it will purchase Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Inc. of the U.S. by February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2019

China dairy giant Mengniu buying Kirin's Australia assets for $419 million

China Mengniu Dairy Co. has agreed to buy Kirin Holdings Co.'s Australian beverage unit Lion Dairy & Drinks for about ¥45.6 billion, the Chinese dairy giant's latest foray into the continent.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2019

Japan to assist creation of local power providers that function even during blackouts

The Environment Ministry plans to create a financial aid program to encourage the establishment of community-based power providers that could supply energy locally if disasters bring large-scale outages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2019

Shattered glass: Futuristic design questioned after Tesla Cybertruck launch

Tesla Inc.'s launch of its futuristic Cybertruck pickup suffered a setback when its armored glass windows shattered, but it was the overall look of the electric vehicle that worried Wall Street, driving the automaker's shares down 6 percent on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2019

Panasonic CEO outlines cutting costs and money-losing divisions

Panasonic Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuhiro Tsuga says he is getting serious about profits.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2019

Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying and defends use of personal lawyer on Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, saying Giuliani's crime-fighting abilities were needed to deal with a corrupt country....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2019

Propane shortage looms as strike at Canada's biggest railroad enters third day

Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada's biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co., entered its third day and left the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2019

Bumble Bee files bankruptcy amid antitrust fines and lawsuits

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, the largest North American brand of packaged seafood, filed for bankruptcy amid criminal fines and civil lawsuits stemming from a federal price-fixing case with plans for its assets to be acquired by FCF Co. for about $925 million.
Japan Times
Places
Nov 21, 2019

Top tips for visiting Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea

With Tokyo Disneyland seeing 17.9 million visitors in 2018, it's a good idea to do your research before you visit the happiest place on Earth — or, at least, the happiest place in Japan.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 21, 2019

Google won't give election advertisers data on political leanings or voting records

Google will stop giving advertisers the ability to target election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 20, 2019

Will Yahoo-Line merger produce a critical edge?

The attempt by Yahoo and Line to create a bigger online platform is a good news for Japan.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Nov 20, 2019

Tokyo stocks extend losses on rekindled trade war concerns

Tokyo stocks extended losses Wednesday, as investor concerns regrew over a possible escalation of the U.S.-China trade war in the wake of the U.S. Senate's passage of a bill to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 20, 2019

Google moves head office in Japan to Shibuya Stream building, launches campus for startups

Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai was in Tokyo on Tuesday to inaugurate the move of the company's Japanese head office to an expansive new complex in the Shibuya district.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 20, 2019

Canada's largest railroad hit by strike, putting Trudeau in hot seat

Thousands of workers at Canada's largest railway went on strike for the first time in a decade on Tuesday, disrupting the shipping of commodities and sparking calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government to intervene.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2019

As extreme storms wreck power grids, Japan turns to home battery networks

After recent typhoons ravaged the nation's power grid and disrupted services to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage systems, seeking to marry batteries with existing rooftop solar capacity to create backup electricity networks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Nov 18, 2019

Ford bets on an electric Mustang to charge its turnaround

The Mustang Mach E electric sport utility vehicle that Ford Motor Co. unveiled in Los Angeles on Sunday is more than another car for the storied automaker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2019

Japan's 'bark worse than its bite' in trade spat with South Korea, Citigroup says

Japan's tightening of export controls on South Korea have so far been a case of "the bark was worse than the bite," with only limited fallout for South Korea's economy, according to Citigroup Inc.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

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