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Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Estonia report 2019
Jun 29, 2019

A small country thrives through connectivity

Estonia has made headlines around the globe. With the adoption of internet voting during the most recent European Parliament elections, the Baltic republic of 1.3 million citizens has further strengthened its reputation as a pioneer in online governance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2019

Carlos Ghosn's wife has a message for the G20

She wants the world leaders gathered in Osaka to notice how Japan's 'hostage justice' system has mistreated Nissan's ex-chairman.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2019

Apple design chief Jony Ive, Steve Jobs' confidant, to leave tech giant and start own firm

Jonathan "Jony" Ive, a close creative collaborator with Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs whose iPhone and other designs fueled Apple's rise to a $1 trillion company, will leave later this year to form an independent design company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2019

MUFG on track to be Japan's first yuan clearing bank after expected Abe-Xi deal at Osaka G20

MUFG Bank is expected to become the first Japanese bank to be designated as a yuan clearing bank, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Suntory: New horizons in recycling

In Japan, most polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are collected and recycled after use. According to The Council for PET Bottle Recycling, Japan's collection rate was 92.2 percent and the country recycled 84.8 percent in fiscal 2017.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southern USA report 2019
Jun 27, 2019

Power generation through innovation

As its parent company secured global market share leadership for heavy-duty gas turbines last year, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MHPS Americas) is not resting on its laurels. Since the formation of the joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. in 2014, MHPS...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 26, 2019

U.S. aims to restart China trade talks but says it will not accept conditions on tariff use

The United States hopes to re-launch trade talks with China after U.S. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping meet in Japan on Saturday, but Washington will not accept any conditions around the U.S. use of tariffs in the dispute, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 26, 2019

Canada's pain Japan's gain as Mitsubishi buys CRJ jet

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., which agreed Tuesday to buy Bombardier Inc.'s loss-making regional jet program, plans to exploit the Canadian company's support network and global customer list to rejuvenate its delayed efforts to conquer the jet market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2019

In world first, Facebook to share data on hate speech suspects with French courts

In a world first, Facebook Inc. has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France's minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday.
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 26, 2019

Island-hopping in search of history and literary giants

Setouchi is an area around the Seto Inland Sea. Located west of Osaka and Kyoto, the region's major cities of Hiroshima and Matsuyama are connected by a chain of small islands.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2019

Mitsubishi to buy Bombardier's regional jet unit for $550 million

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. agreed to buy Bombardier Inc.'s CRJ regional-jet program for $550 million, extending a push into commercial aircraft and setting up a rivalry with Embraer SA and Boeing Co.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2019

U.S. plays down expectations for Trump-Xi meeting in Osaka, insists it isn't ready to compromise

U.S. officials sought to play down expectations for a highly-anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping this week, insisting the U.S. wasn't prepared to compromise on its demands for meaningful Chinese economic reforms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2019

Billionaires from George Soros to Pritzker and Disney heirs call for U.S. wealth tax

Some of the richest people in the U.S. are calling for a federal wealth tax.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2019

Amazon's mom-and-pop merchants feel the pain of U.S. trade war with China

Over the past several years, Shanghai entrepreneur Yung Lin has built a decent business selling wrenches, screwdrivers and other tools on Amazon.com. Then U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on thousands of goods made in China, and Lin faced a difficult choice: eat the additional cost or try...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 22, 2019

Japan's print media ponder wealth, poverty and pensions

One of my recollections from the bubble economy of the 1980s was a passage in a 1987 book titled "Hokokuron" ("The Theory of National Wealth"). Its author, the late economist Taiichi Sakaiya, stood out as one of the bubble era's most fervent cheerleaders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2019

Apple warns against China tariffs, saying iPhone and contributions to U.S. would be impacted

Apple Inc. urged the Trump administration not to proceed with tariffs of as much as 25 percent on a new slate of products imported from China, saying it would reduce the company's contribution to the U.S. economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2019

Renault welcomes Nissan's decision to grant seats on board committees

The French carmaker is getting a seat on Nissan's board committees, signaling an end to a dispute that had poisoned the world's largest auto alliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2019

Walmart agrees to pay $282 million to settle Brazil unit bribe claim

Walmart Inc. has agreed to pay a total penalty of $282 million to settle charges by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities & Exchange Commission that its Brazilian unit violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2019

Renault and Nissan agree to explore driverless services partnership with Waymo in France and Japan

If the partnership is realized, it will have ramifications for other alliances and other self-driving projects, most of which have yet to hit the road.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2019

After record 16,927 dementia patients went missing in Japan in 2018, expert urges community support

Of the nearly 17,000 people who wandered off in 2018, 197 could not be found by the end of the year, according to police data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2019

Sky's the limit: Rise of delivery drones has U.S. cities asking who owns airspace

Blacksburg was already well prepared when the U.S. government announced in April that the Virginia town would be home to the country's first commercial drone delivery service.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2019

Japanese fathers spend more time playing with kids, but mothers want more: survey

About half of all parents in Japan raising children think today's young fathers spend more time playing with their kids than their own fathers did, according to a survey by an educational toy maker.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019

Canada backs start-up to boost big data on space debris

The Canadian government's contracting arm is backing a proposed new satellite system that will use big data analytics to provide commercially available data about the Earth and its orbit amid growing concerns about the risks posed by space debris.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2019

Wall Street learns hard lesson on why not to say 'pig' in China

Wall Street is getting a costly language lesson.
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.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
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.
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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Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
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