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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2020

MGM's longtime CEO Jim Murren to quit before contract ends

Jim Murren, MGM Resorts International's longtime chairman and chief executive officer, plans to step down before his contract expires, departing as the casino company copes with fallout from the deadly new coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jan 24, 2020

In print and online, English media proliferate in Hokkaido ski resort of Niseko

English-language media outlets are stepping up their presence in Hokkaido's renowned ski resort of Niseko, benefiting from growing global interest from skiers and snowboarders lured by the region's fine powder snow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

China prodding state firms to invest and take more control in Hong Kong

China has called on its biggest state firms to take a more active role in Hong Kong, including stepping up investment and asserting more control over companies in the financial hub, executives familiar with the matter said as Beijing attempts to calm months of unrest in the city.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2019

The road gets bumpy for billionaires investing in China's electric cars

Some of China's wealthiest tycoons steered billions of dollars into electric car companies in order to fuel the country's dreams of becoming a leader in the field.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2019

How Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's tycoon 'Superman,' went from friend of China to punching bag

In January 1993, an ambitious Chinese Communist Party boss — 39 years old, chubby cheeks and a mop of black hair — visited Hong Kong. He was seeking out the city's rich among the shimmering skyscrapers, hoping to secure investment in Fuzhou, the second-tier city he ran in mainland China. His name...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2019

SoftBank's startup bookkeeping draws scrutiny after WeWork fiasco

In early 2018, the founders of Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group Ltd. flew to Tokyo to see billionaire investor Masayoshi Son. As they entered the offices, Chief Executive Officer Xu Li was hoping to persuade the head of SoftBank Group Corp. to invest $200 million in his three-year-old...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2019

WeWork's escape plan is buried in the books at its Tokyo office

Masayoshi Son stood on stage in Tokyo earlier this month and told skeptical SoftBank Group Corp. investors that making WeWork Cos. profitable is not only possible, but will be "simple." Driving that confidence is WeWork's Japanese unit, which is already in the black and will be the springboard for a...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2019

Problems at WeWork may lead to a drop in co-working space leases, says high-profile New York developer Scott Rechler

The surge in co-working leases that accompanied the rise of WeWork will take a pause in the aftermath of the startup's abandoned IPO, a prominent New York developer said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2019

U.S. offered to help North Korea build up tourist area in exchange for denuclearization: report

The U.S. reportedly offered a long-term plan to help North Korea develop a tourist area in return for denuclearization during recent working-level talks in Stockholm that ended with the North side walking out, according to a new report.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2019

Overzealous reform to protect national security

While stricter scrutiny of foreign investments is warranted, a new government proposal goes too far.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2019

The WeWork IPO didn't work

For all the flaws in WeWork's ambitions, the system worked. Public scrutiny laid bare the gap between WeWork's ambitions and its reality.
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2019

The Greenland episode's lessons

While it has become clear that Trump cannot be constrained in his utterances, it is nevertheless extraordinary that this is how the world's greatest power conducts its diplomacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2019

Australia's millionaire visa program gets rush of interest from Hong Kong

Australia is seeing an increase in interest in its millionaires-only visa program from wealthy Hong Kong residents who are eyeing a safety net amid political turmoil in the Chinese-ruled territory, migration lawyers told Reuters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Jul 6, 2019

'The Last Train': High-stakes crime in glitzy Roppongi

'The Last Train' is a fast-paced police procedural with well-crafted prose, but suffers from a series of minor research errors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jun 2, 2019

Integrated resorts: A game of calculated risk in Japan

Ted Chan is keen to dispel the idea that gaming is all about hedonistic and excessive risk-taking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 27, 2019

Negative rates see Japan's regional banks move into structured finance sector

The nation's regional banks have long been relegated to the sidelines in one of the most lucrative corners of the lending market while regular loans got gradually less profitable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2019

The forces fueling the yen's rises and falls

Why does a stock market fall in Japan lead to a stronger yen, while a surge in share prices has the opposite effect?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 20, 2019

Downsized dwellings: Inside Tokyo's tiny living spaces

Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital's retro-hip Koenji district.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 19, 2019

Landlords cry foul as NYC climate bill targets Trump Tower and other skyscrapers

New York City has passed sweeping legislation to curb energy demand from some of its most iconic skyscrapers, including Trump Tower.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2019

China to relax residency curbs and boost infrastructure to bring more people into cities and revive growth

China will relax residency curbs in many of its smaller cities this year and increase infrastructure spending, the state planner said Monday, in a fresh push to boost the urban population and revive slowing economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2019

Plea deal talks with Nissan executives over Ghosn charges began month prior to his arrest

The executives told in-house investigators that they would disclose further details to the prosecutors if they could secure a plea deal, sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2019

U.S. Justice Department probing Trump's ex-Interior chief Ryan Zinke for alleged lying: Washington Post

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether President Donald Trump's former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, lied to Department of Interior investigators in what could be a potential criminal violation, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2018

Michael Cohen's plea suggests Russians held 'kompromat' on Trump

Michael Cohen's latest guilty plea revealed a closely guarded Trump business secret. But in a deeply uncomfortable turn for President Donald Trump, one of the people in the know was an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Nov 5, 2018

'Sōgō shōsha': Navigating the changing currents of Japan's industries

The Tokyo Olympics in 1964 marked the emergence of Japan as a consumer economy with the population growing, incomes rising and the economy expanding. In fact, the Japanese economy averaged nearly 10 percent annual growth between 1957 and 1972. Sales of TVs, refrigerators, automobiles, and housing boomed....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2018

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at 65: family

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world's biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2018

Jared Kushner 'likely' paid little or no income taxes for years: New York Times

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, likely paid little or no federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing confidential financial documents.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2018

Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China

Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.

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