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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2023

Nagoya uses auto industry ties to position itself as a startup hub

This transition period comes at a time when the national government has made the creation of startups a priority as it seeks to bolster the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2023

Wagyu goes high tech to meet surging demand

Farmers say overseas wagyu fans help make up for weak domestic demand, particularly in premium cuts such as sirloin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2023

French carmaker Renault offers concessions to strike Nissan deal

Nissan's independent board directors are due to meet early next week to consider several proposals by Renault, including reassurances on intellectual property concerns.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Davos special 2023
Jan 14, 2023

Young Japanese at the vanguard of technology, sustainability

Every year, the World Economic Forum designates around 100 individuals from all different sectors and nations as Young Global Leaders to become the world’s next generation of leaders. This year, three Japanese were selected as YGLs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2023

Uniqlo owner sticks to forecast while seeking to raise wages

Operating profit for the year ending August is forecast to reach u00a5350 billion ($2.7 billion), the clothing retailer said in a statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2023

Suzuki looks to partner Toyota to learn how to make small EVs

Suzuki said it is learning EV and other technologies from Toyota with a goal to use that to develop cars that are more in line with its own products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2023

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing to boost Japan salaries up to 40%

Starting monthly salaries for university graduates will increase to u00a5300,000 ($2,270) from u00a5255,000, while salaries for new store managers at Uniqlo will rise to u00a5390,000 from u00a5290,000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 9, 2023

Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnesty

Twitter has turned into what campaigners call a cesspool of misinformation, hate-filled conspiracies and racial slurs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2023

Marubeni looking to hire more midcareer workers

'We desperately want people with social experience,' President Masumi Kakinoki said, noting that the company will reduce hires of new graduates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 7, 2023

Billionaire Jack Ma gives up control of Ant Group

The company will give 10 individuals, including the founder, management and staff, voting rights independently, effectively removing Ma's voting control of Ant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2022

The little trains that could: Japan's rural railways keep chugging on

With savvy marketing, Choshi Electric Railway somehow gets back on track.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2022

Rising online crackdowns across Asia target citizens and Big Tech

During the COVID-19 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticize a government's response. Days later, he was arrested.
Japan Times
Mexico report 2022
Dec 28, 2022

An appetite for success

Dishes such as tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet) and yakiton (grilled skewered pork) can be found across Japan, from the humblest street stalls to the finest restaurants.
Kirin Holdings said that it will stop selling Beaujolais Nouveau in Japan due to rising freight costs and the shifting preferences of wine drinkers in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2025

Beaujolais Nouveau’s fanbase finally dries up in Japan

Kirin Holdings’ wine unit will stop selling the early-release wine in the country amid soaring costs and changing tastes in what had been a holdout export market.
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2025

Taiwanese rocket fails to achieve Japan's first foreign launch

The rocket lifted off at 11:40 a.m., but within a minute its trajectory turned wobbly and it went into free fall.
While shareholders in general still support company management, the notable break from their passive stance is seen as a boon for funds looking to invest in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2025

Corporate Japan’s shareholders show more clout this AGM season

The notable break from a passive stance is seen as a boon for funds looking to invest in Japan.
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2025

Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly

There's no use having a wonderful bike if you don’t have a thrilling city to explore, with Tokyobike's founder believing stylish products can only complement a compelling city.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been frustrated by the quality of his company's past AI efforts, so has been investing heavily in the energy, computing power and talent needed to compete in the fast-moving AI race.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2025

Meta to spend billions building gigawatt-size data centers for AI

Frustrated by the quality of Meta’s past AI efforts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been investing heavily in energy, computing power and talent to compete in the fast-moving AI race.
The Nissan Motor Oppama Plant in Yokosuka. The company will wind down production at the plant and transfer assembly of vehicles to a factory in Kyushu.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2025

Nissan to close Oppama plant as part of wider restructuring push

Oppama, which has been in operation since 1961 and employs roughly 2,400 workers, will cease production by March 2028.
A former company employee who posts highlight videos on YouTube prepares to livestream Shinji Ishimaru's stump speech in Tokyo in June. Jiji
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 17, 2025

Highlight videos online playing big role in Upper House election

Social media is increasingly impacting election results in Japan amid the growing popularity of YouTube and other video-sharing sites.
Pham Thi Bich Hau (fifth from left) began translating and interpreting for the Vietnamese community in Japan in 2013, when she was working for a trainee management organization. She went on to found the Vietnam Women's Union in Japan, organizing activities like the Tet festival pictured here.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Jul 21, 2025

The mothers holding up Japan's Vietnamese community

Online support groups and in-person events are helping Vietnamese women from all walks of life manage motherhood abroad.
Analysts say the failure of Alimentation Couche-Tard’s attempt to acquire the operator of 7-Eleven stores runs counter to the broader trend in Japan's investing landscape.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2025

Couche-Tard’s failed bid for Seven and I sparks debate over foreign acquisitions

Couche-Tard's acquisition failure is seen as running counter to the broader trend in the investing landscape in Japan.
The No. 2 (left) and No. 1 reactor buildings stand at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Ohi nuclear power station in Ohi Town, Fukui Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2025

Kansai Electric eyes next-generation reactor at plant in Fukui Prefecture

This is the first concrete move toward building a new reactor in the country since the March 2011 disaster.
A Dole Food Company worker rakes coffee cherries for them to dry at the company's Waialua coffee and cocoa farm on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, in November 2011.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 20, 2025

Trump tariffs spell trouble for Hawaii’s few coffee farmers

Coffee is more popular in the U.S. than even bottled water, with two-thirds of Americans drinking it every day.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the opening ceremony of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 21, 2025

Jensen Huang, AI visionary in a leather jacket

Big tech's appetite for Nvidia's graphics cards has catapulted the California chipmaker beyond $4 trillion in market valuation, the first company ever to surpass that mark.
Kansai Electric Power Company's Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2025

Kepco to build Japan’s first new nuclear reactor since Fukushima meltdown

Kepco’s plan for a new reactor comes after the government adopted the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan in February, declaring policies to maximize the use of nuclear power.
Elon Musk leaves the stage after addressing a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

SpaceX warns investors Elon Musk could return to U.S. politics

Musk had said in May he would focus on his business empire and pull back his political spending, but after a spat with Trump, he vowed to form a new political party.
Car dealerships in Tokyo. Some of Japan's automakers are raising loan rates amid higher costs for servicing loans.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2025

Japan carmakers put squeeze on households with higher loan rates

More than a year after the Bank of Japan’s first interest rate increase in 17 years, the volatile march higher in superlong bonds is raising the cost of servicing loans.
Intel says it "will no longer move forward" with projects in Germany and Poland as part of a push to save billions of dollars.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2025

Intel posts higher revenue after trimming workforce

The U.S. chipmaker said it "will no longer move forward" with projects in Germany and Poland as part of measures to save billions of dollars.
A view of the Balboa Port in Panama City on March 4
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2025

CK Hutchison to invite China investor to join port deal

State-owned China Cosco Shipping was negotiating a powerful role for itself as a condition to join the consortium, it was reported last week.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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