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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

Tokyo wants people to go to work earlier to ease train crush

Being pushed onto already jam-packed trains during Tokyo rush hour is never a pleasant commuter experience. It only gets worse during the humid summer months.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2018

Japan's watered-down smoking ban clears Diet

Lighting up in public facilities prohibited for the first time as the nation scrambles to combat secondhand smoke in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2018

Tesla boss Musk gave almost $40,000 to U.S. Republican-allied group: FEC

Self-proclaimed socialist Elon Musk gave $38,900 to a political committee that supports U.S. House Republicans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2018

At least four firms used foreign trainees to clean up radioactive contamination from Fukushima nuclear plant: ministry

At least four contractors used foreign trainees for decontamination work related to the Fukushima disaster, the Justice Ministry determines after a 182-company internship probe.
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2018

U.S. Justice Department to seek appeal of approval for AT&T to acquire Time Warner for $85 billion

The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it would appeal a federal judge's approval of AT&T Inc's $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner, raising the prospect that the deal could be undone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2018

Climate change threat sends Japan's Key Coffee on bean hunt

Coffee lovers beware: Climate change is threatening supplies of high-quality beans, with one coffee house hunting for the perfect bean to withstand warmer conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2018

'Life or death': Tokyo pub owners fear impact of tougher smoking laws

Hiroshi Yoshida is facing a dilemma.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2018

Tesla raises car prices in key market China amid trade war: Electrek

Tesla Inc. has raised prices on its Model X and S cars by more than $20,000 in China, automotive news website Electrek reported on Monday, making it one of the first U.S. carmakers to hike prices in the wake of rising trade tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2018

Operations suspended at automakers and other firms across western Japan after torrential rain

Numerous companies have to curtail their activities in flood-hit areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2018

Entrepreneur Musk sends team to Thailand to help rescue 13 trapped deep inside cave

A Thai official said two members of the engineering team dispatched by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk are due to arrive late Saturday to help with efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2018

Over 100 firms, local governments and private groups in Japan unite against climate change

More than 100 companies, local governments and private organizations launched a group Friday to push for a carbon-free society and to help raise Japan's presence in the global fight against climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2018

Tokyo blockchain conference looks to uses of technology beyond headline-grabbing cryptocurrencies

The rise of cryptocurrencies has shone the spotlight on their underlying technology, which is known as the blockchain.
Reader Mail
Jul 6, 2018

Use AI to predict crime? Start in Nagatacho

Reading about Singular Perturbations Inc., Mami Kajita's data analysis company ("Japan explores using AI system to predict crime" in the June 25 edition), gave me a chuckle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2018

Elon Musk's team talking with Thai officials on using tech for cave rescue

Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys' soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2018

Ex-Nomura trader must defend bond-case dismissal in higher U.S. court

Prosecutors are pressing their attack on questionable practices used by bond traders, appealing a judge's decision to toss out the conviction of a former Nomura Holdings Inc. managing director caught up in the sputtering U.S. crackdown.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 5, 2018

Government tax revenues near historical high in FY 2017, belying Japan's precarious economic balancing act

Some economists see the upcoming 2019 consumption tax increase as a potential step toward repeating mistakes of the past.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2018

Japan's online fashion revolution gathers speed as brands bid to catch up with industry leader Zozotown

Zozotown, which swooped in as a little-known retail website and prodded once-reluctant Japanese consumers to shop online for clothes, is now facing stiff competition in the industry whose image it remade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2018

Co-chairman of China's HNA — one of nation's most indebted companies — dies in fall while on trip in France

HNA Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese conglomerate that's been selling billions of dollars in assets this year amid soaring borrowing costs, said that Co-Chairman Wang Jian died after an accident in Provence, France. He was 57.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2018

Retired electric vehicle batteries find a second life chilling beer and grilling sausages

The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren't bound for landfills. Instead, they'll spend their golden years chilling beer at convenience stores in Japan, powering car-charging stations in California and storing energy for homes and grids...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2018

Japan's Zozo expands made-to-order clothing service using measurement-taking bodysuit

By photographing themselves wearing the skintight polka-dot Zozosuit, users can upload their body measurements to ensure a perfect fit for the clothes they order.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 3, 2018

Tokyo Stocks drop on weak yuan, unstable Shanghai market

Stocks lost some ground Tuesday, hurt by the yuan's weakness against the dollar and instability of Shanghai stocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2018

Tennis star Federer leaves Nike for Japan's Uniqlo in blockbuster deal

Tennis great Roger Federer, long all but synonymous with Nike Inc., has parted ways with the swoosh to join casual clothing brand Uniqlo.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2018

Facebook says it's cooperating with SEC, FBI on Cambridge Analytica data abuse probe

Facebook Inc. said it's cooperating with multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, probing how profile data about the social network's users were transferred without permission to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2018

BMW and Hyundai join GM in pressing U.S. to drop tariffs, to preserve jobs and expansion plans

BMW AG and Hyundai Motor Co. have urged the U.S. not to impose tariffs on auto imports, joining General Motors Co. in pressing their case to the Commerce Department even as a top aide to President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns as "smoke and mirrors."

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb