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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 2, 2018

Softbank's Masayoshi Son may be about to surprise us anew

Corporate Japan could do with more of Masayoshi Son's 'swing for the fences' approach to business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 2, 2018

Goldman cuts Japan equity forecasts as foreign investors flee

Obstacles are piling up in Japan, everything from political scandal to a rising yen. Foreign investors are fleeing and now Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says its forecasts for stocks were too high.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Apr 1, 2018

ESG activity grows with business models

The gravity of ESG commitments will further increase as the global economic circle has moved to place more emphasis on factors such as sustainability and inclusiveness in their business operations, Hiromichi Mizuno, chief investment officer (CIO) at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), said...
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 1, 2018

Looking for spring inspiration?

Nendo offers creative advice, Perrocaliente updates the past and Nousaku invokes flower power
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2018

Japanese researchers find way to replicate cherry-blossom magic in fall

To the delight of sakura (cherry blossom) lovers everywhere, botanists at Kyoto University have discovered a way to make cherry trees flower more than once a year and plans are already afoot to introduce pink to the autumnal palette.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 30, 2018

Bank of Japan's bid to taper by stealth made tougher by supercharged yen

The Bank of Japan is finding out just how hard it is to be stealthy — when everyone is looking right at you.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Robots making inroads in Japan's elder care facilities, but costs still high

Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a seniors' exercise group. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, "right, left, well done!"
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2018

Trump escalates attack on Amazon, focusing on tax and shipping but offering no evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the U.S. postal system and putting small retailers out of business, but did not present any evidence to back up his criticisms or suggest any specific actions he planned to take.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2018

Cryptocurrency and AI all the buzz at tech conference Slush Tokyo

Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence technologies took center stage this week at Slush Tokyo, one of the nation's largest tech conferences and an annual event that brings together startups, investors and more established businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2018

Unregulated ICOs threaten funding source for startups

The rising cryptocurrency boom has sparked a fundraising scheme called initial coin offerings that have become a money-pumping machine for startups but also have a problematic reputation.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2018

Kyoto University and Todai tie for first in magazine's ranking of Japanese schools

Kyoto University ties the University of Tokyo — moving up two spots from last year — for first place in the ranking of Japanese universities by Times Higher Education magazine.
Mar 28, 2018

TSUNEISHI C VALUES sent its first shipment of recycled automobile parts to Myanmar

TSUNEISHI C VALUES CORPORATION (HQ: 2488-9, Notohara, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Shinji Watadani; hereafter, "TCV") sent its first shipment of recycled automobile parts to Myanmar on March 6th.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2018

SoftBank Vision Fund and Saudi Arabia to create world's largest solar power firm

SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund will invest in a solar-power generation company in Saudi Arabia, creating the world's biggest solar producer, as it steps up its involvement in the kingdom, its chief executive said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2018

Conservatives can't force YouTube to be free-speech zone: California judge

A producer of online civics lessons with a conservative bent got schooled by a federal judge on why it's hard to sue Google for censorship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2018

Chinese carrier joins massive navy show of force in South China Sea, satellite images show

Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off Hainan island in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters show.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2018

White House investigating loans to Jared Kushner's business: official

The White House is investigating whether two loans totaling more than $500 million to the family real estate business of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner violated any criminal laws or regulations, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 25, 2018

Hands-on leadership, empathy buoy chairman

Sachin N. Shah's love for Japan began with a Toyota Tercel, his first car after he moved from India to an American-Italian neighborhood in the United States in the 1970s.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Mar 25, 2018

Reviving Sasanishiki via rice sustainability

Hiroyuki Abe and Katsuyoshi Abe are growing Sasanishiki, a brand of rice that had once all but disappeared. Their rice fields are in Iriya, the only district in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, that narrowly escaped the tsunami disaster following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2018

Extent of U.S.-China trade fight depends on Trump's goals, experts say

How bad will the U.S.-China trade fight get? That depends on whether President Donald Trump will settle for a reduction in China's U.S. trade surplus or hold out for sweeping changes to China's industrial policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2018

All NEM stolen from Coincheck may have been exchanged for other cryptocurrencies: experts

Almost all of the NEM stolen from Japanese exchange Coincheck Inc., valued at around ¥58 billion ($530 million), may have been exchanged for other cryptocurrencies, information security experts said Friday.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
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.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
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.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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