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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 10, 2018

Japan's labor reform ignores elementary principles

Earlier this month, the Finance Ministry reported that the labor share in the final quarter of calendar year 2017 for companies with capital of more than ¥1 billion was 43.9 percent. That basically means 43.9 percent of these companies’ income went to employees. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun described...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Mar 10, 2018

Celebrating the Tokyo weekend with a glass of natural wine

Jose Moya (a.k.a. "the Spanish Hipster," a moniker that refers to both his country of birth as well as the name of his food blog) is, to put it mildly, a natural wine snob. As a purveyor of natural wine, he has a professional interest in the topic (as well as high standards).
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 9, 2018

Fukushima No. 1 cleanup continues but radioactive water, and rumors, also prove toxic

Seven years have passed since the core meltdowns occurred in March 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which shocked the world and fractured the local community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2018

Majority of job-seeking university students put off by AI-powered candidate screening

As more companies turn to artificial intelligence to discover new talent, a recent survey has shown that a majority of job-seeking university students don't want their abilities judged by the technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2018

Allow different surnames for married couples

Japan is the sole country in which husband and wife are legally obliged to use the same surname. This should change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2018

U.S. sees national security risk from Broadcom's Qualcomm deal

A U.S. government national security panel said it identified potential risks that warrant a full investigation of Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd.'s $117 billion bid for chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., a senior U.S. Treasury official said in a letter to the companies on Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

As holders of cryptocurrencies win and lose on trades, exchanges rake in billions in fees

Digital-asset exchanges are emerging as one of the biggest winners of the cryptocurrency boom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

Convenience-store squeeze shows deflationary dilemma facing Bank of Japan

Takanori Sakai works the graveyard shift four nights a week at the FamilyMart store he owns in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, because he can't afford the higher pay employees demand these days.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 5, 2018

Trump's metal-tariff proposal provokes ire across most of corporate America

U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed tariffs on aluminum and steel that he says will put the country first. But a broad swath of corporate America strongly disagrees, saying the levies will boost prices on everything from cars to beer and force companies to cut jobs.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 4, 2018

Innovative sustainability new front line

PUBLICITY
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2018

Abenomics at its best: inbound tourism boom

Japan's policy advocacy for yen depreciation is poised to get stronger as it strives to keep inbound tourism booming.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018

K. International spelling whiz wins Japan Times Bee

Hanna Yoshida of K. International School Tokyo managed to outlast her final opponent Saturday over the course of nine tense rounds by spelling "insubordinate" to secure victory at the ninth annual Japan Times Bee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BY THE NUMBERS
Mar 3, 2018

Putting the express in espresso

Three interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018

Fukushima looks to ease blanket radiation checks on rice starting in 2020

The lack of tainted rice in recent years is raising hopes the labor-intensive procedure can be reduced to random inspections, at least outside the 12 hot zones.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2018

SoftBank thinks tech investors should enjoy its deal spree

The venture capital community has been fretting about the impact SoftBank Group Corp.'s giant tech fund has on deal prices. The Japanese company says to be grateful.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 27, 2018

Japan's financial regulation shake-up seen as a game changer for banks

The Financial Services Agency is laying the groundwork for a regulatory overhaul that could lead to a shake-up in Japan's ¥1 quadrillion banking industry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2018

Toilet paper crisis in Taiwan sparks government intervention

Taiwan's premier is urging the public to avoid hoarding toilet paper after a reported spike in prices by manufacturers spurred a run on supermarket supplies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2018

Students prepare for the ninth annual Japan Times Bee, the nation's only Scripps-endorsed contest

The Japan Times will hold its ninth annual spelling bee Saturday in Tokyo, with students from Japanese, international and United States military base schools across the nation competing to be recognized as the best speller in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2018

Billionaire miner and Japanese utilities plan Australia LNG import plant

Billionaire miner Andrew Forrest and two of Japan's biggest power utilities plan to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Australia by 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 26, 2018

Apple and autos add fresh impulse to world economy as capital spending spreads

Companies across the developing world are stepping up investment to meet rising demand from industrial economies, in a development that is further boosting already buoyant global growth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Feb 25, 2018

Japan Inc. seen embracing change slowly but surely

Sitting in a Shibuya meeting room at the Tokyo headquarters of human resources and specialist recruitment consultancy Robert Walters Japan, David Swan cuts a swarthy, muscular figure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 25, 2018

Lessons on life, love and compassionate leave from a silly old bunny

Having just suffered a string of painful losses, this month I will explore compassionate leave (kibiki kyu016bka), the days you take off in Japan after the death of a close family member.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 23, 2018

Nissan and DeNA to launch self-driving taxi trial in Yokohama

Nissan and the game maker plan to hold a two-week experiment in Yokohama to develop a ride-hailing app for self-driving cabs.
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.
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’

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
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