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Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 22, 2019

As Japan's banks snub personal stamps, hanko makers pin hopes on growing foreign population

With Japan's foreign population expected to grow in light of the new visa statuses introduced this month, makers of hanko (personal seals) see a new opportunity for business.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 20, 2019

Shuichi Kotani: Taking soba noodles worldwide

From working at McDonald's in Himeji to making noodles for Japanese restaurants in America, Shuichi Kotani has always looked for and taken opportunities.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2019

Nintendo soars as Tencent wins approval to sell Super Mario game for Switch in China

Nintendo Co. shares jumped Friday after China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. won approval to distribute one of the company's games for its Switch console — a sign the Japanese company may benefit from growth in the world's largest games market.
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BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2019

Anti-stall software upgrade for 737 Max nearing completion ahead of FAA certification, Boeing says

Boeing Co. has said it is close to a significant milestone that's one of the last steps before it submits to U.S. regulators a patch for anti-stall software linked to two fatal 737 Max accidents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 18, 2019

'Shooting for big game': Softbank's push for transport dominance

SoftBank Group Corp. leader Masayoshi Son has much bigger ambitions for transportation than simply seeing his investment in Uber Technologies Inc. turn into more than $13 billion when the company goes public next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 16, 2019

Foxconn's Terry Gou eyes run for Taiwan presidency after stepping back from daily business

Foxconn's Chairman Terry Gou said Tuesday he is considering whether to run for Taiwan's 2020 presidential election, a day after Reuters reported the tycoon planned to step down from the world's largest contract manufacturer.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 15, 2019

Tiger Woods' Masters victory a huge win for longtime sponsor Nike

Tiger Woods's improbable Masters victory will reward the few companies that stuck with him through his struggles, and the ones that joined him when he was near the low point of his career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2019

Start up, burn out: Services support Japan entrepreneurs' mental health in ultracompetitive culture

Rising entrepreneurs are often treated like heroes, with the media lionizing the way their startups lure sizable investments and how their innovative products might change the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Apr 10, 2019

Know your rights as a language teacher

Dennis Tesolat is chair of the General Union based in Osaka. Founded in 1991, the organization is part of a national private sector trade union known as Zenkoku-Ippan (the National Union of General Workers), which belongs to a confederation known as Zenrokyo (National Trade Union Council).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2019

Steve Mnuchin denies selling his entertainment firm to Russians but won't reveal buyers

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to tell lawmakers who purchased his entertainment company, but promised it wasn't a Russian.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2019

Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund building a stake to pressure Sony, sources say

Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC is building a stake in Sony Corp. to push for changes, the second time in six years it has targeted the electronics maker, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2019

European utilities contemplating a future in which oil has gone the way of the dinosaurs

European oil companies have started to address what they worry may one day be an existential threat to their business — the end of a century of oil demand growth in a low carbon world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2019

Bayer contains cyberattack it says bore Chinese hallmarks

German drugmaker Bayer has contained a cyber attack it believes was hatched in China, the company said, highlighting the risk of data theft and disruption faced by big business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 5, 2019

U.S. conducted FISA-approved secret surveillance of Huawei, prosecutors say

U.S. authorities gathered information about Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. through secret surveillance they plan to use in their case charging the Chinese telecom company with violating sanctions against Iran, prosecutors said Thursday.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern Italy report 2019
Apr 2, 2019

CBC-Procos — a merger for the future

Founded by two young chemists in 1945 in Cameri, Italy, Procos S.p.A specializes in developing, scaling up and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and advanced intermediates, as well as providing related services for the global pharmaceutical industry.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern Italy report 2019
Apr 2, 2019

Yamaha Motor Europe: A passion for excellence

In the town of Lesmo, just outside Milan, Yamaha Corp. operates within a single compound that covers all the businesses it conducts in Europe — Yamaha Motor Europe, Yamaha Research and Development center, Yamaha Motor Racing and Yamaha Music.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern Italy report 2019
Apr 2, 2019

Italdesign: A drive to perfection

Based in Moncalieri, Turin, Italdesign combines excellent engineering and distinctive creativity in its work for the global automotive industry. Offering a complete range of services, from styling to engineering, prototyping, testing and validation, the company employs the latest technologies to develop...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019

How Japan can help Africa escape China's 'debt trap'

Japan should export its profitable public transport business model to help African countries repay Chinese infrastructure loans.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2019

Deepening probe reveals 6,340 improper aircraft engine checks by IHI

Heavy machinery-maker IHI Corp. reported 6,340 cases of improper maintenance checks of commercial aircraft engines, a dramatic jump from the 211 announced in its interim report in early March.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 29, 2019

Job agency pursues quality over quantity

As Japan's labor market becomes increasingly globalized, Spring Professional (the Adecco Group Japan Permanent Placement Division) has been rapidly attaining achievements and a reputation for successfully matching job seekers of varied nationalities with domestic and foreign enterprises in Japan.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2019

Google barred from LGBT+ equality index over 'life-threatening' app

One of the top U.S. LGBT charities ejected Google from a gay and transgender rights ranking on Thursday for hosting an app that advises people on how to "recover" from same-sex attraction.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2019

Nissan-funded panel recommends abolishing chairman post to prevent single leader from holding excessive power

To prevent a sole executive from wielding excessive power, Nissan Motor Co. should abolish its chairman position and strengthen an independent monitoring governance system, a panel of experts commissioned by the carmaker said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2019

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement deal, panel says

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement package, an outside corporate-governance panel said, which could intensify scrutiny of his role in alleged financial improprieties by the former chairman of Nissan and Renault SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2019

Nissan overhauling board after two decades with Renault and Carlos Ghosn

Nissan Motor Co. is set to adopt a new governance structure meant to prevent the recurrence of a concentration of power in the hands of a single executive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 27, 2019

EU demands scrutiny of 5G risks but no bloc-wide Huawei ban

EU nations will be required to share data on 5G cybersecurity risks and produce measures to tackle them by the end of the year, the European Commission said on Tuesday, shunning U.S. calls to ban China's Huawei Technologies across the bloc.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2019

Nintendo shares climb after report of two new Switch models in works for avid and casual gamers

Nintendo Co. shares had their best day in almost eight months after The Wall Street Journal reported the company plans to introduce two new models of its Switch console as early as this summer.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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

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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.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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