Search - business

 
Menu
Search
 
May 25, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
55,953 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2020

'Buy or bury': Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram

The complaints say the social media giant relies on a strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2020

Japan firms' winter bonus payments face biggest fall since 2009, Nikkei survey says

The drop would exceed the 5.37% decline in summer bonus payments, according to the Nikkei, showing how the strain on corporate profits from the pandemic is spreading to households.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2020

Why Exxon Mobil is holding back on technology that could slow climate change

Even if Exxon one day completes its carbon-capture plans in Wyoming, the current delay shows that urgent climate projects can sometimes become expendable in a crunch.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 6, 2020

Why China is eager to promote atomic energy

Beijing is effectively using its technology to ink construction and hardware deals around the world, enhancing its global status as a nuclear power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2020

Is Wall Street ready to work on China time?

Many of the Chinese blue-chips have secondary listings in Hong Kong so stockholders should hold on to their shares because that's how they can continue to chase the China dream.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 5, 2020

Japan's celebrities juggle private lives with public expectation

A U.S. survey has found 69% of Japanese respondents believe extramarital affairs are unforgivable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 5, 2020

Japan's portrait studios are adjusting services to cater to COVID-19 landscape

Revenue this year is expected to plunge by as much as 20% from 2019.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 2, 2020

Local businesses left in limbo as Japan's politicians squabble over Go To Travel campaign

By leaning on governors to determine whether travel and dining subsidies should be suspended in their area, Suga is delegating responsibility — or accountability — to local leaders.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2020

Viral hit: 'Sanmitsu' — the 'Three Cs' — declared Japan's buzzword of 2020

The 'Three Cs” approach to the pandemic, popularized by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, refers to avoiding closed spaces, crowds and close-contact situations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 1, 2020

I'm sorry, but I think you can complain a little bit better than that

Japanese is well-known for being an indirect language, but that doesn't mean you can't make your dissatisfaction with a situation clear to others.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2020

Ant IPO said to face slim chances of getting done next year

Understanding the authorities' thinking and navigating the complex rules — some of which are still subject to change — are the biggest hurdles facing Ant.
Japan Times
Nov 30, 2020

From Japan to the world – Lixil’s sustainability mission - Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury -

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Nov 30, 2020

Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Nov 30, 2020

第4回 Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、英語で日本を発信するトークイベント「第4回Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury」を開催します。
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Nov 29, 2020

Businessman ambassador opens Panama connections

With both a father and grandfather who served their country as diplomats, it might seem that Carlos Pere is simply following in the family footsteps. In fact, however, he had spent his entire career in business before embarking upon his first diplomatic assignment as ambassador to Japan last October.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 28, 2020

Material Market finds beauty in recycling Japan’s craft waste

With a slick, minimalist design, Material Market is one of the few ventures in Japan that allows the general public to purchase craft waste materials.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 28, 2020

Craft brewer Sean Collett: 'If you chase two rabbits, you'll catch neither'

The founders of Two Rabbits Brewing Company have brought their corner of the craft beer market to Shiga Prefecture, a perfect place to burrow down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2020

Mitsui Fudosan set to bid for Tokyo Dome to ward off Oasis

The real estate company is preparing to make a tender offer of about u00a5100 billion ($960 million), sources say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2020

Coronavirus is helping African economies compete

Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2020

Amazon unions around the world plan Black Friday protests

The company has a history of guarding against unions' influence, posting a job listing in September for an analyst to research 'labor organizing threats against the company.”
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2020

China's Wang visits Tokyo, with bilateral ties and Biden topping agenda

Japan and China have agreed to restart business travel between the two countries later this month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2020

Hong Kong campus rocked by protest becomes ‘prison’ a year later

Today, what had once been a bustling, freely accessible campus is locked down, its protest movement extinguished in a series of aggressive moves to stifle dissent in the Asian financial hub.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 23, 2020

Cheap, spacious, crowd-free: Rural Japan is having a moment with the foreign community

Laura Blackhall took a risk purchasing an empty house in the Ibaraki countryside. Amid and following a pandemic, though, it's a choice that just might pay off.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2020

Hong Kong-Singapore bubble delay shows travel rebound uncertain

The shelving of the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble shows just how delicate the process of reopening borders is — even for places that have largely contained the coronavirus.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Fujitsu crafts sustainable innovation for itself, society
Fujitsu crafts sustainable innovation for itself, society

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER