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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2016

Japan airport operators step up security, but analysts warn of vulnerabilities

After at least 34 people died in bomb attacks in Brussels, operators of major airports in Japan tighten security.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2016

The 12-year-old winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee credits victory to hard work

Tathva International Secondary School's Sidaarth Kumarevel was crowned winner of the 7th Japan Times Bee on Saturday after besting his 37 rivals by correctly spelling philhellenism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016

Toshiba sees finances improving after narrowing its business

Toshiba Corp. said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016

Nintendo finds a hit with its new social app, Miitomo

Nintendo Co.'s foray into smartphones is off to a good start.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2016

The Japan-U.S. alliance and robotics diplomacy

Tucked inside the 2017 U.S. defense budget request is about $15 billion to place relatively small research bets on over-the-horizon technologies that can help the U.S. military maintain a leading edge over any competitor over the long term. Close allies like Japan have an interest in seeing this effort succeed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016

Toshiba probe stretches to U.S. as Westinghouse accounting comes under scrutiny

Toshiba Corp. is under investigation by the United States over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion (¥146 billion) in losses at its nuclear power operations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / EMBASSY PRESENTS ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE
Mar 15, 2016

Shea butter business gives boost to Benin

The old proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," has served as the philosophy of various Japanese projects supporting Benin. A seminar to introduce some of these projects was held in Tokyo on March 4.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 14, 2016

Japan Inc.'s lack of leadership roles for women fuels gender imbalance on boards

Sakie Fukushima remembers the novelty of being the only woman on Korn/Ferry International's board of directors, which she joined in 1995. Ditto when she joined the Sony Corp., Kao Corp. and Benesse Corp. boards years later.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2016

U.S. police probing November death of former Russian Press Minister Lesin

Police are investigating whether former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel in November, was brutally assaulted before returning to the hotel, a U.S. law enforcement source said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2016

Needs of post-3/11 Tohoku stay in focus for filmmakers

The dramatic imagery that emerged from the disasters of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, documented so extensively by mainstream and social media, is hard to forget. However, there were and still are many stories to be told about the people who were left to pick up the pieces of their lives...
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2016

Toilet-maker Toto looks to Chinese to change cultural habits to boost sales

Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan's largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016

Abenomics proves contagious

China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 10, 2016

Japan's cash-rich firms buying back shares, but tight on wages

Japanese firms sitting on more than ¥340 trillion of cash are buying back their own shares at a record rate, while turning a deaf ear to calls from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up spending on wages and investment to support the economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2016

Picking up where Abenomics policies left off

Given a shrinking population, a slowing China, sexism and an inefficient corporate system and labor market, Japan is going to have a rocky road ahead no matter what it does.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 8, 2016

Despite Xi's 'iron hand' warning to polluters, city residents still choking under smog

Embracing a groundswell of public outrage about toxic air ahead of annual legislative meetings last year in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping threatened to punish polluters with an "iron hand."
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mar 5, 2016

Our new school's on song despite cabals

Almost exactly five years ago, on March 11, 2011, an earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami wreaked havoc in the northeastern Tohoku region. Here where I live amid the faraway mountains of Nagano Prefecture, all of us connected with the C.W. Nicol Afan Woodland Trust wondered what we could do to...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2016

Toyota taps non-Japanese to help oversee structural overhaul

Toyota Motor Corp. is handing non-Japanese executives major promotions in the third overhaul of its complex business structure in six years, as President Akio Toyoda seeks ways to make the world's largest automaker more nimble.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016

Game app could teach children how to detect potential dangers of smartphones

As the use of smartphones grows in popularity with school children, educators are struggling with ways to teach young people how to recognize and handle the potential dangers they could face, and a smartphone game app called "Soul Negotiator" could be the answer teachers are looking for.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2016

Carl's Jr. betting on quality as it re-enters the Japanese market

With its return to Japan Friday after 19 years, U.S.-based hamburger chain Carl's Jr. says it is confident it can penetrate the market amid increasing demand for better burgers.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past