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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015

Tokyo fashion week: Hiromichi Ochiai — man in the middle

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo wrapped up its runway shows at the Hikarie shopping complex in Shibuya Ward on Oct. 17, ending six days of presentations that showcased a wide range of collections for the upcoming 2016 spring/summer season.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2015

SoftBank to embark on global investment spree of 'several billion' dollars per year

SoftBank Group Corp. expects to invest "several billions" of dollars a year in promising startups and established businesses as the company tries to evolve into a truly global corporation and identify its next generation of leaders, Chairman Masayoshi Son said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 22, 2015

Employment insurance revamp

The Abe administration is looking at reforming the employment insurance scheme to get more senior citizens into the workforce, but beefing up other components of the social welfare net would be more effective.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2015

Japanese business software maker embarks on rare U.S. foray

Having become the biggest Japanese vendor of business software for payroll and human resources by taking on Oracle Corp. and SAP AG in its home market, Works Applications Co. is now adopting an even more ambitious plan: breaking into the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2015

Japan Post banking, insurance units priced at top of range for IPO

Shares in Japan Post Holdings Co.'s banking and insurance units were priced at the top of marketed ranges as part of a three-pronged initial public offering, signaling strong demand for the nation's biggest privatization deal since the 1980s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2015

Beijing promotes low-paid college graduates to startup CEOs

Quitting her job as receptionist, joining rock bands and chancing her tattoo-sleeved arm at small business ventures would once have branded college graduate Ding Jia as a rebel in China. Now she can claim state endorsement as a "creative."
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2015

Volkswagen and the future of corporate honesty

The plummet of Volkswagen's stock shows that honesty is the best policy for corporations that want to maximize value over the long term.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 9, 2015

Benevolent truck drivers; learning to a love a priest; CM of the week: Nisshinbo

"The Driver" (TV Asahi, Sun., 9 p.m.) is actually about two truck drivers. Joichiro (Seiyo Uchino) used to be a banker and still goes to work in a suit and tie. He is the more conscientious and diligent one. His partner, Kohei (Takashi Tsukamoto), is the opposite, more interested in where they'll eat...
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2015

Twitter may expand 140-character limit with new product

Twitter is finally waking up to the idea that some things just cannot be summed up in 140 characters.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2015

Japan's cheap debt, aging population prompt ex-banker to shift focus

Saburo Nishiura is using Japan's record-low borrowing costs to turn the nation's shrinking population to his advantage.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015

Emissions bombshell stretches far beyond VW

The revelation that Volkswagen cheated for years on emissions tests raises a mammoth question: Who else did the same?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Sep 25, 2015

Chasing rennet-free cheeses across Tokyo

Japan's image of quality cheese has remained firmly attached to fine European imports. Processed sliced cheeses of the Kraft variety are ubiquitous, but for the "real" stuff you'd be smart to visit an international supermarket for a decent selection.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2015

Persistent U.S. probe, real-time driving cut through VW obfuscation to find smoking tailpipe

The revelation that ended Martin Winterkorn's career at Volkswagen AG came on Sept. 3 in a meeting at an office park east of Los Angeles.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Sep 21, 2015

Fast Retailing to introduce four-day workweek

Fast Retailing Co. will introduce a new system to allow employees at its Uniqlo casual clothing stores to take three days off a week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2015

Desert plant may become a better source of rubber

At a test track in Texas last month, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. researchers discovered they are getting close to accomplishing a feat that eluded the great American inventor Thomas Edison.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2015

Suzuki seals ¥460.3 billion buyback marking end to Volkswagen stake

Suzuki Motor Corp. confirmed that Volkswagen AG has sold back all the shares it held in the Japanese carmaker for ¥460.3 billion, closing the final chapter of an acrimonious partnership.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2015

Toshiba logs first-quarter net loss; sales at lowest since December 2012

Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss for the first quarter as sales of televisions and personal computers slumped and profit fell at its division that makes chips.
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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2015

China experts highlight need for economy based on consumption, innovation

Can the Chinese economy continue to thrive? This was the question that dominated discussions among leading Chinese and foreign business executives who gathered at a World Economic Forum meeting in the northeastern city of Dalian last week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2015

Billionaire Trump calls high CEO pay a joke, 'disgraceful'

U.S. Republican party presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday high salaries paid to chief executives were a "joke" and a "disgrace" and said these were often approved by company boards stacked with the CEO's friends.
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ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Sep 5, 2015

All aboard for a California roll in the Arctic

In 1966 and then again in '67, I spent from May to September in Cumberland Sound, a large inlet of the Labrador Sea on the coast of Baffin Island in Canada's far-northern Nunavut territory — a region the size of Western Europe.

Longform

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