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JAPAN
Jan 7, 1997

Kansai business group to get new chief

OSAKA -- Tetsuro Kawakami, chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), announced Jan. 7 that he will step down in May when he completes the current term. He will be succeeded by Yasuo Shingu, chairman of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Kawakami took the top post at the prestigious business...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2023

CEOs should focus on profits, not politics

Target proves yet again that companies are better off avoiding the minefield of social activism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2023

Japan's business world welcomes foreign worker status expansion

It remains unclear whether the visa expansion will lead to an increase in foreign workers who plan stay in Japan for the long term.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2023

U.S. intel leaks expose modern realities of keeping secrets

Leaked U.S. documents threaten to expose important military secrets and to undermine the confidence of America's allies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2023

Business innovations boost national recycling efforts

The Japanese have long embraced the need to protect and preserve the natural world, safeguarding our shared environment for generations to come. As a nation, the Japanese have been ahead of the game when it comes to initiatives such as recycling to conserve finite stocks of resources, helping to tackle...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023

Sanctioned Chinese military giant’s U.S. business keeps growing

For more than a decade, Cirrus Aircraft has been a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corp. of China, a maker of fighter jets, helicopters and drones for the People’s Liberation Army.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 3, 2023

Improving Japan business mood signals steady economic recovery

Companies expect to increase capital expenditure and project inflation to stay above the Bank of Japan's 2% target five years ahead, the quarterly tankan showed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2023

Regional banks given business improvement orders over risky bond sales

The Financial Services Agency made the order after judging the institutions hadn't warned customers about the risks of structured bonds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2023

Xi warns China officials to avoid ‘collusion’ with big business

The leader warned against 'any infiltration of capital into politics that undermines the political ecosystem or the environment for economic development.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022

Landmark U.N. deal on biodiversity gets finance and business thumbs up

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed to at recent U.N. talks, is expected to create some red tape but also new opportunities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Nov 10, 2022

Approaching life as an independent nonexecutive director with resolve

From startups to conglomerates, Makiko Nakamori has balanced sitting on a range of boards with motherhood and managing her own accounting practice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2022

The United States remains its allies’ best security hope

Despite decades of theorizing and strategizing with allies, American-led deterrence remains a delicate balancing act that depends on perceptions more than realities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2022

AI panned my screenplay. Can it crack Hollywood?

Artificial intelligence hopes to bring science to picking movie winners in a business long run by gut instinct.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Tunisia: Africa’s business hub and bridge to Japan

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2022

Kirin offloads Myanmar beer business over coup

Kirin said that a share buyback agreement worth about u00a522.4 billion ($164 billion) had been reached to transfer its 51% stake back into the subsidiary.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2022

'Business as usual' despite Philippine news outlet Rappler's shutdown order

Ressa has been a vocal critic of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, triggering what media advocates say is a grinding series of criminal charges, probes and online attacks.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southern California report 2022
Jun 30, 2022

AKT Trading: It’s been business as usual amid crisis

As an importer of products from Japan, AKT Trading Inc. was hit hard by a slowdown in logistics and transport caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the health crisis, the Torrance-based firm stayed true to its commitment to act as a one-stop shop for Japanese food and beverage exporters to the United...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2022

New Mizuho CEO plans to expand U.S. capital markets business

The firm wants to hire bankers to build its businesses with non-investment grade companies and leveraged buyout financing, Masahiro Kihara says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

An activist fund manager takes aim at Japan’s revolving door

The founder of Strategic Capital is targeting a Tokyo-based provider of loans and securities lending services that he says has a history of appointing former BOJ officials to top positions.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2022

No longer business as usual: The deteriorating Sino-EU relationship

It was a meeting that was supposed to emphasize the need for cooperation on global challenges. Instead, an EU-China summit earlier this month highlighted their growing divide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2022

Japan's business mood sours as Ukraine war and inflation take toll

Big companies expect conditions to worsen further three months ahead, the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2022

Japanese power retailers exiting business as energy crunch worsens

In the last month, at least four companies halted power retail operations, as a surge in wholesale electricity prices makes it challenging to procure stable supply and turn a profit.
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.

Podcast

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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