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BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2015

Twenty years in the making, Daiwa-tutored Myanmar bourse fetes baby-steps debut

Starting a stock market is hard. Just ask Ryota Sugishita.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2015

Tokyo's Ota Ward allows temporary condo rentals to tourists

To help meet rising demand for accommodations in Tokyo, the Ota Ward Assembly has passed an ordinance allowing condominium owners to rent vacant units to the record numbers of international travelers coming to Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2015

Deutsche Bank Japan brokerage penalized

Deutsche Bank AG's Japanese brokerage unit faces regulatory penalties after the nation's securities watchdog found that its employees improperly shared information about a company's earnings with clients.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 8, 2015

For South Koreans, overseas study loses its luster

After years of heading abroad in droves to study, more young South Koreans are opting for education at home as expensive overseas degrees no longer provide an edge in a tough job market — and are even a liability.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2015

U.S. arms-makers strain to meet demand as Mideast conflicts rage

Top U.S. arms makers are straining to meet surging demand for precision missiles and other weapons being used in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State group and other conflicts in the Middle East, according to senior U.S. officials and industry executives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 5, 2015

Done right, moral education could be a good thing

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is enacting another one of the conservatives' long-standing policy desires by reintroducing moral education in secondary schools from 2018.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2015

Unfair pressure during job hunt

Companies forcing university students to take the first job offer they get is piling anxiety, pressure and confusion on these young people before they even enter the workforce.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 4, 2015

December 5, 2015

BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015

Toyota eyes '15-'16 U.S. sales record, 'trying to make hay' as economy rises, gas prices fall

Toyota Motor Corp. expects record U.S. auto- industry sales for 2015 followed by another two years of strength as gasoline prices remain low and the U.S. economy continues on a path of stable growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015

Foundation helps poor Philippine kids go to school

The ERDA Foundation Inc. helps Filipino children get an education by working with partners and donors, including The Japan Times Readers' Fund, which has extended support to the group for more than 14 years.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2015

Toyota to supply hydrogen stations to dealers for sold-out Mirai

Toyota Motor Corp. will supply temporary hydrogen stations to California dealerships selling its Mirai fuel-cell sedan as some buyers put off taking delivery of their cars until refueling infrastructure is set up.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 1, 2015

Reviving Japan Inc.'s entertainment division

If Japan had its own cartoon-and-comics-driven Hollywood, it would increase its global cultural clout and give the economy a much needed boost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2015

Fun video shows walking while looking at a smartphone is dangerous, even for samurai

Even samurai would have been vulnerable had they been glued to smartphone screens while walking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2015

Honda to raise retirement age to 65 in recognition of demographic shift

Honda Motor Co. plans to shake up job terms next fiscal year and lift its retirement age by five years to 65, making the carmaker one of Japan Inc.'s biggest companies to take action in coping with the nation's aging demographics.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2015

Japan's massive GPIF pension fund marks record quarterly loss over China slowdown

The nation's giant pension manager is unrepentant after a push into equities saw the fund post its worst quarterly result since at least 2008.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 30, 2015

Stress test to join annual health checks as mental problems rise in corporate Japan

In light of the nationwide rise in mental health problems, the Industrial Safety and Health Law was revised last year to oblige companies to offer annual "stress checks" to employees starting Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / LEXUS: AMAZING IN MOTION
Nov 30, 2015

LEXUS spaces help inspire lifestyles and designs

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Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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