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PRESS / Events
Mar 15, 2021

第2回ESG Talkサントリーホールディングス新浪剛史氏

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、日本国内でESG(環境・社会・企業統治)について積極的に発言するリーダーにインタビューするシリーズ、「ESG Talk」の第2回目ゲストとして、サントリーホールディングス株式会社...
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Mar 10, 2021

Marshawn Lynch drawing own business blueprint with cannabis launch

With a newly launched cannabis brand and an e-betting endorsement, five-time Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch is building a business empire doing all the things everyone told him not to.
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BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2021

Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by U.S. tensions and staff defections

DJI is one of dozens of companies caught in the crossfire of trade and diplomatic hostilities between Washington and Beijing, like Huawei and ByteDance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2021

A day to remember: Japanese films about 3/11

Japan's cinema grapples with the triple disaster of 2011 from a variety of angles.
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BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2021

This company helps roughnecks find renewable energy jobs

Alfred Burt grew up following his father across the oil patches of Texas. He carried on the family tradition, working on rigs for 26 years until the pandemic crashed oil prices in April and he lost a drilling job with Apache Corp. that paid $1,600 a day.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2021

Hashimoto brings experience and connections in sports and politics to new role

The former Olympics minister appears to have only reluctantly accepted the post, and she may face questions about her relationship with her predecessor, Yoshiro Mori.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2021

How 'indispensable' Mori came to enjoy huge influence in politics and sport

The former prime minister had contacts his peers did not and the ability to get things done behind the scenes that leaders in both arenas relied on heavily.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Feb 5, 2021

Hokkaido businesses go extra mile for overseas clients unable to enter Japan

Many customers have postponed travel and events due to the novel coronavirus, and it's unclear when Japan's government will lift its entry ban for foreign tourists.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2021

Jet crash adds to long list of aviation disasters in Indonesia

Statistics show the nation is the worst place in Asia to take an airplane, with with 104 accidents and 2,353 related fatalities since 1945.
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Jan 9, 2021

History shows Titans star Derrick Henry's current run may be unsustainable

Henry's success flies in the face of modern NFL wisdom. He's a workhorse in a pass-happy league that has determined that sharing carries among a committee is more efficient.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2021

Whose post-pandemic century?

Asia's worst performers (in public-health terms) — such as the Philippines and Indonesia — have controlled the pandemic more effectively than Europe's biggest and wealthiest countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2020

Denmark toughens rape law to include sex without explicit consent

In order to bring a rape charge, the law previously required proof of violence, threat or evidence that the victim was unable to fend off the assault.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 17, 2020

Tomoyuki Sugano and Yuki Yanagita win MVP honors in NPB

The Giants ace and Hawks slugger each won the award for the second time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2020

Facebook has only itself to blame for drastic remedy

Mark Zuckerberg has apologized a dozen times or more for some Facebook missteps and promised to do better. Nothing much changes.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020

With sea and sake, using business to revitalize regions

Various efforts are being made by stakeholders, both public and private, to revitalize rural areas in Japan. Using the power of business is an effective way to reinvigorate regions, and rejuvenated communities can in return support the sustainability of businesses. Businesses that grow with communities...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020

Signs of dissent within Thai military as protests grow

Social media is exposing discontent among some soldiers, police and civil servants after months of protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and the monarchy.
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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
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2020

G20 countries still backing fossil fuels through COVID-19 response

Despite repeated pledges to end subsidies for oil, gas and coal, G20 governments continue to fund fossil fuels, with the COVID-19 crisis doing little to change that, a new report says.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2020

Biden may be winning, but America’s future isn’t

Places where politics were all consuming and all important are invariably places with big problems. America is now such a place.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2020

Almost like clockwork, talk of a military coup follows Thai protests

For the protesters, the military's enduring power in a country that markets itself as a modern democracy is as alarming as it is anachronistic.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2020

Suga needs new tack on the North Korea abductee issue

With the abduction issue continuing to inform the Suga administration's North Korea policy, the government must adjust its approach if it hopes for progress.

Longform

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.