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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 24, 2017

KKR lifts Hitachi Kokusai bid a second time as shares rally

KKR & Co. raised its offer for Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. a second time after a rally in the shares of the chip-systems maker spurred many investors, including Elliott Management Corp., to seek a higher price from the buyout firm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2017

Nippon Paint derails Akzo bid for Axalta in surprise counter-offer

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. made a surprise counter-bid for former DuPont unit Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., derailing amicable merger talks between the U.S. company and paint maker Akzo Nobel NV as the Japanese firm attempts its biggest acquisition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2017

Founder of South Korea's top love hotel app aims to make business family-friendly

Lee Su-jin used to work at a love hotel in South Korea, changing sheets and cleaning up after couples who had paid for a few hours of privacy. Sixteen years on, he is using the knowledge he gained to transform the industry.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2017

Toshiba share sale opens door to David Einhorn, Daniel Loeb, other activists angling for shakeup

Toshiba Corp.'s plan to raise more money may bring in vocal investors more willing to take an active role in the electronics maker's affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 21, 2017

Volvo looks to supply Uber with up to 24,000 self-driving cars

Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm from an app used to summon a taxi to the owner and operator of a fleet of cars.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2017

Trump lost sight of his promising Asia vision

U.S. President Donald Trump's recent Asia trip shows the administration's approach remains self-defeating.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2017

With existing plants 'maxed out,' Nissan anticipates need for new U.S. factory

Nissan Motor Co. is squeezing all it can from its U.S. assembly plants and will need to build a new factory if it keeps growing in the lucrative American auto market, a top executive said.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2017

Lobbyists of every stripe swarming U.S. Congress to protect their interests in GOP-led tax legislation

Recreational vehicle retailers from across the country were sipping morning coffee at a convention in Las Vegas earlier this month when word whipped through the hotel's "dealers' lounge" that the U.S. Congress was considering tax law changes threatening their businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2017

Airbus faces high hurdles over stalled A380 Emirates deal, including call to keep program going 10 years

A preliminary deal to sell 36 A380s to Emirates blew up in an Airbus hospitality chalet moments before the Gulf carrier was expected to shower $30 billion on the plane maker and its U.S. rival Boeing at the start of last week's Dubai Airshow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2017

Want to increase workplace productivity?

Companies are not investing enough in strategic employee communications to produce an engaged workforce.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2017

Nissan exec says with existing factories 'maxed out,' automaker may build new plant in U.S.

Nissan Motor Co. is squeezing all it can from its U.S. assembly plants and will need to build an entirely new factory if it keeps growing in the lucrative American auto market, a top executive said.
BUSINESS / Taking the Lead
Nov 17, 2017

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Orix ex-CEO and former head of deregulation panel, knows what it takes to change Japan

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, 82, may not be your average business leader.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2017

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi: From salaryman to business titan

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a name likely to be seen on a list of well-known Japanese business leaders.
Nov 17, 2017

Pubcen Inc. Unveils its Lifelog / Content Curation Service

Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan – November 17, 2017 – Today Pubcen Inc. (CEO & Co-Founder: Takao Sato) launched its flagship cloud service, “Pubcen.” People throughout the world perpetually create digital content for their online lives via SNS and cloud services. Pubcen gathers the digital...
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Nov 15, 2017

Japanese doctor who exposed a drug too good to be true calls for morality and reforms

It was a gut feeling and common sense that made Dr. Iwao Kuwajima question a drug for high blood pressure that just about every other doctor in his field was excited about in the 2000s.
Nov 15, 2017

TSUNEISHI GROUP Announces the Appointment of Executives, Dated as of January 1st, 2018

TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Hirotatsu Kambara) hereby announces the appointment of executives of TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. and KAMBARA KISEN Co., Ltd., and the appointment of presidents of TSUNEISHI ENGINEERING Co., Ltd....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2017

Jane Goodall urges all U.S. senators to halt push to drill in Arctic wildlife refuge

British primatologist Jane Goodall sent a letter to every U.S. senator on Tuesday urging them to oppose a push in the U.S. Congress to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a region environmentalists say is one of the world's last paradises.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2017

How Trump is driving Asian powers together

U.S. President Donald Trump's 'America first' policy is amounting to 'Asia first' in the global economic packing order.
Reader Mail
Nov 10, 2017

Carmaker scandal hardly a big deal

Regarding the story "Subaru reveals vehicle checks were flawed" in the Oct. 28 edition, I fully agree that breaking of regulations and laws cannot be condoned, as well as actions that make it look as if the regulations and laws have been complied with.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2017

Republican tax plans, both seen favoring rich and cutting deductions, advance in Congress

U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a tax plan on Thursday that differed from the House of Representatives' version on several key fronts, including how they treat the corporate tax rate, the tax deduction for state and local taxes, and the estate tax.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2017

Authorities seize ¥3 billion in drugs at Kawasaki house after busting suspected trafficking ring

Authorities confiscated dangerous narcotic-like drugs worth some ¥3 billion, one of the largest seized amounts in the country, as they busted a production site operated by alleged traffickers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017

Scientists in letter to senators slam GOP plan to expand Arctic oil drilling in wildlife refuge

A group of 37 U.S.-based scientists whose research focuses on Arctic wildlife asked two U.S. senators in a letter on Thursday not to open the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, according to a copy seen by Reuters.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2017

Toshiba rides memory chip unit to 28-year high in operating profit

The electronics giant posts a half-year operating profit that topped a 28-year high, driven by performance from its memory chip business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2017

Outspoken adviser to Abe urges regime change at BOJ

Amid strong expectations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda to another term as governor of the Bank of Japan, at least one key voice is calling for fresh blood at the top of the BOJ to lift the nation's flagging inflation rate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2017

Kumamoto resort's quake-resistant domed cabins prove a big draw

Nestled near a volcano in southern Japan, 450 quake-resistant domed houses put up by a health resort and decorated with flowers and dinosaurs are drawing visitors from across Asia.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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