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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 31, 2016

Led by Shabani, gorillas challenge koalas for popularity title at Nagoya zoo

Expectations are running high that Shabani, a male gorilla famed for his "good looks," may win the prize for most popular animal at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016

Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear sells out

While Tokyo's womenswear seems to be content fighting for a place in the domestic market, the endlessly repeated adage that Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo's menswear is the collection's most viable export product appears to have finally come true, with many of the brands tipped for greatness either gracing...
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2016

Reform of agricultural cooperatives

Reform of the agricultural cooperative system must address the shrinking farmer population and ways to improve earnings.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 27, 2016

Hiking Japan's autumn trails provides a great escape

Picture your workday, and then your week. Imagine the discomfort of the morning train or the slow crawl of traffic. Think about your place of work.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 27, 2016

Black is the new black; shaking up the burger scene; dining with Hansel and Gretel

Black is the new black
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 27, 2016

Japan's household investors risk rupee-linked bonds amid low yields at home

Japanese household investors are buying rupee-linked bonds like never before as negative interest rates at home prompt them to take greater risks in search for yield.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2016

Nissan to halt Mexico output of veteran Tsuru sedan amid safety criticism

Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will stop production in May of the Mexican-built Tsuru, an economical and hardy sedan beloved by taxi drivers but often sold without airbags and widely criticized for its poor crash record.
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BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2016

Ginza's newest shopping complex to open in April

Tokyo's Ginza district will see its newest and biggest commercial complex open next April as it seeks to attract more visitors by providing a luxurious and culture-rich experience, developers said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2016

Can the ultimate marketing campaign sell peace?

A Peace Age is possible, if we try hard enough.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2016

Outdated design-patent laws thwart progress

Unless modernized quickly, outmoded U.S. patent rules could empower a wave of opportunistic lawsuits that would suppress innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 25, 2016

Why gutting NAFTA is unlikely to create U.S. jobs

Both U.S. presidential candidates routinely criticize free-trade deals they blame for the loss of American jobs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 22, 2016

Re-fashioning the business of womenswear

As the last of the models walk the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo runway, there are many in the metropolis who won't look at one tweet from the front row or even acknowledge the week's existence.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2016

Japanese utility urges all-electric homes to sell expected excess of electricity

The first Japanese utility to restart a nuclear reactor under post-Fukushima rules has resumed a campaign urging users to increase power consumption.
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JAPAN
Oct 21, 2016

2017 Putin calendar proving a hit in Japan

The personality cult surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin is reaching new heights, and a growing number of Japanese are becoming curious about the details of his daily life.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 20, 2016

Japanese comedian Pikotaro's video 'PPAP' cracks the Billboard Hot 100

Comedian Pikotaro’s music video “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen,” abbreviated as “PPAP,” that recently went viral on social media has entered the weekly U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at 77th.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2016

Mizuho seeks to challenge Nomura as nation's biggest equity firm

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the mega-bank that added dozens of stock analysts and salesmen in the past year, is seeking to loosen Nomura Holdings Inc.'s stranglehold on the nation's potentially lucrative yet elusive retail brokerage business.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2016

Apple's switch to OLED screens could make or break Japanese suppliers

Pick up a high-end smartphone these days and chances are it will have a crisp, energy-sipping organic LED display — unless it's an iPhone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2016

Xi, Putin 'bromance' becomes security bond

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, likely had more than vodka shots and gifts of ice cream to show for their warming relationship after their planned meeting this weekend on the sidelines of a developing nations' summit in India.
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JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Oct 16, 2016

Fukushima apples to be used during World Cocktail Championships in bid to repair tarnished reputation

More than five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, efforts by local farmers to regain consumer trust in their produce are finally paying off, with apples grown in the city of Fukushima chosen to be used in the annual World Cocktail Championships, which kicks off on Tuesday in Tokyo.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 13, 2016

Launch of Sony PlayStation VR could be game changer for industry

Sony Corp.'s PlayStation VR hit the stores on Thursday, capping 2016 as the year that many have called the dawn of virtual reality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 13, 2016

Toyota Suzuki driven toward alliance amid fear that innovators will overtake them

Toyota Motor Corp. sees the technological revolution shaking up the auto industry as a serious enough threat to its survival that the world's most valuable carmaker will consider partnering with one of its fiercest Japanese rivals.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 13, 2016

Samsung's latest invention: a fireproof box for Note 7 returns

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd is sending fireproof boxes and protective gloves to customers returning potentially explosive Galaxy Note 7 phones, sparking a firestorm of humor on social media about the new twist in the recall scandal.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2016

Todai biomedical research fraud probe seen pointing to wider misconduct

The so-called STAP scandal of 2014 unleashed the power of anonymous online whistleblowers, who exposed falsified data in what had been hailed as groundbreaking stem cell research by the Riken institute and brought down its star scientist, Haruko Obokata.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Oct 12, 2016

Godiva chief finds modern business lessons in the ancient art of the bow

Arriving in Japan in 1985, Jerome Chouchan wasted little time enrolling in an archery dojo in Tokyo, a first step that has taken him to the elevated title of renshi and the rank of fifth dan.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight