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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2015

Japan Inc.'s record profit streak threatened as yen projections bottom

Japan Inc.'s currency cookie jar may be just about empty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 2, 2015

Media firm seeks to make prep schooling affordable, higher education reachable, via online lectures

Major media company Recruit Marketing Partners is waging a price war in a field of business that has thrived despite a dwindling pool of clients: preparing for entrance exams.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2015

China's shadow banking risk shifts to booming bond market

A year after China's financial regulators squared up to the systemic perils of "shadow banking," the threat is shifting to a booming corporate bond market, and risky borrowers' debt is finding its way into products aimed at retail investors.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2015

China police bust online gun ring, seize 1,180 guns

Police in China, where gun possession by ordinary people is illegal, have busted an online gun selling operation, seizing 1,180 guns and more than 6 million bullets, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.
Reader Mail
Nov 28, 2015

'Zombienomics' yields another drop in GDP

Regarding the editorial titled "Another back-to-back GDP drop" in the Nov. 21 issue, had there been any doubt left even in the staunchest right-winger's grasp of Japan's financial status, the latest reconfirmation of its demise must surely dispel it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 27, 2015

The future of conveyor-belt sushi

In October, U.K. sushi chain Yo! Sushi opened a new kaiten (conveyor belt) restaurant in a Florida mall. It is the third branch the chain has established in the United States this year, and more branches are slated to open in 2016. It is a reminder that this automated approach to dining continues to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Nov 27, 2015

The complexities of living too close to Tokyo

While traveling in the northeastern part of Japan last month, I was struck by the way quirky, alternative and avant-garde music carves out a space for itself in parts of the country that are isolated from the major cultural centers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 27, 2015

J Soul Brothers winning the boy band war

Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe were on track to have the highest-selling album of 2015 with "Planet Seven," when Arashi swooped in and released "Japonism" in October. Arashi may have won this battle of the boy bands, but looking at the entire year — Sandaime may have won the war.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 27, 2015

Tunnel-building woman; historical food drama; CM of the week: Sharp

Japan is currently suffering a labor shortage that will only worsen. The main solution is getting more women interested in working in certain sectors, such as construction, where only 12.4 percent of the workforce is female. Even worse, only 3.5 percent of the country's civil engineers are women.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2015

France foie gras region finds first bird flu outbreak in eight years

France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in eight years after detecting it in a backyard in a southwestern region home to many foie gras and poultry producers.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2015

Philippines to probe 'sudden acceleration' in Mitsubishi vehicles

Philippine regulators will investigate accidents involving Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Montero Sport vehicles after complaints that they can speed out of control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015

How China can prevent the antibiotic apocalypse

China's millions of farmers are notorious for pumping their livestock full of antibiotics, a practice that is fueling the rise of bacteria resistant to some of the world's most powerful 'last resort' antibiotics.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2015

Can privatization turn KIA around?

The sale of the rights to run Kansai International Airport to a private consortium could serve as a role model for other money-losing public-infrastructure operations if efficiency and profitability improves.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 23, 2015

Abe's growing China problem

Abe talks big on reform but hasn't delivered the radical change needed to adapt to 6 percent growth in China.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 21, 2015

Hemingway's Paris memoir becomes symbol of defiance

Ernest Hemingway's memoir about the time he spent lounging in cafes and bars in 1920s Paris has become an unlikely totem of defiance against the terrorist attacks that claimed 129 lives in the City of Light on Nov. 13.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2015

BOJ easing seen as blunt tool by one fund, blowing bubbles by another

TCW Group Inc. says the Bank of Japan has made a mistake and should exit quantitative easing as soon as possible. Invesco Ltd. says the only error was not starting sooner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2015

In the deep end: Japan pitches its submarines to Australia

Less than two years after lifting a decades-old ban on arms exports, Japan is navigating one of the most complex and sensitive areas of the defense market: submarines.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2015

Mitsubishi Regional Jet takes flight

The debut flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is welcome news for Japan's long-dormant aircraft manufacturing industry, but ensuring its success will require considerable effort.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015

Alarming new 'superbug' gene found in animals and people in China

A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China — including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2015

Tokyo condos for sale dropped 6.5% in October amid scandal over piling work

Fewer apartments have been put up for sale in Tokyo since flaws were found in hundreds of buildings with falsified construction data, threatening to cut short a rally in home prices.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2015

Japan piling probe to expand to entire industry as data falsification fears grow

The infrastructure ministry says it will expand its probe into data management for piling work to the entire industry, as fears of manipulation involving building foundation piles continue to grow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2015

Recession ignored by Japan investors as profits drive rally

If Japan's economy is in trouble, you wouldn't know it from the stock market.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2015

Delivery failures dog parcel firms

Missing a package delivery is usually not a problem when one can easily go online or call to request redelivery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2015

All aboard Tokyo's yellow Hato Bus as China tourists surge

London isn't the only city with an iconic bus.

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