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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2020

Microsoft’s Bethesda acquisition paves way for Netflix of gaming

The software giant aims to use the draw of popular Bethesda titles such as The Elder Scrolls and Fallout to attract subscribers to its Xbox Game Pass service.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2020

China’s threats of war push Taiwan to boost U.S. economic links

The government of Tsai Ing-wen is aiming to provide more incentives for U.S. policymakers to intervene in any potential conflict.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2020

The 737 MAX debacle won’t be the end of Boeing

Is Boeing Co. capable of making commercial aircraft at all?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020

Jack Ma’s Ant Group lifts IPO funding target to $35 billion

Ant's simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai may mark the biggest IPO ever, topping Saudi Aramco's record $29 billion sale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020

China's ByteDance says TikTok will be its subsidiary under deal with Trump

China's ByteDance said on Monday that TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. said over the weekend that they and U.S. investors would own the majority of the video app following a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2020

Major banks processed transactions they suspected were illegal, filings show

The more than 2,100 suspicious activity reports filed by major U.S. and international banks relate to more than $2 trillion of transactions between 1999 and 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 20, 2020

In South Korea, COVID-19 comes with another risk: online bullies

Governments around the world have grappled with misinformation and outright lies about the coronavirus. In South Korea, that struggle has become uniquely personal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 19, 2020

Japan is forced to look abroad in the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine. But at what cost?

Japan has a history of vaccines and related medical treatments that have proven to be problematic — take the prescription drug Tamiflu, for example.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2020

Gen Zers take on the Silicon Valley establishment

For young people, breaking into the cutthroat tech industry — or any industry, really — has become far more difficult during the pandemic. In-person networking events and club meetings are on hold, there aren’t many online hubs for informal connection, and the investors and founders whose buy-in...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 16, 2020

In coronavirus vaccine race, China inoculates thousands before trials are completed

Beijing has engaged a public, top-down approach to endorse the experimental vaccines and foster community support.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 15, 2020

Special train unveiled as Hokkaido railroad marks 140th anniversary

A new train pulls into the station in Hokkaido and a Kyodo article looks at its significance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2020

Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in its clouds

Scientists detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere, and they assert that something now alive is the only explanation for its source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 12, 2020

Japan is caught in the crossfire of a U.S.-China culture war

'China is trying to hijack the networks and communications infrastructure of other countries,' a data analyst warns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2020

Nintendo boosts Switch production by another 20%

The games maker has been struggling to keep up with demand for the console for most of this year, boosted by the runaway success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2020

Data on corporate clients was leaked to securities firm, Nomura admits

The revelations come a little over a year after the firm was admonished by the nation's financial regulator for lax controls.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Sep 10, 2020

Media Enterprise Department’s separation from The Japan Times, Ltd. and its re-establishment as The Japan Times Agency

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2020

Australia faces down China in high-stakes strategic shift

The relationship is no longer shaped just by trade, but by a stark view that Beijing poses a threat to Australia's democracy and national sovereignty.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Sep 8, 2020

Learning how to use 'ni suginai' is nothing more than essential

The verb 'sugiru,' which means to exceed, can be used in a variety of ways both positive and negative.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2020

Waves of Russian and Emirati flights fuel Libyan war, U.N. finds

As war raged in Libya last winter, a dozen world leaders gathered in Berlin to talk peace. The contradictions surrounding the conference were no secret: Many of the global leaders who pledged to end foreign meddling in Libya’s conflict were themselves fueling it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2020

Apple App Store draws fresh scrutiny in Japan, the epicenter of gaming

Epic Games Inc.'s decision to sue Apple over its mobile store practices sparks new scrutiny and prompts questions about how to counter the tech giant's dominance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2020

Warren Buffett seen liberating his successor with not-so-Buffett moves

By showing he's willing to move beyond some of his long-held practices, the billionaire investor is removing those handcuffs from his next-in-line.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 3, 2020

Toyooka Theater Festival brings French flair to Japan’s theater scene

Dramatist Oriza Hirata's dream of holding Japan's version of the Avignon Festival is becoming a reality with a two-week arts fete starting on Sept. 9.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers