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BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2019

Daiwa to expand REIT business as low rates persist

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. is expanding its real estate investment trust business as low interest rates continue to drive investors into domestic property funds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2019

Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, saw wealth surge $18 billion this year

It's been a good year for Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2019

In 'Star Wars' economy, one thing doesn't pay

Junkyards and scavengers are everywhere in the series. So why do they waste so much valuable scrap?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2019

China pig farm jams drones dropping swine fever-laced products onto its sites, but also GPS

One of China's biggest animal feed producers said it had used a radio transmitter to combat crooks using drones to drop pork products contaminated with African swine fever on its pig farms, as part of a racket to profit from the health scare.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2019

Fidelity's top Japan fund places wagers on 5G stocks for 2020

Fidelity International's biggest equity fund in Japan is betting technology companies will help boost the nation's stock market in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2019

Tesco suspends Christmas card-maker in China over forced labor allegation

U.K. grocery giant Tesco PLC suspended its supply of Christmas cards from a Chinese factory and said it was investigating a newspaper report that prison labor was used in their production.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2019

Rebuild system of governance at Japan Post group

The Japan Post group needs to overhaul the organizational culture that was to blame for the illicit practices.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 21, 2019

Japan's treatment of freelancers comes under the microscope

Veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach's latest work, "Sorry We Missed You," which opened in Japan recently, is about the gig economy, the new employment environment surrounding companies like the ride-sharing service Uber that don't so much hire people as give them access to users.
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2019

The stalled restart of idled reactors

The government needs to make an honest assessment of the situation surrounding nuclear power in this country and think again whether its nuclear energy plan is feasible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2019

Boeing faces huge test with Friday's launch of Starliner to ISS

NASA's effort to resume flying American astronauts on American spacecraft — something that hasn't happened since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011 — faces a major test this weekend.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2019

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Aomori Prefecture area

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers off eastern Aomori Prefecture, on Thursday at 3:21 p.m.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2019

Trial run held on section of Joban Line in Fukushima closed since nuclear disaster

East Japan Railway Co. conducted trial operations on Wednesday on a section of the Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture that has been closed since the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2019

Winding back the years in Yokohama’s Yamate district

One of Japan's '100 Cityscapes,' Yokohama's Yamate district — also known as 'The Bluff' — preserves some of the city's elegant European structures and international heritage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2019

SoftBank-backed OneConnect sees valuation tumble in U.S. IPO

Ping An Insurance Co.'s OneConnect Financial Technology said Thursday it raised around $312 million in its U.S. initial public offering, valuing the company at around $3.7 billion.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Uruguay report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Where rapid innovation meets political stability

Uruguay, located between two of the region’s most influential countries, Brazil and Argentina, has developed a resistance to the political and social upheavals that have broken out across South America over the past decade.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Uruguay report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Montevideo Harbour: Asia’s fast track across South America

When the Port of Montevideo’s free port status finally came into effect in 1992, Uruguay had no car carrier infrastructure or facilities. A year later, the Montevideo Harbour South America (MHSA) president saw an opportunity for the company to become the trusted maritime agent for Asian automakers...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Uruguay report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Global impact made in Uruguay

Based in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, The Electric Factory is a creative technology company with a lofty, if not daunting mission: to shape the future through well thought out, disruptive solutions that are based on innovative ideas and a deep understanding of human behavior and use the latest digital...
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2019

Osaka Metro unveils ticket gate with facial recognition tech

Osaka Metro Co. on Tuesday started testing a next-generation automated ticket gate featuring a facial recognition system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 10, 2019

'Fangirls' defend China from Hong Kong protesters and the world

For Li Mo, the footage of black-clad people clashing with police and vandalizing storefronts proved the final straw. The images of Hong Kong protesters fighting for greater autonomy from Beijing incensed the mainland-born postgraduate student and she could no longer remain on the sidelines. So, she joined...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 10, 2019

The grammar point known as 'to iu'

When you're trying to describe what something is in Japanese, the structure 'to iu' can come in very handy.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Tomoko Otake

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