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Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 29, 2018

Bike-sharing race expected to heat up

Bike-sharing service operators are locking horns with each other as the service catches on with consumers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 26, 2018

You can't plan for bad luck in the long winter of life

Wisdom is age and age is wisdom. Confucius, summing up his life, said, "At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the line." It's as good a definition of wisdom as any.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2018

Bitcoin for otaku: Tokyo startup to launch cryptocurrency to serve communities

Cryptocurrencies may be making worldwide headlines as high volatility assets that have seen dazzling stretches of growth and stunning falls, but the CEO of Tokyo Otaku Mode Inc. believes they have a different kind of potential.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
May 24, 2018

Vissel sign ex-Barcelona star Andres Iniesta to massive deal

J. League club Vissel Kobe on Thursday announced the audacious signing of World Cup-winning former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta in a deal reported to be worth over ¥3 billion a year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 24, 2018

China moving slowly into Hokkaido

Chinese money is pouring into Hokkaido at a much greater scale than imagined. In his recent visit to the island prefecture, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended a forum of Japanese prefectural and Chinese provincial governors in Sapporo on May 11, but a Chinese diplomatic source said he was just using...
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2018

A Sony Car? New CEO says he has always wanted to work on moving objects

Sony Corp.'s new chief executive officer is interested in taking the electronics maker in an entirely new direction: objects that move.
Japan Times
May 24, 2018

Event schedule for "Jinseki Summer School 2018" confirmed
Teachers invited from Switzerland, a country known for its excellent boarding schools!

We are pleased to announce that the event schedule for "Jinseki Summer School 2018", an event held by the Next Educational Environment Development (Jinsekikogen-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture), has been confirmed. For this event, teachers at the prestigious John F. Kennedy International School in Switzerland...
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2018

Takeda invites banks to join $31 billion loan for Shire deal

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has invited Japanese and overseas banks to participate in the syndication of the $30.85 billion (¥3.362 trillion) loan to back its $62 billion purchase of Shire Plc, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2018

China agrees to ramp purchases of U.S. goods, but, $200 billion figure not mentioned

China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 19, 2018

Disgraced scientist Haruko Obokata back in public eye with photo spread in weekly magazine

'Hello, Bunshun-san. Yesterday I wrote in my diary that, 'Well, it's come to this, that I am working with you.'"
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
May 18, 2018

Aspiring brewer taps Fukushima town's hops in bid to boost sagging farming industry

"I can't wait to drink delicious beer made from homegrown hops," Makoto Honma, the president of Hop Japan Inc., told farmers with a smile in April when he visited them in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 18, 2018

All aboard: Exploring Japan's abandoned train lines

Admiring the decaying beauty of abandoned railroads is just one of myriad hobbies Japan's railway enthusiasts indulge in.
Japan Times
May 18, 2018

DLoFre's SIROnoMINKA (White Minka), a Meditation Lodging with a Feel for Japan's Original Vistas, Is Set to Open

A proposal for a slower life, with a challenge for 100% Renewable Energy
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2018

Leagues lose as U.S. Supreme Court paves way for states to legalize sports betting

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for states to legalize sports betting in a defeat for the major American sports leagues, endorsing New Jersey's bid to allow such wagering and striking down a 1992 federal law that prohibited it in most places.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018

Open skies can clear Beijing's 'Orwellian nonsense'

An agreement to expand market access in China would be the best way to Chinese government avoid censorship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 14, 2018

Japanese automakers' rosy profits may be short-lived

Japan's big three automakers enjoyed soaring net profits in the last business year, but analysts warn it is too early to say the robust results suggest a return to their glory days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 12, 2018

SpaceX launches new rocket designed for future crewed missions

An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions for NASA, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 11, 2018

Whisky-inspired code names cloaked Takeda's $62 billion Shire gamble in secrecy — until cover was blown

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s ambitions to expand in the lucrative U.S. health care market led the drugmaker to begin a painstaking examination of Shire PLC's assets more than two years prior to striking a $62 billion deal.
May 10, 2018

Yamaha Motor earnings up solidly in first quarter

IWATA, May 10,2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first quarter.

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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