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BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2017

Westinghouse discussing group bid for Saudi nuclear tender, sources say

Toshiba-owned Westinghouse is in talks with other U.S-based companies to form a consortium to bid in a multibillion-dollar tender for two nuclear power reactors in Saudi Arabia, three industry sources said.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 21, 2017

Jobs battle environment on sacred but scarred Mount Buko

Shin Sasakubo grew up listening to blasts of dynamite scar the slopes of Mount Buko and echo across his small town every day at half past noon.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2017

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi: From salaryman to business titan

Orix Corp.'s Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a name likely to be seen on a list of well-known Japanese business leaders.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2017

Federal jury orders J&J, DePuy to pay $247 million to six Pinnacle hip implant patients

A federal jury in Dallas on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay $247 million to six patients who said they were injured by defective Pinnacle hip implants.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2017

Nine reactors in Japan use products manufactured by steel maker that admitted faking quality data

Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan, including some currently in operation, have used products manufactured by the Kobe Steel Ltd. group which has admitted fabricating product quality data, it has been learned.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 14, 2017

The music you didn't realize you grew up with: Chip Tanaka's 8-bit revolution

If you grew up during the 1980s or 1990s, there's a good chance that you spent more time listening to the music of Hirokazu Tanaka than to many of your favorite pop songs. Such was the reach of the work that the Kyoto native created during his nearly 20-year tenure as a sound designer at Nintendo, as...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 13, 2017

Theft of North Korean diplomat's alcohol stash in Pakistan raises suspicions of bootlegging

Neighbors say when three men kicked down the doors and burgled the home of a North Korean diplomat in Islamabad last month, it took them more than three hours to lug out their booty: thousands of bottles of Scotch whisky, beer and French wine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017

Las Vegas massacre may add more than $1 billion to insurer costs

The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history is adding to soaring costs for insurance companies, which are already taking a beating this year from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2017

U.S. travel site TripAdvisor to show which hotels had sexual attacks

Women's anti-violence groups on Thursday welcomed a new warning system on the online travel site TripAdvisor Inc that shows which hotels are believed to have been sites of sexual assault.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 9, 2017

Apple seen eying 2018 iPad revamp to add facial recognition, but OLED screen unlikely

Apple Inc. is working on a redesigned, high-end iPad for as early as 2018 that incorporates key iPhone X features such as slimmer edges and facial recognition, according to people familiar with the matter.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2017

Unrest in Riyadh ripples through the Middle East

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is right to promote reform in Saudi Arabia, but his means are risky.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2017

License snub prompts ANA to ditch Asian Blue Myanmar airline venture

Japan's ANA Holdings Inc has dropped a plan to form a joint venture in Myanmar, the airline said on Monday, after its application for an air operator's certificate (AOC) was rejected by the authorities in the Southeast Asian country.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Nov 5, 2017

A gut feeling that you need an extra toilet

Everybody knows that Japan produces the most technologically advanced toilets in the world. They pretty much do everything except pull up your pants when you're finished. And one of the more pleasant surprises greeting foreign visitors to Japan is the ubiquity and accessibility of public toilets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2017

Video game makers find a marketing recipe for success

Sega's popular video game character Sonic the Hedgehog is famous for running fast, but now it's slowing down to grab a bite to eat with some extra friendly company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 4, 2017

Fatal road-rage cases highlight Japan's rise in aggressive driving

Whatever you call it, road rage can be deadly.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2017

What's behind manufacturers' compliance lapses?

The government must determine how to prevent the compliance and quality problems that have surfaced at Japanese manufacturers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2017

Venezuela to restructure foreign debt, raising the possibility of massive default

Venezuela on Thursday announced plans to restructure its burgeoning foreign debt, a move that may lead to a default by the cash-strapped OPEC nation whose collapsing socialist economy has left its population struggling to find food and medicine.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2017

Women and minorities take more seats in U.S. boardrooms, study says

White men still overwhelm the boardroom but, for the first time, women and minorities together accounted for half of the new independent directors appointed by corporate America this year, a recruitment firm said on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2017

SoftBank expects final bid for Sprint-T-Mobile merger this week as prospects for deal fade fast

SoftBank Group Corp. is waiting to hear back from Deutsche Telekom AG on an 11th-hour bid to save a merger between Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile U.S. Inc. as the chances for a deal dwindle fast, according to people familiar with the matter.

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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