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Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 19, 2020

How to navigate social media and a social city with Netflix's 'Followers'

Artist and director Mika Ninagawa launches new streaming about the lives of Tokyo's bright young things and their quest for recognition
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BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2020

U.S. judge rejects Huawei challenge to federal law restricting its business

A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday rejected Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s constitutional challenge to a U.S. law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies and their contractors.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2020

Health ministry struggles to provide COVID-19 updates in foreign languages

The health ministry is struggling to keep non-Japanese updated on the rapidly escalating situation in a timely manner, hampered by a dearth of staff proficient in foreign languages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2020

Fear grows that coronavirus will push Japan into recession

With Japan taking a hit from the unabated outbreak of the coronavirus soon after a plunge in its economic performance in the last quarter of 2019, some fear the country may be on the brink of recession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2020

Masayoshi Son's big real estate venture with Oyo runs into real problems in Japan

Last March, months before the meltdown at WeWork, Masayoshi Son worked through the prospects for another one of his favorite portfolio companies — a startup from India called Oyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2020

SoftBank plans to invest $1 billion from Latin America fund, with eyes on 650 firms

SoftBank Group Corp. will continue to invest in Latin America this year, focusing on industries including e-commerce, health care and fintech.
TENNIS
Feb 15, 2020

Netflix to air Naomi Osaka documentary series

Two-time Grand Slam singles winner Naomi Osaka will be featured in an upcoming documentary series to air on Netflix, and the project has the backing of one of global sports' most prominent individuals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2020

Boeing scores no January orders for first time since 1962

Boeing Co. booked no new orders for airplanes last month, the first time it has come up empty-handed in January since 1962, as the U.S. plane-maker's once best-selling jet, the 737 Max, remained grounded following two fatal crashes.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 10, 2020

THE 11th JAPAN SPELLING BEE, PRESENTED BY THE JAPAN TIMES TO BE HELD MARCH 7

Tokyo, Feb.10, 2020 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) is pleased to announce that the 11th Japan Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2020.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 10, 2020

第11回Japan Spelling Bee presented by The Japan Times 3月7日開催

 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役:堤丈晴、以下「ジャパンタイムズ」)は2020年3月7日(土)、城西大学紀尾井町キャンパス3号棟(千代田区)にて、小中学生が英単語の正しいつづり方を競う、第11回Japan...
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 10, 2020

Japanese asset manager awaits flood of money from regional banks

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. anticipates a flood of money from yield-starved regional banks that need help reinvesting cash after redeeming government bonds.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Feb 7, 2020

VAR and contact guidelines will change look of J. League officiating

Under normal circumstances, the Japan Football Association would prefer that its referees be conductors, blending into the background and occasionally providing a guiding whistle as the players take center stage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2020

China's mobile internet giants teaming up against Google's Play app store

China's Xiaomi, Huawei Technologies, Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China to upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously, in a move that analysts say is meant to challenge the dominance of Google's Play store.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 6, 2020

Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik: The first Indian voice in Tokyo politics

After seeing miscommunication and bullying firsthand, Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik decided to stand up and do something about it. Now, as a politician, he hopes to be a bridge between two communities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020

Toyota's Lexus brand surges globally despite U.S. sales stall

Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe offset stalled demand in North America.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2020

Abe pressed to do more as coronavirus fatalities in China surpass SARS toll

Both opposition and ruling party lawmakers have chided the government, saying that its initial response has been slow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2020

Japanese justice: Innocent until proven guilty or innocent until detained?

It's been a month since ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape pushed the Japanese justice system back into the global spotlight. Critics have long called Japan's extended detentions and other legal practices "hostage justice" and an affront to international standards.
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MULTIMEDIA
Feb 2, 2020

February 3, 2020

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 1, 2020

Dispatches from the front line of Japan's retail sector

Since October, business media have focused on two topics at the near-exclusion of numerous others: the economic repercussions of the consumption tax hike and how that increase has influenced, or accelerated, a shift from cash to electronic payments.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 1, 2020

Japanese chefs reflect on the chaos of Gelinaz!

Three Japanese chefs reflect on their experiences participating in last December's The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle: 2019 Stay In Tour event, a giant recipe swap spanning 38 countries and featuring 148 chefs.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2020

Virus poses stark challenges to Abe's tourism goals as Tokyo Olympics loom

The coronavirus outbreak is posing myriad challenges for the Japanese economy, including a key Abe administration policy initiative — the promotion of inbound tourism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2020

Economist who counted $40 billion cost from SARS predicts far bigger hit from new coronavirus

The global cost of the coronavirus could be three or four times that of the 2003 SARS outbreak, which sapped the world's economy by $40 billion, according to the economist who calculated the SARS figure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jan 31, 2020

Delayed probe of Fukushima No. 1 reactor to push back fuel debris removal

A plan to remove fuel debris from the primary containment vessel of a reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is expected to be further pushed back after it became apparent that Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Ltd. will not be able to conduct an internal probe — a key step to start...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 31, 2020

Japanese turn to crowdfunding to pay for public-interest lawsuits

When a Nagoya-based citizens group calling for the decommissioning of an over 40-year-old nuclear power plant kicked off a crowdfunding campaign in October to cover costs for ongoing litigation, it successfully raised about ¥3.7 million, 1.5 times the target amount, in about two months.
Japan Times
Norway report 2020
Jan 31, 2020

Western Bulk sets sail with highly effective business model

Since its establishment in 1982, creating and maintaining an effective business model has been essential for dry bulk shipping company Western Bulk.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2020

SBI Sumishin Net Bank considers going public

SBI Sumishin Net Bank is considering going public and becoming Japan's first listed internet-only bank without any physical branches, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2020

African locust invasions believed triggered by climate change

Climate change may be powering the swarms of desert locusts that have invaded eastern Africa, ravaging crops, decimating pasture and deepening a hunger crisis, locust and climate experts said.

Longform

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