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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2015

Nomura, RBS conducted 'enormous' deception over risky financial product: U.S. judge

Nomura Holdings Inc. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. may face $500 million in damages for what a judge called an "enormous" deception in the sale of defective mortgage-backed securities, a ruling that may spur other banks to settle similar claims tied to the 2008 financial crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 3, 2015

'Omotenashi' a facade, wheelchair-bound consultant says

Unlike other students who enjoyed full mobility and could easily find jobs as convenience store clerks or waiters, the choices available to Toshiya Kakiuchi, 26, were limited as he sought to finance his studies at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2015

Daiwa to reboot Asian expansion via stakes in brokerages

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. is seeking to buy stakes in Asian brokerages as Japan's second-biggest securities house resumes expansion in the region after an earlier effort faltered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2015

Yahoo weighs options for Japan stake; revenue misses estimates

Yahoo! Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer outlined plans to explore options for the company's stake in its Japanese unit, heartening investors dismayed by another report showing disappointing sales and profit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2015

Skymark said to keep Haneda slots in rescue deal with ANA

Skymark Airlines Inc., the Japanese carrier that filed for bankruptcy protection, will keep its landing slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport as part of a rescue deal it struck with ANA Holdings Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2015

Analyst examines double mystery: Why BOJ's stock rallies boost Japanese megabanks

Katsuhito Sasajima is looking into a double mystery. Why is the Bank of Japan's stock rising and why do the shares of the mega-banks usually follow?
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 16, 2015

Sharp eyeing ¥200 billion bailout: source

The loss-making company will also pledge to scale back its North American TV operations and cut around 5,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its global workforce, a source said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2015

Toyota backs Prius in next-gen auto wars

When Scott Fisher bought his 2006 Prius, there weren't many other choices that gave him use of the carpool lanes on his drive to work in New York. That changed last year when the Long Island lawyer traded in his car for a Honda Accord Hybrid.
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2015

Wal-Mart leads outcry after Arkansas comes out with 'anti-gay' bill

Arkansas lawmakers passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Tuesday that critics said would allow businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians, drawing a swift demand from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for the governor to veto the bill.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Mar 14, 2015

Promoting disaster risk reduction

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2015

Vaio Phone to offer SIM-free option in 'wide open' market

Japan Communications Inc. unveiled on Thursday a new smartphone designed in collaboration with Vaio Corp. to energize the market for SIM-free smartphones in Japan.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2015

U.S. charges three in ring that stole 1 billion email addresses

Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged with running a massive cyberfraud ring that stole 1 billion email addresses, then sent spam offering knockoff software products, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2015

Nomura, SMBC Nikko boost graduate hiring as stocks gain

Nomura Holdings Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. accelerated hiring of university graduates this year as the stock market rally brightens prospects for securities firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 27, 2015

Megabank dividends lure funds from bonds

As Japan's sovereign bond yields languish near zero, the regular payouts to shareholders of the megabanks are starting to appeal to a wider group of investors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Feb 15, 2015

Mainstream Japanese society slowly working to accommodate sexual minorities

When she was in her teens, Yumiko Higuchi was suicidal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2015

Skymark's $612 million airport slots represents a lifeline from bankruptcy

Skymark Airlines Inc. may have filed for bankruptcy and seen its passenger numbers dwindle. It still holds an asset worth about $612 million in annual revenue that offers a path out of bankruptcy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2015

Growth concerns loom for Daiichi Sankyo on drug warning

Daiichi Sankyo Co. risks losing a slice of revenue to generic-medicine competition next year. Now, the drugmaker's plans to fill the gap have hit a roadblock and investors worry that growth may flounder.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2015

Revival in Sony shares credited to ascent of CFO Yoshida

Investors' newfound enthusiasm for bloated Sony owes much to ascendant CFO Kenichiro Yoshida's ability to cut jobs, exit money-losing businesses and rein in its outsized ambitions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 4, 2015

Present For You: Baffling but pioneering stop-motion film

Stop-motion animation, in which objects are photographed frame by frame to achieve the illusion of motion, is nearly as old as the movies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2015

Crowdfunding helps revive quake-hit small businesses in Japan

When an 18-meter tsunami demolished his soy sauce factories in 2011 and killed an employee, Michihiro Kono despaired about the future of the company his family founded two centuries ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2015

Chinese buy up overseas real estate

What do New York's most famous hotel, the Lloyd's of London building and the headquarters of the U.K.'s top law firm have in common? They are all owned by Chinese insurers.
JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2015
Jan 21, 2015

Business leaders confident of recovery in coming year

This is definitely the year in which Japan will end its deflationary spiral.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 14, 2015

Wall St. gains after two-day drop; tech shares rise

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after a two-day decline, helped by gains in technology shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 7, 2015

Sony's Walkman makes comeback in high resolution, for $1,200

Sony Corp. is bringing back the Walkman, with a new model of the music player pioneer that comes with high-resolution playback and Bluetooth-connected headphones.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 6, 2015

Dish to unveil $20-a-month streaming-TV service with ESPN, TNT

Dish Network Corp. plans to unveil the first major online television service from a cable or satellite company, a $20-a-month set of 12 channels that targets U.S. customers who don't want to pay for larger, more expensive TV packages.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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