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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2018
Railway Tokyu looks to turn Shibuya's street-side walls into an ad medium
"Let's swamp the walls of Shibuya."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2018
146-year-old cosmetics firm Shiseido gets makeover to woo millennial buyers
Shiseido Co., the beauty company that's 146 years old, is giving itself one big makeover.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2018
Tarnished? The Olympic brand still mints money like never before
A long-running Russian doping scandal. Corruption scams. Major cities say "no" to staging the Olympics Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2018
Critics draw attention to flaws in Japan's referendum system ahead of plebiscite on amending the Constitution
While debate continues on whether to amend the nation's pacifist Constitution, less attention has been given to the referendum system under which the public will give its final say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2018
Cryptocurrency advertising goes big in Japan, but the pushback has begun
If a massive billboard by Shibuya crossing is a barometer of trends in Japan, then the latest ad for the cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin, featuring a Japanese celebrity coated in gold, may be a sign of how cryptocurrencies have taken center stage in both the advertising media and the broader national conversation in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 31, 2018
Facebook bans ads tied to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
Facebook Inc. is banning ads on its social network that promote cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings and binary options, saying they're "frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2017
Space alien Donald Trump appears on Mexican billboard
A massive image of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alien intruder now towers above one of the busiest roads in Mexico City, urging motorists to "Make America Great Again."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2016
Tokyu Corp. attracts backlash with 'makeup etiquette' video
The Japanese-language video starts with a provocative line: “Women in the city are all beautiful. But they are ugly to see, at times.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 22, 2016
Rape allegation casts harsh light on university club
Bright and vivacious young women are in great demand as TV announcers. For many in Japan, the stepping stone to a career in broadcast news has been the annual Miss Keio contest, held during the autumn festival at the nation's most prestigious private university: Keio, in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2016
Police investigate students at Tokyo's Keio University over gang rape allegation
Police have opened an investigation into male students belonging to a group that organizes Keio University's annual beauty pageant on suspicion they raped a student in a facility in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2016
Daikin mascot Pichon-kun to tell the weather from Osaka billboard
Japan's top air conditioner maker hopes a giant billboard of its mascot, Pichon-kun, will take the city of Osaka by storm this spring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2016
Dentsu considering 60 businesses for acquisition
Dominant advertising agency Dentsu Inc. has locked sights on as many as 60 acquisition targets to bring more technology and talent to its global business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2015
Hakuhodo buys Canadian advertising agency Sid Lee International
Japanese advertising agency Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired all the shares in Canadian ad company Sid Lee International LLC for an undisclosed amount as part of its efforts to expand overseas.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
Asahi Shimbun refuses to run weekly's ad critical of the newspaper
The Asahi Shimbun has rejected carrying an advertisement by Shukan Bunshun because the ad includes a feature story criticizing the leading daily, the major weekly magazine said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014
Tokyo prosecutors raid Novartis Pharma over drug ads
Tokyo prosecutors raided Novartis Pharma K.K. on Wednesday over its alleged use of exaggerated advertising for a blood pressure-lowering drug, following a criminal complaint filed by the health ministry last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
Novartis drug data meddling clouds Japan's clinical studies
A health ministry panel is questioning Novartis Pharma K.K.'s use of clinical research data in promoting the sale of Diovan, its drug to lower blood pressure, saying it "could constitute misleading advertisement" after revelations that some of the data were manipulated.

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