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CORPORATE

BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2015
Hedge fund founder says Abe's activist army 'doing it wrong'
Jamie Rosenwald, who's been buying Japanese shares since 1972, says short-sighted activists are failing to make the most of one of the biggest opportunities for investors in decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2015
Clinton hits $160 billion Pfizer 'inversion' deal with Allergan, says taxpayers left holding the bag
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton attacked Pfizer Inc.'s plan to move its tax address to Ireland through a merger with Allergan PLC, saying it would hurt U.S. taxpayers and urging a crackdown on such deals.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2015
Move to improve Japanese corporate governance devolves into compliance game
One day, Japan's biggest overhaul of rules for companies in decades will make them more efficient. Right now it's making things worse.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2015
Why the Takata air bag crisis threatens 'Abenomics'
A symbol of all that's wrong with Japan Inc., Shinzo Abe must make an example of the scandal-hit company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2015
Corporations lie, and some get away with it
In the midst of so many contexts where we expect people sometimes to lie — sports, entertainment, certainly politics — it is disturbing that the one place to which we run for truth is private corporations.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2015
Volkswagen cheats
The Volkswagen scandal has also exposed an uncomfortable truth that has long been known but rarely discussed — virtually all automakers 'cheat' on the emissions tests.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2015
Volkswagen and the future of corporate honesty
The plummet of Volkswagen's stock shows that honesty is the best policy for corporations that want to maximize value over the long term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2015
Let VW face the same penalties as the rest of us
Corporations are responsible for lawbreaking and murder on a massive scale. So why is it just little private individuals who get the book thrown at them?
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2015
Reappearance of old faces on Toshiba board questions commitment to reform
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. appointed new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, vowing to improve its corporate culture and governance.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2015
Abe pledges 2016 corporate tax cut as investment stays sluggish
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to follow through with a corporate tax cut, a day after government data underscored businesses' reluctance to ramp up domestic investment.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 24, 2015
Corporate Japan gets a jolt from an outsider
Japan's business executives would do well to emulate Softbank President Nikesh Arora's risk-taking spirit.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2015
Japan's Enron reckoning
The Toshiba scandal should be an impetus for the Abe government to do even more to improve corporate governance.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2015
Learning from the Toshiba scandal
It remains to be seen if the exit of Toshiba's top executives will change the corporate culture that produced the massive accounting scandal.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’