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DENTSU

Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2020
Cushy coronavirus aid contract puts Japan ad giant Dentsu under spotlight
The ad giant has acquired the task of distributing a $20 billion package to help ailing businesses.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Jul 3, 2020
J. League grows audience abroad with English social media channels
The league's English-language efforts have coincided with a push to expand its international broadcasting footprint.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2020
Dentsu evacuates Tokyo HQ after bomb threat
The threat says: 'Warning of explosion at Dentsu's Shiodome headquarters building with deadline past 7:00 a.m. on June 7, Sunday.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2020
Businessman paid ¥881 million by Tokyo's Olympic bid committee lobbied figure at center of French graft probe
A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed in March due to COVID-19, has said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes to help Japan's bid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2020
5,000 Dentsu employees to telework after staffer at Tokyo headquarters contracts COVID-19
Major advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. imposed an emergency workplace protocol Wednesday, ordering about 5,000 staffers at its headquarters in Tokyo to work from home after an employee was confirmed to have the COVID-19 coronavirus Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2020
Dentsu to post loss as China, Australia operations worsen
Dentsu Group Inc. said Wednesday it expects to log a group net loss of ¥80.89 billion ($730 million) in the business year ended last December due to sluggish operations in China and Australia, falling into the red for the first time since it went public in 2001.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2020
Dentsu's creative director for Tokyo Olympic ceremonies steps down after being disciplined over power harassment
A key member of the planning team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics set to be held this summer has resigned over a power harassment claim, it was learned Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2019
Advertising giant Dentsu again found violating rules on overtime hours
Dentsu Inc. said Thursday it had again received a warning from labor authorities over illegal overtime practices.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 28, 2019
French investigators focus on Dentsu partner in sports corruption probe
French authorities investigating corruption in international sports believe a Swiss partner of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. played a "central and essential role" in deals used to embezzle sponsorship money and have asked Switzerland to raid its office and seize evidence, according to a person with knowledge of the probe and documents related to the case reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 30, 2019
Woodstock 50th anniversary music festival canceled: lead investor
A planned three-day concert event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival has been canceled, the lead investor in the event said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2019
More in Japan identify as LGBT as social awareness grows, study finds
At least 1 in 11 people in Japan identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a survey conducted by advertising giant Dentsu Inc., while more than two-thirds of respondents were familiar with the acronym LGBT.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2018
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and U.S. venture capital firm tie up to boost sports technology sector
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. and a U.S.-based venture capital firm plan to launch an accelerator program for technology companies engaged in the sports business around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 18, 2018
Dentsu to debut extraordinary 'input holiday' day off every month from June on trial basis
Major Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Inc. will introduce a uniform monthly day off on a trial basis from June, aiming to improve productivity by allowing more private time for its workers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2017
Bain prepared to spend $900 million on acquiring digital ad companies
Bain Capital LP said it is prepared to spend about $900 million or more to acquire digital advertising companies in Asia, as it revamps Japan's No. 3 agency to better compete with rivals like Dentsu Inc.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2017
Dentsu to pay employees ¥2.4 billion for overtime work after conviction for labor violations
The advertising giant's move comes after its conviction of labor practice violations related to the overwork-linked suicide of an employee in 2015.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2017
Scrutinize 'work-style reform' bill
In some ways, Shinzo Abe's bill on overwork and other job-related issues does too little, in some ways it does too much.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2017
Court orders Dentsu to pay $4,400 fine over illegal working hours that led to suicide of 24-year-old recruit
A court orders advertising giant Dentsu Inc. to pay u00a5500,000 for labor practice violations, which resulted in the suicide of a new recruit due to excessive working hours.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2017
Ending life-threatening overwork
The Dentsu case serve as a catalyst for greater efforts by businesses and the government to eradicate excessively long work hours.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2017
At trial, Dentsu chief admits ad giant guilty of ignoring illegal levels of overtime
In a rare one-day trial expected to result in a small fine, Dentsu President Toshihiro Yamamoto admits the powerful advertiser permitted overtime violations that killed employee Matsuri Takahashi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017
Uber sues Dentsu's Fetch for $40 million over alleged click fraud on right-wing news site Breitbart
Uber Technologies Inc. is accustomed to getting sued. Now it's doing the suing, and it's partly thanks to Breitbart News.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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