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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2017
Nomura hires former Japan rugby coach Eddie Jones for leadership lessons
Nomura, Japan's top investment bank, has hired England rugby union coach Eddie Jones to impart his wisdom on leadership and teamwork to its clients in Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017
Oil experts huddle in Tokyo to seek refuge from China fuel flood
Huddled deep within Tokyo's government district, nearly two dozen of Japan's top oil experts pore over a problem plaguing their industry: How can they stop China from pushing its crude refiners into a corner?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2017
Furniture chain Nitori weighs buying into apparel market
Nitori Holdings Co. is considering buying an apparel chain in Japan, a move that will pit the furniture seller against rivals including Fast Retailing Co., Asia's largest clothier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2017
Nomura bets on startup to help Japan's smokers kick the habit
Nomura Holdings Inc. and Keio University are investing in a startup that's seeking to revolutionize how smokers quit the habit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2017
Carlsberg said to weigh bid for $1.2 billion Tsingtao stake
Carlsberg A/S, the Danish beer-maker, is weighing the purchase of a 20 percent stake in China's Tsingtao Brewery Co., people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2017
Computer glitch grounds domestic flights, United tweets
United Continental Holdings Inc. said a computer disruption caused domestic flights to be grounded, delaying flights throughout the network of the third-biggest U.S. airline.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2017
As demographic trouble looms, Asahi thirsty for overseas deals
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. wants to grow its overseas business to about a third of sales with more acquisitions as the nation's largest brewer seeks to offset a falling beer market at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 16, 2016
Asahi bid for SAB assets said to be about $834 million above runner-up
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is paying a hefty premium for the business that owns Czech lager Pilsner Urquell, extending a pricey deal-making spree by Japanese companies eager to find new growth overseas.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 28, 2016
Nomura exec sees Trump presidency extending Japan's stock rally next year
Policy pledges by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are bullish for Japanese share prices, which will build on their recent gains in 2017, according to Norikazu Akedo, a senior managing director at Nomura Holdings Inc.'s brokerage unit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2016
SoFi expands into life insurance through deal with Protective Life
Social Finance Inc., a fast-growing online lender that focuses on high-earning millennials, is broadening its offerings to include life insurance.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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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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