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KOMATSU

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2019
Avant-garde artist creates bridges between life and death
With a strong belief that her role is to connect the invisible with the visible world through art, contemporary artist Miwa Komatsu continues to depict otherworldly creatures. People can’t help but be intrigued by the powerful and colorful images of seemingly frightening, yet strangely charming, creatures as if they directly “talk” to viewers’ souls.
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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2018
Japan machine-makers avoid the caterpillar crawl
What's that whirring noise? It's Japan's machinery-makers at work, in contrast to investors' expectations.
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WORLD
Jun 21, 2018
Caterpillar, Volvo and Komatsu linked to mining abuses in Myanmar: report
Caterpillar, Volvo and Komatsu contribute to abuses in Myanmar by selling machinery used by domestic mining companies implicated in land expropriation, environmental destruction and armed conflict, according to a report published on Wednesday.
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JAPAN
May 31, 2018
Former Komatsu head Satoru Anzaki, who held a farewell party after revealing he had cancer, dies at 81
A former president of Japanese machinery manufacturer Komatsu Ltd., who drew public attention for holding a farewell party for friends and employees after announcing he had incurable gallbladder cancer, has died of the disease, the company said Thursday. He was 81.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 16, 2018
Japanese sportsmanship takes big hit with canoe doping scandal ahead of Tokyo Olympics
A bizarre doping incident involving top kayakers that came to light Jan. 9 has left a stain on Japan's reputation for clean athletics.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 12, 2018
Banned canoeist not only spiked rival's drink but also swiped his passport and defamed him in emails
A canoeist who has been banned after admitting that he doped a fellow competitor's drink, contrived a variety of schemes to rattle his rival, an official source said Thursday.
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JAPAN
Jan 10, 2018
Japan's canoe federation considers expulsion of top sprint canoeist over spiking of competitor's drink
The Japan Canoe Federation is considering expelling Yasuhiro Suzuki, one of the country's top sprint canoeists, from its roster in response to the athlete's spiking of his younger rival's drink with a banned substance, officials said.
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JAPAN
Dec 11, 2017
Satoru Anzaki, former Komatsu president battling cancer, holds farewell party in Tokyo
A former president of machinery manufacturer Komatsu Ltd. who is battling cancer holds a farewell party in Tokyo attended by 1,000 people.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2017
Komatsu joins peers in signaling mining rebound remains elusive
Komatsu Ltd., the world's No. 2 supplier of construction equipment, said industry-wide demand from miners fell 13 percent in the last quarter, signaling that the rebound in commodities prices is yet to feed through into better sales of the giant trucks and excavators used in extracting minerals.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 24, 2016
20 Questions: the best answers of 2016
What has surprised you most about living in Japan? Who would win a fight between a lion and a tiger? What's the strangest request you've ever been asked in your line of work?
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2016
Komatsu China sales jump as recovery quickens from 5-year slump
Komatsu Ltd., the world's second-biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, said its sales of excavators in China almost doubled last month, signaling an acceleration in the recovery from a five-year slump in what was once its largest market.
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CULTURE / Music
Oct 9, 2016
Crypt City turns into the alt-rock supergroup we didn't see coming
Despite what his mammoth bass guitar sound may suggest, rock band Crypt City bassist Kentaro Nakao is comically self-deprecating at times.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 21, 2016
Orix pitcher Komatsu to retire after season
Orix Buffaloes right-hander Satoshi Komatsu, a former Pacific League Rookie of the Year, will retire at the end of this season, the team announced Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Sep 8, 2016
Buddhist governing body questions senior Zenkoji abbot over harassment claims
A Buddhist governing body has questioned one of the most senior abbots at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano over allegations he sexually harassed a female staffer in the latest of a monthlong series of hearings, it said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2016
Komatsu quarterly profit down 52% on weak demand
Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu Ltd., which last week made a $2.89 billion offer for Joy Global Inc., said first-quarter profit fell 52 percent as demand languished in markets such as the Middle East and Indonesia and the stronger yen crimped overseas revenue.
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JAPAN
Jul 13, 2016
Zenkoji's chief priest, 82, denies sexual harassment of female staffer, refuses to step down
The 82-year-old chief abbot of the prestigious Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano on Tuesday rebuffed claims that he made sexually explicit or discriminatory remarks to a female staff member.
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CULTURE / Film
May 4, 2016
'Hero Mania': Japanese heroes are keeping it real
Why don't Japanese audiences turn up in big numbers for Hollywood superhero movies? The rare success in Japan of the Spider-Man series suggests one answer: Japanese like superheroes just fine, as long as they're flawed humans as well as heroic fighters for justice.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 22, 2016
NNN Document 16; Fukigen-na Kajitsu; WOWOW
Tokai Television has become an expert on the subject of adoption in Japan, and this Sunday it will air the latest installment in its series "NNN Document 16" (Nippon TV, 12:55 a.m.)
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 27, 2016
Miwa Komatsu: 'It's absurd to accomplish anything by yourself'
Nagano painter on peace, purity and cultural influences worldwide
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BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2016
ANA to pare Komatsu flights due to 50% fall in passengers after shinkansen line debut
Japanese airline passengers are voting with their feet since the opening of a new bullet-train route. The number of passengers flying to Komatsu airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, the seventh-busiest route operated by ANA Holdings Inc., dropped as much as 50 percent after a new rail link opened last March from Tokyo to the prefectural capital of Kanazawa, which the airport serves, according to figures from the nation's largest airline. With the bullet train shortening travel time to Kanazawa to as little as 2 hours 28 minutes, from as long as 3 hours and 51 minutes, ANA will slash flights to Komatsu airport by a third starting next month.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
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.
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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