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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2018
In fintech bet, Line to launch overseas cryptocurrency exchange
The firm sees a key role for financial services in its growth strategy, and plans to integrate them into its messaging app used by 75 million people in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2018
Japan's automakers chase IT tie-ups in race for driving's future
The race to transform the global auto industry has reached full throttle.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2018
Public to name new station on Tokyo's Yamanote Line
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will ask the public to name a new station being built on Tokyo's Yamanote Line.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 2, 2018
Japan Times 1918: Teacher's house stoned after racial epithet
Twenty-three students of the Odate Middle School in Akita Prefecture in northwestern Japan attacked the house of Mr. Kishida, instructor of natural history in the school, twice on the night of June 2, throwing stones and destroying the windows and paper slides of the house.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 29, 2018
Rainbow Line captures spring Tenno-sho title
Rainbow Line came from behind to deny favorite Cheval Grand a first spring Tenno-sho championship in Sunday's Emperor's Cup, the race that starts six straight weeks of Grade 1 action.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2018
Sanriku Railway approaches major turning point on railroad to recovery
A railway line in Iwate Prefecture will reach a crucial turning point next year, returning to service after sustaining heavy damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2018
JR East to install security cameras on all trains
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will install cameras on all of its trains to enhance security.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2018
Japan's Line and multiple IT firms plan new disaster drill that incorporates gaming
Messaging app provider Line Corp. and multiple information technology-related firms are planning to team up with local governments and research institutes to launch a new kind of disaster drill that includes a gaming experience, company officials involved in the project said Sunday.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 31, 2018
Elevator crush
'It's not rush hour on the Yamanote Line.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 29, 2018
Line and Nomura mull joint securities investment JV
Line Corp. and Nomura Holdings Inc. are considering providing joint securities services to clients who use Line.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2018
Over 20% of Japanese teens without a fixed-line phone at home have never used one: survey
More than 20 percent of junior high and high school students who do not have a fixed-line phone at home have never used one, according to an internet survey compiled by MMDLabo's research center.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2018
SoftBank to take majority stake in Line mobile unit
SoftBank Group Corp. said it has agreed to take a majority stake in Line Corp.'s mobile unit for an undisclosed sum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018
Japan's Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange as nation reels from Coincheck hack
In the wake of the Coincheck theft — one of the world's biggest cyberheists — Line Corp. says it plans to launch its own exchange.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2018
Tokyo Metro starts playing background music on subway trains on trial basis
Tokyo Metro Co. has started playing classical and "healing" background music inside some of its trains on the Hibiya Line on a trial basis after it accidentally played music last July and received positive responses from passengers.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2018
Woman gives birth on Joban Line train in Chiba
A woman gave birth to a baby girl on a train at a station in Chiba Prefecture on Friday. The mother and child were taken to a hospital by ambulance, firefighters said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2018
Line shares rocket on rumor of cryptocurrency tie-up
The firm's broader goal is to create products that keep users within Line's ecosystem and keep them coming back to the app.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
The top business news stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these economy and technology stories as the most important of 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2017
Line to join China's Mobike to launch bike-rental app in Japan
Messaging app provider Line says it will launch a bike rental service in Japan next year, teaming up with Chinese startup Mobike to meet anticipated demand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Dec 17, 2017
Smart ways to communicate
The Babel fish stick
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 16, 2017
Heart of gold: The Ginza Line celebrates its 90th birthday
Born of disasters, war and massive infrastructure projects, 21st-century Tokyo has plenty of ghosts buried underground. If you ride the subway these days, you can catch a fleeting glimpse of two of them but, if you blink, you'll miss them. The Ginza Line is marking 90 years since its opening with the illumination of two "ghost stations" abandoned long ago. Manseibashi and Jingumae stations have been brought back from the dead as part of a tribute to the Ginza Line, which was the first subway line built in Japan and East Asia.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
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.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'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.
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.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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