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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Jun 8, 2017
Fate of Toshiba hangs in the balance as TSE delisting threat looms
Toshiba's survival hangs on the ability to make its earnings deadlines, eliminate its negative net worth and show improvement in management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2017
Toshiba asserts right to sell chip unit, warns Western Digital to quit its 'harassment'
Toshiba fired another legal missive at manufacturing partner Western Digital, warning the U.S. company to stop its "harassment" as the Japanese company tries to sell its flash memory business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2017
Western Digital to build new chip plant in central Japan, CEO says
The top executive of Western Digital said Tuesday that the U.S. company will build a flash memory production plant in central Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2017
Western Digital gives up on buying majority stake in Toshiba chip unit
The U.S. firm is eyeing a joint bid with the government-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and the government-owned Development Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2017
Western Digital may bend on Toshiba chip unit sale: sources
Western Digital Corp. appears to be softening its stance on Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit sale and has told the ailing conglomerate it might be willing to take a smaller stake in the unit instead of purchasing it outright.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 27, 2017
Waking up to the mechanics of sleep
Feeling tired? Wish you had more time in your life? Got too much to do? I answer all three questions in the affirmative, and I am far from alone — in fact, almost everyone I know feels the same. The problem may be a lack of sleep, and, counterintuitively, it may also be a lack of play. But let's start with the former.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2017
Western Digital offers ¥2 trillion for Toshiba's chip unit
Western Digital Chief Executive Officer Steve Milligan and Toshiba President Satoshi Tsunakawa held talks Wednesday over a potential acquisition. Toshiba is believed to have expressed reluctance to accept the plan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2017
Japan urges Toshiba and Western Digital to get along as chip spat flares
The government said Tuesday it wanted Toshiba and partner Western Digital to cooperate, expressing concern about an escalating dispute between the two that threatens to upend the sale of Toshiba's chip unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2017
Toshiba's U.S. partner Western Digital seeks right to block sale of flash memory business
Western Digital Corp. announces it is seeking international arbitration over Toshiba Corp.'s plan to sell its flash memory business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2017
Toshiba looks to extend deadline for chip unit bidding until end of month
Toshiba is considering extending the deadline for the second round of bidding for its chip business, as its partner Western Digital continues to object to the sale, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2017
Facing massive write-downs over U.S. investment, Toshiba to spin off its cash-cow chip business
As it faces massive write-downs in its nuclear power plant business, Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it will spin off its cash-cow chip business at the end of March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2017
Bank-related funds may invest in ailing Toshiba's flash memory unit
Investment funds established by Toshiba Corp.'s main creditor banks may invest in the company's flash memory unit as the conglomerate prepares to spin off the operation, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2017
Toshiba could incur ¥700 billion loss, asks state-owned bank for aid
Toshiba Corp. has sought financial aid from the state-owned Development Bank of Japan as it expects losses from its U.S. nuclear business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2017
Toshiba eyes spinning off flash-memory business
Toshiba Corp. is considering spinning off its key flash-memory business as part of efforts to make up for expected losses in its U.S. nuclear unit, a source familiar with the plan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 14, 2017
Recalling the ins and outs of our memory
In the Harry Potter films, Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore shows the young wizard memories that he keeps in glass vessels. The franchise portrays memories as things that possess a physical structure that can be moved around. Although they appear to look like wispy bits of fluff, they are given form and structure.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
UNESCO board calls for revising documentary registration guidelines
UNESCO's Executive Board has adopted a resolution calling for revised guidelines around its documentary registration system to secure transparency and avoid conflicts among member states.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016
Toshiba sinks ¥360 billion into next-gen NAND memory
Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will spend around ¥360 billion ($3.2 billion) over the next three years through fiscal 2018 building and outfitting a facility to produce next-generation NAND-type flash memory.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2015
Ailing Toshiba weighs spinoff of mainstay memory chip business in bid to raise funds
Toshiba Corp. is considering spinning off its mainstay flash memory chip business as a separate company to allow it to raise funds on its own, sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 6, 2015
UNESCO eyes improvement in documentary listing system after Japan objects to Nanking Massacre papers
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova made the comments during a meeting with culture minister Hiroshi Hase in Paris on Friday, according to Hase.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 6, 2015
Indignant Japan urges UNESCO to overhaul procedures after Nanjing records flap
The government has weighed in again over UNESCO's acceptance of Chinese records of a wartime atrocity, demanding improved procedures.

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