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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jun 21, 2015
Governance guru pushes Japan Inc. to open up and diversify
Former trailblazing dean Christina Ahmadjian finds her balance between the classroom and boardroom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2015
SoftBank to focus on future tech, Son tells shareholders
Telecommunications may be SoftBank Corp.'s main business, but the telecom giant said it will focus more on the next big technologies — the "Internet of things," artificial intelligence and advanced robots — in the coming years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2015
Shouting at Japan CEOs is still a losing strategy, Fidelity says
Foreign activists returning to Japan amid a push for better governance will get no further than they did the last time by shouting for change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2015
Kunio Ito, the man behind Japan's corporate governance blueprint, is feeling pleased
The architect of a revolution at domestic companies is a happy man.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 8, 2015
Toyota courts mom-and-pop investors with long view
Billionaire investors like Dan Loeb may be heroes on Wall Street, but Toyota Motor Corp. would prefer more people like Hisashi Nakanishi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 4, 2015
40,000 converge on Omaha for Warren Buffett's Berkshire 'Woodstock for Capitalists' gala
Warren Buffett puts on a good show. Especially when he is the show.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 28, 2015
Loeb shows how to get at Japan Inc. $1.9 trillion cash pile
Activist investor Daniel Loeb is proving determination can pay off, even in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2015
Otsuka Kagu president prevails in bitter family feud
Otsuka Kagu President Kumiko Otsuka wins a high-profile proxy fight against her father the founder at the furniture company's annual shareholders' meeting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2015
Otsuka Kagu familial feud nears climax
A battle between the founder of Otsuka Kagu Ltd. and its current president, who also happen to be father and daughter, is expected to turn into a proxy fight at the company's annual shareholders' meeting scheduled for Friday, with the result deciding the fate of the struggling furniture giant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2015
Fanuc mulls boosting investor returns as Loeb calls for change
Three weeks after billionaire investor Daniel Loeb started a public campaign demanding changes at the industrial robot-maker, Fanuc Corp. says it will consider ways to increase investor returns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2015
Secretive robot maker Fanuc targeted by activist investor Loeb
Fanuc Corp., one of Japan's most reclusive companies, has spent decades building a wall of secrecy around its ultra-profitable industrial-robotics business.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2014
Aesop's fable becomes a symbol of Japan's new shareholder activism
Seeking to explain changing attitudes in the world's second-biggest stock market, asset managers in Tokyo have been evoking ancient Greece.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2014
Tepco shrugs off activist investors
Tokyo Electric Power Co. shot down a bevy of anti-nuclear policy proposals lobbed up by irate shareholders at its annual meeting Thursday in Tokyo and vowed instead to restart its idled reactors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2014
Regional utilities rebuff anti-nuclear shareholders with reactor restart plans
The regional power utilities told their shareholders at annual meetings Thursday they will try to reactivate their idled nuclear reactors to improve business and rejected all proposals calling for a nuclear phaseout.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2014
Panasonic on track to finish reforms in '14
The president of Panasonic Corp. said Thursday that the electronics giant's restructuring will be completed this fiscal year and be used as a springboard for reaching group sales of ¥10 trillion in fiscal 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2014
Mitsubishi Motors to resume dividend payments for first time in 16 years
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has announced it will resume dividend payments after a hiatus of more than 16 years. The move came as the automaker logged a record group net profit for fiscal 2013, signifying a recovery from a sales slump caused by the revelation of a coverup of vehicle defects in 2000.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2014
Sharp apologizes for skipping dividend payment for second straight year
The president of struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Wednesday he was sorry for skipping dividend payments for the second straight year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2014
Mizuho boss vows reforms after loan scandal
The president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. pledged Tuesday to improve corporate governance, including through the establishment of oversight committees, to prevent any more scandals involving loans to yakuza.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2014
Son commits to Wi-Fi spots for foreign visitors
SoftBank Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son said Friday the company will offer free Wi-Fi to foreign tourists in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2014
Sony CEO apologizes for another steep loss
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai apologized to investors Thursday after the maker of PlayStation consoles and Xperia smartphones projected a sixth loss in seven years.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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