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V POINT

BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2016
Seven-Eleven Japan President Isaka to be replaced: sources
Retail giant Seven & I Holdings Co. is expected to replace the president of its convenience store arm Seven-Eleven Japan Co. despite good performance, informed sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2016
Activist investor Loeb warns Seven & I on nepotism deciding CEO
Third Point LLC's billionaire founder Daniel Loeb has targeted Seven & I Holdings Co. for management succession planning criticism, warning the grocery and retail group against letting nepotism determine its next chief executive officer.
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Mar 5, 2016
Fujita rides Nature Point to runner-up finish at Nakayama Racecourse
Eighteen-year-old Nanako Fujita, the first rookie female jockey from the Japan Racing Association in 16 years, placed second at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2015
Loeb's Third Point takes stake in Seven & i Holdings
Activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC said it acquired a stake in Japan's second-largest grocery and retail group Seven & i Holdings Co. and proposed a spinoff of its supermarket unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2015
Loeb makes fourth foray in Japan, declares new activists' age
Billionaire Daniel Loeb is starting to make a habit of looking for bargains in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 29, 2015
Japanese cat-collecting game is apps' meow
The smartphone game "Neko Atsume" (Cat Collecting) is gaining a worldwide following for its nonsense and adorableness.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015
Cuomo concerned over oil leak into Hudson River after fire at nuclear plant near NYC
Oil leaked into the Hudson River on Sunday after a transformer fire and explosion a day earlier at the Indian Point nuclear plant north of New York City, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was concerned about environmental damage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2014
Loeb's opponents cheered even as Sony tightened belt
When activist investor Daniel Loeb announced in October he'd sold his Sony Corp. stake, executives at the company's Culver City, California, studio lot expressed relief.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2014
Third Point sells Sony, takes new stakes in eBay, Alibaba
Third Point LLC, the hedge fund firm run by Daniel Loeb, sold its investment in Sony Corp. and bought stakes in eBay Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in the third quarter.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2014
Abe issues policy priority list, with Tohoku and women at the forefront
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a basic policy paper for his new Cabinet members Wednesday, saying acceleration of recovery in the disaster-hit Tohoku region and promotion of women's status in society are among his administration's top priority issues.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2014
China, U.S. moving closer to viewing war as inevitable
The 'tipping point' in China-U.S. relations has been defined as where the two conclude that conflict is unavoidable and begin preparing for it in earnest while trying to hide their true intentions. Has that point been reached?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2014
Liberian police shoot to disperse Ebola quarantine protest; virus deaths reach 1,350
Police in the Liberian capital Monrovia fired live rounds and teargas on Wednesday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighborhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit 1,350.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2014
Putin nears a tipping point
By overplaying its hand in Afghanistan and lying to the world about the downing of a Korean Air Lines flight 31 years ago, the Soviet regime exposed and accelerated the rot that made its collapse inevitable. There is no reason to believe in a different fate for Vladimir Putin's effort to re-establish Russia as an imperial power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2014
Sony breakup 'long overdue,' analysts say
One year and about $2 billion in lost market value later, it may be time for Sony Corp. to take Daniel Loeb's advice about breaking up.
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Mar 21, 2014
Fukuda, Nishiyama share lead at T-Point Ladies
Mami Fukuda and Yukari Nishiyama each shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday to tie for the first-round lead at the T-Point Ladies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2013
Loeb presses Sony on IPO, blasts film flops
Sony Corp. investor Daniel Loeb, pressing the case for an initial public offering of the company's entertainment unit, has leveled new criticism at management of the company's film and television studio.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2013
U.S. hedge fund raises Sony stake
U.S. hedge fund Third Point LLC said it has increased its stake in Sony Corp. to around 7 percent, in an apparent attempt to exert more influence as it urges the electronics giant to spin off its lucrative entertainment business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2013
Sony to mull selling stake in show biz
Sony Corp. said Wednesday that its board of directors will consider a proposal by a U.S. hedge fund to put on the stock market a minority stake in Sony's entertainment division, retracting an earlier statement that they won't be put up for sale.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 12, 2012
Pointing out good deals
Billions of yen are piling up in unredeemed loyalty points. Use them, lose them or donate them.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011
Japan in a European club?
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan needs to re-engage the world if it is to find...
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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