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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2019
YKK opens second Vietnam zipper plant, aiming to lift production capacity by 40%
Major zipper-maker YKK Corp. started operating its second plant in Vietnam this week to boost production.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 14, 2018
Good Design Awards go beyond industrial design
There's no shortage of transformative ideas in Japan, particularly in the field of design. This year's Good Design Awards showcased many surprising examples of innovation from Japan and abroad.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 13, 2018
Japan shines at Salone del Mobile
This month, On: Design invites product designer and Japanologist Maurice E. Zacher to introduce his top Japanese design picks from the 2018 Salone del Mobile Milano interior and furniture fair, held in Italy on April 17-22.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 20, 2016
Japan's architects are building a better future
Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like science fiction, but their realization is probably closer than you think.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2015
Turkish army claims soldier killed by Islamic State fire from inside Syria; tanks shoot back
Turkish forces returned fire on Islamic State militants in Syria with tank shells on Thursday after a Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a cross-border firefight, the military said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2015
Cabinet OKs tax breaks for firms to move headquarters from Tokyo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved plans to give tax breaks to companies that move their headquarters out of Tokyo as Japan seeks to revitalize regional economies.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2007
EU fines YKK and other zipper makers
The European Commission said Wednesday it has fined seven companies, including Japan's YKK group, a total of 328.6 million euro (about ¥53 billion) for price-fixing cartels in markets for fasteners and their attaching machines in Europe and around the world.

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