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BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2017

Sending money overseas to get faster once banks pick winner among tech firms

In the quest for a faster and more traceable way to transfer money internationally, banks were gravitating a few years ago to Ripple, a platform backed by Silicon Valley luminaries and global financial institutions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 4, 2016

Riken mind bender stays one step ahead of virtual reality

Imagine you are standing on the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped bridge suspended 1,200 meters above the Colorado River. You are likely to get dizzy and freeze up at the thought of venturing out onto the 10-cm thick glass.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2016

Emoji: The evolution of emoticons

The ideograms that were once eyed with skepticism have transformed into a universally accepted part of daily communication.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2016

Fukushima floating wind farm is Japan's entry into contested sector

Japan's ambition to lead in the development of floating wind turbines is facing stiff competition from rivals in Europe — most notably from France — as companies and governments press to lower costs and prove that the technology can rival other sources of clean energy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2016

Japan plans to search for, mine metals deep beneath the ocean

As deep as 1,600 meters under water and 1,500 km from Tokyo, work has begun on the new hunting ground for metals in Japan, a country so devoid of natural resources that most of what it needs has to be imported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2016

Panama Papers link Japan's shady online brokers to tax havens

Investigation finds connections between tax havens and unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan's financial regulator.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2016

Japan plans July fighter jet tender seen worth $40 billion as tensions with China simmer

A ministry spokesman said Japan will contact foreign and domestic defense contractors regarding the tender for about 100 warplanes.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jun 6, 2016

Rakuten chief named in Panama Papers

Rakuten Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani is named as a shareholder of a company in an offshore tax haven in the Panama Papers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2016

Turnbull defends paying more to build submarines locally with French group

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday defended a decision to build a submarine fleet in partnership with France in Australia rather than opt for a faster build with initial work offshore.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2016

Rome's subway: the eternal project

In power for two years, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has initiated many reforms aimed at invigorating the anemic economy, including his flagship overhaul of the constitution, which was approved by parliament this past week.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2016

Insight into the global shell game

A trove of documents from a Panamanian law firm is rattling politics around the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016

A tricky Edward Snowden moment for China

The Panama Papers have cast an unwelcome spotlight on the financial affairs of China's elite.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2016

Toyota joins Ford against Apple-Google car screen dominance

Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to use a car-phone connectivity system championed by Ford Motor Co. in a bid to keep Apple Inc. and Google from dominating control of dashboards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015

Japan's poor submarine pitch deters Australian industry

The Japanese consortium eyeing a contract to build submarines for Australia irked local suppliers by failing to share key information.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 25, 2015

UNESCO faces Japan's legacy of forced labor in heritage bid

News earlier this month that a UNESCO advisory panel had recommended putting Japanese sites from the Meiji industrial revolution on the World Heritage list excited the public, especially residents near the sites who campaigned for the honor.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 28, 2014

Cool Japan sets its sights on Southeast Asia

A full year and a half has passed since the Japanese government gave its final approval for the Cool Japan Fund — a 20-year, public-private entity aimed at spreading Japan's cultural appeal overseas — the official soft-power push that some bureaucrats and academics had been advocating for at least...
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JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Sep 7, 2014

Drone enthusiasts see bright future but legal hurdles await

Last December, Amazon.com Inc. created a buzz by releasing a video of a drone delivering a package to a customer's home. If Amazon launches its Prime Air service as planned in 2015, we could soon see unmanned aircraft whizzing through the skies to deliver purchases in as little as half an hour.
Japan Times
JAPAN / INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION
Aug 31, 2014

Connecting two cities beyond interpretation

Interpreters and translators facilitate communication and understanding between people who speak different languages, which sometimes is instrumental in bridging two distant cities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2014

Tooling up for war: Can Japan benefit from lifting the arms export ban?

The Paris-based Eurosatory is one of the world's biggest defense and security industry trade shows, drawing specialists from nearly 90 countries to view the latest in military hardware. Among the tanks, drones, military helicopters and police riot vehicles that were exhibited last month, 13 Japanese...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2014

Sands czar bets he will win Japan casino race

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson is willing to bet $10 billion that his Las Vegas Sands will become the leader in casino gambling in Japan, an offer he says his competitors can't match.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 3, 2013

Abe shelves effort to gain passage of Turkey, UAE nuclear export deals

Due to the clash in the Upper House over the contentious state secrets bill, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government will not pursue approval in the current Diet session of two deals signed earlier this year to export nuclear reactor technology and know-how to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

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