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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2017

Kawasaki's ties to 'Apprentice' uncertain after firm issues contradictory statements

Motor company Kawasaki's sponsorship of "The New Celebrity Apprentice" was cast into uncertainty on Wednesday as the firm issued contradictory statements about its ties to the show over the continued involvement of President-elect Donald Trump.
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BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2017

Takeda Pharmaceutical to buy U.S. cancer drugmaker Ariad in $4.66 billion deal

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. will expand its footprint in the U.S. oncology market with the $4.66 billion purchase of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. The deal will add one potential blockbuster in lung cancer and another already on-the-market therapy.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017

Tillerson ethics plan foreshadows knotty Trump Cabinet confirmations

Rex Tillerson's disclosure that he stands to receive a $180 million cash payout from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he becomes the next U.S. secretary of state offers a preview of the thorny ethical questions that may be raised this week over a presidential Cabinet stacked with wealthy tycoons.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017

Trump's defense pick Mattis to forfeit unvested options if confirmed

Retired U.S. Marine Gen. James Mattis will step down from his board position at General Dynamics Corp. and give up unvested equity awards if confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary, according to a letter submitted to the Defense Department's ethics lawyer.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2017

Toshiba shares recover from early plunge on report of new accounting scandal

Shares of Toshiba Corp. recovered from an early dive after the Asahi Shimbun reported regulatory concerns about the company's earnings.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2016

Apple quest for OLED screens for next-generation iPhones hinges on sole supplier Canon Tokki

Apple Inc.'s quest to adopt advanced displays for its next-generation iPhone hinges on a single supplier in the Japanese countryside.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2016

Yahoo seen cutting cost corners with security tech discredited long before massive hack

In the summer of 2013, Yahoo Inc. launched a project to better secure the passwords of its customers, abandoning the use of a discredited technology for encrypting data known as MD5.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2016

Is America on track to be the Great Satan again?

Donald Trump's choice for U.S. secretary of state is the right messenger to magnify the Great Satan message, but the wrong messenger to magnify the Great Protector message.
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JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2016

Japan Times honorary chairman and former publisher Toshiaki Ogasawara dies at 85

Ogasawara, who had been undergoing medical treatment in the U.S., is also the founder of plastic parts and components manufacturer Nifco Inc.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 5, 2016

The unbearable burden of 24/7 work

There was no nonsense about the 1990s in Japan. The economy had crashed, the bubble had burst. "The age of human relationships is over," declared a corporate executive to Aera magazine in 1996, defending the cost-cutting layoffs then gathering speed. "This is the era of the discount store. The only sales...
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BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2016

Over 70 rights groups want Facebook to explain content-removal policy

More than 70 rights groups asked Facebook on Monday to clarify its policies for removing content, especially at the behest of governments, alleging the company has repeatedly censored postings that document human rights violations.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2016

German firm aims to compactly convert radioactive Fukushima wood into power

Japan is turning to a small German company to generate power from timber irradiated by the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear meltdowns.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Oct 23, 2016

Time to consign 'death by overwork' to Japan's history

As 'karoshi' continues to steal young lives, workers must stand up for their own rights and watch out for their colleagues' wellbeing.
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BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2016

Samsung brand mystique at risk after death of Note 7 smartphone

Samsung Electronics Co. is corporate royalty in South Korea. It's also a company recognized for its marketing smarts and engineering savvy worldwide, so much so that consulting firm Interbrand ranked it as the world's seventh-most valuable in its 2016 survey, ahead of Amazon and Mercedes-Benz.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2016

In hardware push, Google debuts Pixel smartphone to challenge Apple

Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Tuesday announced a new Pixel smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the $400 billion global smartphone market.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2016

Hitachi Construction Machinery offers $529 million for Bradken

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., the world's biggest maker of giant excavators, has offered 689 million Australian dollars ($529 million) to buy Australia's Bradken Ltd. The purchase would be its biggest ever and is likely to boost profit by about 10 percent, Nomura Securities Co. said.
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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 27, 2016

Ishinha set for stunning final show

Performing on deserted beaches and in villages, temples, dockland warehouses and urban railyards, few theater companies can have traversed the range of landscapes and settings that have inspired Osaka-based Ishinha.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 24, 2016

Yahoo faces growing scrutiny over when it learned of data breach

Yahoo on Friday faced pointed questions about exactly when it learned about a cyberattack that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, a critical issue for the company as it seeks to prevent the breach from affecting a pending takeover by Verizon Inc.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2016

U.S. road safety body says hundreds of recalled Takata air bag parts ruptured in testing

Hundreds of Takata Corp. air bag inflators pulled from cars in the auto industry's biggest-ever recall later ruptured in testing, showing the potential risks to drivers.u2028
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2016

Mitsubishi says three years needed for shift away from loss-producing commodities

Japan's biggest-trading house has had its fill of commodities.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2016

Abe's 'work style' reforms

Shinzo Abe's newest pet policy could run into a lot of resistance from management and whether anything actually gets done will depend on just how serious he is.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2016

SoftBank shares dive on concerns over balance sheet

Shares in SoftBank Group Corp. plunged in Tokyo on Tuesday after it unveiled its ¥3.3 trillion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings PLC, a deal that marks founder Masayoshi Son's biggest gamble so far on the future of technology.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 17, 2016

Getting a renter to budge can require patience

Do I have any chance at all of having the tenants removed from my property, or do I have to wait until they decide to go?
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jul 16, 2016

Ultraman: Ultracool at 50

Ultraman has been defending humanity against monsters and aliens for half a century. We examine the superhero's enduring legacy.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2016

Hotel tycoon Horiguchi finds making people happy brings reward

The Buddhist approach to doing business is yielding results in Japan again.

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