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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2020

Japan's specialist cleaners find new purpose and demand in pandemic

Usually tasked with cleaning up the aftermath of suicide, the squalor of derelict houses and post-disaster debris, the virus has created a boom for the niche industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2020

Apple’s shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam

The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world's supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2020

Japan’s oldest mill turns to cleaner steel to take on China

Japan’s oldest steel mill is venturing into recycling the industrial metal to tackle climate change and survive a race with Chinese mills.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2020

Trump is losing his touch. So is the TV producer who shaped his image.

Did you catch Steve Harvey’s "Funderdome” on ABC? How about "The World’s Best” on CBS, "The Contender” on Epix, or "World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge” on Amazon Prime? Or the Christian-themed dramas "A.D. The Bible Continues” on NBC and "Messiah” on Netflix?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2020

Power firm JERA to shut inefficient coal-fired plants by 2030

The firm also said it aims to achieve net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Top Global Universities in Japan
Oct 5, 2020

Expectations toward universities and global talent

The business world has high expectations for globalizing universities to better prepare students to contribute and lead as global talent. We asked David Macdonald, representative officer and president of Discovery Japan, about his expectations and hopes for universities in the global era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2020

Secrecy and speed: Inside Ant Group’s unusual IPO process

The fintech giant is following a highly unusual process that draws on some of the tactics its former parent and affiliate Alibaba Group has previously used.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2020

How Harley-Davidson lost its rumble in India

India hasn't been an easy market for Harley, where it's had an assembly plant for a decade and only sells a few thousand bikes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2020

TikTok’s owner gaining confidence that Beijing will OK U.S. deal

The proposal calls for ByteDance to own most of TikTok, with Oracle, Walmart Inc. and venture capital investors holding a minority.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2020

Why calls to boycott 'Mulan' over concerns about China are growing

Disney’s live-action remake of "Mulan” has drawn a fresh wave of criticism for being filmed partly in Xinjiang, the region in China where Uighur Muslims have been detained in mass internment camps.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 5, 2020

Competing interests of labor unions laid bare at TV Asahi

When a company's workforce contains both journalists and news program workers, conflict can arise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2020

SoftBank Group to sell $12.5 billion of stock in mobile wireless unit

Some 927 million shares of SoftBank Corp. will be sold via a global secondary offering, with the unit buying back up to 1.68 percent of its shares for about u00a5100 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020

Pharma rivals are fighting COVID-19 together — Why stop there?

Pandemics make for strange bedfellows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2020

European battery-makers power up for a 'green' recovery

European firms are focusing on niche markets and new technologies rather than taking on Asian firms whose mass production is aimed at supplying electric vehicles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2020

Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a Buddhist monk flees Cambodia

The case shows how repressive governments can move with stunning speed to disgrace opponents, using social media and technology to amplify their divisive campaigns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 22, 2020

Yellow brick roads: How Japan's tactile paving aids solo travel

Revolutionary tiles may have given the visually impaired more independence, but developers aren't content to rest on their laurels just yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020

SoftBank bets $3.9 billion on U.S. giants, from Amazon to Tesla

SoftBank is expanding investment activities from private startups to publicly traded equities at a time the biggest technology stocks are near record highs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 13, 2020

Japan’s maglev project derailed by pandemic and environmental fears

Shizuoka's governor is refusing to greenlight crucial work for the whopping u00a59 trillion project, and COVID-19 has caused a reassessment of future demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2020

China's Tencent plays down WeChat ban after results top estimates

The internet giant has tried to reassure investors the U.S. ban on its WeChat app may apply only to its overseas operations, suggesting the impact should be modest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2020

SoftBank is targeting over ¥1 trillion in public investing

The group has been quietly amassing multibillion-dollar stakes in American Big Tech companies over the past few months, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020

SoftBank returns to profit after record losses earlier in the year

Masayoshi Son has pulled off a remarkably speedy comeback after the worst loss in his company's 39-year history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 7, 2020

Energy traders flock to Japan and its $136 billion 'dream' market

Power experts say the potential for price volatility and arbitrage in Japan are a trader's dream.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 7, 2020

Trump widens China tech attack, ordering bans on WeChat and TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing business with the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps beginning 45 days from now, citing the national security risk of leaving Americans’ personal data exposed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 1, 2020

COVID-19 is forcing clothing retailers to reassess their physical presence

Without workplaces or recreational spots to go to, consumers have little reason to buy new outfits.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 31, 2020

YouTube traveler John Daub faces a new online landscape

John Daub's travel-centric Only In Japan channel is finding a new path amid difficulties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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