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BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 12, 2016

Fine fair on Air France; Turkish business upgrades; Cathay Dragon rebrands

Fine fair on Air France
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2016

China eyes biggest opening for private business in decades

After weak first-quarter investment figures added to concerns about the outlook for China's economy, one of the government's most powerful policymaking bodies commissioned a study of private businesses to discover how to turn it around.
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BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2016

Trump blasts Buffett's rebuke over his business credentials

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off billionaire investor Warren Buffett's blistering critique of his business acumen.
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JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
May 15, 2016

Fukushima river fish business plots revival after spotless tests

River fish distributor Yoshida Suisan in the town of Miyakoji, Fukushima Prefecture, is back in business shipping char, trout and rainbow trout for the first time in five years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake kicked off the core meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016

Business leaders call for fiscal action, structural reform at 'B-7 summit'

Despite the continuing uncertainty over the global economy, the Group of Seven developed countries should not depend too much on monetary steps and move to adopt timely fiscal stimulus and structural reforms, business leaders from the G-7 said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2016

China widens graft curbs on business activities by officials' families

China's ruling Communist Party will widen a pilot anti-graft scheme to four more regions beyond the business hub of Shanghai as it seeks to rein in business activities by the families of senior government officials.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2015

Bangladesh's vital garment sector braces as Western retail giants curb travel amid foreigner slayings

Business executives from global clothing giants H&M Inditex and Gap have canceled trips to Dhaka this month after the killings of two foreigners, industry sources said, causing anxiety for Bangladesh's $25 billion garment export sector.
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CULTURE / Books
May 9, 2015

The 'dwarf' architect of Japan's literary boom

With a chuckle, translator and literary critic Motoyuki Shibata recalls the way author Steven Millhauser once described him.
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BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2014

Amid reform talk, hopes grow for short-term home rental market

Japan seems to have the right mix for developing a vibrant short-term home rental market: a rapidly growing tourism industry, a cheap currency and — unlike many countries — 8 million vacant homes.
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Oct 7, 2014

Business with Vietnam; Yokohama Oktoberfest; chestnut treats

LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 4, 2014

Scanning headlines for business clues

Before we had the Internet, much of the work that has now been taken over by Google and other search engines was done, the old-fashioned way, by poring over secondary sources such as newspapers and magazines.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2014

Reducing shock to businesses after a disaster

The downturn in automobile and information and communications technology manufacturing after Japan's 3/11 tragedy underscore the critical importance of building business resilience to lower disaster risk and ensure trade flows that keep the APEC economies moving in an era of production interdependence.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2014

Sony eyes sale of PC business

Sony Corp. is in talks to sell its Japanese personal computer business to buyout firm Japan Industrial Partners Inc., according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 5, 2013

Has business blackballed the yakuza? Don't bank on it

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) publicly spanked Mizuho Bank last month by slapping it with a "business improvement order" for letting Japan's organized crime groups use its facilities. At least $2 million in illegal transactions were cited.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2013

Businesses salivate over games boost

With the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics headed to Tokyo, many see the next seven years as a chance to revive the nation's moribund economy.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 9, 2013

Renovating business and hope in Onomichi

The city of Onomichi in the southeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, which looks out to the Seto Inland Sea, has a rich and long tradition as a hub of trade. During the Edo Period (1603-1867), it prospered as a key docking point for domestic ships peddling goods, and from the early 20th century it...
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BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2013

Private sector urged to do more to help rebuild Japan-China relations

The private sector has a key role in the efforts to rebuild mutual trust between Japan and China as political disputes begin to affect economic relations, experts from the two countries said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2012

Shoring up domestic business

Semiannual settlement of accounts of listed companies covering the April-September period shows that the slowdown of the world economy, the strong yen and the deterioration of relations between Japan and China due to the dispute over the Senkaku Islands have negatively affected their business performances....
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2012

Japan Post aims to boost business

The Japan Post group was reorganized on Oct. 1 under the revised postal privatization law that was enacted in the last Diet session. The main aim of the revision is to boost business by increasing convenience for customers. In a difficult business environment, the Japan Post group must strive to improve...
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2012

Sagging business sentiment

The tankan survey of business sentiments for September by the Bank of Japan shows that uncertainty hovers over the Japanese economy. If necessary, the central bank should take additional monetary easing measures since injecting ¥10 trillion into an assets purchase fund Sept. 19. The government needs...

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