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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 5, 2023

China sets lowest growth target in years as parliament kicks off

China posted just 3% growth last year, missing its stated target of around 5.5% by a wide margin as the economy strained under the impact of strict COVID policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 3, 2023

As China ages, investors bet they can beat retirement home stigma

Who takes care of the elderly in China, where pensions are tiny, is one of the major headaches policymakers face as they deal with the start of a demographic downturn.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2023

Trump fatigue seeps into right-wing forum that fed MAGA fervor

With his 2024 bid already languishing and Republican challengers circling, Trump faces a test of his standing with the GOP’s most ardent and far-right voters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2023

China’s old playbook is back. That’s bad news.

A nod to projects fueled by debt at the expense of industrial technology may not end well for China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2023

Supply chains have healed, yet their mark on inflation will endure

Short-term prices for containers from Europe to the U.S. East Coast are still more than double what they were in late 2019, according to data from Freightos.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 24, 2023

Fujitec shareholders oust three directors in major activist win

The victory is a departure for Japan, where activists have had little success to date in convincing shareholders to back proposals to fire incumbents.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Going down: Battle at Japanese elevator maker Fujitec reaches final level

The firm's top shareholder with a 17% stake, Oasis Management, aims to replace all five outside directors of an eight-strong board with its own candidates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023

Erdogan's hasty rebuild plan could leave Turkey at risk of more earthquake agony

Experts believe seismic-safety standards must be carefully enforced and safer structure built in the southern disaster zone that straddles one of three fault lines crisscrossing Turkey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2023

Undeclared income of wealthy in Japan hits record high

The undeclared income totaled ¥83.9 billion in the year through June 2022, up 72.3% from the preceding year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 17, 2023

China’s top tech banker goes missing, unnerving finance industry

Bao’s company, China Renaissance Holdings, said it had lost touch with the banker, one of the country’s most prolific dealmakers over the past two decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2023

One of the world’s cleanest new skyscrapers collides with the future

One Vanderbilt in New York is built to be especially climate friendly. But the design landscape is changing so quickly that some features are now yesterday's news.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 10, 2023

What’s a Japanese mobster to do in retirement? Join a softball team

The members of the Ryuyukai have done nearly 100 years of hard time, now they're just looking to stay out of trouble.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Feb 6, 2023

Through good times and bad, the community you create will be your lifeline

What would Tyre Nichols' life had been like if he were living in Japan? It's a sad thought to imagine at this point, but a question worth asking nonetheless.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2023

Three cheers for hybrid work

The remote revolution in work is one consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic that the world should welcome.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Longform
Jan 30, 2023

Reining in Japan’s unstoppable urban sprawl

The world’s most rapidly aging nation wants its shrinking population to concentrate in regional urban centers. However, things aren't going as planned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023

Sanctioned Chinese military giant’s U.S. business keeps growing

For more than a decade, Cirrus Aircraft has been a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corp. of China, a maker of fighter jets, helicopters and drones for the People’s Liberation Army.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2023

Summer-tested Phoenix braves relentless wave of extreme heat

Despite the trend toward more very hot days, Phoenix residents have tended to shrug off the heat; they are simply accustomed to dealing with it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 15, 2023

Tennoz Isle: Tokyo’s new contemporary art hub

The goal of making Tennoz Isle a vital art hub is closely tied to opening up the Japanese art market. With plans for artist residencies and business expansion, the bayside area's future is bright.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 14, 2023

Here’s how Thailand’s PM race can take a whole new turn

After failing to win over Thai conservatives in his first attempt to become prime minister, things are looking increasingly difficult for Pita Limjaroenrat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Longform
Jul 10, 2023

In Japan, plenty of inheritances, but no one to claim them

With deaths outpacing births by 2-to-1, dealing with the assets of the deceased is both a growing business and an administrative nightmare.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2023

Fund that beat 99% of peers by betting on China shares is shifting to booming Japan

Midas International Asset Management is betting on Japanese technology firms and companies bolstered by the economy’s reopening.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2023

Xi’s central bank shakeup prioritizes continuity over big change

The Chinese leader's elevation of a long-serving technocrat as the bank’s top Communist Party official signals policymakers will avoid any drastic shifts for now.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST
Jun 30, 2023

Plano shines as global business center

Plano, the fourth-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, is proud of its global reputation as one of the best places to live and do business. This distinctive corporate environment has attracted more than 13,000 businesses and 67 Forbes Global 2000 companies, which include many globally...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2023

Hajj pilgrims endure Saudi summer as climate change turns up the heat

Global warming has made Saudi Arabia's desert climate even hotter in recent years, probably exceeding the temperatures of the Prophet Muhammed's time about 1,400 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 11, 2017

Resorting to adoption to avoid inheritance tax

Revisions to the inheritance tax went into effect in 2015, and related statistics for that year were recently made public by the National Tax Agency.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 13, 2009

A mother's love — Hatoyama's — boosts tax coffers

Nothing says "socialism" better than the redistribution of wealth. In fact, redistributing wealth is what taxes are all about, and no tax redistributes wealth more honestly than inheritance taxes.
A view of apartment buildings with writing on a wall that reads "Here we build (ourselves)," in the Franc-Moisin neighborhood of Saint-Denis, a northern Paris suburb, on March 13. The Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris will host a number of events for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with venues including the Stade de France and Aquatics Centre, as well as the Olympic Village.
WORLD / Society
Mar 26, 2024

Amid Olympic redevelopment, have troubled Paris suburbs won gold?

The Paris Olympics will take place mostly on the other side of a ring road that divides the capital from some of its poorest and most notorious suburbs.
Belmarsh prison in London. The financial, political and social stresses around prisons — and the potential danger they pose to the U.K.'s fledgling Labour government — were vividly exposed by widespread rioting within weeks of Labour taking power.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024

Overcrowded prisons force U.K.’s Starmer to take first big gamble

Apart from Scotland, England and Wales lock up a bigger proportion of their combined population than anywhere else in Western Europe.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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