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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2018

Japan's only female minister, Satsuki Katayama, hit by allegation she was paid to influence tax agency

A weekly magazine alleged that Katayama was paid to use her bureaucratic standing to get a tax break for a business owner in 2015.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Oct 16, 2018

Reflecting the nation's history, 'sōgō shōsha' are unique to Japan

The sōgō shōsha's organization and business model is unique to Japan. This is, for the most part, because they are a reflection of Japan's own unique economic development, first during the Meiji Restoration's period of rapid industrialization and commercialization aimed at building a strong military...
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2018

High praise for Akita shottsuru

As someone whose family has been connected with the sake business for generations, I was very much impressed with "Bringing shottsuru fish sauce back from the brink of extinction" in the Sept. 30 edition.
Japan Times
Taiwan report 2018
Oct 10, 2018

Transforming Taiwan: Innovative industries and new partnerships

Tsai President Tsai Ing-wen’s administration has placed high priority on transforming Taiwan’s economy.
Japan Times
Australia report 2018
Oct 1, 2018

Challenge traditional ideas and creating new opportunities

Nitto Denko Corp. is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year. The company is a global leader in the manufacturing of innovative products across core technology-driven areas — adhesion, coating, polymer function control and polymer analysis and evaluation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2018

The restructuring of the world

The global economy is undergoing a far-reaching transformation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2018

'Summer Davos' in China casts spotlight on technological advances beyond Silicon Valley

The award-winning virtual reality film "Tree" offers a rare multisensory experience of becoming a rainforest tree from a seedling in just 15 minutes. Reading a short speech into a microphone analyzes your voice and tells who you are — your sex, height, skull type, personality and emotional state. A...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018

Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture

Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2018

Amazon at $1 trillion is more dream than reality

Its market value is a vision of the future, not the present.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2018

Promoting regional bank mergers

The upheaval in Japan's demographics is causing a shake-up in the regional banking sector, requiring wise oversight by regulators.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018

Trump's Mexico trade deal reveals another deficit

It never fails to amaze how little Donald Trump, that lifelong businessman, understands about business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2018

Rakuten details carrier plan to reposition against Amazon and SoftBank

E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is offering a glimpse into its ambitious plan to build a cutting-edge wireless network to take on Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group Corp., stay in the lead in mobile payments and win back market share from Amazon.com Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2018

Mizuho's new leader Tatsufumi Sakai gears up to reform struggling mega-bank

When Tatsufumi Sakai was named chief executive and president of Mizuho Financial Group this year, many bankers and investors were surprised.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Aug 18, 2018

Helping bean-to-bar chocolate bloom in Japan

For Tomoya Yamashiki, chief strategist of Dandelion Chocolate Japan, Inc., U.S. entrepreneurism opened doors to a new sweet way of life.
EDITORIALS
Aug 11, 2018

Trump puts faith in sanctions

U.S. sanctions on Iran likely deepen rifts between Washington and its allies, and strengthen Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2018

How three women shattered glass ceilings to become the first female chief economists at global banks

There's a particular telephone conversation that HSBC Global Chief Economist Janet Henry has down pat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 10, 2018

Pricey family graves a fading tradition in aging Japan

Last month, a man was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for leaving human remains at a garbage collection station near his residence in Adachi Ward. The remains had been cremated and were mixed in with shards of funerary urns, and according to a report on NHK News, the man admitted to dumping...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 3, 2018

Japan's coming productivity miracle

There are solid indications that Japanese service-sector firms are finally beginning to invest in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2018

Sony posts record first quarter profit on strong game sales

The electronics firm posted profit of u00a5195 billion, giving support to the new management's strategy of focusing on stable sources of revenue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2018

Mizuho's trust banking sector sets sights on $11 trillion held by Japan's well-heeled elderly

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm has its sights set on exactly where the wealth is in Japan: the $11 trillion held by the nation's elderly.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Texas report 2018
Jul 27, 2018

Japanese partnerships boost state’s economy

A huge wave of excitement and optimism swept through Texas’ business community after Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it would move its North American headquarters to the Lone Star State last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Deep Dive
Jul 26, 2018

Sushi's balancing act: Tradition versus adaptation

For leading food critic Masuhiro Yamamoto, sushi is part food, part theater, a dining experience unique among Japanese culinary traditions. From the closed-off tuna auctions of Tsukiji to the chefs who meticulously craft morsels of fish for loyal customers, each player has a role to play in this carefully...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2018

Britain plans first foreign takeover rule-tightening in 20 years amid China worries

Britain is planning the biggest change to takeover rules in almost two decades, giving the government new powers to block deals in all sectors of the economy to prevent U.K. companies in sensitive industries from falling into foreign hands.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2018

Three advantages that ensured U.S. prosperity are now gone

There's a big difference between economic nostalgia and economic policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 18, 2018

U.S. academic and critic of Beijing censorship will leave China after losing job

An American professor and vocal critic of Beijing's censorship said he had lost his job at the prestigious Peking University and is leaving China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Jul 17, 2018

Japan's latest big thing: 'virtual YouTubers'

YouTube erected a platform where commoners could climb the ladder to stardom.
Japan Times
France report 2018
Jul 13, 2018

WeAre Pacific — combining family values and strengths to ensure success

Toulouse-based WeAre Group is the result of a shared vision between five family-owned industrial companies from the aeronautics industry. 
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
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

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

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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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