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BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2008

Office investment returns cool off

Growth in office investment returns slowed last year as gains in property prices eased, according to a survey released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2008

Tokyo office rental growth set to slow with economy this year

Office rental growth in Tokyo may slip below 10 percent in 2008 for the first time in four years as the economy slows, cutting corporate spending, real estate brokers said.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 22, 2008

Trouble on two wheels; moving out

Gaijin on a bike! "I have been harassed by the police while riding my bicycle," writes FC. "I happened to get the bike from a friend and it turns out it actually belonged to someone else. The bicycle is very, very old and worthless, but they tracked it down and apparently it was 'stolen.'
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2006

Tokyo condo supply rose in March

The number of condominiums put on sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area in March rose 13.4 percent from a year earlier to 7,596 units, the first year-on-year increase in five months, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2005

Corporate bankruptcies rose 4.6% in November

Corporate bankruptcies rose 4.6 percent year on year to 1,114 in November, with debts soaring 86.1 percent to 808.27 billion yen, the highest amount this year, a credit research agency said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2004

Resort rattles isle's ecological sensitivities

IRIOMOTE ISLAND, Okinawa Pref. -- Dubbed by some as the "Galapagos in the East," Iriomote boasts subtropical forests, mangrove swamps and a surrounding coral reef.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Koizumi employment record in 1970s called into question

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has effectively admitted that he was only nominally employed at a Yokohama-based real estate company in the early 1970s -- even though he was registered as a member of a public pension system designed to serve full-time corporate employees.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2002

Asset-backed securities enjoying surge of popularity in Japan

Since British rock star David Bowie surprised Wall Street in 1997 by selling his old song royalties in bulk by issuing bonds, asset securitization has attracted greater public attention in Japan.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2001

Shiodome development to spruce up center of Tokyo

The southern half of central Tokyo is teaming with development projects aimed at reviving a city long criticized for its lack of space and greenery.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2001

Affiliate of Asahi Mutual Life liquidates due to sour loans

Asahi Jitsugyo, a real estate affiliate of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., is in the process of liquidation after racking up liabilities of 18.3 billion yen, Teikoku Databank said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

Sogo rescue package will remain as is: FRC

Financial authorities are not considering, at present, reviewing a controversial bailout plan for Sogo Co., the Financial Reconstruction Commission chairman said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2000

Japanese women: the new faces of small business

Most people would assume that to start a business you need plenty of time and money, or at least experience working in a relevant field. But an increasing number of Japanese women are proving this assumption wrong by setting up their own companies based on little more than a good idea and the will to...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Nov 3, 1999

Kauai -- the director's cut

Remember that incredible rain-forest waterfall in "Jurassic Park?" Don't search for it in the movie's fictional location off Costa Rica. It's on Kauai Island, the self-styled "garden isle," State of Hawaii.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 1999

Ex-English school founder acquitted of embezzling

The Tokyo High Court acquitted the former chairman of an English-language school Thursday on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 1998

Crisis in Asia: Turmoil points Philippines in right direction

Second in a series
JAPAN
Mar 6, 1997

Hong Kong unit wins Tokyo Station plot for 86.8 billion yen

A 4,854-sq. meter plot in front of of JR Tokyo Station's Yaesu exit was auctioned Mar. 6 by JNR Settlement Corp. to a Japanese unit of a Hong Kong-based investment group for 86.8 billion yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 5, 2023

Japan Times 1923: Many tourists ignore Japan passport rule

Stories about tourists and immigrants abound in editions of The Japan Times from 1923, 1973 and 1998.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Mar 27, 2023

TSMC’s Kumamoto plant tests Kyushu’s readiness to meet surging investment

The world's leading chip manufacturer has invested around ¥1 trillion in the construction of the sprawling industrial complex, which is expected to employ some 1,700 workers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2008

Lackluster response to a crisis

The size of America's economic woes has finally made an impression on U.S. policymakers. In the past week they have moved to restore stability and liquidity to financial markets, cutting interest rates and engineering financial mergers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2015

China fights deflation on its own

During the past two years, China has tightened fiscal and monetary policy in the hope of offsetting the adverse effects of the large stimulus package implemented in response to the 2008 global financial crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2022

Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed in asset probe

The eldest children of former U.S. President Donald Trump have filed a joint motion in New York state court to block the subpoenas.
Japanese hotels have been among the most popular real estate investments in the Asia-Pacific region this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2023

Blackstone buys Kyoto hotel from Goldman in $54 million deal

Japanese hotels have been among the most popular real estate investments in the Asia-Pacific region this year.
Yujiro Nakajimaya's advice for players new to hockey is that you have to know what you want to achieve. Is it a professional career? Then you need to challenge yourself.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 9, 2023

Yujiro Nakajimaya: ‘Overcoming adversity is an art’

At a young age, this hockey-playing Hokkaido native left for Canada and ended his journey playing in the NHL.
As China struggles with a slumping stock market and a collapsing real estate sector, commentary and even financial analysis Beijing deems negative are blocked.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2024

China’s censorship dragnet targets critics of the economy

The government's new information campaign about the economy is wider than usual censorship, with efforts now extending to mainstream commentary.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is seen on the surface of the moon in an image released Jan. 25.
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 2, 2024

Japan’s historic moon landing was right on target

Japan made history last month when it became the fifth nation to soft land on the moon.
The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee typically meets seven times in its five-year tenure, with the third of these plenums being particularly important as it represents the first chance for the new leadership to properly introduce its broad thinking on economic and political issues.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 8, 2024

Why China’s third plenum matters for global investors

The typically once-in-five-years conclave of top officials usually deals with major economic and political policy changes.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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