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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2022

Global economy must green faster to prevent dire climate impacts

Progress across 40 key indicators must accelerate dramatically to stay in line with the Paris treaty goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 23, 2022

With Hokuriku’s fermented foods, tasting is believing

From sake starter and soy sauce ice cream to fish fermented in a uniquely regional way, these prefectures hold plenty of culinary secrets just begging to be discovered — and devoured.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2022

America's new nuclear power industry has a Russian problem

U.S. firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: Only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2022

Toshiba sale faces delay as banks wary on financing

Some global banks have turned cautious over backing large buyouts like Toshiba amid rising borrowing costs in the United States and elsewhere.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Toshiba chooses JIP-led group as preferred bidder for buyout, sources say

Private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners is looking to acquire the firm in partnership with multiple domestic companies including Orix and Chubu Electric Power, sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Sep 30, 2022

Eisai drug's trial success raises hope for Alzheimer's prevention

Scientists have already begun to debate whether the benefit of the drug is robust enough, but to many researchers, the findings suggest that preventing decline altogether is possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2022

Energy crisis sires new European order: a strong Italy and ailing Germany

Germany has been caught wholly unprepared and is on the brink of recession, as its industry is preparing for gas and power rationing and as it has just nationalized a major utility.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 24, 2022

The artisans of craft collective Kyoji lift each other up

A collective of craftspeople and manufacturers overcomes global marketing barriers by collaborating on lifestyle goods and sharing the costs associated with overseas promotion.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 15, 2022

Liverpool's Juergen Klopp unimpressed by Chelsea's owner idea for All Star game

Boehly believes a game similar to the NBA's All-Star game which pits players from the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference in February could catch on in Britain.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 3, 2022

F1 great Lewis Hamilton hopes to see more Black ownership in sports

'I do want to get more and more involved in teams because I really do believe in Black ownership, because there is a lack of it within sports, and Black equity.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2022

Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy

In June 2020, California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste bosses of blocking his career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Longform
Aug 15, 2022

The race to power a low-carbon future with next-generation EV batteries

The stakes are high for those competing to create the batteries needed to power the electric vehicles of the future, but even higher for a world in the throes of climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2022

Toshiba logs surprise quarterly operating loss as costs surge

Chief Financial Officer Masayoshi Hirata told reporters that the conglomerate's first quarterly loss in two years came amid jumps in prices for steel and copper.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2022

Possible sale of Nagasaki theme park adds to uncertainty around casino project

With the sale timeline and conditions, as well as a potential buyer, being unclear, plans for a casino on the site of Huis Ten Bosch have been thrown into uncertainty.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2022

Japan to resume offshore wind power auctions after revising rules

The proposed changes would give a higher score to operators who submit earlier start dates and set a limit on bids that one consortium can win when multiple ocean areas are auctioned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2022

NTT Data and Toyota to tap overseas startups for joint effort on connected cars

Japanese carmakers have been ramping up efforts to develop electric vehicles and connected cars, which can communicate with each other and outside networks to improve features.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2022

Kurdish tensions stymie Iraqi region's gas export ambitions

The impasse could also undermine stability in Iraq's north, where ruling families have their own security forces.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2022

Elon Musk’s office mandate and recession fears complicate new work era

For the past few years, many white-collar workers have grown accustomed to greater flexibility in where and when they work, but today's recession fears may change that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2022

Toshiba director opposes board nominees from Elliott and Farallon

The opposition signals a possible conflict ahead in what has become a litmus test for corporate governance in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2022

Google is sharing our personal data on a mind-boggling scale

Google transmits our locations and browsing habits 70 billion times a day to advertisers amid trillions a year by other firms, a new report shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2022

Elon Musk’s return-to-office mandate flies in the face of new reality

Musk's ultimatum for Tesla also runs counter to current policy at Twitter, which is one of the most prominent tech companies to let most employees work from home permanently.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2022

Is Japan overtaking China on infrastructure financing in Kenya?

Could Kenya be the first “win” for Japan and the Group of Seven's Build Back Better World versus China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa?
Japan Times
WORLD
May 31, 2022

War-driven race for food and gas converges on Arab linchpin Egypt

As one of the world's largest wheat importers, Egypt is at risk of bread shortages and associated political unrest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 21, 2022

Even among corporate raiders, Elon Musk is a pirate

The history of mergers and acquisitions is filled with people trying to stiff one another. But the world of deal-making has never seen a buyer like Musk.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2022

Japanese ties to Sakhalin gas and oil projects uncertain amid scrutiny

As G7 countries and private enterprises alike step up efforts to oppose Putin's ongoing war in Ukraine, Tokyo is reassessing its Russian energy partnerships.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2022

A mission to Uranus would be expensive, and worth it

The U.S. Congress should embrace a proposed $4 billion-plus Uranus mission for the discoveries it will make possible and to inspire a new generation of world-leading space scientists.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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