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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2020

Were the 2010s a return to the 1930s?

The last decade saw the framework of the long postwar period start to crumble.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 7, 2020

Ghosn attacks the very system that crowned him

The former Nissan CEO was Japan Inc.'s favorite rebel before it turned on him. What does he have left to say?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2020

American Airlines reaches settlement with Boeing for 737 Max compensation in 2019

American Airlines Group Inc. said on Monday it had reached a confidential agreement with Boeing Co, to address damages the airline incurred in 2019 due to the ongoing grounding of its fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 6, 2020

Identifying Trump's weak points

The U.S. president's flaws can be exploited in future negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2020

How Iran's Soleimani plotted to attack U.S. forces in Iraq

In October, Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shiite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River, looking across at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 3, 2020

City dwellers find simpler life in rural China commune

Yang Zhaoyu quit his job in a big Chinese city nine months ago and moved to a small community that preaches sustainable living and mindful consumption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / New Year's Special
Jan 3, 2020

Post-Olympic economic slump unlikely to hit Japan, experts say

As Japan gears up for Olympic euphoria later this summer, some fret that the country could experience a sense of deja vu, recalling the significant economic downturn that followed the hosting of the 1964 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 3, 2020

Wall Street starts 2020 at record levels on China stimulus and trade hopes

U.S. stocks extended their rally into the new year, with all three major indexes hitting record highs on Thursday, as fresh stimulus from Beijing to prop up its economy added to optimism fueled by easing trade tensions and an improving global outlook.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2020

With coal under fire, 2020 could be a big year for wind power in Japan

One day, resource-deprived Japan may no longer have to import its energy, nor rely on nuclear power or coal, thanks to a renewable source with vast potential: offshore wind power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2020

Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger

A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an African icon and a new leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize. These African stories captured the world's attention in 2019 — and look to influence events on the continent...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 31, 2019

Presidential election will define Japan-U.S. ties

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will have profound implications for Japan and the rest of the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019

What's in store for China's economy in 2020?

The year, and the decade, will be fraught with difficulties for the economic powerhouse.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019

Don't believe Putin's hype about hypersonic missiles

Hypersonic missiles are just another cog in the strategy of nuclear deterrence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 31, 2019

Rare Chinese bureaucratic shake-up reveals future leaders

China's sprawling bureaucracy is undergoing a regional reshuffle of a rare scale, with new appointments and job swaps offering hints of potential future leaders being groomed by Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2019

Old habits die hard: Japan still struggling with push toward working style reform

Older managers are failing to recognize changing expectations among a younger workforce.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 29, 2019

Offbeat career driven by desire to continue learning

Moneytree has been a 'game changer' for Japan's digital banking environment, according to Chief Executive and founder Paul Chapman.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2019

World's richest gain $1.2 trillion in 2019 as Jeff Bezos retains crown

The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a song about sharks and a collection of junkyards are just a few of the curious ways that helped make 2019 a fertile year for fortunes to blossom around the world.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2019

China's Xi turns to financial experts to tame economic risks

As China struggles to deal with the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy, it has embarked on a new strategy of placing financial experts in provinces to manage risks and rebuild regional economies.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2019

Protesters shut down Iraq's Nassiriya oil field

Protesters broke into Iraq's southern Nassiriya oil field on Saturday and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking the field offline until further notice, a security source and two oil sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

China prodding state firms to invest and take more control in Hong Kong

China has called on its biggest state firms to take a more active role in Hong Kong, including stepping up investment and asserting more control over companies in the financial hub, executives familiar with the matter said as Beijing attempts to calm months of unrest in the city.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2019

Japan big firms pay record winter bonuses for second straight year

The average winter bonus for workers at major Japanese businesses rose 1.77 percent from a year earlier to a record ¥951,411 this year, a survey showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2019

Big history helps understand today's issues

A sweeping study of historical data yields fascinating revelations about the past, present and future.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2019

Amakudari and Japan Post Holdings

The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2019

May the (space) force be with you

It may sound silly, but it's an idea whose time has come. Here's what everyone should know about the space force.

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