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Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jun 7, 2016

Alitalia unveils new look; Cathay lounge revamp; Air France menu change

Alitalia unveils new look Alitalia unveiled its new uniform collection in Rome on May 18. The collection was designed and tailor-made by a team of nearly 500 people in Italy, with fabric from Tuscany, silk from Como, leather accessories such as gloves from Naples and shoes from the Marche region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2016

Japan's trading houses trying to beat U.S. to Cuba

Japan's largest trading houses are positioning themselves in Cuba before any easing of U.S. sanctions, seeking opportunities in infrastructure, resources and automobiles as Havana emerges from near-isolation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 30, 2016

Japan shedding 1940s morality by relaxing rules on nightclubs

Late-night dancing is just a step away after the revision of a law that forced nightclubs to close by midnight.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 29, 2016

Industry helps Chinese game their way into and through U.S. colleges

The advertisements were tailored for Chinese college students far from home struggling with the English language and an unfamiliar culture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 21, 2016

Japan's cybersecurity upgrade — too little, too late?

The Internet facilitates rapid data-sharing and increased communication between individuals, firms and government entities. This generates significant risks but, for most of the 2000s, Japan did not take commensurate countermeasures. The complacent attitude toward information technology security has...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 21, 2016

Whither the taxi in a withering Japan?

Taxi revenues have been dropping steadily in recent years mainly due to demographic changes, but their main problem is handling moment-to-moment supply and demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2016

Cookpad's maverick founder stirs recipe for unrest

A spat is rocking one of Japan's most popular Internet companies after the founder moved to kick out the board, enraging staff and sending shares tumbling.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2016

Trump on North Korea, Wall Street regulation, tech stocks

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday that he would be willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2016

Nippon Steel to take control of Nisshin to weather China glut

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., Japan's largest steel maker, said it will take majority control of the nation's No. 4 mill, Nisshin Steel Co., as the industry consolidates in the face of a global supply glut.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2016

Putin strikes a defiant note with concert in Syria

Vladimir Putin is signaling to the world that his forces have not really withdrawn from Syria and that any peace will be made on Russian terms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2016

Trump's Scottish island ties are a world away from fireworks of U.S. politics

Donald Trump has played up his family roots from Lewis, an island off the northwestern tip of Scotland, but his success in the U.S. Republican presidential battle has not drawn the kind of rapture the billionaire might like from his home crowd.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2016

Tough-talking Duterte keeps poll lead a week before Philippine elections

A tough-talking mayor running for the presidency of the Philippines has kept his double-digit lead five days before elections, despite allegations he had undeclared millions of pesos in a bank, the latest opinion poll has showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 30, 2016

Idols put Band-Aids on fragile male egos

Two cities in Tottori Prefecture have set up a facility called the Tottori Deai Support Center, which is a kind of matchmaking service for young residents. In December it published a pamphlet to help people looking for mates better understand what the opposite sex wanted.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 24, 2016

Guesthouses are proliferating in Japan's countryside, but at what cost?

To ensure they can continue working into their twilight years, many owners of traditional Japanese inns are keen to change their business model.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2016

China adds U.S. online publishing site Medium to list of blocked sites

Medium, a U.S.-based online publishing platform, has been blocked in China, the company said, the latest service to be affected as Beijing exerts greater control over the Internet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 12, 2016

Cathay bonus miles; Chubu-Manila route opens; Air France meal service

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JAPAN
Apr 11, 2016

Government to use donation system to help young people settle in rural Japan

The internal affairs ministry plans to collect donations for people willing to move from cities to rural areas through the existing furusato nozei system, which provides tax breaks for donations to hometowns and other municipalities.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2016

China Internet regulator says Web censorship not a trade barrier

China's online censorship system protects national security and does not discriminate against foreign companies, the country's Internet regulator said, after the United States labeled the blocking of websites by Beijing a trade barrier.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2016

Masuzoe denies overspending after JCP reveals soaring cost of overseas trips

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe on Friday said he is doing his utmost to trim the cost of his overseas trips, following the revelation that each one costs taxpayers ¥26.6 million on average.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2016

Zuma adds to South Africa's woes

An economic recovery will be impossible for South Africa as long as it has a leader who is viewed as tainted and unreliable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2016

How modularization felled Japan's electronics titans

Toshiba, Sharp, Sony, Hitachi and Panasonic — these companies were the pride of Japan for decades after their electronics took the world by storm.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016

Virgin America's vision of decency can't compete

Virgin America is finding out the hard way that Americans prefer lower airline fares to good service.

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