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Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Sep 16, 2022

Manufacturing business expansion at Kulim Hi-Tech Park

Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) is Malaysia’s first fully integrated high-technology industrial park. KHTP is developed and managed by Kulim Technology Park Corporation (KTPC). At its core, the industrial park consists of zoned estates built to be conducive for industrial development, with excellent road...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2022

Toyota ranks last in top 10 carmakers for decarbonization efforts

Zero-emission vehicles made up just 0.18% of the firm's total sales last year versus General Motors Co. at 8.18%
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Aug 16, 2022

WE League aims to build on first-season challenges

After a challenging debut season, Japan's professional women's soccer competition will return to action on Saturday with the first edition of the WE League Cup.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 28, 2021

Hakuho leaves unmatchable legacy after 20 years of dominance

In submitting his retirement papers on Monday, the Mongolian-born yokozuna has brought an era-defining career of new records and unparalleled success to a close.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 30, 2020

Pierre Cardin, designer to the famous and merchant to the masses, dies at 98

In 1957, Cardin became the first European designer to forge business ties with Japan, and within two years he was selling his fashions there.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 26, 2020

Basketball breaks down barriers on the courts at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park

Community and competition thrive in an athletic cross-cultural exchange in the heart of Tokyo.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 6, 2020

Brex star Ryan Rossiter reflects on virus-shortened season, career

When the 2019-2020 B. League season was forced to end abruptly last month because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Utsunomiya Brex were among the contenders who lost their chance to capture the league title.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AEC SPECIAL
Jan 29, 2016

Sophia exchange program offers expanded horizons

Eighteen students, including those from Southeast Asia, Japan and other parts of the world, were divided into four groups to hold intense discussions in English about various global sustainability issues. They were creating a rough draft of a poster they would use for next week's presentation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2015

Higher education badly in need of a spending boost

The global rankings of Japanese universities will keep falling unless more money is spent to improve the quality of higher education.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 20, 2015

Hoop hero Okayama reflects on lost chance

Long before recent international Japanese basketball stars like Yuta Tabuse, Yuki Togashi and Yuta Watanabe, there was Yasutaka Okayama, who might have made a name for himself the same way they did.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2015

Fast Retailing's profit beats estimates as Uniqlo sales surge

Fast Retailing Co. reported a 64 percent spike in quarterly profit after selling more Uniqlo casual wear than expected in Japan and overseas, while the weakening yen further boosted returns.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2014

Perils of financial freedom

Chinese officials should be under no illusion that free markets are a panacea for the financial sector.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 27, 2009

Source says JBL teams in trouble, league not viable in long term

Japanese basketball is suffering from an identity crisis. Besides Yuta Tabuse, the average citizen cannot name a handful of other top-level Japanese players. Indeed, this is problem No. 1.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2008

Devoted to the game: Looking back at Oh's career

First in a three-part series
BASEBALL / MLB'S EFFECT ON JAPAN
Apr 14, 2007

NPB players in need of strong union like MLBPA

Last of four-part
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2004

Monitors on buoys planned to gauge oceans' CO2 role

The science ministry will create a global-monitoring system to check how much carbon dioxide is absorbed and emitted by the sea, government officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Mar 3, 2023

“Combining climate action and diplomacy with a love of nature” with Carole Fuchs

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 12, 2022

Delayed pick for 2030 Winter Olympics host puts Sapporo in a bind

The IOC's announcement could further complicate the city's effort, as bid supporters and opponents face off next year — especially in April's local elections.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Sep 22, 2022

“Biodiversity conservation in landscapes and seascapes” with Yasuo Takahashi

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022

Kamila Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains

There will be no medal ceremony for the women's singles figure skating if Valieva finishes in the top three, the IOC said after the decision.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022

Titans of carmaking are plotting the overthrow of Elon Musk

The masters of mass production laid out plans to splurge $170 billion over the coming years to preserve their claim on the industry.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Hessen and Frankfurt: Open for business

Hessen’s convenient location at the very heart of Europe has played a vital role in establishing the state as one of the most internationally revered business and technology centers in the European Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2021

Australia's 'authoritarian' COVID-19 response

Australia, once the envy of the world for its pandemic management, is now being criticized by some over the authoritarian measures it is using to crush COVID-19.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Jul 20, 2021

Goal-scoring dynamo Kyogo Furuhashi ready for Celtic challenge

The 26-year-old leaves Vissel Kobe with a J1-leading 15 goals — and just over a year to prove his potential in Europe and potentially represent Japan at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jul 11, 2021

Tokyo 2020’s Olympic uniforms are here to make a statement

Athletes' uniforms illustrate the values each country wishes to embody. So think of the Olympics opening ceremony as one of the largest runway shows the world has to offer.
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi fires toward the Vissel Kobe goal during a friendly at National Stadium in Tokyo on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Feb 11, 2024

Amid row over Messi's no-show, China nixes Argentina matches

The upcoming friendly with the Argentine squad has been canceled due to "well-known reasons,” the sports authority in the eastern city of Hangzhou said.
Attendees inspect a Lamborghini Revuelto high performance electrified vehicle on the opening day of the Geneva International Motor Show Qatar 2023, in Doha on Oct. 6, 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 22, 2024

In the world of luxury cars, hybrids are the sexiest new thing

Engineers insist the technology is as much about getting more performance out of existing combustion engines as it is about going green.
Toyota Motor's global sales — including subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors — rose 0.7% to 924,918 units in July.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2024

Toyota sales overcome U.S. woes for first growth in six months

Toyota Motor’s sales eked out growth for the first time in six months on strong demand in Europe and Japan.
The Hong Kong skyline on Jan. 3, 2022. In 2018, Hong Kong received a record 65 million tourists. In 2023, it welcomed a little more than half that.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2024

Tourism has rebounded worldwide but not in Hong Kong.

The rebound of international travel to the city continues to lag far behind the tourist activity reported at most other Asian destinations.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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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