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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2018

Elon Musk may face national security review of Tesla-Saudi deal

Elon Musk will likely need clearance from U.S. national security officials for any proposal to take Tesla Inc. private with financing from Saudi Arabia, just as the Trump administration steps up scrutiny of foreign investment in American technology.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 15, 2018

'Killing for the Prosecution': A complex crime drama stuffed with exposition

Once a maker of Hollywood-style sci-fi ("Gunhed," 1989) and noir ("Painted Desert," 1993), Masato Harada has become a director of films about fact-based, character-testing group missions, be it police routing radicals from a Karuizawa villa ("The Choice of Hercules," 2002) or samurai fighting the biggest...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 15, 2018

Dramatist Hideto Iwai connects with his audiences in ways he never could have imagined by being honest about his own life experiences

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 15, 2018

Overseas tours an unfortunate victim of sumo's recent popularity

The world of sumo has seen many changes over the past decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2018

Sarah Sanders claim of more black jobs during Trump era than in Obama's is dead wrong

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders falsely claimed that President Donald Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers as his predecessor, Barack Obama, did during his entire time in office.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2018

Beijing needs to understand one thing about Trump

The U.S. president is voicing a widely held resentment about China's double-dealing economic policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018

Photographer using project to pass on experiences of A-bomb survivors through family portraits

A 36-year-old female photographer is passing on the stories of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by taking family photos of third-generation survivors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018

Tesla's slow disclosure after Musk's tweet of going private raises governance concerns

Tesla Inc.'s handling of Chief Executive Elon Musk's proposal to take the carmaker private and its failure to promptly file a formal disclosure has raised governance concerns and sparked questions about how companies use social media.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2018

U.S. prosecutors to wrap up Manafort case; trial may soon go to jury

U.S. prosecutors on Monday plan to wrap up their tax and bank fraud case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, making it likely the case will go to the jury by midweek if the defense decides not to call any witnesses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2018

Gender discrimination: Nation's dignity is being questioned

Are the rigged entrance exams at Tokyo Medical University merely the tip of the iceberg?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018

Globalization with Chinese characteristics

Trump's 'America First' policy is making space for China to shape international trade.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 13, 2018

Japanese surnames: Among the usual suspects, you're bound to find some curveballs

How many Japanese surnames are there anyway? It's a tricky question, because the total depends on how you decide to count them.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 11, 2018

Kei Hirata earns second shot with Thunder Girls

Passion is something that younger and older generations can both detect immediately.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 11, 2018

China kicks off 'major' military exercises as Taiwan leader prepares for trip abroad to salvage few remaining allies

The Chinese military has kicked off "major" exercises in the Yellow Sea ahead of Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen's planned departure Sunday for Paraguay, the only Taiwanese ally in South America, and the tiny Central American country of Belize.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2018

How three women shattered glass ceilings to become the first female chief economists at global banks

There's a particular telephone conversation that HSBC Global Chief Economist Janet Henry has down pat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2018

Trunk (Hotel) banks on lodging experience that goes beyond the room

In the morning, two millennial-age men sit at a table together sipping coffee while typing away on their computers. As lunch time approaches, office workers file in for a bite to eat. At dusk, fashionable crowds sip on swanky cocktails and listen to local DJs spin their latest tunes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike raps state move to bolster system that diverts Tokyo's tax revenues to other municipalities

The central government's plan to beef up a tax allocation system that diverts the capital's revenue to local governments with lower revenue has drawn fire from Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who marked two years in office on Aug. 2
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2018

A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype

Few corners of the tech industry are as tantalizing or complex as quantum computing. For years its evangelists have promised machines capable of breaking the most impenetrable coded messages, unlocking the secret properties of the physical world and putting supercomputers to shame.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2018

Tokyo Medical University scandal just reaffirmed what many female doctors already knew: The bar was higher for them

The admissions scandal in which Tokyo Medical University admitted to manipulating females' entrance exams did not come as a surprise for many women doctors, but rather was verification of what they had suspected for a long time: Some medical universities set the bar higher for women.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 8, 2018

Entering sumo world not something to be taken lightly

In lifting the Emperor's Cup last month, Mitakeumi became the fourth Japanese wrestler to win a championship in the past two years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2018

Strike while the iron is hot

Was the U.S.-North Korea summit a great first step for peace in Northeast Asia? Hardly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2018

How to end Japan's deflation? Abolish cash

A national digital currency is an experiment worth trying.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 7, 2018

Swedish roots in Japan's taxonomy

While Japan's historical sakoku period of isolation may have limited any contact it had with Sweden what did transpire between the two nations is of historical, scientific and artistic importance.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 7, 2018

Shae-Lynn Bourne noted Yuzuru Hanyu's genius making 'Seimei'

One of the positive aspects of the internet is that every once in a while you stumble across some undiscovered gem that is enjoyable and revelatory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2018

LeBron James praised by Ohio school district after Trump tweet trashing

National Basketball Association star LeBron James won praise on Monday from an Ohio school district for his support of disadvantaged children in his hometown of Akron, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked him in a weekend tweet questioning his intelligence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2018

Is Donald Trump an effective president?

When political leaders put tangible results before ethical considerations, their successes rarely stand the test of time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 6, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plays down North Korea sparring

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday played down an exchange of contentious remarks with North Korea on the sidelines of weekend regional meetings in Singapore, saying Pyongyang had made clear its continued commitment to denuclearize.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 5, 2018

U.N. goals factor highly in investment choices

At a recent symposium in Tokyo, Chair of the Board at the London-based Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Martin Skancke underscored the relevance of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 goals adopted in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2018

Ding! Alibaba office app fuels backlash among some Chinese workers

In the cramped former home of Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about 30 young engineers sit elbow to elbow, working to attract the next million users for DingTalk, Alibaba's workplace communication software.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2018

China's summer of discontent

Far from a rejuvenated hegemon poised to reshape the global economy, Xi's China has been exposed as a giant with feet of clay.

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