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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2020

Global prospects dim for China's tech champions as great powers clash

China's top tech players are having contracts canceled, products banned and investments blocked, with more restrictions on the horizon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

McDonald’s to sell chunk of Japan business and speed closures in U.S.

McDonald's said it will cut its ownership in McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan to at least 35 percent from 49 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2020

How Tesla defined a new era for the global auto industry

The firm's practices are at odds with traditional automakers' methods, but are proving popular when measured by sales figures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2020

Pandemic forces digital change on Japanese companies

The coronavirus pandemic may be a drag on economies across the globe, but in Japan it’s bringing long-overdue changes in work habits and tools.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2020

Nissan offers to postpone Barcelona plant closure and discuss 'everything'

The three factories, which employ around 3,000 workers, were originally due to close by December this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2020

U.S. adds 11 companies to economic blacklist over China's treatment of Uighurs

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with China's treatment of its Uighurs in Xinjiang in western China to the U.S. economic blacklist.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2020

Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell’s wealth hangs over sex-abuse case

Evidence of great wealth on Maxwell's part could bolster prosecutors' depiction of her as fully complicit in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2020

Japan in talks with Johnson & Johnson to secure COVID-19 vaccine

The company has already agreed to prioritize an allocation to the United States as part of a funding agreement, according to the firm's chief financial officer.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus cold war flares up with claims of Russian vaccine hack

The international race for protection from the virus escalated to a new level with allegations that vaccine development has become a target of Russian cyberattacks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 10, 2020

Live stage performances are taking roads less traveled with trucks and virtual reality

Theater companies are finding new ways to continue live shows for audiences amid the COVID-19 pandemic by performing out of trucks or turning to virtual reality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 7, 2020

COVID-19 offers Japan’s firms a chance to shine

Japanese, American, Singaporean and other business leaders, take note. Committing to models of virtuosity, sustainability and the strongest environment, social and governance (ESG) standards when times are good is one thing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2020

Court orders Dakota pipeline shut in latest blow to U.S. fossil fuel projects

A U.S. court ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Monday over concerns about its potential environmental impact, a big win for the Native American tribes and green groups who fought the major pipeline's route across a crucial water supply for years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2020

Die in detention or at home? U.S. pandemic forces cruel choice on asylum-seekers

Lawyers, advocates, detainees and their family members say the risks of contracting COVID-19 inside detention facilities have driven people to seek deportation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 6, 2020

SoftBank startup Oyo slashing footprint and head count in Japan

The moves extend its ongoing effort to downsize internationally as it adapts to a tourism industry crushed by the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2020

Uber finally makes it to Tokyo after six years in Japan

Uber is partnering with three local taxi operators, primarily in the city's central business district and the popular areas of Shinagawa, Akihabara and Asakusa.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2020

With Merkel at the helm, Europe faces a crisis with many fronts

For a leader who has steered Europe through two economic meltdowns, a migration crisis and a simmering showdown with Russia, Angela Merkel’s final act as German chancellor may be her biggest performance yet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 30, 2020

Let's discuss face masks

Today's lesson looks at the demand for masks and asks what your 'perfect mask' would look like.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2020

Satellites reveal major new gas industry methane leaks

One leak was spewing out 93 metric tons of methane every hour, equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide pumped out in a year by 15,000 U.S. cars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2020

London's historical connections to slavery lurch into full view

If there’s one thing that foretold the City of London’s ambition to become the epicenter of finance it was the founding of the Royal Exchange almost 500 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2020

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and Alibaba’s Jack Ma part ways

While the mutual departures are unlikely to have an immediate impact on either company, they mark the end of an era.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020

SoftBank to sell slice of T-Mobile in a $21 billion deal

The transaction is part of a broader $42 billion push by SoftBank to unload assets to finance stock buybacks and pay down debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020

Gilead targets remdesivir supply for 2 million COVID-19 patients by year-end

The company also said it hoped to start trials in August of an easier-to-use inhaled version of the medicine, which is currently administered only intravenously.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2020

Air conditioner giant Daikin gets lift from coronavirus and climate change in Japan

Surging interest in ventilation and how air conditioners can curb the coronavirus is doing wonders for the company's stock price.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Jun 17, 2020

Re-evaluating the social aspects of ESG investment

The coronavirus outbreak has taken a huge economic toll around the world, and some market experts have expressed fear that it may harm ESG (environment, social and governance) investment, which has focused on long-term sustainable corporate strategies rather than short-term profits.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Jun 17, 2020

Work toward sustainability recognized with awards

The Japan Times launched the ESG Consortium in 2018 to help disseminate English information of engaged parties by covering their activities and organizing symposiums among other supportive measures. ESG stands for “environmental, social and governance.” These factors are increasingly considered essential...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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