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GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ecuador report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Cofina: Beyond chocolate

Lauded as one of the worlds’ most sought after fruit crops, the cacao bean has found a natural home in Ecuador. With an abundance of fertile land, the country is an optimal place for planting cacao.
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GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ecuador report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Provefrut: 30 bountiful years

Provefrut’s founders Alfredo Zeller and Francisco Correa started the company with a clear vision in mind: To create an innovative company that promotes a culture of good values with an emphasis on social responsibility. In practice, the two entrepreneurs have nurtured the development of its partners,...
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GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ecuador report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Ecuador’s first mover in frozen broccoli

Ecofroz is one of the finest examples of a joint-venture between a South American and Japanese company. Just one year after it was founded in 1995, the company exported its first batch of high-quality frozen broccoli to Japan. Ecofroz formed the partnership when visiting officers from Saveur, part of...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Dec 12, 2019

Working with the Japanese at a senior level when you're a non-Japanese woman

While stories about mandatory heels and a ban on glasses are making the rounds in the media, the reality of working at a Japanese firm when you're a woman is not as bad as you may think.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2019

SoftBank will have 'last laugh' on WeWork deal, analyst predicts

SoftBank Group Corp.'s massive investment in WeWork triggered a multibillion-dollar write-down and a rare apology from founder Masayoshi Son. But one analyst argues the deal is likely to work in the end and SoftBank will have the "last laugh."
Japan Times
Finland report 2019
Dec 5, 2019

Patria gears up for success armed with new technologies

Finland is widely known across the globe for its expertise in the fields of electronics, forestry, machinery and vehicles, specifically armored vehicles.
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BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2019

Elon Musk returns to testify in defamation trial over 'pedo guy' tweets

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk returned to court on Wednesday to resume testifying at a trial to decide whether he defamed a British diver whom the Silicon Valley billionaire called "pedo guy" on Twitter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 4, 2019

MUFG Bank to launch smartphone payment service

MUFG Bank will set up a joint company with human resources services provider Recruit Holdings Co. to launch a smartphone-based cashless payment service, it was learned Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2019

Nomura's next CEO stresses 'urgency' in cementing overhaul

Nomura Holdings Inc. named Kentaro Okuda as its new chief executive officer, turning to a 32-year company veteran to help cement a sweeping overhaul of its global operations and reverse a slump at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2019

New Nissan chief Makoto Uchida vows to turn around the embattled automaker

A new three-way leadership structure is designed to avoid the mistakes made during the Carlos Ghosn era.
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BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2019

Nintendo out to prove Switch's longevity this holiday season

Nintendo Co.'s Switch console is poised for its best holiday shopping season yet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Dec 2, 2019

Gkids brings anime's best to big screens in the U.S.

Though relatively unheralded, Gkids scored the rights to U.S. re-releases of the work of anime giants — including Isao Takahata and Makoto Shinkai — by only showing them in cinemas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019

Maltese businessman accuses top government officials in murder case

A prominent Maltese businessman has offered to testify against top government officials over the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and said the prime minister has a conflict of interest in the case.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Nov 29, 2019

Science park draws investors across a variety of fields

Malaysia continues to be an attractive destination for foreign direct investment from around the world, especially Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2019

Expanding employee pension coverage

Widening pension coverage will not only add to the benefits irrgegular workers receive in retirement but shore up pension finances by increasing the number of participants in the program.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2019

U.S. prosecutors seek information on payments to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, subpoena indicates

Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2019

Novartis agrees to buy Medicines Co. in $6.8 billion deal targeting promising cholesterol drug

Novartis AG agreed to buy Medicines Co. for an equity value of about $6.8 billion, snapping up a promising cholesterol drug and adding to a string of acquisitions for Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2019

Real news: Hardly anybody shares fake news

Radio and cable TV are bigger conduits for conspiracy theories.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2019

Bumble Bee files bankruptcy amid antitrust fines and lawsuits

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, the largest North American brand of packaged seafood, filed for bankruptcy amid criminal fines and civil lawsuits stemming from a federal price-fixing case with plans for its assets to be acquired by FCF Co. for about $925 million.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 20, 2019

Robotics investments help SoftBank create Roomba rival Whiz

SoftBank Group Corp. has put billions of dollars into a laser-based technology that could allow cars to drive themselves and help astronauts land on distant planets. It turns out that same technology makes a pretty good vacuum cleaner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 20, 2019

Canada's largest railroad hit by strike, putting Trudeau in hot seat

Thousands of workers at Canada's largest railway went on strike for the first time in a decade on Tuesday, disrupting the shipping of commodities and sparking calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government to intervene.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 19, 2019

Full-scale Godzilla-themed area to open at western Japan park

A Kyodo piece focuses on a new attraction at an amusement park in Hyogo Prefecture involving one of Japan's most popular film icons.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Nov 17, 2019

Beekeepers, farmers aid forestation efforts

Oji Group, established almost 150 years ago, is one of the world's major pulp and paper producers. While its headquarters is based in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, its business and forestation activity extend to the global stage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2019

SoftBank's second Vision Fund starting life a lot smaller than the first

SoftBank Group Corp. has quietly completed an initial money-raising push for its second technology fund, at a fraction of its targeted $108 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2019

Nissan recalls nearly 400,000 vehicles over braking system defect

Nissan Motor Co. will recall a total of 394,025 cars in the United States after concerns that a brake fluid leak could potentially lead to a fire.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Nov 16, 2019

Kepco's gift scandal casts shadow over Kansai and 2025 Expo

Earlier this fall, it was revealed that 20 Kansai Electric Power Co. officials, including the chairman and president, received nearly ¥320 million in cash and presents between 2006 and 2018 from a powerful, and now deceased, former deputy mayor and political fixer in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2019

Problems at WeWork may lead to a drop in co-working space leases, says high-profile New York developer Scott Rechler

The surge in co-working leases that accompanied the rise of WeWork will take a pause in the aftermath of the startup's abandoned IPO, a prominent New York developer said Thursday.
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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