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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Oct 4, 2021

Puratos: Good food, good company, better future

Name: Jean-Pierre Bernardino
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BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2021

Why Australia's gender equality problem is costing the country billions

Political and economic life here is dominated by men to an even greater degree than in the United States, the United Kingdom or Canada.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / View from Osaka
Oct 1, 2021

Kishida's LDP victory prompts mixed feelings in Kansai

Kansai LDP chapters strongly backed the presumptive prime minister's main rival, but the business community was more in favor of Kishida, largely due to his support for nuclear power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2021

Huawei CFO's admissions likely won't help U.S. in case against company

Huawei would likely say what she admitted was the result of extortion, or even a fabrication.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2021

Ties strained for Evergrande founder as poker pal he relied on reduces stake

Whenever trouble struck, Hui Ka Yan could count on the deep pockets of a small group of property billionaires who regularly played card games together — but not this time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 27, 2021

Fukushima towns see hope in resumption of suspended train services

The opening of the Tadami Line 50 years ago was crucial to improving the region's connectivity, and now residents hope resumed operations will help draw in tourists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2021

Who the opposition wants to win the LDP presidential race

The opposition are strategizing on how to erode the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition's Lower House majority, a task all the more difficult without knowing who their principal opponent will be.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021

Fuel shortages pile pressure on Johnson as U.K. crisis escalates

The food and fuel shortages add to a pile of daunting challenges for Johnson, with Britons facing a surge in electricity and gas prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021

Deserted factories in Nanjing show how China's electric car boom went too far

Scores of firms have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2021

China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis

The seemingly intractable impasse came to a rapid resolution Friday after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou struck a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2021

As election nears, German conservatives raise specter of left-wing rule

Behind in polls just days before Sunday's vote, Angela Merkel's would-be successor is warning that Social Democrats, if victorious, would let the far-left into power.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Sep 21, 2021

At 2020 Games, NTT made watching events remotely feel live

Spectators heard many athletes express appreciation in postgame interviews for Japan holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games even before they thanked their families and supporters. No one in the world had ever before done or witnessed anything like Tokyo 2020. It was a tremendous challenge for those...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2021

COVID-19 was expected to spur a remote-work revolution in Japan. What happened?

A lack of digital infrastructure and an archaic corporate culture that values long working hours and face-to-face meetings is slowing down the nation's push toward working remotely.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 17, 2021

Far more finance needed for nature-rich nations to make global deal fly

Improving conservation and management of natural areas, such as parks, oceans, forests and wildernesses, is seen as crucial to safeguarding the ecosystems on which humans depend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2021

Unhappy with profitability, Nidec founder pushes on targets

Nagamori recently told his senior managers that they need to do more to boost Nidec's business performance
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2021

Why China’s economy is threatened by a property giant’s debt problems

The real estate developer Evergrande once binged on debt; now the music has stopped, investors are panicking and experts are warning of an imminent failure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021

Biden team weighs China trade probe in bid to press Beijing

USTR has asked outside consultants to help quantify the damage from Chinese subsidies in order to measure the kind of response that's appropriate should an investigation proceed.
Japan Times
SOCCER / WE LEAGUE
Sep 10, 2021

Japan's ambitious WE League aims to empower in historic first season

Japan's first professional women's soccer league will launch on Sunday with the goals of promoting gender equality and raising the country's level of play.
Japan Times
The Netherlands report 2021
Sep 10, 2021

High-tech expertise and unique collaboration — Fujifilm has established deep roots in Brabant

Edwin Zonder, Senior Project Manager at Brabant Development Agency (BOM) and Albert van Maren, Vice President of Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe | © BOM
Japan Times
The Netherlands report 2021
Sep 10, 2021

McDermott and Bull: Empowering change

As a global boutique executive search firm, McDermott and Bull prides itself on understanding client goals and making the best possible match for candidate, company and culture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021

It's in America's interest to court ASEAN

ASEAN is of tremendous strategic importance to the U.S. and Japan and should not be downplayed.
Japan Times
Thailand report 2021
Sep 8, 2021

TPIPP vows ‘ESG is a way of life’

TPI Polene Power Public Company (TPIPP) is the largest operator of waste-to-energy power plants in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of installed power-generation capacity.
After almost a decade of traveling around the world, a working holiday during the 2019 ski season in Nozawa Onsen was to be Rowie Geraerts’ last hurrah before she settled down in Australia.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Nov 25, 2024

How a solo yoga teacher built a wellness community in the Japanese Alps

A budding entrepreneur from Australia, Rowie Geraerts has created Shizen Collective in Nozawa Onsen — a new home for herself, locals and visitors.
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.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
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.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
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.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
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.
‘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.

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