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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2017

Toshiba stuck with billions in unsold gas on top of nuclear troubles

Toshiba Corp. is seeking help from a large buyer of liquefied natural gas to avoid billions in potential losses if it can't sell American gas it holds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

It's never too early to check when cherry blossoms will bloom

Most parts of the country are now in the freeze-dried depths of winter, with Hokkaido and some areas on the Sea of Japan coast thickly blanketed with snow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Yahoo Japan defies calls to halt ivory sales as poaching soars

Yahoo Japan, the country's biggest online auction site, is rebuffing calls to end online ivory trading despite Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer's misgivings over facilitating a business blamed for the illegal slaughter of African elephants.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2017

Japan's hair salons reaching out to expats, tourists and international students

It takes a little courage to go to hair salons when living overseas. Without knowing where to go and what stylist has which specialty, you can wind up gambling with your style.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2017

Japanese women see aspirational qualities in 'de facto first lady' Ivanka Trump

Miyu Toyonaga was thrilled when she discovered who had visited her Instagram account last April. It was Ivanka Trump, her fashion icon, and she had liked a photo of Toyonaga with a leather clutch purse from Ivanka's namesake brand.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 10, 2017

Trump pulled out of project in ex-Soviet Georgia to avoid conflict of interest: ex-partner

The Trump Organization pulled out of a $250 million real estate project in ex-Soviet Georgia to avoid a potential conflict with Donald Trump's role as president, Trump's former business partner in the project said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2016

Honda in talks with Google's Waymo on self-drive tech

Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker's cars.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2016

China uses island-building skills to develop Duterte's backyard

Among the first to gain from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's China pivot could be the people who live on rickety wooden stilt-houses in a waterlogged area of his hometown of Davao City.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2016

On heels of Trump affront, GM, Ford shares slide as China warns it may fine monopolistic U.S. carmaker

Shares of U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co skidded on Wednesday after a Chinese official warned the government could slap a penalty on an unnamed U.S. automaker for monopolistic behavior.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2016

A new Russia policy needs Exxon CEO's skills

The moral satisfaction of not encouraging a dictator may be important, but the Obama administration's policy ended up enabling Putin's most reprehensible gambles and consolidated Putin's domestic support.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2016

Putin awaits 'fantastic' Trump team as Exxon ally tipped for secretary of state

With two decades of deal-making in Russia's vital oil industry under his belt, Rex Tillerson is Vladimir Putin's kind of man.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2016

Troubled Takata to exit posh Roppongi digs, move HQ to cheaper waterfront redevelopment district

Takata Corp. will move its head office from a posh building in an upscale Tokyo district to a redeveloped area to cut costs, as the troubled air-bag maker fights to survive the biggest recall in the auto industry's history.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2016

DeNA CEO apologizes over information website plagiarism scandal

The CEO of DeNA Co., whose health care information website and others have been under fire following accusations of plagiarism and inaccurate reporting, apologized Wednesday over the scandal, vowing to investigate what went wrong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2016

Son meets Trump, plans $50 billion U.S. investment, 50,000 jobs

Billionaire business tycoon Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 new jobs, a move President-elect Donald Trump claimed was a direct result of his election win.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 3, 2016

Steamer missing; Japan declares war on U.S., British Empire; woman wins court case for equality of sexes; anger grows over bullet train noise

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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2016

$100 billion Saudi-tied tech fund 'oversubscribed,' Son says

SoftBank Group Corp. is close to tying up $100 billion for a technology fund that it announced with the government of Saudi Arabia, the company's founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2016

DeNA pulls eight online services amid reporting scandal

A company behind a health care information website under fire over inaccurate, plagiarized articles on Thursday said it had temporarily suspended operations of eight other niche online services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 2, 2016

Robot inspired by 'Space Odyssey' to take on the burden of laundry

Hate doing laundry? Shin Sakane has a solution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2016

Wall Street veteran Steven Mnunchin seen as Trump's pick for Treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2016

Pakistan says Japan traders among those eyeing LNG tender

Pakistan says Japan's biggest trading houses are among almost two dozen companies eyeing its liquefied natural gas purchase tender that it says is the largest on record.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2016

Jaguar Land Rover wants to make electric cars in Brexit U.K.

Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. said it intends to build electric cars in the U.K. if the government can overcome shortfalls in available energy and infrastructure investment, potentially giving Britain a manufacturing boost as it leaves the European Union.

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