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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2015

Honda invests $340 million in U.S. for fuel-efficient cars

Honda Motor Co. will invest $340 million to build fuel-efficient gasoline engines in Ohio as it plans a slate of new electric cars in a push for more vehicles with lower emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2015

Powerful California Sen. Boxer says she will not seek re-election in '16

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, one of the Senate's most forceful liberal voices, will not seek re-election in 2016, making her the first of three top Democratic state officials over age 70 to announce plans to leave office.
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2014

A watershed year for Japan

Japan is at a crossroads in many ways as the nation greets the 70th year since it set out on the path of rebuilding after its defeat in World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2014

After 15 years in power, Putin risks running out of luck

When Vladimir Putin was handed power unexpectedly by an ailing Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the last century, his first move was to go on television to guarantee Russia the freedoms needed for a "civilized society."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Dec 28, 2014

The year in education: After all the talk, can Japan walk the walk in 2015?

With ideas coming in thick and fast in 2014 and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe having effective carte blanche after his landslide election victory, it's now or never for key education reforms.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2014

Japan's space goals

Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2, launched by Japan Space Exploration Agency on Dec. 5, is flying without a hitch so far. Regardless of whether this mission is successful, Japan needs to continue advancing its space exploration capabilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2014

Sony mulled sale of music division that owns Beatles catalog: stolen email

Sony Corp. was considering the sale of its music publishing business, including a partnership with Michael Jackson's estate, which owns the Beatles catalog, as recently as last month, emails released by hackers show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2014

Shinzo Abe begins new term as prime minister, launches Cabinet

The Cabinet remains unchanged except Gen Nakatani, a former first lieutenant in the Ground Self-Defense Force, replaces scandal-hit Akinori Eto as defense minister and minister in charge of security legislation.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2014

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reappointed to role, new Cabinet expected

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected to the post in the Diet on Wednesday and was set to launch his new Cabinet later in the day.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2014

Sony planned to sell music-publishing unit owning Beatles songs: hacked emails

Sony Corp. was considering the sale of its music-publishing business, including a partnership with Michael Jackson's estate that owns the Beatles catalog, as recently as last month, emails released by hackers show.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 23, 2014

Lower sales affected acts worldwide

The Japanese music market has faced hard times as of late. Starting with an announcement from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in March that the country's music sales dropped 16.7 percent in 2013, the past 12 months saw no particular upswing in physical or digital sales, therefore...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 22, 2014

Refiners Idemistu and Showa Shell in talks for tie-up

Shares in Japanese refiners surged on Monday after two of the largest said they were discussing a tie-up, as falling demand for fuels spurs the industry to consider consolidation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2014

Obama has power to further weaken Cuba sanctions

President Barack Obama has the power to further weaken U.S. sanctions against the Communist-run island nation beyond the normalization of relations with Havana that he announced on Wednesday, experts said.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2014

Putin says economy will rebound after rouble's fall, but offers no remedy

President Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday that the economy will rebound after the rouble's dramatic slide this year but offered no remedy for a deepening financial crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 16, 2014

Unlocking growth potential is top task for Abenomics 2.0

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election win strengthened his hand to move beyond the fiscal and monetary stimulus that brought an end to deflation in his first two years. The tougher task for "Abenomics 2.0" will be to boost Japan's growth potential.
EDITORIALS
Dec 15, 2014

Abe's mandate by default

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not take his Liberal Democratic Party's widely predicted big wins in the Lower House election on Sunday as carte blanche from voters to run his administration exactly as he wishes.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2014

NASA's Mars capsule will never land on Mars

Rather than admit the many shortcomings of the Orion space capsule, NASA has boldly promoted its development as the first step in America's journey to Mars. But it will not be going to Mars.
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2014
Dec 12, 2014

In Fukui, economy, reactors inseparable in election debate

For most of Japan, the issues of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and nuclear reactor restarts are generally separate debates. But not in LDP-leaning Fukui.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2014

Abe's base aims to restore past religious, patriotic values

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises voters a bright future for Japan's economy, key parts of his conservative base want him to steer the nation back toward a traditional ethos mixing Shinto myth, patriotism and pride in the ancient Imperial line.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2014

Loeb's opponents cheered even as Sony tightened belt

When activist investor Daniel Loeb announced in October he'd sold his Sony Corp. stake, executives at the company's Culver City, California, studio lot expressed relief.
EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2014

A slippery slope in education

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing school reforms that give the government a greater role in school children's 'moral' education.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DECISION 2014
Dec 10, 2014

Japan's persisting gender gap leaves many single moms in poverty

Yuka Suzuki, 47, has virtually no savings, earns about half the average national wage and cannot see where the money will come from to retire one day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 8, 2014

Sapporo takes chance on repeating as Olympic host

Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda announced Nov. 27 that his city will bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 5, 2014

Swansea's Bony making presence felt after being passed over by big clubs

He cost Swansea City just £12 million from Vitesse Arnhem in 2013. That is more like an agent's cut than a transfer fee these days. Yet no player has scored more Premier League goals in 2014 than Wilfried Bony — 18.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 28, 2014

Cool Japan sets its sights on Southeast Asia

A full year and a half has passed since the Japanese government gave its final approval for the Cool Japan Fund — a 20-year, public-private entity aimed at spreading Japan's cultural appeal overseas — the official soft-power push that some bureaucrats and academics had been advocating for at least...

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