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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018

At last, Japan gives nod to gaming as a profession

A skinny chain smoker with pale skin, Yota Kachi doesn't look much like a professional athlete. But this weekend, the 31-year-old will get a chance to become one by playing video games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2018

ARM embraces tech revolution under SoftBank and loses money

It's an accepted belief among tech startups that it's OK to grow fast at the sake of profits. But what if the company is 27 years old?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2018

HondaJet foresees huge demand in China and Southeast Asia

HondaJet, the business plane developed by Honda Motor Co., sees big prospects in China and Southeast Asia as wealthy individuals seek out the lightweight plane as an efficiency tool.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2018

SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son eyes telecoms IPO within 2018

SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday that it wants to list its Japanese telecoms unit this year, a move toward completing its transformation from a domestic telecoms upstart into one of the world's biggest technology investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2018

Masayoshi Son plans measures to reduce discount on SoftBank stock

SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son became technology's biggest investor over the past year, taking major stakes in ride-hailing, e-commerce and semiconductors. But he doesn't get much credit for his investment acumen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2018

Mitsubishi Heavy sees no need to further delay delivery of first regional jet

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. sees no need to further postpone the first delivery of its small passenger jet, the firm's president and chief executive officer, Shunichi Miyanaga, said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2018

Godiva's dig at obligatory Valentine's chocolates stirs debate in Japan

Japan should stop giving out giri choco (obligatory chocolate).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018

Young operators turn to social media to revive Tokyo's sento neighborhood bathhouses

Younger operators of sento (public bathhouses) in Tokyo are breathing new life into the facilities, which have long helped residents in communities feel refreshed and relaxed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2018

Rex Tillerson raises specter of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil to pressure Maduro

The United States is considering restricting imports of Venezuelan crude oil and exports of U.S. refined products to Venezuela, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, to put pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro to "return to the constitution."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 4, 2018

Pentagon mistakenly labels Taiwan as part of China in key nuclear policy document

The U.S. Department of Defense temporarily removed and reposted its new Nuclear Posture Review report from its website after mistakenly labeling Taiwan as part of mainland China — the latest lapse by the Trump administration involving the sensitive issue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 3, 2018

Yosuke Masuko: Spinning dough in Vietnam

Bao and Ey Doan are sat at a table on the second floor of their favorite weekend dining experience, a chic, cavernous brick-and-beams pizzeria located inside a 130-year-old French colonial building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2018

San Francisco to dismiss thousands of marijuana convictions

Thousands of San Francisco residents convicted of marijuana offenses since 1975 will see those convictions dismissed or reduced under an effort announced on Wednesday by the city's district attorney.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Japan's Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange as nation reels from Coincheck hack

In the wake of the Coincheck theft — one of the world's biggest cyberheists — Line Corp. says it plans to launch its own exchange.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2018

Russia's East-West dilemmas

It's in no nation's interest that Russia should continue to be the odd one out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2018

Bible of Japanese stocks gets hot, suggesting nation's brokerages will prosper

Things are looking up for Japan's biggest brokerages, if demand for a well-known stock handbook is any guide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2018

Ingvar Kamprad, Ikea's Swedish billionaire founder, dies at 91

Ingvar Kamprad, whose boyhood business of selling pencils and seeds from his bicycle in Sweden eventually grew into the Ikea furniture chain, has died. He was 91.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jan 28, 2018

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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 28, 2018

Court cases shine a light on Japan's problem with paternity leave

Two cases currently before the courts show how the reality of Japanese workplaces can clash with government attempts to encourage fathers to help raise their children.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2018

Groups promote Olympic legacy

"Legacy" or "legacies" has been a key world in the recent history of the Olympic Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2018

Japanese beef lovers seen boosting imports to 17-year high

Domestic beef purchases are set to climb this year as growing demand for affordable meat counters the first rise in import duties in 14 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2018
Jan 23, 2018

Japan: A frontrunner to solve social challenges

Achieving sustainable growth while coping with a population decline calls for "Society 5.0," a super smart society where we can resolve various social challenges by incorporating the innovations of the fourth industrial revolution such as the "internet of things," big data, artificial intelligence, robots...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 22, 2018

Ichiro wouldn't solve Chunichi's problems

While it's still improbable, Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka could both be wearing blue and white this summer if everything falls in place, as the Chunichi Dragons have interest in both players.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2018

SoftBank reportedly ready to invest $400 million in health care portal run by Chinese firm Ping An Insurance

SoftBank Group Corp. is nearing a deal to invest about $400 million in a health care portal run by Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. ahead of the Chinese company's initial public offering, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
‘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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