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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2022

Selling a cleaner, affordable cooking fuel for Kenyan homes

Koko Networks in Nairobi supplies more than 675,000 households with clean-burning ethanol, which is used in the company's cookers and sold over an app.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2022

Elon Musk's Twitter ownership begins with firings and uncertainty

Musk has offered little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2022

America's new nuclear power industry has a Russian problem

U.S. firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: Only one company sells the fuel they need, and it's Russian.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022

Tesla shares fall on sales miss as Elon Musk promises ‘epic’ year end

'We have excellent demand for Q4 and we expect to sell every car that we make for as far into the future as we can see,” Musk said.
Japan Times
Greater Bay Area, China report 2022
Oct 20, 2022

Wah Kwong: Charting a course for ever-expanding horizons

It takes guts, gumption and a game plan to navigate the oft-tricky waters of just about any business — especially in the expansive, ever-evolving maritime sector. While it is an industry steeped in time-tested tradition, it is also one that is tossed by tumultuous tides. Seven decades of experience...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022

Murdoch plan to reunite Fox with News Corp. finds few fans

Several analysts said the potential recombination is unlikely to solve one of the key problems facing Fox and News Corp. — low valuations relative to their peers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Sep 15, 2022

A sports media empire runs on ‘good vibes only’

As Jomboy Media has grown, the startup has kept up the positivity and energy that made them popular in the first place.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2022

Ukrainian woman sues Japanese firm over harassment

The woman filed the suit against Akagi Helicopter, an air freight company based in Tokyo's Koto Ward, demanding the firm pay her some u00a55.5 million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2022

Apple unveils new iPhone and smartwatch with a focus on fitness

Apple unveiled the products at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, the first time it had held a product event there since 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2022

How China has added to its influence over the iPhone

Apple is taking small steps toward India. But the production of its latest phone, set for introduction on Wednesday, shows how difficult it will be to make big changes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 5, 2022

Awaji Island takes the lead in decarbonization drive

The island, a 'decarbonization-leading area,' is looking to expand the use of solar power and bamboo as a fuel source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2022

Japan’s 'King of Deals' preps his biggest buy in yen headwinds

Yoshihisa Kainuma of Minebea Mitsumi says his company is keen to buy makers of machine components to beef up its product offerings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

Corporations join the nuclear fusion craze

TAE Technologies' CEO says more corporate partnerships are coming after his company demonstrated a key breakthrough in constructing viable reactors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2022

SoftBank CEO pledges sweeping cost cuts after $23.4 billion loss

Low tech valuations have been draining SoftBank's ability to turn public listings of its portfolio companies into liquidity to fuel further big bets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Longform
Aug 8, 2022

What will it take for Japan to embrace plant-based meat?

With consumers nationwide becoming more health-conscious, soy-based alternatives to animal-based sources of protein appear to be growing on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2022

Elon Musk’s antics turn owners and would-be buyers against Tesla

Dennis Levitt got his first Tesla, a blue Model S, in 2013, and loved it. "It was so much better than any car I've ever driven,” the 73-year-old self-storage company executive says.
Japan Times
Hawaii report 2022
Jul 4, 2022

FICOH: Growing with Hawaii since 1911

Founded in 1911, First Insurance Company of Hawaii Ltd. (FICOH) is Hawaii’s oldest and largest property and casualty insurer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2022

Putin’s swoop on Sakhalin-2 gas plant could force Shell and Japan firms out

Firms have one month to say whether they'll take stakes in the new company, and those who opt out may not be fully compensated, the statement said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2022

SoftBank’s Son faces shareholders shaken by ¥4.6 trillion loss

With SoftBank's own financial health on the line, shareholder confidence is near a breaking point, some analysts have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2022

Private equity giants derided as vultures eye breakthrough in Japan

A successful deal for Toshiba, which may be private equity's largest ever in the country, would signal the once-criticized investors have become more accepted in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jun 13, 2022

Breathalyzers in short supply in Japan amid stricter rules for work drivers

Although alcohol checks can be done visually for the time being, companies that use a certain number of noncommercial vehicles will be required to use breathalyzers starting in October.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
May 27, 2022

Panasonic Connect: From dreams to reality

At the beginning of April, a cheerful commercial was broadcast on various media in Japan. In it, a girl goes to a store to buy the same pair of red-and-white socks her friend is wearing but becomes disappointed when she finds they’re sold out. A sensor in the store captures the expression on her face...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 25, 2022

Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?

The growth in productivity since the pandemic hit now stands at about 1% annually, in line with the meager rate since 2010 — and far below the last stretch of robust improvement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2022

The refinery standing between Germany and a Russian oil embargo

For decades, crude oil piped in from Russia has flowed into a giant refinery in Schwedt, an industrial city on the Oder River, providing jobs for thousands and a reliable source of fuel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2022

‘They’re just numbers,’ Indeed owner’s CEO says of record profit

Even as profit climbs, Recruit's embrace of human-resources technology has made it much more of a tech company, and exposed to the sector's corresponding gyrations in stock prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 12, 2022

Beyond cigarettes: Philip Morris lights up race with Swedish Match bid

Tobacco companies have scrambled over the past decade to find new markets as regulators crack down on cigarettes and more people quit smoking due to the health risks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 11, 2022

Philip Morris agrees to buy Swedish Match for $16 billion

The maker of Marlboros offered 106 kronor ($10.56) a share for the smaller business, it said in a statement, a premium of nearly 40% to Swedish Match's closing price on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2022

U.S. threat to sanction Hikvision shows China ties near a tipping point

The move would mark the first time a Chinese company faces more severe U.S. Treasury Department sanctions that risk curbing its business around the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 3, 2022

Startups apply artificial intelligence to supply chain disruptions

A growing group of startups and established logistics firms has created a multibillion dollar industry applying the latest technology to help businesses minimize supply chain disruption.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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