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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2016

Emirates to acquire two orphaned Skymark superjumbos

Emirates, already the biggest buyer of Airbus Group SE's A380 superjumbo, has agreed to take two extra aircraft originally commissioned by Skymark Airlines Inc., swelling its order tally to 142 of the planes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 10, 2016

BOJ should ease further, says Abe adviser Honda

The Bank of Japan should use a combination of a more-negative benchmark rate and enlarged asset purchases "sometime, before long" to help the economy, according to Etsuro Honda, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2016

Abe setting up panel to debate extra budget before G-7 summit

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will convene an advisory panel to consider an extra budget for the coming fiscal year, sources said days after the Group of 20 nations urged more fiscal spending to support the ailing global economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016

How Asia lost an economic role model

If Thaksin Shinawatra can diagnose Thailand's problems from exile, why can't the military junta fix them?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2016

Top court votes along ideological lines to halt Obama's legacy carbon pledge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama by putting on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, the centerpiece of his administration's strategy to combat climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2016

Tepco looks overseas as shake-up, competition loom at home

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is seeking to expand operations abroad to diversify amid a power market shake-up at home.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Jan 19, 2016

Sakakibara says dollar at ¥110 would not derail recovery

Former Vice Finance Minister Eisuke Sakakibara says that while doubts over the global economy are strengthening the yen the currency probably will not gain enough to hurt Japan's exporters.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jan 18, 2016

Let's discuss My Number

My Number, the new personal identification system for social security and taxation matters, kicks off amid data security fears.
EDITORIALS
Jan 11, 2016

2016's economic outlook

Major economic decisions appear likely in 2016, including whether Abe will delay the consumption tax hike scheduled for April 2017.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2016

New tax system won't ease burden for car owners, says head of automakers' lobby group

Car owners in Japan have been shouldering unfair levies and a new tax to replace the current car acquisition tax next year will not ease the burden, said Fumihiko Ike, chairman of the nation's biggest automakers' lobby group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 28, 2015

Eat-in areas on the rise in Japan’s convenience stores and supermarkets

In the quest for next-level service, convenience stores and supermarkets are increasingly keen to experiment with "eat-in" lounge areas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2015

Abe's tax compromise raises odds of twin summer polls

Abe may now be able to persuade his ally Komeito to agree to a snap Lower House election on the same day as an upper chamber poll.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 9, 2015

France's shift to the right bypasses Sarkozy's new party

This was going to be the landslide win that set Nicolas Sarkozy on a fast-track to regaining the French presidency in 2017. Or at least that was his plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 7, 2015

BOJ trails ECB's rates; experts see few options

Now that the European Central Bank has cut its deposit rate, while the Bank of Japan has held steady on policy for more than a year, concerns are growing that BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has little room to maneuver.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2015

Japan set to get more LNG than it needs

The nation is probably set to receive more LNG than it needs, potentially forcing some purchasers in the world's biggest user of the fuel to resell cargoes and add to a glut.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2015

NATO to keep Afghanistan troop level intact, seek funds amid 'sobering' realities on ground

The NATO allies decided on Tuesday to hold alliance troop levels in Afghanistan steady at about 12,000 next year and launched a campaign to fund the 350,000 Afghan forces it hopes can some day secure the country against Taliban militants.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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