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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2014

Seafood a sweet spot in Japanese exports as yen weakens

Seafood is a sweet spot in Japanese exports this year that is pushing sales of food abroad to a record and gaining strength as the yen weakens.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2014

Paraguayan plant stevia upends sugar market

The maker of America's top sugar brand, Domino Sugar, is launching its first no-calorie "natural" sweetener extracted from the stevia plant in Paraguay, the strongest sign yet that the upstart product is threatening to eat into demand for sugar.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 23, 2014

Technology companies winning battle with 'patent trolls'

For two decades, companies that buy software patents in order to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled as "patent trolls," they have attacked everything from Google's online ads to Apple's iPhone features, sometimes winning hundreds of millions of dollars.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 22, 2014

Japan's 'unknown' record-breakers eye high-tech horizons on stage and off

Siro-A is going where no Japanese performing artists have gone before, as the all-action troupe this month launched into not its first, or second — but its third three-month West End run since its "Technodelic Visual Show" in 2013.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014

Islam-convert who killed soldier in Quebec was on Canada police radar

A Canadian man who rammed two soldiers in Quebec with his car, killing one of them, converted to Islam last year and was among 90 people being tracked by Canadian police on suspicion of taking part in militant activities abroad or planning to do so.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2014

Uneaten food threatens China's environment

Despite the fact that 11.5 percent of the China mainland's population was undernourished between 2010 and 2012, Chinese still manage to waste more food grains than Americans on an annual basis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2014

'Konbini' coffee wins praise and profit for convenience stores

"Conbini" (convenience store) operators are jostling for eminence in a famously cut-throat industry, and one product has come up trumps for the market's top players — coffee.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2014

Takata air bag defects far more severe than revealed

Manufacturing problems with Takata Corp. air bags go beyond what the Tokyo-based company has disclosed to U.S. safety regulators about why the devices are at risk of exploding with dangerous force, according to internal company documents reviewed by Reuters.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 19, 2014

Abe's inner circle sprouting horns over next tax bump

A major battle appears to be brewing between the office of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Finance Ministry — the most powerful bureaucracy in Japan — over whether to raise the consumption tax from the current 8 percent to 10 percent next fall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2014

Scion of Pakistan's Bhutto dynasty makes political debut

The only son of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told hundreds of thousands of supporters on Saturday that he would fight for his party's revival, in an appearance intended to mark the official launch of his political career.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 18, 2014

Hideaki Anno: emotional deconstructionist

With dozens of the renowned filmmaker's works scheduled to be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival over the next two weeks, we speak to the man behind the 'Evangelion' sci-fi franchise about his apocalyptic influences and prod him on the question that is on every fan's lips
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2014

Promoting women at work

Draft legislation prepared by the Abe administration would require large companies as well as the national and local governments to set targets for promoting women in their organizations, beginning in fiscal 2016.
WORLD
Oct 16, 2014

Michael Jackson tops Forbes list of highest-earning dead celebrities

Five years after his death, singer Michael Jackson is generating a fortune and is the top-earning dead celebrity, raking in an estimated $140 million in the past year for his estate, according to Forbes magazine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014

Teen, inspired by SoftBank's Son, builds a startup

Yoichiro Mikami wanted to be the next Masayoshi Son, Japan's second-richest man, so he dropped out of high school at 16 this year.
EDITORIALS
Oct 12, 2014

Accounting for political allowance

The hysterical, weeping visage on YouTube of a Hyogo prefectural assemblyman whose hand was caught in the cookie jar in July continues to focus public attention on how local legislators should use a monthly allowance dispensed for the purpose of helping them 'deepen their knowledge in policy matters.'
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2014

Sectarian tension threatening to tip Lebanon

With all eyes focused on sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria, little attention has been paid to Sunni-Shiite relations in Lebanon, where the potential for a perfect storm is brewing.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 11, 2014

China's new strongman Xi has a dream

President Xi Jinping is China's most authoritarian leader since Deng Xiaoping, a strongman who has moved aggressively to assert and consolidate power while promoting a cult of personality.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2014

Moody's boosts Nomura credit rating for first time since 2005

Nomura Holdings Inc.'s credit rating was raised by Moody's Investors Service for the first time since November 2005 as Japan's largest brokerage showed improved profitability.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Oct 8, 2014

『PETER RABBIT™ ENGLISH DIARY』2015年度版 発売!

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役:堤丈晴)は、世界でもっとも有名なうさぎの絵本キャラクターである、ピーターラビットの物語の一節を英語で収めた2015年版のダイアリーを発売しました。
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2014

Abenomics' women problem

The key to Abenomics' success may turn on whether the Japanese people are convinced that more women in the workforce are essential to their country's economic revival, and on whether they will support efforts to establish institutions that support working women.
BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2014

Fukushima falls to Aomori in bj-league opener

The Aomori Wat's began their second season by recording a road victory against the Fukushima Firebonds, a first-year franchise, on Saturday night.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 4, 2014

'It's as if time has stopped since the vaccine'

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Japan. But what if there was a vaccine that could prevent a certain type of cancer? And what if it was free?
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 4, 2014

Sato shines as role model

With her clumsy but emotional and breathtaking presentation at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid in September 2013, Mami Sato became a household name in Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2014

North Korea may have shut down reactor: U.S. think tank

North Korea may have shut down a recently restarted reactor that can yield plutonium for bombs, possibly for renovation or partial refueling, a U.S. security institute said, citing new satellite imagery.

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