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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 25, 2020
Kakeibo: Turning a dull aspect of Japanese life into social media gold
At some point in the past decade, the international notion of “weird Japan” — a view in which the country produces more quirky and wacky trends than many other nations, regardless if said example is actually widespread — took a back seat to “boring but profound Japan.” 
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2019
Fired former executive claims Japan Display engaged in accounting fraud
A former financial executive of Japan Display Inc. has claimed that the ailing company was engaged in accounting fraud in the past.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 3, 2017
Judging Japan Inc.'s health through financial reporting
On March 14, Toshiba Corp. announced it will delay, for the second time, the release of its financial earnings for the third-quarter period until April 11, saying it needs more time for an audit of its accounting problems at U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse, which filed for bankruptcy protection last week....
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016
Toshiba sees finances improving after narrowing its business
Toshiba Corp. said its profitability will improve in the next fiscal year as it scales back on products such as personal computers and home appliances.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Akebono Brake backpedals on earnings report amid probe into suspected inflated revenue
Akebono Brake Industry Co. delayed the release of its earnings and began an investigation into its accounting after finding evidence that the Japanese auto-parts maker inflated its revenue.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2015
Japan's Enron reckoning
The Toshiba scandal should be an impetus for the Abe government to do even more to improve corporate governance.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 30, 2015
After rough bond performance, Toshiba seen facing more capital hits
Toshiba Corp.'s bonds were Japan's biggest losers this month, and the worst may not be over in the nation's latest accounting scandal.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2015
Learning from the Toshiba scandal
It remains to be seen if the exit of Toshiba's top executives will change the corporate culture that produced the massive accounting scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2015
Troubled Toshiba to sell $1 billion stake in Finnish elevator maker Kone
Toshiba Corp. is selling a $1 billion stake in Finnish elevator and escalator maker Kone Oyj as the Japanese group moves to bolster its balance sheet amid a probe into accounting irregularities.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2015
Toshiba's cooked books
Unless it's determined why Toshiba's existing governance mechanism failed to prevent accounting irregularities it will be difficult to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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