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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2018
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance seen surviving the arrest of Carlos Ghosn
The arrest Monday of Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is widely credited with turning around the struggling Yokohama-based automaker and forming one of the world's most powerful auto groups, has sent shock waves through the industry and left observers wondering what will become of the firm's cross-border...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2018
Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested over allegations of 'grave' financial misconduct
Prosecutors move toward arresting the top executive over allegations that he under-reported his corporate salary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
Auto tariffs riskier than Wall Street thinks: economist
Wall Street may be underestimating the threat of tariffs on the auto industry, according to Phil Levy, a senior fellow on global economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2018
Battery boom: The future of cars rests with firms that predate the Model T
It took more than seven years for automakers to sell 4 million passenger electric vehicles. It'll take about six months to sell the next million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2018
Plowing millions into Uber, Toyota prepares for a future with fewer privately owned cars
Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest carmaker, is preparing for a potential future where people don't buy cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2018
Japan-U.S. trade talks may be less of a concession than they appear
At a glance, it may appear U.S. President Donald Trump has scored a significant victory after his latest talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2018
Carlos Ghosn vows to stay as Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance nears a crossroads
Carlos Ghosn, who built the three-way union of Renault, Nissan. and Mitsubishi Motors, said overseeing the group is a job he isn't looking to relinquish.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2018
After years of resistance, Toyota to add Android Auto software to vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles, according to a person familiar with the matter, ending years of resistance to Google's infotainment software caused by safety and security concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2018
Japan's auto lobby says it hopes NAFTA will keep current framework
Japan's automakers' association said Thursday it hopes that the North American Free Trade Agreement will maintain its current framework as the United States, Canada and Mexico update the trade pact amid growing trade tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2018
When electric vehicles' day comes, it will be suddenly
Californians will soon be presented with compelling, cost-competitive electric vehicles of many different types. Those factors will probably drive sales up significantly.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 3, 2018
Let's discuss flying cars
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars, enlisting companies including Uber and Airbus to join a public-private panel tasked with making airborne vehicles a reality in the next decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2018
Toyota to target tripling of China output to 3.5 million vehicles over next decade
Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to triple car production in China by as soon as 2030 in a renewed push to make up lost ground in the world's biggest market, according to sources.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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