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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2019
Efforts against pandemics that could kill tens of millions 'grossly insufficient,' WHO and World Bank report says
The world faces a mounting threat of pandemics that could kill millions and wreak economic havoc, a international expert panel warns, saying governments should work to mitigate that risk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2019
Japan Post Bank broke rules with sales of investment trust products to thousands of seniors
Japan Post Bank improperly sold investment trust products to elderly customers in violation of its rules in a total of some 20,000 cases, sources have revealed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 6, 2019
Bank of Russia cuts rate for third time as inflation slows
The Bank of Russia pushed through its third consecutive interest-rate cut as inflation dropped closer to a 4 percent target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2019
African Development Bank chief seeks 'bolder' Japanese investment in Africa
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called on Japanese companies to be "bolder" about making investments in Africa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 28, 2019
Japanese government becomes top shareholder of Shinsei Bank
The government has effectively become the top shareholder of Shinsei Bank Ltd., with a stake of about 19 percent in terms of voting rights, replacing U.S. investment fund J.C. Flowers & Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2019
Deutsche Bank says records sought in Trump congressional probe include tax returns, without elaborating
Financial records related to U.S. President Donald Trump and three of his children that congressional Democrats have requested from Deutsche Bank AG include tax returns, the bank disclosed in a court filing on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2019
China's companies have unseen foreign debt that's maturing fast
The foreign debt built up by Chinese companies is about a third bigger than official data show, adding to the pressure on the country's currency reserves as a wave of repayment obligations approaches in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2019
World needs to end risky reliance on U.S. dollar, BoE's Mark Carney says
Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney took aim at the dollar's "destabilizing" role in the global economy on Friday and said central banks might need to join together to create their own replacement reserve currency.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2019
Water pollution an 'invisible threat' to global development goals, economists warn
Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed upon development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report on Tuesday, citing the largest-ever database on the world's water quality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2019
Japan government to become top shareholder of Shinsei Bank
The government is expected to replace J.C. Flowers & Co. as the top shareholder of Shinsei Bank after the institution said Thursday that the U.S. investment firm will sell most of its stake in the bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2019
Japan Post Bank to cap overseas remittances to ¥5 million a day to tackle money laundering
Japan Post Bank Co. and Japan Post Co. will limit the amount of funds that can be sent via their overseas bank transfer service to tackle money laundering.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2019
U.S. probes Chinese banks' role in North Korean nuclear arms
The U.S. is investigating a chain of financial transactions involving three big Chinese banks that allegedly helped finance North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to an appeals court opinion unsealed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2019
Bank of England picks gay World War II code-breaker Alan Turing for new £50 bank note
Mathematician Alan Turing, whose cracking of a Nazi code helped the Allies to win World War II but who committed suicide after being convicted for homosexuality, will appear on the Bank of England's new £50 banknote, the central bank said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2019
Japan regional bank Concordia targets comeback abroad with Southeast Asia foray
One of Japan's biggest regional banks is resuming an expansion overseas, 20 years after the country's financial crisis forced it to retreat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2019
Deutsche Bank axes whole teams in Asia-Pacific as 18,000 job cuts begin
Whole teams in Deutsche Bank's Asian operations were told their positions were gone Monday, as the lender began axing 18,000 jobs globally in one of the biggest overhauls to an investment bank since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2019
Time to rethink the IMF leader's selection process
Ability, not nationality, should be the most important factor in the selection process.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 24, 2019
Guardians of money bristle at Mark Zuckerberg's new financial order
Facebook Inc. was hours away from the formal announcement of its ambitious foray into financial services, but French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was already broadcasting his discontent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2019
Jared Kushner's $50 billion 'peace to prosperity' plan faces broad Arab rejection
U.S. President Donald Trump's economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been met with contempt, repudiation and exasperation in the Arab world, even as some in the Persian Gulf called for it to be given a chance.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
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.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.
'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.

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