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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2018
Line and China's Tencent link up to push cashless payments in Japan
Line, Japan's messaging app giant with 78 million users, is stepping up its bid to become a major cashless payment platform by targeting Chinese tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2018
Airbnb to remove listings in West Bank settlements
Short-term rental company Airbnb Inc. said it will remove listings in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, enclaves that most world powers consider illegal for taking up land where Palestinians seek statehood.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
Japan can trim stimulus without repeating mistakes
A misstep 18 years ago should not prevent a careful step today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2018
Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ buys up Commonwealth Bank of Australia's asset arm for $2.9 billion
The upheaval in Australia's scandal-tainted banking industry has handed Japan's largest banking group a long-awaited opportunity to get a bigger foothold in the global asset management industry.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 29, 2018
Kei Nishikori upset by Kevin Anderson in Erste Bank Open final
Kei Nishikori was denied his first ATP Tour title in two years and eight months when he was defeated 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) by No. 2 seed Kevin Anderson in the Erste Bank Open final on Sunday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 28, 2018
Kei Nishikori cruises into Erste Bank Open final
Kei Nishikori advanced to the final of the Erste Bank Open with a straight-sets semifinal victory over Mikhail Kukushkin on Saturday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 27, 2018
Kei Nishikori reaches Erste Bank Open semifinals
Kei Nishikori advanced to the Erste Bank Open semifinals with a straight-sets victory over top seed Dominic Thiem of Austria on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2018
Tokyo inflation holds steady, offering little cheer for Bank of Japan
Tokyo's core consumer price inflation was unchanged in October from the previous month, government data showed Friday, offering little encouragement for Japan's central bank as it struggles to reach its ambitious 2 percent inflation target.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 25, 2018
Kei Nishikori ousts Karen Khachanov to reach Erste Bank Open quarterfinals
Kei Nishikori defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov on Thursday to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2018
Japan's banks and police step up efforts to counter refund scams involving ATMs
Financial institutions and police are stepping up efforts to protect the elderly from refund scams involving ATMs, including the use of systems that automatically suspend transactions if suspicious activity is detected.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 15, 2018
At IMF meeting in Indonesia, China's globalization agenda gets left behind
Three days before U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping portrayed Beijing as the champion and defender of globalization at the Davos World Economic Forum amid rising fears of trade protectionism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2018
Kuroda says signal for stimulus exit would be change in target rate
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says when the central bank is finally ready to signal the start of an exit from its massive monetary stimulus, the shift will be seen in its target rate.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2018
Suruga Bank ordered to suspend real estate financing operations after loan debacle
The six-month suspension follows a spate of improper housing loans, including forgeries of income documents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2018
Japanese government to suspend some Suruga Bank operations over improper loans
Findings by a third-party committee of lawyers, released in September, stated that management were involved in forgeries of loan screening documents, sources said.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2018
Some Bank of Japan policymakers feared at July meeting that policy tweaks might lift rates
Some members of the Bank of Japan's board voiced concern that tweaking its ultraeasy monetary policy could spark an unintended rise in interest rates, according to minutes of their July meeting released Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2018
Palestinian stabs U.S.-Israeli citizen to death at West Bank mall, is captured
A Palestinian fatally stabbed an American-born Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank on Sunday then was himself shot and seized by armed civilians who gave chase.
EDITORIALS
Sep 12, 2018
A regional bank's unscrupulous lending bites back
A regional bank's unusually strong performance was propped up by dubious lending practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 5, 2018
BlackRock sees 'silver lining' when Bank of Japan tapers funds for ETFs
Some investors are worried about the market impact when the Bank of Japan decides to wind back an extraordinary yearslong program of support for the country's stock market, but the world's largest money manager sees less reason for concern.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2018
More big-name firms embroiled in recent U.S. political debates, inviting Trump's wrath
Nike's "Just Do It" campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick is a rare example of a brand jumping into a divisive issue uninvited. Still, like it or not, American companies are increasingly being pulled into the country's political and cultural wars.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2018
Ex-Deutsche Bank dealer joins cryptocurrency startup FXcoin Ltd. as strategist
A Japanese cryptocurrency startup founded by a Deutsche Bank AG veteran has hired another alumnus of the German lender to provide research on digital tokens.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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