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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 26, 2020
Brave new world of ESG bonds can sometimes leave investors cold
A new type of bond that penalizes issuers for failing to meet social and environmental goals is raising concern that buying the debt may not be all that ethical.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2020
Toshiba shareholder 3D Investment wants independent probe into AGM vote
A major investor in Toshiba Corp. has called for a third-party investigation into the conglomerate's annual shareholders meeting, saying its vote was not fully recognized in a potential breach of governance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 3, 2020
Internet holds the key to the post-coronavirus era
Ability to put innovation into practice determines recovery of virus-hit economy
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2020
Over 1,400 Japan Post workers improperly sold insurance products, probe finds
The Japan Post Holdings Co. group said Thursday it had confirmed Japan Post Insurance Co. products were sold improperly by 1,447 post office workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 15, 2020
In fresh scandal for Toshiba, subsidiary found to have booked ¥43.5 billion in fictitious sales
Toshiba Corp. said Friday that a subsidiary booked fictitious sales of ¥43.5 billion in 26 transactions recorded only on paper.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan Post Insurance misconduct may have hit 60,000 more customers
Improper sales practices for Japan Post Insurance Co. products may have disadvantaged 60,000 more customers than previously known, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2020
Nissan considers scrapping advisory roles for former executives
Nissan Motor Co. may stop placing former executives in advisory posts as part of an overhaul to its corporate governance practices following the ousting of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019
Ruling against France's Orange over suicides sets precedent for corporate responsibility
A landmark ruling against the former French telecommunications monopoly could pave the way for similar collective procedures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2019
Takedown: The monumental fall of auto titan Carlos Ghosn
It took two decades for "le cost-cutter" Carlos Ghosn to carve out his three-way automobile empire. But in a matter of days, it was ripped from his grasp.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2019
Japan Post uncovers nearly 20,000 cases of improper investment trust sales
Japan Post Bank has said that it has found 19,591 cases of improper investment trust sales since April last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2019
Trump claimed business losses of $1.17 billion over a decade, report says
U.S. President Donald Trump, who won the presidency in part on his image as a successful business mogul, lost $1.17 billion over 10 years on failed business deals, according to tax records obtained by The New York Times.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 27, 2019
Google launches global council to advise on AI and tech ethics
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Tuesday it was launching a global advisory council to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019
Competitive culture brings out the worst in scientists
A Chinese researcher wanted to be a pioneer so badly that he ignored ethical boundaries; others think a Nobel is a license to rant
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2018
China gene-editing scientist's project rejected for WHO database
The global medical community is distancing itself further from the researcher whose controversial gene-editing work has been condemned by scientists and the Chinese government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2018
WHO plans team to consider standards for 'uncharted water' gene editing
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that gene editing "may have unintended consequences" and that it was setting up a team of experts to study the ethical, social and safety dimensions and set guidelines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2018
Gene editing: Repeating nature's experiment
A mutation sometime in the last 3,000 years already gave some Europeans the immunity that a scientist claims to have recreated in an embryo.

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