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FINANCIAL TIMES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2019
No-deal Brexit could prompt Nissan to reconsider Sunderland plant, FT reports
Japanese carmaker Nissan will review its decision to build the Qashqai SUV in northern England if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, potentially leading to the closure of the Sunderland plant, the Financial Times reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2018
Hong Kong press freedom in question as Financial Times journalist denied visa
Hong Kong has refused to renew a work visa for the Asia news editor of the Financial Times, who is also an official of the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC), a decision that has shocked many in the financial hub's international community.
JAPAN
May 21, 2018
Former Financial Times Tokyo bureau chief Charles Smith dies at 82
Charles Smith, who served as Tokyo bureau chief of the Financial Times in the 1970s and of the Far East Economic Review in the 1980s, passed away at the age of 82 Friday of acute respiratory failure, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2015
Nikkei's $1.3 billion FT bid 'too much,' Axel Springer CEO says
Axel Springer SE would have "loved" to buy the Financial Times, but the $1.3 billion (¥161.7 billion) Nikkei Inc. paid for the salmon-hued paper was too much for the German media group, according to Chief Executive Officer Mathias Doepfner.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2015
Japan banks said to weigh lending billions of yen to Nikkei for acquisition of Financial Times
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is among the banks that are preparing to offer about ¥100 billion ($810 million) in loans for Nikkei Inc. to buy the Financial Times, people with knowledge of the matter said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2015
FT challenges Nikkei's values
The Financial Times is everything that Nikkei is not. It is questionable whether international and Japanese news values will fit easily together.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2015
For industry, Nikkei deal to acquire FT raises questions about shift in standards
Despite assurances following the Nikkei's takeover of the London-based Financial Times, some staff are worried about what changes may be coming their way.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2015
After surprise FT sale, focus turns to The Economist
The Economist Group could become the latest British media business to undergo a change of ownership this year as its co-owner Pearson focuses on education, bankers and industry sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015
Nikkei Inc. announces it will buy venerable Financial Times in ¥160 billion deal
The surprise announcement by Nikkei Inc. has raised questions about whether the Japanese company can successfully manage such a highly regarded news company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015
Nikkei snaps up London's Financial Times for $1.3 billion
Japanese media group Nikkei has agreed to buy the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson for $1.3 billion, putting one of the world's premier business newspapers in the hands of a company influential at home but little known outside Japan.
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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