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Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2016
Tepco admits success of Fukushima ice wall still unknown
Whether the ¥35 billion gambit is working to block the inflow of groundwater remains unclear six months after it started freezing underground soil.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2016
JX, TonenGeneral finalize merger as Japan's biggest oil refiner
JX Holdings Inc. and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK on Wednesday finalized an agreement to form Japan's biggest oil refiner starting in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2016
Nomura to raise pay for 3,700 employees at Japan brokerage
Nomura Holdings Inc. will raise salaries for staff at its Japanese brokerage for a third year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2015
ANA to use Euglena jet fuel made from green algae at Japan plant
ANA Holdings Inc., the nation's largest airline, plans to use a Euglena Co. biofuel made from algae as the supplier builds a demonstration plant in Yokohama.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2015
In first, ANA to accept 15 Myanmar trainees starting later this month
ANA Holdings Inc. will accept 15 Myanmar trainees starting at the end of this month to work in ground services at Narita airport, including in operating passenger boarding bridges and loading cargo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2015
Japan flying surplus fish across Asia as domestic demand falls
The country that gave the world sushi now finds itself with too much fish.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

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

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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