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M3 INC

COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 16, 2016
Now Carlos Ghosn save Mitsubishi Motors?
The man dubbed as 'le cost killer' faces a tough task in reviving the fortunes of the automotive has-been.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2016
Projector robot moves, learns, alters shape
Cerevo Inc. said Friday it has launched a shape-changing home projector robot that can turn ceilings, walls and floors into displays.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 28, 2016
Nomura exec sees Trump presidency extending Japan's stock rally next year
Policy pledges by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are bullish for Japanese share prices, which will build on their recent gains in 2017, according to Norikazu Akedo, a senior managing director at Nomura Holdings Inc.'s brokerage unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Nov 21, 2016
VR wave to leave Japan awash in business opportunities
New technological innovations have a tendency to create new business opportunities, and the latest craze, virtual reality, is no exception.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2016
AIG sees $430 million loss on Fuji Life sale, gain on Seoul deal
American International Group Inc., the insurer that's shrinking to free up capital for shareholder buybacks, said it expects to book a loss of about $430 million on the previously disclosed deal to sell Fuji Life Insurance Co. in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2016
SoFi expands into life insurance through deal with Protective Life
Social Finance Inc., a fast-growing online lender that focuses on high-earning millennials, is broadening its offerings to include life insurance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2016
Hong Kong tycoon's FWD poised to buy AIG unit in first Japan foray
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li is poised to buy American International Group Inc.'s Fuji Life Insurance Co. business, a deal that marks his FWD Group's first foray into Japanese insurance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2016
Japan seeing brisk sales in Trump masks, translated books
Donald Trump's triumph in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election has turned books and masks related to the real estate tycoon into the hottest-selling items in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 5, 2016
Tokyo Design Week: The professionals
Tokyo Design Week (TDW) seemed a little pared down this year, with a notable absence of a handicrafts creators' fair and only one awards exhibition. Nevertheless, it still offered the familiar lineup of products, interactive installations, architectural models, artworks and robots, as well as a new outdoor...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2016
Startup tests egg-beater-type wind turbine that can resist typhoons on Okinawa
With hurricanes threatening Florida and typhoons lashing Japan, a startup company working on the island of Okinawa is testing a wind turbine that could withstand winds that blow the blades off traditional machines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2016
Apple CEO Cook visits Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto
Tim Cook seems to be enjoying his visit to Kyoto.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2016
Apple in talks with Sharp to supply OLED screens for new iPhones
Apple Inc. is in negotiations with Sharp Corp. to secure organic LED displays for the iPhone maker's next generation of devices, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 29, 2016
Fove Inc. to debut VR goggles that track eyeball movements
Virtual reality is on the cusp of becoming mainstream, but one startup in Japan is betting the technology won't really succeed unless it cracks a critical piece of the puzzle: human eyeballs.
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.

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