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MANAGERS

BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2018
Japan's July figures point to slowdown in manufacturing sector
The manufacturing sector lost steam in July as demand for exports weakened.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2015
Japan drastically lowers its goal for female managers in government and private sector
The government abandons its aim of having women in 30 percent of management roles by 2020.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2015
Abe honors firms that promote women on heels of gender target cut
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday presided over a ceremony to celebrate companies that have made progress in promoting women, just weeks after the government scaled back ambitious targets for increasing the number of female managers.
SOCCER
Aug 23, 2014
Mackay, LMA say sorry for text row
Former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay said on Friday he was sorry for sending offensive text messages and the League Managers Association apologized for the wording of a statement issued in response.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2014
Women tend to manage schools
The upward trend for women in school managerial positions is welcome, but their total number continues to be disappointingly low.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2014
Aiming for more women managers
The government and businesses need to get to the bottom of why the gender gap remains so steep in Japan and remove the glass ceiling blocking the rise of women.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2014
Japan should replace risk-averse managers to prosper, Abe adviser says
Japanese businesses need different managers who are more willing to take risks as the country emerges from 15 years of deflation that hampered innovation, according to Takeshi Niinami, chairman of Lawson Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2014
Rakuten exec takes action to help moms
Mie Kurosaka, Rakuten Inc.'s first female executive, returned to work at Japan's biggest online mall operator only three weeks after giving birth in 2002.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2014
Abe's target for women managers won't be met, say Daiwa, Goldman
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Goldman Sachs Japan Co. said they will fall short of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of having women in 30 percent of management jobs by 2020, citing a lack of candidates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
30% female employment goal in jeopardy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fail to meet his goal of having women in 30 percent of management positions in the civil service by 2020 unless candidates are lured from private industry, the gender equality minister said in a recent interview.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2013
Toshiba looks to add female execs
Toshiba announces plans to add about 100 more women to its managerial ranks by fiscal 2016 to nudge it closer to international gender standards.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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