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PANAMA

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2016
Countries pledge to fight graft by revealing who owns companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2016
Australian Prime Minister Turnbull named in Panama Papers, denies wrongdoing
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2016
New Zealand prime place to hide money: Panama Papers
New Zealand is at the heart of a tangled web of shelf companies and trusts that are being used by wealthy Latin Americans to channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on the so-called Panama Papers data leak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
Japan's offshore investors on edge as Panama Papers revelations spark Hong Kong clampdown
Earlier this month, major banks in the territory suddenly stopped accepting applications to open accounts, says one financial consultant.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 21, 2016
Japan, Panama agree to begin negotiations over exchange of tax information
Japan and Panama on Wednesday agreed to start negotiations on a tax information exchange agreement to enhance transparency in the financial system. The move comes at a time of scrutiny over offshore tax avoidance by the rich and powerful following a leak of records from a prominent law firm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2016
Panama's president says vilification over tax haven issue is unfair
Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said Monday in Tokyo it is unjust of the global community to attack his nation over the so-called Panama Papers, as it is in the process of negotiating tax information exchange agreements with other countries, including Japan, to enhance the transparency of its...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2016
Closing the tax loopholes
The British government needs to take more effective measures to deal with anonymous shell companies and to control tax havens.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2016
Insight into the global shell game
A trove of documents from a Panamanian law firm is rattling politics around the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016
Cameron may be clean, but that isn't the point
Revelations that British Prime Minister David Cameron benefited from shares in a Panama-based fund have undermined the honest-broker image he was seeking ahead of the 'Brexit' referendum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016
A tricky Edward Snowden moment for China
The Panama Papers have cast an unwelcome spotlight on the financial affairs of China's elite.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.

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