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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022
Japan’s unemployment edges up amid record COVID-19 wave
The jobless rate rose to 2.8% in January as the number of people working fell by a seasonally adjusted 190,000 from December, the internal affairs ministry reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Japan's fourth-quarter capital expenditures growth rises
Japanese firms increased spending on plant and equipment for the third consecutive quarter in October to December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 17, 2022
Japan's firms see one-time bonuses lifting salaries — not permanent raises
Wages remain one of the most vexing problems in Japan, where policymakers want to see higher salaries to spur more domestic consumption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2022
Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ among banks that gave coal sector over $1.5 trillion in three years
The Japanese firms, both members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, were identified as the two biggest lenders in a report by a group of 28 nongovernmental organizations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2022
Japanese economy at risk of shrinking again due to omicron
Many Tokyo-based economists are among those warning that the omicron wave could trigger yet another quarter of negative growth for the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2021
Poll finds 89% in Japan back Kishida’s ban on new foreign arrivals
The Yomiuri poll also found support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party up slightly at 41%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2021
Tokyo maintains third place in global city ranking as work flexibility improves
London finished ahead of New York and in the top spot for the tenth straight year, while Paris and Singapore rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
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.
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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