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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 26, 2020
Telltale signs that a business in Japan may be teetering on the edge of financial ruin
One reliable way to discern if the corporate ship is listing severely is to scrutinize the behavior of its president.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2020
Losing face: 6,000 surgical masks stolen from Kobe hospital
A total of 6,000 surgical masks have been lost at a hospital in Kobe, it was learned Tuesday. The Hyogo Prefectural Police is investigating the incident as a case of theft.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 8, 2020
Examining the cold hard facts of dependency
Everybody's hooked on something. What's life without its little pleasures? Mere struggle for survival. Smokers crave nicotine, coffee-drinkers caffeine, gamers games. The pursuit of happiness takes many forms. Society approves of most, frowns on others. Some it bans outright.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2020
Tokyo seizes title of Japan's bag-snatching capital from Osaka
Osaka has lost its title as Japan's bag-snatching capital after the number of cases recorded by police in the prefecture fell by 146 in 2019 from the previous year to 254, police sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2019
'Santa' robs Colorado bank, throws money to passersby
A man with a white beard was being held on $10,000 bond for allegedly robbing a Colorado bank and throwing the stolen cash into the air while shouting, "Merry Christmas!" to passersby, police and local media reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2019
Police urge vigilance as thieves and scammers target Japan's typhoon-hit areas
Sneak thieves and prowlers have been found to be active in areas of northeastern to central Japan stricken by Typhoon Hagibis in mid-October, authorities have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2019
North Korea may have played a role in massive ¥1.86 billion ATM fraud at Japanese convenience stores in 2016: U.N. panel
North Korea may have been involved in a case in which ¥1.86 billion was withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs in Japan in 2016, a U.N. panel said in an interim report on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2019
Japan panel resumes talks on steps to fight digital piracy
A government panel has resumed talks on measures against pirate websites where manga and other content are uploaded without the permission of copyright holders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2019
Binance says hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin worth $40 million from its exchange, one of the world's largest
Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 bitcoin worth about $40 million via a single transaction in a "large scale security breach," the latest in a long line of thefts in the digital currency space.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.

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