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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2020
Kobe Steel and Pasco also hit by cyberattacks, Japan Defense Ministry reveals
Kobe Steel Ltd. and satellite data provider Pasco Corp. have come under cyberattacks in the latest in a series of confirmed cases targeting defense-related companies in Japan, the Defense Ministry has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2020
Nippon Steel to halt Wakayama blast furnace and shut down Hiroshima plant
Japan's largest steel-maker, Nippon Steel Corp., said Friday it will halt two blast furnaces, one in the city of Wakayama and another in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, to accelerate a cutback in output amid deteriorating market conditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2020
Nippon Steel may idle Hiroshima furnaces, cutting its Japan production 10%
Nippon Steel Corp. is considering idling two blast furnaces at a subsidiary in Hiroshima Prefecture, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2019
Amid India steel dispute, U.S. files appeal into WTO system it has broken
The United States on Wednesday fell foul of its own actions that have weakened the World Trade Organization after it filed an appeal in a steel dispute with India, even though WTO adjudicators are no longer able to handle such a case.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2019
Nippon Steel and ArcelorMittal complete ¥772 billion India steel firm purchase
Japan's biggest steel-maker, Nippon Steel Corp., and multinational giant ArcelorMittal SA have completed the purchase of Essar Steel India Ltd. for 500 billion rupees (¥772 billion).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2019
Trump's tariff tweet forecloses on talks over future Brazil steel exports to U.S.
Negotiations over future Brazilian steel exports to the United States have been halted since President Donald Trump tweeted earlier this week that he would slap tariffs back on them, the head of Brazil's steel mills body, IABr, said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2019
A year after Seoul wartime labor ruling, Japan-South Korea leaders' summit on hold
Tokyo plans to continue urging Seoul to resolve the dispute by abiding by a 1965 bilateral pact that was signed along with a treaty to normalize diplomatic relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2019
Japan and South Korea officials to meet in Guam this week in bid to ease tensions
Japan and South Korea are planning to send senior officials to Guam later this week to discuss ways to de-escalate a dispute over trade and wartime history, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019
Highlighting industry's troubles, Kobe Steel's shares take huge hit
Kobe Steel Ltd. tumbled as much as 13 percent in Tokyo to hit the lowest level in almost seven years after Japan's third-biggest steelmaker swung to a first-quarter loss and warned that full-year profit will collapse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2019
E-commerce firm Mercari buys J.League's Kashima Antlers
E-commerce firm Mercari Inc. announced Tuesday it has bought a controlling stake in the first-division Kashima Antlers soccer club, the most successful team in J. League history.
Japan Times
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jul 5, 2019
New JRFU boss Shigetaka Mori faces uphill battle to initiate needed reforms
As a player Shigetaka Mori, the new president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, knew all about success at the domestic level.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019
Nippon Steel's reinvention of its namesake metal could make car bodies 30% lighter
Imagine the weight of 24 elephants bearing down on a tiny spot the size of a postage stamp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2019
British Steel to be placed into administration, threatening thousands of jobs, report says
British Steel, the country's second-largest steel producer, will be placed into administration as early as Wednesday, Sky News reported, jeopardizing some 25,000 jobs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 4, 2019
'The Forest of Wool and Steel': Music and nature intertwine to paint a portrait of growth — review
Natsu Miyashita's 'The Forest of Wool and Steel' is a mesmerizing reading experience, a slow journey in how one young person renders an occupation into a vocation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2019
Tokyo lodges protest as South Korea court is asked to sell Japan firms' assets over wartime labor
Japan protested Wednesday what it sees as inaction by the South Korean government to prevent Japanese corporate assets from being sold as part of a wartime labor dispute.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2019
Eight more wartime forced labor lawsuits filed in South Korea against Japan firms
Aside from the new lawsuits, at least 12 similar cases are pending involving about 920 plaintiffs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2019
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal adopts 'inclusive' trade name minus second part of its official moniker
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., the world's third-biggest steelmaker, changed its name to Nippon Steel Corp. on Monday to start afresh with an "inclusive" trade name as it aims to further expand overseas operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2019
Kobe Steel hit with ¥100 million fine over data fabrication that continued for four decades
A Tokyo court ordered Kobe Steel Ltd. on Wednesday to pay a ¥100 million ($898,000) fine for fabricating product quality data at its domestic plants.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2019
South Korean lawyers to start sale of Nippon Steel's assets over wartime labor
Lawyers visiting from South Korea say they will soon liquidate assets seized from Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. in a wartime labor ruling to compensate the four plaintiffs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2019
South Korea plaintiffs eye liquidating assets seized over wartime labor case
A lawyer for South Korean plaintiffs who won a wartime forced labor case against Japanese steel-maker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. last year indicated Thursday they will soon begin the process of liquidating the company's seized assets, possibly by the end of February, to secure compensation...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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