The Japan Times, Ltd. (Chairperson, Publisher and President: Minako Suematsu) is a double Gold award winner (small-medium company category) in the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Asia Media Awards 2023. The Japan Times received the awards for “Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated” in the “Best in Breaking News” category as well as “In the shadow of the Fukushima …
Japan and China renewed their pledges to further promote ties upon the 45th anniversary of a bilateral friendship treaty’s coming into force on Monday, as Tokyo continues to seek high-level dialogue with Beijing amid strains in the relationship. “It is important to work together to build a constructive and stable Japan-China relationship from a big-picture perspective,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida …
Japan’s antitrust watchdog has begun an investigation into whether Alphabet’s Google abuses its market position to block rival services, compounding scrutiny of the internet leader’s business practices across the globe. The country’s Fair Trade Commission has begun a probe centered on allegations of potential antitrust violations, an official with the agency said, confirming a Nikkei report. It plans to solicit …
Police are investigating a 28-year-old man over his alleged involvement in the death of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in a rental car in the town of Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture last week. Tatsuya Yasuzumi, who is unemployed, was in the driver’s seat when police found a suspicious-looking parked car. As he was being questioned, the police found the …
Adolis Garcia smashed a grand slam and the Texas Rangers beat the defending champion Houston Astros 9-2 on Sunday to force a winner-take-all showdown in the American League Championship Series. The Rangers evened the best-of-seven series 3-3 and will try to reach their first World Series since 2011 by winning on the road again on Monday. “Going to be a …
Nagoya – Toyota said Monday operations had resumed at some of its domestic plants after an accident at a parts supplier’s factory a week earlier hit output. The world’s largest automaker by volume restarted five production lines at four factories in northeastern and central Japan, with parts supply still affected following the accident that led to the halt of 13 …
Japan’s era of negative interest rates will end in coming months, and the implications for world markets will be enormous, with U.S. Treasurys set to suffer the most, according to the latest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse survey. The Bank of Japan is likely to unwind its unusual policy of subzero rates during the first half of 2024, the majority of …
Chinese authorities are again shaking the confidence of foreign companies in the country with a series of arrests and an investigation into Foxconn Technology Group, Apple’s most important partner and one of the largest employers in China. Over the weekend, state media said that regulators are conducting tax audits and reviewing land use by Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that makes …
The yen briefly weakened beyond ¥150 against the dollar again as the wide yield gap between Japan and the United States continues to weigh on this year’s worst-performing major currency. It touched ¥150.11 per the greenback in early Asian trading on Monday before quickly recovering amid weight from options-related dollar selling and suggestions of algorithmic transactions. It was little changed …
Chitose, Hokkaido – The nationally backed effort to revive Japan’s semiconductor industry with Rapidus, a new firm that plans to mass produce 2-nanometer chips, has been called Hokkaido’s largest-ever development project — one that will revive the local economy and create new jobs and industry. But underneath the ambitious future plans and official proclamations of confidence, there is a mixture …