Tag: The Japan Times
Toyota halts production lines at plant again
Toyota on Wednesday revealed that production lines at the Fujimatsu plant of wholly owned unit Toyota Auto Body in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, had been halted again.
‘Point of no return’: Why Kyiv won’t sit down with the Kremlin
When delegations from Moscow and Kyiv met in Belarus for secretive peace talks weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, it took Ukraine’s lead negotiator less than an hour to lose hope.
Kishida to possibly meet Israeli president on Friday
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is arranging to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog as early as Friday on the sidelines of a U.N. conference on climate change amid the Middle Eastern nation’s war with Hamas, government sources said.
MLB and Formula 1 face fraud suits for promoting FTX
FTX investors suing the cryptocurrency exchange’s celebrity promoters for allegedly helping to facilitate an $11 billion fraud have some new targets, including Major League Baseball, Formula One racing and Mercedes-Benz Group’s racing team.
U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashes off Japan’s Yakushima island
The Japan Coast Guard said Wednesday that it had received an emergency call saying an Osprey tilt-rotor plane had crashed off the coast of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashes off Japan’s Yakushima island
The Japan Coast Guard said Wednesday that it had received an emergency call saying an Osprey tilt-rotor plane had crashed off the coast of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Kirishima takes Emperor’s Cup and yokozuna hopes from Takakeisho
Like ships that pass in the night, the yokozuna promotion hopes of ozeki pair Takakeisho and Kirishima briefly intersected on the final day of the November tournament.
Nomura eyes extra $100 million wholesale banking cost cuts
Nomura Holdings is aiming for an additional $100 million in cost reductions in its wholesale banking division, as Japan’s largest brokerage seeks to lift its performance.
After Munger’s death, Berkshire Hathaway succession in focus
The death of Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger heralds the end of an era, leaving Warren Buffett as the conglomerate’s lone investing legend and shining the spotlight on managers who have largely operated in their shadow.
U.S. bishops cling to fossil fuels, despite Pope’s 2015 appeal
Hundreds of Catholic institutions around the globe have announced plans to divest their finances of oil, gas and coal to help fight climate change since Pope Francis published his landmark encyclical on environmental stewardship in 2015 urging a break with fossil fuels.
