The Japan Times

The Japan Times holds the title of Japan's biggest English-language newspaper. It is released by The Japan Times, Ltd., which is a part of Nifco, a prominent producer of plastic fasteners used in the automotive and home design sectors. The newspaper's main office is located in the Japan Times Nifco Building in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo.

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Japan’s biggest insurer weighs riskier overseas CLO investments

14 hours ago | japantimes.co.jp | Taiga Uranaka |Nao Sano

Japan’s biggest life insurer is considering taking on a little more risk with its investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), as it looks for ways to eke out better returns abroad. Nippon Life Insurance last year joined other Japanese institutions that are buying CLOs — financial products made up of leveraged corporate loans — to diversify investments. They have typically focused on the highest-rated notes, which are seen as the least risky but offer lower returns.
McIlroy, Scheffler and Schauffele together for rainy PGA battle

14 hours ago | japantimes.co.jp | Jim Slater

Lightning-fast greens are predicted at rain-soaked Quail Hollow when the 107th PGA Championship tees off Thursday with the world's top-ranked trio in a mouth-watering feature group sure to dominate attention. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, a two-time Masters winner, will join defending champion Xander Schauffele and new Masters champion Rory McIlroy in an 8:22 a.m. (9:22 p.m. in Japan) 10th-tee group Thursday that's guaranteed to thrill.
Dumping biomass in the ocean is not a climate solution

1 day ago | japantimes.co.jp | James Kerry |Lisa Levin

Puro.earth, a self-appointed “carbon-removal certifier,” is seeking to establish a new accredited means of carbon sequestration: dumping bundled biomass (wood or crop waste) into the ocean. At least two companies are already selling carbon credits based on plans to dump biomass in the Black Sea. But “ocean storage of biomass” (OSB) lacks scientific verification and highlights the risks of commercializing unproven climate interventions.
McIlroy looks to the future after post-Masters thrill ride

1 day ago | japantimes.co.jp | Jim Slater

It's only a 2.5-hour drive from Augusta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina, but Rory McIlroy endured a whirlwind journey from his knees at the Masters to the tees at the PGA Championship. McIlroy completed a career Grand Slam by winning at Augusta National last month, sinking to the finely manicured turf of the 18th green in relief after becoming the sixth man to accomplish the feat while snapping an 11-year major win drought. "I always had hope.
China tariff relief spurs shipping rush and price hike U-turns

1 day ago | japantimes.co.jp | Lily Meier |Jeannette Neumann |Daniela Sirtori

It may only be a 90-day reprieve from the steepest of Trump’s China tariffs, but it’s enough time to entice companies to restart factory operations and start shipping. Therabody, a Los Angeles-based maker of wellness products such as Theragun massagers, restarted manufacturing and is ramping up production again in China, Chief Executive Officer Monty Sharma said. He added that "in my 40 years of work,” he’s never been happier "about a 30% increase in our costs.”
Japan’s megabanks to remain buoyed by BOJ’s long game to hike rates

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Reina Sasaki |Rachel Yeo |Justina Lee |Harshita Swaminathan

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will detail how much the Bank of Japan’s commitment to raise borrowing costs could help profit margins in the midst of uncertainty sparked by U.S. tariffs. The central bank stood pat earlier this month after a cycle of rate hikes since March 2024 and halving its economic growth outlook to 0.5% for this fiscal year.
Nissan job cuts double to 20,000 in huge overhaul, NHK says

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Nicholas Takahashi

Nissan will eliminate 11,000 more jobs than previously planned, NHK reported Monday, as part of a plan to restructure its flailing business. The carmaker said in November it would cut 9,000 positions after weak sales in the U.S. and China led to a 94% drop in first-half net income. Now those job cuts will be closer to 20,000, or around 15% of the entire workforce, according to national broadcaster NHK. The redundancies will occur both at home and overseas, it added. Nissan declined to comment.
Seeking emerging currency bargains, investors take fresh look at Asia

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Matthew Burgess |Maria Elena Vizcaino |Catherine Bosley

After years of coming second to popular Latin American carry trades, Asian currencies are finding their cheapness has become an asset as traders seek to capitalize on the dollar’s eroding premium status. Currencies like South Korea’s won, the Indonesian rupiah, and the Indian rupee rank among the most undervalued in emerging markets relative to their historic average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Japan’s sputtering economy likely stalled before Trump’s tariffs

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Toru Fujioka

Japan’s economy likely suffered a contraction in the first three months of this year, signaling underlying fragility even before U.S. tariff measures started hitting the country in earnest, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Gross domestic product adjusted for inflation shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter on an annualized basis, according to the median estimate of economists. That result would mean the first quarterly drop in a year.
World Catholics see the first American pope as hardly American

2 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Patricia Mazzei

The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world, who had considered such an outcome unlikely and perhaps unwelcome — until Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and chose to speak a few sentences in Spanish. In an instant, the new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, signaled that his identity would defy easy categorization.