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Tara Lachapelle
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2021
Wall Street is dealing like it¡¯s 2007
At this rate, the value of private equity purchases in 2021 will surpass the total for all of 2020 in just a few weeks, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2021
Don¡¯t be the next $5 million hacker payday
Often all it takes is an oblivious worker clicking a tainted e-mail link, or an IT department getting momentarily lazy about computer-system hygiene.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2021
Netflix gets to say ¡®I told you so,¡¯ for now
The firm¡¯s strategy of spending heaps of borrowed money to produce future programming left it remarkably and uniquely prepared for the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2021
Bezos-Buffett-Dimon dream team couldn¡¯t?fix?health care
The dissolution of the Haven accord is emblematic of the profound challenge that haunts business leaders and politicians alike.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2020
Can marijuana help Biden heal a divided nation?
Five states passed ballot measures on marijuana use. It was a moment that cannabis companies and their investors have been waiting for: to be considered a legitimate industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2020
If 2020 wasn¡¯t strange enough, printers are staging a comeback
As many have discovered while working from home, we really do print more than we think.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2020
What a decade of Netflix did to Hollywood
The rise of the streaming-video leader has spurred a rash of mergers that are transforming the industry.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 3, 2019
¡®Avengers: Endgame¡¯ makes Disney invincible in 2019. Then what?
As ¡°Avengers: Endgame¡± smashes box-office records, Walt Disney Co.¡¯s greatest challenge is coming into focus: How will the moviemaking giant outdo itself?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2014
Sony suffering seen as prelude to Loeb-inspired revamp
Sony Corp.¡¯s latest earnings disappointment held a silver lining: the company¡¯s willingness to entertain some of activist investor Daniel Loeb¡¯s suggestions. And it may be just the beginning.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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