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An employee works on the Twister ice cream production line at Unilever Wall's factory in Gloucester, England, last November.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2026
Ice cream makers bet consumers still want treats, just healthier ones
Companies may be enjoying a summer sales boost, but behind the scenes they are preparing for a future where consumers want fewer reasons to feel guilty about treating themselves.
A view of a Nestle, La Laitiere product cover in a supermarket in Paris. The video of Nestle's version of Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer's oil painting The Milkmaid generated sigificant "media value" for the Swiss food giant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2023
From ¡®Mad Men¡¯ to machines? Big advertisers shift to AI
Many companies remain wary of security and copyright risks, however, meaning humans will remain part of the process for the foreseeable future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 26, 2022
Big grocery shock looms as food giants face cooking oil risk
The world¡¯s biggest shipper, Indonesia, will halt some cooking oil exports from April 28 after a domestic shortage led to street protests over high food costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2022
Net-zero plans of the biggest global companies do not add up to net zero
A new report found that 25 of the world¡¯s most valuable companies have climate goals that are weaker than how they¡¯ve been marketed so far.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2021
Think everything¡¯s expensive now? Get ready for what¡¯s next.
Companies are facing a dire mix of supply-chain challenges, as well as higher costs for energy, raw materials, packaging and shipping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2020
Unilever¡¯s ice cream deliveries show anything can be sold online
Just-in-time gains a new meaning when you¡¯re rushing online orders of frozen treats like almond-coated Magnum ice cream bars to consumers before they melt.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 26, 2020
Unilever faces calls to pull skin lightening products in South Asia
Fair & Lovely products are sold across Asia, but the brand has long been criticized as perpetuating negative racial stereotypes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2019
Awash with plastic bottles and lacking a law, Kenya struggles to recycle with help from Coca-Cola and Unilever
As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya they hope will provide a model for other developing countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2018
Alibaba harnesses vast trove of shoppers¡¯ data to create ¡®spicy¡¯ Snickers bar
Brands spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year trying to figure out what consumers want.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2016
Nissan readies legal action against Brexit campaign over logo use
Nissan said it would take legal action against the official campaign for Britain to leave the European Union after the group used the Japanese carmaker¡¯s logo in leaflets calling for voters to back Brexit on June 23.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2014
Mizkan buys up Ragu, Bertolli sauce brands
Mizkan Group has agreed to buy Unilever¡¯s Ragu and Bertolli pasta sauce brands for $2.15 billion as Japanese companies continue to diversify by acquiring Western assets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2014
Unilever slips into buttery embrace
Paul Polman, CEO of margarine maker Unilever, has criticized butter in the past, saying the dairy fat ¡°kills.¡± With sales of the company¡¯s spreads sagging, he is now embracing it.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Behind Takaichi¡¯s subtle signals at Â鶹´«Ã½ WWII events
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on among children during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ macabre literati go global
From Edogawa Ranpo to Uketsu, Japanese writers have long put their own twists on the conventions of crime, horror and mystery, creating a literary tradition that can be as unsettling as it is inventive.

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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.
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