Commodities
Japan faces hidden costs from US natural gas imports
Utilities must blend fuel to raise heat content to local standards
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Japan
Business Trends
Shareholders speak up as corporate Japan opens dialogue
Proposals for dividend hikes and board reforms swell at annual meetings
Markets
Japan's interbank lending rate slides under zero
Tibor down to minus 0.00818% amid ultralow interest rates
Business Trends
Half a million connected trucks to ease Japan's driver shortage
New rollouts to boost fleet size 150% by 2020 and improve productivity
North Korea at a crossroads
Dismantling Pyongyang's weapons relies heavily on US
Japan to foot bill, while IAEA will focus on verification
Sharing Economy
Airbnb axes thousands more illegal lodgings in Japan
Hosts use fake registration numbers to dodge new law
North Korea at a crossroads
Missile evacuation drills no longer needed, Japan says
North Korea threat 'not imminent'
Business Trends
Japan carmakers pump record $27bn into R&D
Quest for new technologies ignites arms race, but Western rivals spend more
Politics
Japan's ruling party eyes leadership race on Sept. 20
Date falls between 2 events seen as venues for Abe-Kim summit
Arts
Digital art group plants forest of light and color on Tokyo Bay
First permanent teamLab exhibit in Japan immerses you in a 'borderless world'
