On Tuesday morning at Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce, Calif., an ongoing dispute between two firefighters escalated, a source told The Times. ( read original story ...)
How to Save Billions in Taxes
Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni Our Times colleague Ed Lee, who wrote about a study finding that ViacomCBS used overseas tax shelters to avoid paying billions in U.S. taxes, goes deeper into ... ( read original story ...)
NIGO Lends His Creative Talents to Tokyo’s Public Toilets
A new project between the Nippon Foundation and the city of Tokyo has garnered famed Japanese designer NIGO to lend his creative talents to designing public toilets. “THE TOKYO TOILET” project invites ... ( read original story ...)
Property Trends: Why Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand Rank High on Buyers’ List
As real estate markets continue to recover in 2021, Asia-Pacific has been showing a faster recovery than other markets—and the reasons are interlinked. Here's why both local and international buyers ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi’s pullout may hurt other Grand Slams
Naomi Osaka, who pulled out of French Open tournament on Monday due to her mental health and was fined $15,000 for skipping media interaction, is the world’s hi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exchange has a problem with its landlord
The owner of Tokyo’s stock exchange premises regularly appoints directors from its top tenant. Bourse operator JPX has been in the vanguard of official efforts to improve boardroom governance and end ... ( read original story ...)
Most Valuable Woman Athlete Naomi Osaka’s Pullout Can Hurts Grand Slams
Naomi Osaka, who pulled out of French Open tournament on Monday due to her mental health and was fined $15,000 for skipping media interaction on Sunday, is the world’s highest-earning female athlete. ( read original story ...)
Most valuable woman athlete Naomi’s pullout may hurt Grand Slams
Naomi Osaka, who pulled out of French Open tournament on Monday due to her mental health and was fined $15,000 for skipping media ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s Vacation Rentals Are Hiring Tech-Savvy Management Companies
H20 Hospitality is a startup in Japan and Korea that manages lodging on behalf of owners with its tech-led system, cutting fixed costs. ( read original story ...)
These UK city centres are the best value for first-time buyers
This means property prices in city centres are falling, so are finally becoming a little more affordable for first-time buyers – and new data from Rightmove sheds light on this. Figures show that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Residential sub-leasing and property management businesses face new regulations
Shoko Ozawa of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explains how the new regulations will affect residential sub-leasing and property management businesses and help to prevent future disputes associated with r ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs to double property investments in Japan – source
Goldman Sachs Group will double its annual property investments in Japan to about 250 billion yen (US$2.3 billion) as the U.S. investment bank ... ( read original story ...)
Housing discrimination is still a problem in Japan
Japanese real estate agents sometimes don't want to try to deal with non-Japanese renters, which is why specialist companies are popping up to help. ( read original story ...)
Goldman to double Japan property investments to over $2 billion a year – Nikkei
Early Monday morning in Asia, Nikkei Asia came out with the news suggesting the doubling of Goldman Sachs’ property investment into Japan moving forward. “Goldman Sachs will increase its property ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-billionaire’s Gold Coast property turned vandal haven
AN ex-Japanese billionaire’s Gold Coast playground has turned into a magnet for thieves stripping the property and vagrants “off their faces” disturbing neighbours. ( read original story ...)
A banker who said ‘No’ to seizing Japanese Americans’ assets
A variety of techniques beyond imprisonment were used by the federal government to control Japanese Americans in the United States during the 1940s. According to the National Park Service, “…the bank ... ( read original story ...)