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"Japan’s Newest Technology Innovation: Priest Delivery" is from the September 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Now Fumiko Motoya and her husband, Toshio, founders of APA Group, a Japanese real-estate and hotel empire, are facing a barrage of criticism in China. Their twin projects — business and conservative politics — collided this week in an uproar over right-wing historical books promoted at APA’s chain of 370 budget hotels, in which such publications are often distributed to rooms in much the same way as Gideon Bibles in U.S. hotels.

"Right-Wing Hoteliers in Japan Anger China With Radical Historical Views" is from the January 19, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

The sweeping 12-nation agreement, negotiated by the Obama administration and formally rejected by Trump on Monday, would have opened swaths of Japan’s highly protected agricultural sector, and was bitterly opposed by farmers. Now, without U.S. involvement, the deal looks as good as dead.

"After Trump Rejects Pacific Trade Deal, Japan Fears Repeat of 1980s" is from the January 25, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

It is a dilemma most marketers would long for: a product with a built-in fan base and perhaps too much cultural cachet. For all their passion, Panasonic calculated, the SL-1200’s core customers were not numerous enough, or rich enough, to make reviving the Technics brand financially worthwhile. It needed to reach wealthy, older audiophiles who would spend extravagantly on gear — not only the turntable, but also the amplifier, speakers and other equipment that the company markets alongside it.

Westinghouse Electric Company, which helped drive the development of nuclear energy and the electric grid itself, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, casting a shadow over the global nuclear industry.

"Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power" is from the March 29, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Diane Cardwell and Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Just like the United States and other developed countries, Japan has a hard time finding people to pick vegetables, collect nursing-home bedpans and wash restaurant dishes. In the United States, many of these low-skilled, low-paying jobs are filled by immigrants in the country illegally, an arrangement attacked by President Donald Trump during his campaign.

Japan, on the other hand, long ago achieved what Trump has promised: It has very little illegal immigration and is officially closed to people seeking blue-collar work.

"Japan Limited Immigration; Now It’s Short of Workers" is from the February 10, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen" is from the July 14, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Sometimes the perpetrators are gangsters. Sometimes they are rather less accustomed to the criminal life. In one case, the ringleader of a middle-aged, female crime ring was said to be a 66-year-old woman.

"Gangsters, Grandmothers and Gold: Japan’s New Crime Wave" is from the June 14, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Japan’s economy grew more strongly than expected in the second quarter, extending the longest streak of uninterrupted growth in 11 years, government data showed Monday.

"Japan’s Economy Grows Again, in Longest Streak in 11 Years" is from the August 14, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Kristi Burns.

At a factory near the base of Mount Fuji, workers painstakingly assemble transmissions for some of the world’s top-selling cars. The expensive, complex components, and the workers’ jobs, could be obsolete in a couple of decades.

"As Electric Cars’ Prospects Brighten, Japan Fears Being Left Behind" is from the January 09, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Japan’s Struggling Economy Finds ‘Abenomics’ Is Not an Easy Fix" is from the October 27, 2015 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Japan's Newest Technology Innovation: Priest Delivery" is from the September 20, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Court Orders One of Japan's Two Operating Nuclear Plants to Shut Down" is from the March 09, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Eight teenagers from a high school mountaineering club died in an avalanche on Monday in an area of northeastern Japan that had been blanketed by unusually heavy spring snows, authorities said.

"Japan Avalanche Kills 8 Teenage Mountaineers on School Trip" is from the March 27, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Mitsubishi Cheating Scandal Expands to More Models" is from the May 11, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Mitsubishi Says It Cheated on Fuel Tests for Decades" is from the April 26, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Mitsubishi Admits Cheating on Fuel-Economy Tests" is from the April 20, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Bonds Follow Bank of Japan into Negative Territory
" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Japan's Top Court Upholds Law Requiring Spouses to Share Surname" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Shigekazu Miyazaki is spending what should have been his retirement 25,000 feet in the air.

"The Pilot in the Cockpit? In Japan, He Might Be a Retiree" is from the July 28, 2017 Financial section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Soble and narrated by Fleet Cooper.