Los Angeles Times
Betts, UCLA rout Oregon in Big Ten opener
Bruins take complete control by the third quarter despite Ducks’ attempts to tap brakes.
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December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Growth by design: building a global health partner from Japan's heart
NIPRO CORPORATION is expanding from its Osaka roots into a truly global, comprehensive healthcare company with a spirit of “WA-gokoro”—anchored in Japanese values, engineered for speed, and focused on patient outcomes.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Japan's Chemistry of Trust: From Kumamoto to California in Clinical Diagnostics
Dojindo Laboratories, a life sciences company founded in Kumamoto in 1946, is sharpening its focus on supplying high-quality reagents and clinical diagnostic materials to researchers and biosensor firms worldwide.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Where Food Meets Innovation: The Silent Engine of Japan's Next Growth Wave
O'will Corporation exemplifies how Japan's mid-sized trading companies are evolving beyond traditional commerce, combining agility, specialization, and global partnerships to fuel a new phase of growth.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Carbon Neutrality and Global Partnerships: A Path to 2035
Japan's JFE Holdings is advancing its growth strategy based on two pillars: carbon neutrality and the circular economy. Founded in 2002, the group operates across the steel, engineering, and trading sectors, with steel alone generating 70% of sales revenue. Today, its mission is to transform one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries into a sustainable growth engine.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Driving U.S. Efficiency with Japanese Precision
Tensho Electric Industries, a Japanese plastics manufacturer approaching its 90th anniversary, is leveraging decades of molding expertise to expand internationally through its logistics-products arm, Sanko America.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
OpenAI loses force as stock market savior
Wall Street’s sentiment toward companies associated with artificial intelligence is shifting, and it’s all about two companies: OpenAI is down, and Alphabet Inc. is up.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Powering a Circular Future
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is shaping Japan's industrial transformation through a century-and-a-half legacy of mining, metals, and materials innovation that now powers the global shift toward sustainability.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Growth From the Forest: Rewiring an Industrial Platform for Low-Carbon Demand
Oji Holdings, managing approximately 635,000 hectares of forests worldwide, is repositioning a 152-year industrial platform toward a forest-based circular bioeconomy as it adapts to shrinking paper demand and rising sustainability-driven markets.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Kill Bill' is back as one head-rolling saga
'Whole Bloody Affair' fuses two films, with Uma Thurman ruling every gory minute.
6 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Winning on Quality: Japan's Curated Commerce Strategy
Japanet Holdings began as a single camera store in Nagasaki. With a model based on the three steps of \"Discover, Polish and Communicate,\" the company has redefined Japan's approach to retail, travel, and sports, growing into one of the country's most innovative consumer service groups.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
ICE can only get pop music for its ads by poaching it
Homeland Security invokes musicians’ ire by lifting their titles without permission.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Harden moves into top 10 on the all-time scoring list
Clippers star passes Anthony on 34-point night before L.A. falls to the Timberwolves.
1 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Printing Innovation into the Future
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), approaching its 150th anniversary, has built its strength by applying core printing technology far beyond publishing, achieving world-leading shares in metal masks for OLED display manufacturing, optical films for displays*, battery pouches for lithium-ion batteries, and dye-sublimation media for photo prints.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
The Next Horizon of Innovation: AI Robots that Think, Move, and Invent
Donut Robotics is preparing to transform the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence through its vision of “physical AI,” linking advanced software with robotics to turn ideas into reality.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Daiso's Global Play: Turning a 100-Yen Idea into a Retail Empire
Daiso Industries, led today by CEO Seiji Yano, has evolved from humble street sales in the 1970s into one of the world’s largest value retailers, operating more than 5,600 stores across 26 countries and regions. Built on the promise of exciting price, exciting quality,” the company continues to balance scale with standards as it charts its next phase of global expansion.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trojans' finale features matchup with Horned Frogs
For the llth straight season and fourth time under coach Lincoln Riley, USC finished its season on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff field.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump, Sheinbaum have 'cordial' Washington meeting
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she and President Trump had a “cordial” hourlong meeting in Washington that ended with both leaders extending invitations to visit each other's country.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
New UCLA coach’s JMU team last playoff pick
New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s James Madison team bumped Notre Dame for the final spot in the College Football Playoff 12team field revealed Sunday morning, setting up a busy stretch for Chesney as he juggles leading two programs.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Dodgers legend Valenzuela is again denied induction into Hall of Fame
A Chavez Ravine dream was yet again dashed on Sunday.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Everyone grumbles about ‘AI slop,’ but what is it?
If you're even minimally attuned to the zeitgeist, you've heard the term “AI slop.”
6 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Pipe bombs condemned; Jan. 6 quietly excused
Trump plays up FBI arrest in contrast to relief granted to Capitol attackers.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
In Al era, college’s value is in connection
If universities are going to justify the staggering cost of life on campus, they must offer students something AI can't replicate.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
25 killed in blaze at nightclub in India’s Goa state
A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday.
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December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Winning By Focus: From Film Labs to Global Niche Leader
Noritsu Koki has spent the past seven decades reinventing itself, and under its current leadership the company is turning that discipline into investor-friendly growth.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Sankyosha: Analog Solutions pave the way for the Smart World
From robotics to disaster prevention, from medical devices to advanced manufacturing, Sankyosha provides precise and reliable real-world solutions through its customized analog circuit design technology and highly effective technical support.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Herbert gritting it out to set tone for team
Retired quarterbacks describe how there is more at stake than just the pain in one's hand.
7 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Driving Innovation, Going Beyond the Norm
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has evolved from a railway operator into a diversified technology and lifestyle group, redefining what mobility means for Japan's economy and its global partners.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
More than just a block party
Pacific Palisades residents reunite in their first gathering since the fire
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Malians tell of atrocities by Russian military unit
Refugees say Africa Corps, which replaced Wagner Group, raped and beheaded people.
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