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alojapan.com/1246634/u-k-inves U.K. investor thinks Aeon’s offer for Japanese drugstore merger too low #Aeon's #Drugstore #investor #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #low #merger #news #offer #Thinks #Too #uk TOKYO — Orbis Investments, a U.K.-based investment management company that owns about 10% of Japan’s second-largest drugstore chain Tsuruha Holdings, is opposed to the proposed merger with Welcia Holdings, the leading drugstore chain owned by major…

alojapan.com/1242477/work-with Work with a smile? But that’s harassment, say nearly half of Japanese polled #aeon #Ano #CustomerService #harassment #Helpfeel #hospitality #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Kyoto #Mainichi #McdonaldsJapan #news #NoSmiles #omotenashi #ServiceWorkers #smile #WorkplaceHarassment In Japan, a nation famed for its high standards of customer service, a new survey has found that nearly half of those polled think asking store employees to smile is a fo…

I am very happy to share this more personal piece with you, exploring the link between inventiveness and play in our fellow nonhuman animals. It was written with care and a sincere desire to convey what science and philosophy can teach us about this fascinating topic.
I hope you enjoy reading it!
#animalplay #animalinvention #invention #animalbehaviour #evolution #aeon #philbio

aeon.co/essays/how-evolution-f

alojapan.com/1223197/japans-ae Japan’s Aeon to expand cinema business into Vietnam #aeon #business #cinema #expand #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Japans #news #vietnam TOKYO — Aeon Entertainment, a movie theater operator in Japan, is expanding into Vietnam with plans to open its first cinema in the country this year and invest 20 billion yen to 30 billion yen ($134 million to $200 million) by 2035. As Japan’s market matures and leaves little space for more theaters, …

Aeon Financial Service said Thursday that the total amount of damage from illicit transactions that took advantage of an offline payment function of its Aeon Card credit card reached ¥9.9 billion. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/

The Japan Times · Damage from Aeon card fraud in Japan reaches ¥9.9 billionBy The Japan Times

its fetish of transparency; the compulsion to self-exposure driven by social media and fleeting celebrity culture; the reduction of selfhood to a series of positive data-points; and the accompanying hostility to the opacity and strangeness of the human being.
aeon.co/essays/thought-tinkeri

<p>Beside the icy Spree river in Berlin, Germany, 6 January 2016. Photo by Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters</p>
AeonThought-tinkering – the Korean German philosopher Byung-Chul Han | Aeon EssaysByung-Chul Han’s relentless critiques of digital capitalism reveal how this suffocating system creates hollowed-out lives