Toshiba to spin off flash memory unit to offset US nuke loss

A woman walks past the Logo of Toshiba in Kawasaki near Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Toshiba Corp. says it will split its lucrative flash memory business to make up for losses from its troubled U.S. nuclear business and is looking for a third-party ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei pushes closer to one-year high, on track for weekly gain

Market gets tailwind from dollar's overnight 1.1 gain vs yen * Mining, oil shares gain, as Wall Street strength lifts sentiment TOKYO Jan 27 Japan's Nikkei share average edged higher on Friday and looked set for a solid weekly gain as the weaker yen helped ... ( read original story ...)

NORAD responds after Russian bombers zoom around Japan

News of this latest Russian provocation came shortly after the Pentagon announced that new Defense Secretary James Mattis would make his first visit overseas to Japan and South Korea early next month. A third Russian Tu-95 bomber took off from a base in ... ( read original story ...)

iCracked Japan adds 9 new stores throughout Japan

With four locations in Tokyo, and locations in Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Gunma and Nagoya, these premiere storefronts provide customers with immediate, professional smartphone repair for iPhones and iPads. iCracked Japan has trained and equipped ... ( read original story ...)

Alpinestars – Yokohama Drystar Jacket

Description – The Yokohama Jacket is a superior multi-material jacket featuring a host of comfort features such as Alpinestars proprietary Jet Ventilation System for excellent levels of internal cooling performance. With class-leading removable shoulder ... ( read original story ...)

Japan exhibitors fear $12 billion hit from media center plan

Singapore and the U.S., and they might not return," JEXA Chairman Tadao Ishizumi told a news conference on Thursday. "The economic benefits from these exhibitions will disappear and it's the people of Tokyo and Japan who will end up losing out," he said. ( read original story ...)

South Korea court awards Japan’s stolen statue to local temple

A statue stolen from Japan in 2012 should be given to a South Korean temple, a South Korean court ruled on Thursday, on the grounds that it was previously seized by Japanese pirates centuries ago. We will urge the Korean government side to take appropriate ... ( read original story ...)

On casinos, Osaka moves forward as Yokohama steps back

OSAKA – As a Liberal Democratic Party team tasked with recommending ... who faces a tough re-election campaign this summer against a candidate opposed to casinos, said at a Wednesday news conference that it would be very difficult to formulate detailed ... ( read original story ...)

The biggest tech IPO of 2016 is having a terrible start to 2017

Line (LN) pulled off the biggest tech IPO of last year, raising $1.3 billion from selling shares that soared when they started trading on markets in New York and in Tokyo. Fast forward to the start of 2017 and things aren't looking so pretty. Line shares ... ( read original story ...)