Tokyo stocks open lower on North Korea jitters

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, extending four days of losses as growing tensions on the Korean peninsula stoked demand for the safe-haven yen. US Vice President Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two ... ( read original story ...)

Abe: Japan planning for refugees in event of Korean crisis

On Friday, the NSC members discussed how to deal with a possibility that armed North Korean soldiers pretending to be refugees may try to enter Japan, Kyodo News reported. According to one scenario, a U.S. military action sends a massive number of North ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM urges NKorea to stop missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged North Korea to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with UN resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have escalated as US President Donald ... ( read original story ...)

Can Toshiba escape fate of corporate Japan's zombie hordes?

But it also faces another fate: becoming the most high-profile member of Japan's corporate living dead, also known as zombie firms. Toshiba admitted this week that its survival is at risk and that the firm could be delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stocks eke out gains in holiday-thinned trade

TOKYO, April 17 Japanese stocks eked out small gains in thin and choppy trade on Monday, with retail investors hunting for small-to-mid cap stocks in the absence of foreign investors due to the Easter holiday. The Nikkei 225 share average opened lower and ... ( read original story ...)

Famous brands in Japan go offbeat to boost name recognition

If there is one thing fashionistas wear or carry that this Italian luxury brand would never sell, it is uchiwa, a common Japanese fan traditionally made of paper and bamboo. Right? Wrong. Gucci does offer its own uchiwa, with its name splashed on one side. ( read original story ...)

The Latest: Japan protests N. Korean missile test attempt

Japan's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's office released ... 6 p.m. China's official Xinhua News Agency says China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula in a phone ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Abe warns North Korea could fire sarin-loaded missile

Jose Sepulveda (@josesepulvedatv) has more. Buzz60 Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea might be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan. Abe, who made the statement at a parliamentary panel on ... ( read original story ...)