TOKYO -- The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, dropped to 52.4 in March from 53.3 in February. A reading above 50 signals an improvement, while one below 50 points to a contraction in activity. March's PMI recorded the above-50 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan envoy recalled over statue flap to return to S. Korea
Japan said Monday that it is sending back its ambassador to ... Follow Mari Yamaguchi on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi Find her work on AP News at https://www.apnews.com/search/mari%20yamaguchi ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Finds Creative Way to Show Tire Superiority
You could spend a lot of time trying to figure out what a surfboard, a rodeo saddle and a pair of running shoes have in common, but we’ll spare you the trouble and fill you in right now: the three objects represent Yokohama Canada’s opportunity to ... ( read original story ...)
Geisha taps Sapporo businesses to keep tradition alive
SAPPORO – Sapporo’s Susukino entertainment district used to host one of the nation’s biggest red-light districts with more than 300 geisha in the 1950s. But with the burst of the bubble economy in the late 1980s dealing a heavy blow to the local ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business outlook brightens, though improvement modest
TOKYO — Encouraged by stronger export orders, Japanese manufacturers are feeling a bit more upbeat than they were late last year, according to a quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan released Monday. The central bank's "tankan" report put sentiment among ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to urge businesses to share big data
TOKYO -- Japan will encourage companies to share big data they collect, so that businesses can better cooperate on developing new products and services in the age of the "internet of things" instead of keeping all the information to themselves. An advisory ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks gain on Japan data, awaiting U.S.-China meeting
TOKYO -- Asian markets were mostly higher Monday, cheered by a positive report on the Japanese economy, as players awaited a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart later in the week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Caterpillar Recognizes Yokohama
Yokohama Tire Corporation earns Platinum Supplier Award from Caterpillar. For the fifth year in a row, Yokohama has earned Caterpillar’s premier supplier award: the Platinum Level Recertification in its Supplier Quality Excellence Process. The award went ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s hybrid boat will begin testing in the Port of Tokyo in 2018
Toyota has developed the first leisure craft in Japan powered by a parallel hybrid system. The hybrid boats will be studied in Tokyo’s waterways from July 2018 to March 2021. It should come as no surprise that the carmaker is experimenting with new ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Faces $6.8 Billion Bill to Get Rid of Ugly Cables Before Olympics
The most important market news of the day. The Tokyo government plans to start or complete works to bury 916 kilometers of currently-overhead cables over five years through the end of the fiscal year ending March 2019 before eventually laying 1,442 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan scientist eyes energy burst from 'typhoon turbine'
TOKYO: Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes. As thousands of Australians seek shelter from a "monster" cyclone ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business mood brightens as recovery broadens: Bank of Japan tankan
TOKYO Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved for a second straight quarter to hit a one-and-a-half year high in March, a closely watched central bank survey showed, a sign the benefits of an export-driven economic recovery were broadening. ( read original story ...)
Japan business confidence rises again
Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has risen for the second straight quarter, a key central bank survey showed Monday, a welcome boost for the world's third-largest economy. The report comes after a batch of government data on Friday showed ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan survey shows uptick in business outlook
TOKYO — A quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan shows business sentiment among large manufacturers has brightened since late last year. The "tankan" report released Monday put sentiment among big manufacturers at 12, up from 10 in December. The outlook ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business mood brightens as recovery broadens – BOJ tankan
TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese big manufacturers' business sentiment improved for a second straight quarter to hit a one-and-a-half year high in March, a closely watched central bank survey showed, a sign the benefits of an export-driven economic ... ( read original story ...)
Black Back For More In Osaka Hai
Newly promoted to Grade I status, Hanshin’s Osaka Hai was rewarded with a first-class winner in the 2016 Horse of the Year Black Kitasan (JPN) (Black Tide {JPN}), whose long-term aim this season is a trip to Chantilly to take on Europe’s finest in the ... ( read original story ...)