Japan and China are planning to discuss financial issues on May 7 in Yokohama in the first session of the bilateral dialogue in nearly two years, sources said Wednesday, reflecting a recent thaw in relations. Finance Minister Taro Aso and his Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ranks last among G-7 for press freedom, 72nd in world
PARIS--Japan slipped into last place for press freedom among the ... Under the heading “The threat from Shinzo Abe,” the RSF mentioned the replacements of popular TV news anchors who were critical of the Abe administration. The report said there ... ( read original story ...)
Russia's Putin and Japan's Abe tell N. Korea to avoid provocative behaviour
April 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on North Korea and other countries to avoid behaviour or rhetoric that could increase tensions around Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Speaking at a news ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Banks to Test Blockchain Money Transfers Blockchain Using Digital Currencies
A number of Japanese banks are reportedly set to test domestic fund transfers using digital currencies over a blockchain as a low-cost alternative to traditional money transfers. According to a Thursday report by Nikkei, Japan’s most prominent financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Airlines : Air Commuter starts operations with ATR
Release date- 26042017 - Toulouse, - Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd. (JAC) performed its first ATR 42-600 flight today. JAC's flight 3741 departed from Kagoshima at 8:50 am (local time) for a 40-minute flight to Yakushima. The aircraft then performed three ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Summer Trip Report – Travel Hacking Totals and Japan Airlines Business Class Dallas DFW – Tokyo Narita NRT
And it begins, the long awaited travel hacking trip report taking Asia by storm with mi familia in the summer of 2016. Did this get you excited? You won’t believe what comes next, lets do this! ( read original story ...)
Mystery deepens over Moritomo land deal as recording with Finance Ministry emerges
... took a new turn this week when a recording emerged of a meeting between the former head of the Osaka nationalist school operator and a Finance Ministry official. The recording is of a March 2016 meeting where former head Yasunori Kagoike and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan disaster minister resigns over quake gaffe
TOKYO: Japan's gaffe-prone disaster reconstruction minister resigned Wednesday after remarking it was lucky the catastrophic 2011 earthquake-tsunami had hit a largely rural region rather than Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to apologise to ... ( read original story ...)
Masahiro Imamura: Japanese minister quits over Fukushima comments
Japan's reconstruction minister has resigned after making a remark that was seen as offensive to those affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Masahiro Imamura said "it was rather good" that the north-east of the country was hit, as an earthquake near ... ( read original story ...)
Japan disaster minister resigns after earthquake gaffe sparks outrage
TOKYO // Japan’s disaster reconstruction minister resigned on Wednesday after saying it was lucky the catastrophic 2011 earthquake-tsunami had hit a largely rural region instead of Tokyo. Prime minister Shinzo Abe was forced to apologise to residents of ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry official describes Moritomo deal as a ‘special case’
A company that was constructing buildings for the planned elementary school told Kagoike that the ministry’s Kinki Local Finance Bureau in Osaka had asked the company in September 2015 to rebury waste in the compound. According to the recording ... ( read original story ...)
A Japanese artist takes on a country that despises tattoos
OSAKA, Japan — Visitors to Japan who have tattoos bigger than ... around the world Like Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister to meet Japan Post CEO over Toll writedown: source
TOKYO Japan's finance minister will meet the chief executive of Japan Post Holdings Co (6178.T) in the coming days over the state-controlled company's shock $3.6 billion writedown on its Australian logistics arm, Toll Holdings Ltd, a source said. ( read original story ...)
Japan issues guide on how to survive nuclear-missile attack with 10 minutes' notice
Though Japan would have virtually no defense against a surprise nuclear attack, experts contacted by Business Insider maintain that a first strike from North Korea seems incredibly unlikely, as the Kim regime would face quick retaliation from a much more ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : Establishes New Internal Unit to Strengthen Involvement in Motorsports
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it will dissolve its subsidiary, Yokohama Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (YMI), dedicated to motorsports activities effective on June 30, 2017, and transfer the subsidiary's operations to a new ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei gives back some gains, BOJ awaited
TOKYO, April 27 Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Thursday, giving back some of this week's gains as sentiment soured on Wall Street losses and wary investors awaited the Bank of Japan's policy decision. The Nikkei was down 0.2 percent at 19,243.76 ... ( read original story ...)