The president was scheduled to speak at the 23rd International Conference on the Future of Asia to be hosted by Nikkei Inc. in Tokyo on June 5 and 6. Negotiations had been underway to arrange a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Miyazato retiring at end of season
The Okinawan-born 31-year-old, a nine-time winner on the U.S. LPGA Tour, told a Tokyo news conference she had made the decision last summer that this season would be her last. "I actually began feeling this four to five years ago, and at that point I ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 51.52 points, or 0.26 per cent, from Friday to 19,635.32, Xinhua news agency reported. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, fell 2.39 points, or 0.15 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into waters off western Japan
It landed in Japan's exclusive maritime economic zone ... according to the official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA cited Kim as ordering officials to mass-produce and deploy the system all over the country so as to "completely spoil the enemy's wild ... ( read original story ...)
NKorea fires short-range ballistic missile off western Japan
It landed in Japan's exclusive maritime economic zone ... according to the official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA cited Kim as ordering officials to mass-produce and deploy the system all over the country so as to "completely spoil the enemy's wild ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea test-launches likely ballistic missile, Japan protests provocation
READ MORE: The 3 North Koreans who are rocketing its missile program forward The projectile was likely a ballistic missile, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said citing an unidentified source. Japan has protested against North Korea‘s latest launch of ... ( read original story ...)
OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL IND. LTD. : ex-dividend day for interim dividend
2016 OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL IND: Patent Issued for Hydrophilic Coating Agent (USPTO .. 2016 OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL IND. LTD.: ex-dividend day for interim dividend 2015 OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL IND. LTD.: ex-dividend day for final dividend 2015 OSAKA ORGANIC ... ( read original story ...)
Seoul, Tokyo say North Korea launched ballistic missile
North Korea on Monday fired an apparent ballistic missile off its east coast that landed in the waters of Japan's economic zone ... according to the official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA cited Kim as ordering officials to mass-produce and deploy ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese public backs writing defense forces into constitution
TOKYO -- A thin majority of the Japanese electorate favors resolving the constitutionality issue surrounding the Self-Defense Forces by adding language recognizing them to the war-renouncing charter, a recent survey shows. The Nikkei Inc./TV Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Corporate Japan gears up for fifth year of record dividends
TOKYO -- Dividends from publicly traded Japanese companies are expected to hit a record for ... according to a tabulation by Nikkei Inc. This will represent an eighth straight year of growth. A quarter of enterprises that close their books in March are ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese family life is falling apart — and the reasons why go back to World War II
Japan has seen trillions in lost GDP over the past years, in combination with a population decline of 1 million people. Harvard sociologist Mary Brinton puts it bluntly: "This is death to the family," she tells Business Insider. Japan's case isn't just ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops: Decayed corpse with stab wound found in lake
Osaka Prefectural Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a decayed corpse in a lake in the town of Kumatori on Friday, reports Nippon News Network (May 27). At around 5:50 p.m., a woman alerted police after seeing the body ... ( read original story ...)
Australian convict pirates in Japan: evidence of 1830 voyage unearthed
Exclusive: Fresh translations of samurai accounts of ‘barbarian’ ship arriving at the height of Japan’s feudal isolation corroborate a story long dismissed as fantasy A watercolour of a British-flagged ship that arrived off the coast of Mugi ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, single mothers struggle with poverty and with shame
[Japan’s Abe wants more women to work ... correspondents around the world Like Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news ( read original story ...)
Japan’s growing concern over China’s naval might
The pride of Japan's naval defence, the JS Izumo, is making an unprecedented journey through Asian waters over the next three months. The Izumo is the largest vessel built by Japan since the end of World War Two - and she looks very much like an aircraft ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese investments are looking up
JAPANESE investments in Malaysia this year may rise by at least 30% after the latest survey shows that the business sentiment of the Japanese has continued to trend upwards on the back of gradual improvement in the local economy. These investments are ... ( read original story ...)