TOKYO -- Four of Japan's listed delivery companies, including the biggest, Yamato Holdings, expect to see their combined labor costs, including payments for outsourced deliveries, increase 27 billion yen ($243 million) during the current fiscal year. ( read original story ...)
Being Asian in Winnipeg: panel to talk human rights Sunday
The history of Japanese Manitobans will be put in the spotlight Sunday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. And that means having some uncomfortable conversations about the forced internment of Japanese citizens and children that occurred when Canada ... ( read original story ...)
Australian rock climbers eye ascent to Tokyo 2020 as sport gains popularity
Yes, rock climbing is a sport. And yes, it's in the Olympics. Rock climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, and since the announcement late last year, the numbers in Australia have surged. The most recent national youth titles featured twice the ... ( read original story ...)
ANIME NEWS: J-World Tokyo courts foreign tourists with cosplay service
Targeting anime fans visiting Japan, a new cosplay rental service is now available at J-World Tokyo, an indoor theme park in the capital’s Ikebukuro district dedicated to popular titles from the Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology. The new service, J-COS! ( read original story ...)
Japan capex growth rebounds to post-crisis high
Corporate Japan cut capex by 3.8% during the previous fiscal year ended in March, a survey of business plans conducted by The Nikkei found. The U-turn in fiscal 2017 is driven by a 13.7% rise in domestic investment, the sharpest increase since the global ... ( read original story ...)
Halal haven: Sampling Osaka’s famous food on a budget
Nicknamed "tenka no daidokoro", or "the nation’s kitchen", Osaka lives up to its reputation of being the standard bearer for Japanese cuisine. Its people live by the ethos of kuidaore - the concept of eating oneself bankrupt. And it is hard not to ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka commodity exchange to request permanent listing of rice futures
The Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange plans to apply with the agriculture ministry to get rice futures, which are being traded on a trial basis, permanently listed, sources said. The exchange, formerly known as the Kansai Commodities Exchange, will make a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Airlines to add flights to Australia, Hawaii
TOKYO -- Japan Airlines will launch additional flights serving Australia and Hawaii as early as September, revamping its international routes for the first time since undergoing bankruptcy reorganization in 2010. In addition to an existing route between ... ( read original story ...)
Japan committed to push infrastructure exports
TOKYO -- Japan's government is working to wrap up a revised strategy for promoting infrastructure exports. The focus is on comprehensive support for urban development projects -- from initial planning to regulatory development to fundraising. The ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slips as yen gains, but still manages weekly rise
TOKYO May 26 Japan's Nikkei share average extended losses as the yen's gains against the dollar accelerated on Friday, though the benchmark index still managed to cap off a winning week. The Nikkei ended down 0.6 percent at 19,686.84, and yet stayed 0.5 ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slips below 20,000, Aussie stocks also fall on weak oil prices
Underperformance has become the norm of late, with Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average stalling just below 20,000, a level it hasn’t reached since December 2015, and Australian equities hit by concerns about banks in the wake of a planned new tax on the ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Japan’s key bond yield falls following lower Tokyo stocks
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond ended lower Friday as investors bought the safe-haven debt in the wake of lower Tokyo equities and the firm results of a Bank of Japan bond purchase operation. The yield on the No. 346, 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s investments in India getting diverse
Investments from Japan are getting diverse and sectors that have received FDI during 2016-17 period include retail, textile, consumer durables, food & beverages and banking (credit card services), persons familiar with the Indo-Japan economic ties told ET. ( read original story ...)
BDO, Seven Bank tie up for cash transfer service
Taipan Henry Sy’s BDO Unibank partnered with Japan’s Seven Bank Ltd., making it easier for Filipinos in Japan to send money back home using a mobile app. BDO, the country’s biggest bank, said in a statement the tie-up covered the upcoming launch of ... ( read original story ...)
In Aramco IPO pitch, Canada plays up its natural resources expertise
But its best chance of winning a part of the biggest IPO ever, expected to raise about $100 billion ... in a race that has also excited larger exchanges in London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore, its case could be bolstered by a recent change ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops: Accused groper nabbed after fleeing into office at Shinjuku Station
Tokyo police on Thursday arrested a man at an office of Shinjuku Station after he attempted to flee a groping accusation (Fuji News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an accused groper who attempted to flee JR Shinjuku Station ... ( read original story ...)