Abu Dhabi: UAE nationals can travel to Japan without visas, a senior ministry official said yesterday. Ahmad Saeed Elham Al Daheri, Assistant Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan government-led group tells Toshiba to fix chip spat with Western Digital: sources
The group includes a state-backed fund, the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), as well as U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. Western Digital, which jointly operates ... ( read original story ...)
Europe and Japan higher on Wall Street, rest of Asia dips
TOKYO (AP) — European shares rose in early trading Tuesday and Japan's benchmark finished higher, cheered by gains on Wall Street, but other Asian markets dipped. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 0.5 percent in early trading to 5,335.51. Germany's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s governor decides to keep famous Tsukiji fish market
Tsukiji is a valuable brand and landmark, she said at a news conference. "Our country has always valued tradition," she said. This Oct. 2, 2016 photo shows a new fish market at Toyosu in Tokyo. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Tuesday, June 20, 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor to move world’s biggest fish market, redevelop area
TOKYO The governor of Tokyo announced on Tuesday a long-delayed ... "Because we're a nation that treasures our traditional culture, I want to promote the Tsukiji brand," she told a news conference. Tsukiji draws tens of thousands of visitors a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s governor decides to modernize Tsukiji fish market
TOKYO — The Tokyo governor says the giant Tsukiji fish market, popular with tourists, will stay, although it will get modernized and developed within five years. Gov. Yuriko Koike, the first woman to lead Japan’s capital, told reporters Tuesday that ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei jumps to nearly 2-year highs on stronger dollar, economic recovery
TOKYO, June 20 Japan's Nikkei share average probed its highest levels in nearly two years on Tuesday, powered by record highs on Wall Street and a weaker yen. The Nikkei was up 1.1 percent at the end of morning trade at 20,287.67, after rising as high as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business mood up, points to better BOJ tankan – Reuters Tankan
TOKYO Confidence among Japanese manufacturers bounced in June to match a decade-high level recorded in April and is expected to rise for several months, a Reuters survey found, providing more evidence of economic recovery. Service-sector mood rose to a two ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire And Nitro Circus Announce ‘Get Trucked Up’ Sweepstakes
Yokohama Tire Corp. and Nitro Circus are asking: do you want to “Get Trucked Up?” as part of the Yokohama Nitro Circus “Get Trucked Up Giveaway.” The grand prize is a custom-built, 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon Crew Cab 4×4 featuring Yokohama’s all ... ( read original story ...)
Japan investigates delay in reporting US Navy ship collision
Japan's coast guard is investigating why it took nearly an hour for a deadly collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship to be reported. A coast guard official said Monday they are trying to find out what the crew of the Philippine-flagged ... ( read original story ...)
Reluctant princess: The mystery around Japan’s reclusive future empress
But for Japan’s Crown Princess Masako ... challenge to get through each and every day with my sorrow and anxiety,” she said during a rare news conference in 2007. Struggling to adapt to demands of stuffy court officials, she has suffered on and ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-IMF says Japan needs to stick with fiscal, monetary stimulus
(are) the right, useful approach," Lipton told a news conference. "What's important is the maintenance of the approach that has been laid out and accompanying it with structural and fiscal agenda," he said. The IMF also called on Japan to keep its near ... ( read original story ...)
What we know about Navy destroyer’s deadly collision with a container ship in Japan
The Japanese coast guard is now investigating the deadly collision ... flooded in some spaces as a result of the collision, according to the Navy. At a news conference Sunday, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin of the 7th Fleet described the damage as "extensive." ( read original story ...)
U.S. Navy identifies 7 sailors who died in ship collision off Japan
The Navy called off the search for seven missing sailors Sunday after divers found a number of bodies in the ship’s flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters, Aucoin said at a news conference at the 7th Fleet’s home base in Yokosuka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe to reshuffle cabinet as ratings slump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely reshuffle his cabinet to try to bolster ratings battered by suspicions that he helped a friend get favoured treatment for his business, media reported. He will probably retain Finance Minister Taro Aso and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs surprise trade deficit in May as energy costs spike
Japan unexpectedly slumped back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months, as soaring energy import bills offset growth in shipments abroad, government data showed Monday. A surprise deficit of ¥203 billion ($1.8 billion) logged the first red ... ( read original story ...)