ANALYSIS: JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines Report Strong Earnings

Both carriers increased their net and operational profitability year-over-year relative to Q4 2016 and generated operating margins of better than 19% in what is usually the second strongest financial quarter ... X (Kuala Lumpur via Osaka), and recently ... ( read original story ...)

Korean school lawsuit goes from Hiroshima to Osaka

HIROSHIMA--Plaintiffs seeking to overturn the government's decision to deny high school tuition subsidies to a Korean school here are hoping for better luck as an Osaka court hands ... s “unjust control,” public financial aid could be used for purposes ... ( read original story ...)

Mining Japan’s grey economy

An elderly man communicates with his granddaughter via the new humanoid robot called “Telenoid R1”: Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images The elderly will loom ever larger in business strategies. Japan has the largest pool of personal financial ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Defense Minister Said to Be Resigning, in Blow to Abe

The Japanese news media reported on Thursday that the defense minister, Tomomi Inada, and the officer, Gen. Toshiya Okabe, chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, as the Japanese army is known, had informed colleagues and superiors of their ... ( read original story ...)

Main opposition chief Renho resigns Democratic Party leadership

But if we are not recognized as an alternative force, it will just spread public distrust in both ruling and opposition parties,” Renho told a news conference at the ... who was born to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother in 1967, once garnered ... ( read original story ...)

Reports: Japan defense chief to quit over document cover-up

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beleaguered defense minister, a protege of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will step down in connection with an alleged cover-up of military documents from U.N. peacekeeping operations, media reports said Thursday. Defense Minister Tomomi ... ( read original story ...)

Japan opposition head quits as PM Abe suffers scandal

Sign up for breaking news emails & contest alerts ... as a viable choice under a two-party system and for the benefit of the people of Japan," she said, adding that she will remain a lawmaker to build a society that tolerates diversity. ( read original story ...)