TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 hit the Tokyo area on Thursday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The quake was centred in southern Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, according to the agency. ( read original story ...)
North Korean missile tests spook neighbours, but ‘what to do?’
Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)
Sony sees recovery with a nearly quadrupling of profit
Also helping Sony's bottom line was the absence of the damage it suffered from the April 2016 earthquake in southwestern Japan that shut down its semiconductor plant, and gains from insurance recoveries related to that quake, it said. Sony was long an ... ( read original story ...)
New Alaska Seafloor Map Suggests High Tsunami Danger
This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s neighbours resigned to missile tests
Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s sixth annual Yokohama Triennale art festival opens this week
Project Taklaman, 2016 by Zhao ZHAO See why Lonely Planet voted Yokohama one of its favourite destinations in Asia here. Stay up to date with the top travel news stories by signing up to our newsletter or following us on Facebook. ( read original story ...)
Japanese, South Koreans and Chinese mostly resigned over North Korean missile threat
Honestly, I don’t think there is any way to prepare for it,” Akira Fukatsu, a 65-year-old retiree, said as he sat drinking a beer on a bench in a park overlooking a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, south of Yokohama. “We’re simply unlucky if one strikes ... ( read original story ...)
New Nissan LEAF with e-Pedal is around the corner
YOKOHAMA: Nissan is set to unveil its new-generation LEAF early in September, a few days before its public debut at the Sept 16-24 Frankfurt Motor Show. Undisguised photos of the new LEAF, with a design echoing the Pulsar, are starting to leak out into the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo firefighters battle blaze at world’s biggest fish market
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dozens of Tokyo firefighters were battling a blaze on Thursday at the world's largest fish market and one of the capital's most popular tourist sites, as grey smoke billowed over the city. There were no immediate reports of injuries or ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM names safe hands in cabinet reshuffle but makes maverick top diplomat
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... "The economy remains our top priority," Abe told a news conference after the reshuffle, apologizing for the scandals he described as having harmed public trust in his policy handling. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Banks Tap a Gold Mine
Japan's banks are in a difficult place. While the rest of the G-10 countries are moving toward higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan is spinning its wheels, with little sign of improved lending rates. A happy unintended consequence of that stasis ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Might Have to Pay Up
In its most recent minutes, the Bank of Japan used an Orwellian phrase to describe the trend: "securing the labor force." The unemployment rate is 2.8 percent and declining steadily as Japan goes through something of a growth streak. At the same time ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama and KaBOOM! to Build New Playground in West Point, MS
Yokohama Tire Corporation, in partnership with KaBOOM!, will build a brand-new, eco-friendly playground for the citizens of West Point, Mississippi, which is the home of Yokohama Tire’s new one-million-square-foot plant that opened in October of 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
There are precious few neighborhoods in New York City where renters can afford a two-bedroom apartment
New York was rated No. 9 after Singapore (No. 1), Hong Kong, Zurich, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Geneva and Paris ... according to a separate ranking from personal-finance website GoBankingRates.com. San Jose followed at $87,153 per year, with New York close ... ( read original story ...)
BidaskClub upgraded Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) to Hold in a report released today.
Its manufacturing operations are located in Malacca, Malaysia (handlers); Poway, California (thermal subsystems); Laguna, the Philippines (kits and contactors); Kolbermoor, Germany (handlers), and Osaka, Japan (contactors). Receive News & Ratings Via Email ... ( read original story ...)
Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner
When Yadav was the chief minister, the then state irrigation and public works department minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, and irrigation department principal secretary, Deepak Singhal, visited Japan to study riverfront developments in Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)