TOKYO, Oct. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been actively working to attract foreign companies to raise international competitiveness and bring about further growth for the capital city by promoting the creation of a ... ( read original story ...)
Layne Beachley says Aussie surfers gold medal chances in Tokyo Olympic debut
AUSTRALIA’S most successful surfer Layne Beachley says Australia can be the most successful nation when the sport of surfing makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo. But who those surfers will be even Beachley won’t predict three years out from the Games ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police nab ‘Heisei Ninja’ suspected in 250 burglaries
Between March of 2009 and July of this year, Tanigawa is believed to have broken into shops and residences in 254 cases in and around Higashi-Osaka City in which the value of lost property totals 29.4 million yen. The suspect told the Kawachi Police ... ( read original story ...)
‘Nowhere to hide’: North Korean missiles spur anxiety in Japan
ERIMO, Japan, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Ever since North Korea lobbed two missiles far above this windswept fishing town on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, seaweed farmer Mitsuyo Kawamura says she’s been on edge. “Now when I hear a loud sound ... ( read original story ...)
Comic tells Japanese residents how to survive North Korea attack
“No one knows when the touch-and-go situation will lead to a nuclear war, but if so, the Japanese archipelago will be engulfed in flames in a moment. This is too self-evident,” a statement issued by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency sai ( read original story ...)
Huge cave found on moon, could house astronauts: Japan scientists
Scientists at Japan's space agency have discovered a huge moon cave that could one day house a base that would shelter astronauts from dangerous radiation and wild temperature swings, officials said Thursday. Data taken from Japan's SELENE lunar orbiter ... ( read original story ...)
Canada deploys submarine to Japan for the first time in a half century
For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Royal Canadian Navy has deployed a submarine to Japan. HMCS Chicoutimi left Esquimalt, B.C., last month for a patrol mission in the Asia-Pacific region. At the time, military officials said the purpose of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan elections: Will Abenomics help Shinzo Abe win?
These are external links and will open in a new window The Japanese stock market has seen the longest winning streak since 1988. Big Japanese manufacturers are the most upbeat they've been in a decade. And Japan's economy has seen the sixth straight ... ( read original story ...)
House in Matsuyacho / Shogo ARATANI Architect & Associates
From the architect. This property is located in a densely developed residential neighborhood of Osaka. The client had lived on the site since childhood, so when he commissioned us to design a new house there, we began by soliciting extensive input from him ... ( read original story ...)
Aramco IPO ‘is on track’ for 2018, says Saudi oil minister
... a role in Aramco IPO, with Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto also trying to attract the sale. "The IPO is on track," he said in London on the sidelines of the annual dinner of the Oil & Money conference. "We will announce the venue in due course." ( read original story ...)
Nissan to suspend domestic production of cars for Japan market
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is suspending domestic production of vehicles for the Japanese market for at least two weeks to address misconduct in its inspection procedures that led to a major recall, it said on Thursday. Japan's second-largest automaker said it ... ( read original story ...)
China’s economy shows momentum as party meets, but property curbs bite
Growth in new construction slowed and property sales dropped for the first time in more ... senior economist at the Mizuho Research Institute in Tokyo. The economy grew 6.8 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, in line with the estimate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: Ring of Fire hit AGAIN as 5.8 quake rocks islands
The Japan earthquake registered 5.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale. No tsunami alert has been issued according to the Pacific Tsunami Center. It struck at around 5pm local time (10am BST) at a shallow depth of just over six miles. The quake struck near the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance sector to reap digital currency benefits, says MUFG chief
“We would be able to capture kinds of financial behavior that cannot be collected as data in cash transactions,” said Nobuyuki Hirano, CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), speaking as chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association at a news conf ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake – magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off the country’s south coast
AN earthquake measuring magnitude 6.1 has struck off the southern coast of Japan. The quake struck 424 miles from the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 6.2 miles, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck 424 miles from the ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of southern Japan
A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island , Minamikojima and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea Thomson Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off southern Japan on ... ( read original story ...)