Mr Trump appears to have tweeted from aboard a plane on his way from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Tokyo, Japan. NY is vying with London, Tokyo and other locations to attract the much-anticipated listing, which could be the biggest in history. Saudi leaders have ... ( read original story ...)
Bothroyd suffers training ground blackout in Japan
Tokyo (AFP) - Former Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd is recovering at home after collapsing during training with his Japanese side Consadole Sapporo, the J-League club said on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who joined Sapporo in July, underwent emergency ... ( read original story ...)
Wallabies player ratings from 63-30 win over Japan in Yokohama
IT threatened to be a banana skin game for the Wallabies, but Michael Cheika’s men negotiated their first game on tour with ease, smashing Japan’s Brave Blossoms 63-30 in Yokohama. Even with a new-look backline, the Wallabies were a class above and it ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea, trade, golf on Trump’s agenda in Japan
TOKYO – President Donald Trump can expect a friendly reception in Japan, his first stop on a five-nation Asia trip that kicks off Sunday. He and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely see eye-to-eye on how to deal with the vexing problem of North ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe: ‘All options on the table’ with N Korea
The latest poll by Kyodo News finds 52.6 percent of the Japanese public are opposed to Abe's current proposal with only 38.3 percent in support of it. When one also considers the fact the opposition parties will fight a ferocious campaign against revision ... ( read original story ...)
Kim portraits and death threats: Life at a North Korean school in Japan
and principal Shin Gil-Ung said anger over North Korea’s nuclear programme –- expected to dominate US President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan starting Sunday -– has only made things worse. “Every time news (about North Korea) breaks, we get ... ( read original story ...)
LaSalle successfully closes its fourth Japanese Logistics Fund
JLF IV will primarily focus on the greater Tokyo and Osaka property markets. Yasuo Nakashima, CEO of Japan and fund manager at LaSalle Investment Management, says, “With JLF IV, we are responding to the strong investor appetite for warehouses ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Can’t Get Enough of Ivanka Trump
In recent months there’s been a litany of news stories about how big Ivanka Trump is in Asia. “Why Japan loves Ivanka Trump,” The Independent wrote in January. “Donald, Who? Ivanka Trump Is the Star in Japan,” read a Toronto Star story in February. ( read original story ...)
North Korean nuke test radiation could blow into Japan, report says
"We know from other news reports that there has been an accident at the nuclear test site, and the situation that North Korea may have anticipated with radiation being contained within North Korea has changed,” Myers said. Japanese TV reported the ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Hokkaido
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 60 km SW of Kushiro, Japan
A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.45 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.8944 East ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Hachijo-jima in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (78 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000bhi3. Ids that are ... ( read original story ...)
Ivanka Trump, a Media Darling in Japan, Draws Light Turnout in Tokyo
The lukewarm turnout on Friday morning contrasted with the breathless coverage of her visit by the Japanese news media, which followed Ms. Trump’s every move around Tokyo and treated her landing at Narita International Airport and dinner at a luxurious ... ( read original story ...)
Trump touts relationship with ‘warrior nation’ Japan ahead of Asia trip
the US President on Thursday struck an optimistic tone on a potential solution for the ongoing crisis in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, saying that it is "a thing that I think we will solve." "They should be worried," Trump said, citing Japan ... ( read original story ...)
How easy is it to purchase an investment property in Japan?
When purchasing property in Japan, foreigners do not have to worry about having a visa or their current country of residence. It's fairly easy to purchase real estate in Japan because there are currently no restrictions or regulations that prohibit ... ( read original story ...)
Melco Resorts 3Q profit up 87 pct, firm gives dividend
Melco Resorts’ executives did not comment on the IPO process or rationale in Thursday’s conference ... Last month, Melco Resorts announced it had become an official partner of Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo 2025. A number of investment analysts covering ... ( read original story ...)