Its former chief executive, Sadayuki Sakakibara, is now the chairman of Keidanren, the influential business organization that lobbies on behalf of Japan’s largest companies. On Monday, before Toray’s revelations, Mr. Sakakibara warned at a news ... ( read original story ...)
Special bus to rescue drunken festive revellers who have fallen asleep on Tokyo’s trains and missed their stop
For those who live in Tokyo, anyway. Transport bosses there have decided to ... with places where workers can pay for a hotel until morning, according to Rocket News. The bus is set to run in the early hours of December 9, 16 and 23 and costs passengers ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysians escape the heat to Sapporo for year-end holidays
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Comparing agoda booking data for December 2015 against December 2016, Sapporo (Japan) has been identified as the most popular up-and-coming destination of choice for Malaysian travelers. Sapporo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo tops list for most Michelin star restaurants
Tokyo, Nov 28 (IANS) Tokyo retained its position as the city ... It is something constant, but I don’t forget the essential things,” Shuzo Kishida, chef of Quintessence told Efe news. Ramen restaurants Nakiryu and Tsuta, where a meal does not cost ... ( read original story ...)
London’s West End ‘should get Tokyo-style loudspeakers’ to stop panic after stampede of shoppers sparked by Oxford Circus tube gang fight
London's West End bosses are calling on Tokyo-style loudspeakers after the outbreak of panic at Oxford Circus last week. A tube gang fight sparked a stampede of shoppers in the British capital on Black Friday, with many fearing a terrorist attack and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese creator of the instant ramen launches Hong Kong IPO, and promises hefty investment to spice up its products
Japanese instant-noodle legend Nissin Foods Holdings – the maker of Cup Noodles and owner of big selling and well-known brands such as Demae Itcho – plans to spin off its China and Hong Kong business in an initial public offering (IPO) next month ... ( read original story ...)
A ‘ghost ship’ containing the skeletons of 8 people washed up in Japan — and authorities think it’s from North Korea
Map showing the proximity between Akita prefecture, Sado, and North Korea. Google Maps/Business Insider Last week, Japanese police also found eight men who claimed to be North Korean fishermen in Yurihonjo, a nearby city in Akita prefecture, 50 miles from Oga. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s stock market drought: should investors be spooked?
Does the Japanese experience offer lessons for long-term investors? Or is Japan a freak case, an anomaly, an extreme crash that is the exception to the “buy and hold” rule? Certainly, the Japanese crash has been extreme. Typically, stocks recover after ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Once a Cigarette Haven, Could Finally Kick Out the Smokers
TOKYO — This is a compliant city ... Still, as strong as the impulse is to follow the rules, the culture of smoking is also ingrained. And smoking is big business. A law completely banning indoor smoking is “a totalitarian idea,” said Motoki Takeda ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toray to hold news conference on data falsification at unit
FILE PHOTO - A ballgirl runs past the logo of Toray Industries Inc. at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament, which is sponsored by the company, in Tokyo Thomson Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toray Industries said on Tuesday it will hold a news ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro Government’s incubator unveils young entrepreneurs from 4th batch
held this year at a new venue near Tokyo Tower, is an event styled to present young, entrepreneurial-minded individuals and their startup business concepts that will contribute to society with global impact in genres like technology, communications ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro shows off 60-year-old subway cars
Three subway cars that operated in Japan and Argentina for some 60 years in total were shown to the media in Tokyo on Monday after undergoing a thorough refurbishing. It is unusual for a train car to mark a 60-year anniversary, well beyond the standard ... ( read original story ...)
Monkey mascot takes centre stage ahead of Cerezo Osaka’s J-League match
Japanese club Cerezo Osaka have risked controversy by dressing a monkey in a miniature kit and instructing him to hand over the match ball to the referee prior to kick-off. For Osaka’s J-League game against Vissel Kobe, the club decided to invite a small ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap three-day winning streak
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks snapped a three-day winning streak Monday with profit-takers paring early gains ahead of the release of key economic data in the US and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened higher, lost 0.24 percent, or 54.86 points, to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organisers unveil first new venue
In a significant milestone on the road towards the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, on 25 November the Japanese capital unveiled the first of eight new permanent venues that are being built for the Games. The opening of the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza ... ( read original story ...)
Possible North Korea defectors may be occupants of skeleton-filled ghost ship found on Japan coast
The 68-year-old woman who initially spotted the boat told Kyodo News she saw rescue workers carrying skeletal remains using stretchers. "I was surprised to see the boat in such a bad condition," the woman told the Japanese news site. The discovery has ... ( read original story ...)