Japan, in a sense, is far ahead of the rest of the world in realizing this new society, as it is compelled to do so. About 27.3 percent of Japan’s 127 million people were aged 65 or higher in 2016, with the ratio expected to reach 38.4 percent by 2065 ... ( read original story ...
Japan industry representatives visit India to discuss bilateral economic activities
The 42nd round of the Joint Meeting of JCCI’s Japan-India Business Cooperation Committee and FICCI’s India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee will also be held on the January 23. ( read original story ...)
Focus shifts to executions in Japan’s 1995 sarin gas attack
When they will be sent to the gallows, though, remains a mystery in Japan's highly secretive death penalty system. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal in the final case last week, so the condemned are no longer needed as potential trial witnesses. ( read original story ...)
Hundreds Hurry for Cover During Tokyo’s First Missile Drill
As a siren warned of an approaching North Korean missile, hundreds of people in central Tokyo hurried for cover in buildings ... The budget for the financial year starting in April includes funds for a new land-based missile defense system, which will ... ( read original story ...)
Halep beats pain, Osaka to reach quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Simona Halep shook off a sleepless night racked with ankle pain to sweep past rising Japanese star Naomi Osaka and into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-2 victory on Monday. The scoreline did not ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stages missile drill as fears linger of North Korean attack
Tokyo (CNN)Hundreds of Tokyo residents wearing gray bibs took ... The message, received by phone users with the NHK app installed on their devices, read: "NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J-alert: evacuate inside ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top cement maker sees value in cutting debt, despite low rates
Shuji Fukuda, president of Taiheiyo Cement, Japan's largest cement supplier, said it is important for his company to cut debt. "Sales amounted to 1 trillion yen and interest-bearing debts also amounted to 1 trillion yen," Fukuda told the Nikkei in a recent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan manufacturers’ mood jumps to 11-year high – Reuters Tankan
The monthly poll, which tracks the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) closely-watched tankan quarterly survey, followed a key gauge of capital spending out last week showing Japan Inc's readiness to spend some of their huge cash pile, potentially spurring a virtuous ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to Expand Off-Highway Tire Production Capacity in India
(Photo: Yokohama) The Yokohama Rubber Co. has announced that it will expand the Yokohama Group’s global production capacity for off-highway tires by adding new facilities at ATC Tires Pvt., the Indian tire manufacturing and sales subsidiary of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: More entrepreneurs from overseas eyed
These special zones will be abolished, possibly in autumn this year, and the extended status of residence period for preparing a business will be established nationwide. The government aims to expand the range of talented foreigners accepted in Japan by ... ( read original story ...)
Business opportunity
Japan is comparatively better developed in terms of regulatory and financial sector management of the fast-growing cryptocurrency environment. Cryptocurrency in any form, despite its enormous potential, is an admittedly risky business, subject to a great ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo holds evacuation drill to prepare for North Korean threat
TOKYO - More than 300 people have participated in an evacuation drill in Tokyo under the scenario of an incoming North Korean ballistic missile. The drill was held at the Tokyo Dome amusement park, a subway station and a community centre downtown ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo holds evacuation drill to prepare for N. Korean threat
TOKYO — More than 300 people have participated in an evacuation drill in Tokyo under the scenario of an incoming North Korean ballistic missile. The drill was held at the Tokyo Dome amusement park, a subway station and a community centre downtown ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo simulates first military attack since WWII amid N. Korea threat
Hundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover Monday in the Japanese capital's first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme. A loudspeaker blared out a terrifying warning at ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo braces for rare heavy snowfall, trains disrupted
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo braced for heavy snowfall on Monday ... gathering information and responding based on various scenarios," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. "We call on all citizens to keep informed about the latest ... ( read original story ...)
In Tokyo meeting, officials seek to forge ahead with TPP even as Canada wavers
As trade officials gather in Tokyo this week to try and forge ahead with a trade pact that U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned last year, the new 11-member club risks getting bogged down by resistance from Canada. The member countries of the ... ( read original story ...)