The idea for the parfait came from an Ikea Japan contest that roughly translates as "The Dream Dessert Illustration Contest." The Love on Sofa, which won out of 400 submissions for new Ikea desserts, was submitted by Keno Kono, and, according to Ikea ... ( read original story ...)
Images reveal progress on Japan’s C-2 intelligence-gathering variant
Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency referred Defense News to literature produced for a 2015 symposium conducted by the agency when contacted for comment on the program. The documents seen by Defense News note that Japan sought a new ... ( read original story ...)
Figure Skating: Korean skaters skip a line to avoid stepping on Japanese toes
SEOUL/GANGNEUNG (Reuters) - A South Korean figure skating pair competing in the Winter Olympics will perform to a popular Korean folk ballad with a couple of words cut to avoid offending Japan over a reference to disputed islands, South Korean officials ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank prepares Japanese mobile IPO
SoftBank will aim for an initial public offering of its Japanese telecoms business in the next 12 months in a move that will allow the acquisitive group to focus more on investing its $93bn tech-focused war chest. A Tokyo listing of SoftBank’s mobile ... ( read original story ...)
Aichi: Man, 55, accused in 2 convenience store robberies
AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested and sent to prosecutors a 55-year-old man over the robbery of two convenience stores in Nagoya and nearby, reports CBC News (Feb. 7). According to police, Kazuaki Shimada, a company employee ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 hoping to learn from Pyeongchang: spokesman
Tokyo will host the next summer games in 2020 and the organizing committee has sent a large delegation to near-neighbours South Korea to learn lessons from the Winter Games, which start on Friday. Speaking to Reuters in Pyeongchang, Tokyo 2020 spokesman ... ( read original story ...)
Oakwood says ‘Ohayou’ to Osaka in summer 2018
Our properties in Tokyo have met with immense success and we look forward to what Yasuko-san and her team will accomplish with the property,” said Dean Schreiber, managing director of Oakwood Worldwide in Asia. “Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Shin-Osaka is ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank confirms preparations for domestic mobile business IPO
It’s official. SoftBank has confirmed that it has launched preparations for a Tokyo listing of its domestic mobile phone business in a bid to increase the technology group’s investment clout. Its billionaire founder Masayoshi Son says the initial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank prepares listing of mobile unit
There was no confirmation of those details in SoftBank’s statement. “With the IPO of SoftBank’s Japan operations, the various parts of the company can continue to grow independently,” company head Masayoshi Son said. “This way I can also spend ... ( read original story ...)
Misawa sailors sculpt ‘The Lone Sailor’ in snow for annual Sapporo festival
Servicemembers sculpted a replica of the Navy’s iconic “Lone Sailor” statue out of snow for this year’s Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan. An 11-person team from Naval Air Facility Misawa began the sculpture on Jan. 29 by chipping away at a ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank prepares for telecoms IPO, CEO aims for this year
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday that it wants to list its Japanese telecoms unit this year, a move towards completing its transformation from a domestic telecoms upstart into one of the world’s biggest technology investors. ( read original story ...)
Pence views Japan’s missile defense with North Korea on agenda for talks
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan's last line of defense against any possible North Korean missile strike, in Tokyo on Wednesday on his way to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Princess Mako’s wedding postponed until 2020
TOKYO — Japan's imperial palace says Princess Mako's wedding will be postponed two years because of insufficient preparations. Mako and her college classmate Kei Komuro announced their engagement last September and were to wed in November. The delay had ... ( read original story ...)
Fevered speculation as Japan princess postpones engagement
which was leading Wednesday's television news programmes. For weeks, gossip magazines have been delving into the finances of Komuro's mother, who is widowed. In late January, Japan's two biggest weeklies, each quoting an acquaintance of "a former fiance ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers to buy 100,517 tonnes of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture seeks to buy 100,517 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday. Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Princess Mako postpones wedding to commoner Kei Komuro
Japan's Princess Mako is postponing her wedding to her college ... "I am very sorry for causing a big trouble and extra burden to those who have sincerely helped our wedding," AFP news agency quoted the princess as saying. She will lose her title when ... ( read original story ...)