I think it can do it. Here’s why. Global expansion continues On April 19, Kinaxis announced that it was opening data centres in Tokyo and Osaka to support its growing customer base in Japan. This news follows the company’s announcement in January that ... ( read original story ...)
Sacked Halilhodzic says Japan took ‘big risk’ before World Cup
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Vahid Halilhodzic said Japan had taken a big risk by sacking him as coach before the World Cup as he defended his record at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday. The Bosnian was dismissed earlier this month and replaced by Akira ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japanese actress accuses director, starts #MeToo group
TOKYO — A Japanese actress who won a settlement last week ... Earlier this week, Tatsuya Yamaguchi of the popular pop group Tokio, tearfully apologized in a news conference, televised live by national broadcasters, for forcibly kissing a teenage girl ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan expects concrete action by North Korea
Japan's leader is welcoming the outcome of the inter-Korean ... a nuclear weapon would want to be over-optimistic at this point. But it is clearly good news that the two leaders are meeting. Absolutely." 3:50 p.m. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan docks top finance bureaucrat’s pay for sexual harassment
Tokyo (Reuters) - Japan's finance ministry said on Friday it would dock the pay of its top finance bureaucrat for sexual harassment and apologized for betraying public trust in a scandal that has further damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ratings. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo International Fire and Safety Exhibition 2018 Will Be Held at Tokyo Big Sight
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 27, 2018--The Tokyo Fire Department, Tokyo Big Sight Inc., and Tokyo International Fire and Safety Exhibition 2018 Executive Committee are pleased to announce the Tokyo International Fire and Safety Exhibition 2018, scheduled to ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan removes timeframe for price goal, keeps policy steady
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s central bank kept monetary policy steady on Friday and removed a phrase on the timeframe for achieving its 2 percent inflation target, suggesting it is no rush to reach its elusive price goal with the economy in good shape. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan keeps policy steady, removes timeframe for price goal
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Friday and removed ... BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) to explain the policy decision. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electric Power : FY 2017 Financial Results
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated finalized its consolidated FY2017 (April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018) Financial Results today. While electricity sales revenues increased 3.3% year-on-year (YoY) to 4,574.0 billion yen due to an ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Mitsubishi finance employee, 40, alleged in illicit encounter with school girl
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested have arrested a 40-year-old male employee at Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. over an alleged illicit encounter with a middle school girl earlier this year, reports TBS News (Apr. 19). In January ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Casino Up and Running by 2023 Despite Hurdles, Says Governor
Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui is confident that his city will have Japan’s first integrated resort up and running by 2023 – or 2024 “at the latest” – should it be chosen as one of three host regions for the new casino market. Osaka is a strong ... ( read original story ...)
The Korean unification flag is nearly everywhere ahead of the North-South summit — and Japan is fuming
Depictions of the full Korean Peninsula are on full display ahead of the inter-Korean summit on Friday. Japan's foreign ministry has lodged a formal complaint about the use of the Korean unification flag which depicts a pair of disputed islands between ... ( read original story ...)
Japan just delivered a mixed report card on how its economy is faring
Japan just released a raft of economic data. The detail was mixed with ongoing strength in labour market indicators and a stronger-than-expected lift in industrial output offset by inflation and retail sales data which disappointed to the downside. In ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Casino Up and Running by 2013 Despite Hurdles, Says Governor
Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui is confident that his city will have Japan’s first integrated resort up and running by 2023 – or 2024 “at the latest” – should it be chosen as one of three host regions for the new casino market. Osaka is a strong ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to conduct survey to assess support for 2026 Winter Olympic bid
Sapporo has submitted its interest to host the 2026 edition of the Games but could delay its attempt until 2030 depending on how the contest plays out. Ishikawa has told Japanese agency Kyodo News that the next step in the process is to come up with an ... ( read original story ...)
College Scholars explore Japanese cultural property to tech design
Eighteen students from the Class of 2020 have been selected as the new class of College Scholars for the College of Arts and Sciences. The College Scholar program allows students to design their own interdisciplinary majors, which typically focus on a ... ( read original story ...)