TOKYO – A strong earthquake in western Japan has cracked streets, cut water and power to a number of homes and caused slight injuries to five people. The Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 quake struck early Monday 12 kilometers (7 miles ... ( read original story ...)
5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Japan, five injured
Tokyo: A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake hits Japan; three injured
A quake hit western Japan today, leaving three people with minor injuries and damaging buildings and roads, local media reported. The shallow tremor was reported as magnitude 6.1 by the Japan Meteorological Agency, according to Kyodo news agency, although ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake measuring 6.1 on Richter Scale hits Japan’s Honshu island; three injured
Tokyo: A quake hit western Japan on Monday, leaving three people with minor injuries and damaging buildings and roads, local media reported. The shallow tremor was reported as magnitude 6.1 by the Japan Meteorological Agency, according to Kyodo, although ... ( read original story ...)
5.6-magnitude earthquake injures five on Japan’s Honshu island; officials warn of stronger tremors to follow
Tokyo: A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early on Sunday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological ... ( read original story ...)
Shallow quakes shake parts of western Japan, more tremors expected
TOKYO (Reuters) - A series of shallow earthquakes shook parts of western Japan on Monday and authorities warned that further strong shaking is possible over the coming days. A quake at 1632 GMT measured at magnitude 5.8 by the Japan Meteorological Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan fires Halilhodzic; replaced by Japanese Akria Nishino
Japan fired coach Vahid Halilhodzic two months before soccer's World Cup in Russia and replaced him immediately on Monday with Akira Nishino, the technical director of the Japanese Football Association. To explain the abrupt firing, Japanese Football ... ( read original story ...)
The Millennials Shibuya hotel review – Tokyo, Japan
Following the opening of the group's first Millennial property in Kyoto last year, the Tokyo iteration also has co-working spaces, a 24-hour lobby-lounge, shared bathrooms and a boutique selling artist-designed T-shirts and branded hot water bottles. ( read original story ...)
Japan property firm Smart Days files for bankruptcy protection
TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japanese property firm Smart Days Inc said on Monday it has filed for protection from creditors with 6.6 billion yen ($62 million) in liabilities, after the company had difficulty generating rent from the houses it manages. ( read original story ...)
Chinese tourists’ driver’s licenses raise red flags in Japan
TOKYO -- Japanese police are looking into reports of Chinese tourists renting cars with fake international driver's licenses. In early February, a traveler from Shanghai showed up at a car rental office near Naha Airport in Okinawa, his family in tow. ( read original story ...)
Women save Japan’s old family businesses with new ideas
OSAKA -- For 260 years, a Kyoto company called Ueba Esou specialized in paints for Japanese art. But after the president succumbed to illness, his daughter faced an almost unthinkable decision: Should she close the business? Demand for the subtle ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese ministry proposed cover story on land sale at heart of scandal: official
The plot of land in Osaka, western Japan, was appraised to be worth 956,000,000 yen ($8.95 million) but the ministry granted the school operator an 820,000,000 yen discount. It originally said the sale was appropriate and was heavily discounted to offset ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Opened Flat as Yen Eased Modestly Against Dollar
Tokyo stocks open flat amid lingering trade war fears (Photo: AFP). Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday, as the yen eased modestly against the dollar, with investor sentiment hurt by falls on Wall Street on worsening trade war fears. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s current account surplus shrinks to 2.08 trillion yen in February
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan reported a current account surplus of 2.08 trillion yen ($19 billion) in February, though it shrank from a year ago due to a smaller trade surplus and a stronger yen, government data showed Monday. Despite a 28.7 percent drop in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will be caught in the crossfire of US-China trade war
With Japan enjoying its second-longest postwar expansion and corporate ... The most obvious warning sign is a sliding Nikkei Stock Average. After rallying 19% in 2017, the Nikkei is following U.S. shares into the red, falling 5% so far this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance ministry had proposed a cover story for land sale scandal: Official
Japan's Finance Ministry had proposed a cover story for a land sale scandal involving the sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, which had ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, an official said on Monday. The admission is likely ... ( read original story ...)