TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have busted a shop in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward that sold illegal pornographic DVDs, reports TBS News (May 17). On May 15, police arrested Takashi Sato, 57, over the possession of 36 DVDs ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops nab suspected serial flasher in Shibuya
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male employee in the film industry who is suspected in multiple flashing incidents in Shibuya Ward, reports Nippon News Network (May 16). On the night of April 10, Toshinari Kikuchi, a 24-year-old contract employee ... ( read original story ...)
Brazil wants South America-Japan partnership talks this year
The alliance and common market comprising Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay has a "complementary relationship with Japan," Aloysio Nunes Ferreira told Nikkei during an interview in Tokyo. The Group of 20 leaders' summit in Argentina in November ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tells regional banks to curb investment losses – sources
The Financial Services Agency has asked the banks to ensure the unrealised losses on their securities do not exceed the profits from their core lending business or their equity capital, the sources told Reuters. Japanese banks are currently not required to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan auto association hopes free trade, low tariffs maintained as NAFTA renegotiated
But U.S. restrictions on vehicle and component imports could raise the cost of doing business in the country. Most of Japan’s major automakers operate plants in the United States and its top three locally manufacture the majority of cars and trucks they ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota chief hopes to help Japan automakers keep tech edge
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda, tapped to head the Japanese auto industry association, promised Friday to lead a push among manufacturers to keep a competitive edge in emerging technologies such as zero-emission and autonomous driving. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake jolts eastern Japan’s Chiba
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit eastern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued. ( read original story ...)
Japan enlists Pacific Islands for help on North Korea
TOKYO -- Japan is aiming to close loopholes on North Korean sanctions and curb China from expanding its influence in the Indo-Pacific by bolstering its relationship with small island nations. Leaders from 16 Pacific island nations and territories ... ( read original story ...)
Suicidal suspect held after fatal stabbing at Nagoya manga cafe
NAGOYA – A 22-year-old man allegedly stabbed a stranger to death at a manga cafe in central Nagoya late Thursday after becoming frustrated that he was unable to take his own life, police said. Fumihiro Inada was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder ... ( read original story ...)
Smuggling ring recruited Koreans to sneak gold into Japan
TOKYO -- Smugglers allegedly pocketed about 3.2 billion yen ($28.8 million) by selling untaxed gold brought into Japan via South Korea by couriers recruited online, marking the latest in a rash of similar cases with links to East Asia, sources close to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, EU unfurl reprisals against Trump tariffs
US key allies Japan and the EU notified the World Trade Organization Friday of a wave of retaliatory measures against US tariffs on steel and aluminium, raising the prospects of a trade war. Japan informed the WTO it had the right to impose tariffs on US ... ( read original story ...)
Five reasons were making a fuss about finance
Greenpeace This week, from Tokyo to New York, you might catch small groups of peaceful ... to protect as an organisation are easier to visualise than matters of finance. But here are the top five reasons why, if you really do care about the environment ... ( read original story ...)
Sime Darby Property partners Japan’s Mitsui Co and Mitsubishi Estate for RM530m GDV project
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Property is partnering Japan's Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. for a RM530 million gross development value develop and lease built-to-suit industrial facilities project on a 39-acre site at the Bandar Bukit Raja ... ( read original story ...)
Sime Darby Property partners Japanese firms
KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd is partnering Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd to jointly develop and lease built-to-suit industrial facilities with a gross development value (GDV) of RM530 million in Sime Darby Property’s ... ( read original story ...)
Cabinet decision declares there is no such thing as ‘criminal sexual harassment’
The statement was issued in response to a question by Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) House of Representatives lawmaker Seiji Osaka. Minister of Finance Taro Aso has come under fire for repeatedly stating that "there is no such thing as ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Japan stick with old guard for World Cup warm-up
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japan head coach Akira Nishino has named a 27-man squad ... the best condition for the start of the World Cup on June 19,” Nishino said at a news conference in Tokyo. “In this situation, we have to look after the team and the ... ( read original story ...)