Month: June 2018

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to Washington to try to make sure President Donald Trump doesn't overlook Japan's security and other concerns at the unprecedented U.S.-North Korea summit next week. Abe will have less than two hours to make ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO —While raising hopes for denuclearization and a peace treaty to finally end the Korean War, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly found focus on diplomacy comes with an ironic flipside: It could be a godsend for his generals. Kim’s thinking ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seeking to draw on his close ties with President Donald Trump in talks on Thursday, will urge the U.S. leader not to forget Tokyo’s security concerns in his drive for a historic deal with North Korean ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is the global city facing most risks to its annual economic output, due to its proximity to North Korea, while New York ranks second, with a possible stock market crash its biggest threat. The rankings are part of the Lloyd's City Risk Index complied ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a corpse inside a vehicle parked in Kita Ward, reports TBS News (June 6). At around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police were tipped off about a “foul smell” coming from a ... ( read original story ...)

KOFU, Japan (Reuters) - It has been more than 30 years since the identical twin sister of Japanese teacher Misa Morimoto vanished, believed to have been abducted by North Korea. Hopes for her return have often surged and ebbed since, tracing the ups and ... ( read original story ...)

Inuyama, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, will get its first internationally-branded hotel, with IHG and Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) signing an agreement to open Hotel Indigo Inuyama Urakuen in the second half of 2021. No two Hotel Indigo properties are the ... ( read original story ...)

“The launch of Montreal’s first scheduled link to Japan will also offer travelers from Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern U.S. convenient access to Japan and beyond, complementing our existing Tokyo flights from Toronto, Vancouver and ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK — Sapporo, the number one selling premium Asian beer brand in the U.S., announced today the release of Sapporo Premium in a new 16-oz.(473 ml.) version of the sleek and distinctive Sapporo can. The new package will join Sapporo’s existing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 144,522 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 ... ( read original story ...)

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is one of Japan's biggest pop stars and an eccentric princess of Harajuku fashion. Thanks to her colourful, hyper-kinetic dance songs, she's one of the few J-Pop stars to cross over to the West, winning endorsements from the likes of Katy ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending unexpectedly contracted in April and services sector activity slowed in May, figures out on Tuesday showed, raising the possibility of the economy falling into recession this quarter. Economists say it is too ... ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU - Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are making their first official visit together to the U.S. The Japanese royal couple is in Hawaii this week as part of a yearlong celebration of the 150th ... ( read original story ...)