Prayetno remained in Japan with their 10-week-old daughter, staying in a Tokyo hotel. Hoag said he received the news that the permanent residency visa had been issued in an email on Friday. "I was overwhelmed by emotion and felt quite numb," Hoag said. ( read original story ...)
After months in legal limbo, 5 B.C. families can finally bring home adopted babies from Japan
Five B.C. families mired in red tape say they are finally able to bring their adopted babies home from Japan. The families received news on Saturday that their paperwork has been approved by the Canadian government, meaning their adopted children can come ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tells banks to report suspicious transfers by JVs with North Korea: sources
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
Sydney dominatrix Mistress Tokyo opens up about things she’ll never do
MISTRESS Tokyo is unapologetically frank. Speaking before a Sexpo fetish workshop audience, she speaks with an almost discomforting candour about the pleasure in inflicting pain on her clients. On stage only her face and hands are visible. Everything else ... ( read original story ...)
Finance minister rapped for comparing Diet session extension to ‘injury time’
TOKYO -- Opposition parties have accused Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso of "profaning soccer" after he compared the extension of the current Diet session to injury time and warned legislators not to invite public criticism during the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan banks to report suspicious money transfers with N. Korea
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
‘SWIFT is Expensive’: Major Philippine Bank Taps IBM for Japan Blockchain Remittance
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the Philippines’ top 10 banks by assets, has announced an upcoming remittance payments service from Japan using blockchain technology. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, RCBC first senior vice ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : eyes lowering FY 2018 inflation forecast
The Bank of Japan may lower its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year, acknowledging that price gains have undershot expectations despite an otherwise strengthening economy, sources with knowledge of the central bank's thinking said Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s interbank lending rate slides under zero
TOKYO -- A benchmark interbank rate has fallen below zero for the first time since its 1995 creation as the Bank of Japan stays the course on negative interest rates. The Tokyo interbank offered rate -- a yardstick of banks' lending rates -- with the ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Software Maintenance
Address : Futanako-shi, Tokyo 1-19 Bank of Japan Bunka Fuchu Branch Tel: +81-042 (351) 1291 Fax: +81-042 (368) 8844 Description : Tenders are invited for Software Maintenance. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation stuck at 0.7% in May, way below target
Japanese inflation was stagnant in May, government data indicated Friday, and still far below target as the Bank of Japan shows little sign of winning its long battle against deflation. Prices in the world's third-largest economy rose by 0.7 percent year ... ( read original story ...)
Filipino Bank to Launch Japan Remittances Using IBM and Partners
IBM’s blockchain remittance pilot is forming the basis of a new service between the Philippines and Japan for the country’s overseas workers. Quoted by local news media outlet Business World, First Senior Vice-President Manny T. Narciso said the scheme ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s steady May inflation shows BOJ stimulus not moving price dial
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core consumer inflation held steady in May from the previous month, yet again highlighting the challenge facing the central bank as over five years of massive stimulus has failed to push prices close to its 2 percent goal. ( read original story ...)
ANIME NEWS: Yokohama braces for fifth annual ‘Pikachu Outbreak’
An army of Pikachu will launch its fifth infiltration of Yokohama in August, but the invasion through the streets will continue into the evening for the first time. The “Pikachu Outbreak,” held annually since 2014 in the Kanagawa prefectural capital ... ( read original story ...)
Watch Jaden Smith Wander Around Tokyo In ‘Ghost’ Video
The video, which premiered today on the Fader, sees the 19-year-old rapper on a Tokyo adventure, backed by a colourful group of friends. “I encourage everyone to go to Japan,” Smith told Fader. “Specifically to Tokyo, to just have fun and adventure ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Suspends New Business
TOKYO—Japan’s biggest bitcoin exchange said it would halt taking new business after regulators said it wasn’t doing enough to stop money laundering and terrorist financing. The move by Tokyo-based bitFlyer Inc. led to a drop in the price of the ... ( read original story ...)